Tiruvarunaik Kalampakam 1
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Both Mādhavan, whose eyes slumber upon the gem-bearing wide ocean, / and Caturmukha, who never departs from the adorned lotus, / failing to realize how to seek with the eye of wisdom, / took the form of a boar and took the form of a swan; / saying, "I will search for the feet and know them," [one] burrowed and dug up all the earth; / saying, "I will search for the crown and return," [one] flew above the ancient universe; / and yet as an indivisible reality hard to behold, shining free of blemish as great / Cōṇagiri, standing as pervasive radiant light, O You who bestow grace! / These are two-line tāḻicai—7: / Is it to abide upon a mountain? Is it to lift a mountain as a bow? / Is it to delight Malayaraicaṉ? Did you assume the form of a mountain? / The pañcakṛtya in this realm, and the six duties of the twice-born, / and the tattvas, if You do not assume a sacred form, could not come to be. / That which the four Vedas beginning with the Ṛg declare are Your many distinctions; / at no time does what has been said in one place agree with what is said in another. / Though all the kalpas of time that bring the end to birth pass away, / the crescent moon upon Your sacred crown never wanes even slightly, nor does it wax. / Chastising the Dānavas, removing Caturmukha of the lotus, / and destroying the other denizens of heaven, the edge of the battle-axe weapon in Your hand is never blunted. / Though You consumed up to Your throat the cruel poison that was fire / to the gods and sages, it does not pass beyond Your throat. / Your being ageless, Your having neither beginning, middle, nor end, / and Your being deathless and birthless—are these not the proofs for them? / These are ampōtaraṅkam of two four-foot lines—2: / Taking the form of an elephant in rut that strode like a vast mountain walking, / You wrapped its spread-out skin around Yourself as a garment. / Along with the hooded serpent, the moon that is its enemy / dwells together without obstruction in the long braided hair of Your crown. / These are ampōtaraṅkam of one three-foot line—4: / You bent the mountain as a bow.
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You laughed so that Tripura burned.
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You made horses of the Āgamas and Vedas.
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You knocked out the teeth of the sun.
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These are ampōtaraṅkam of one two-foot line—8: / [You severed] the head of Vidhi; (1) You bore the river;
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[You held] the digging hand; (2) You bore the moon;
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You rode the bull; (3) You became the lunar mansions;
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You performed [the dance in the] sabhā; (4) You became the planets.