← Previous in sequence: Thiruvasagam Explained #1: Sivapuranam – Verse 1 This is a bonus post restoring the opening lines of the Sivapuranam (traditional lines 6–10) that were skipped in the numbered verse sequence. / எண்ணிடப்பட்ட பாடல் வரிசையில் தவறவிடப்பட்ட சிவபுராணத்தின் தொடக்க வரிகளை (மரபு வரிகள் 6–10) மீட்டெடுக்கும் சிறப்புப் பதிவு இது. Long live the feet! / தாள்…

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← Previous: Thiruvasagam Explained (Bonus): Sivapuranam – Opening Lines 11-15 This is a bonus post restoring the opening lines of the Sivapuranam (traditional lines 16–20) that were skipped in the numbered verse sequence. / எண்ணிடப்பட்ட பாடல் வரிசையில் தவறவிடப்பட்ட சிவபுராணத்தின் தொடக்க வரிகளை (மரபு வரிகள் 16–20) மீட்டெடுக்கும் சிறப்புப் பதிவு இது. Praise, praise! / போற்றி, போற்றி! The potri…

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← Previous: Thiruvasagam Explained (Bonus): Sivapuranam – Opening Lines 6-10 This is a bonus post restoring the opening lines of the Sivapuranam (traditional lines 11–15) that were skipped in the numbered verse sequence. / எண்ணிடப்பட்ட பாடல் வரிசையில் தவறவிடப்பட்ட சிவபுராணத்தின் தொடக்க வரிகளை (மரபு வரிகள் 11–15) மீட்டெடுக்கும் சிறப்புப் பதிவு இது. Victory to the anklets! / கழல்கள் வெல்க!…

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← Previous: Thiruvasagam Explained #15: Sivapuranam – Verse 15 The promise at the end / முடிவில் வாக்குறுதி The hymn ends as it began — with a promise. Those who cry “O!”, who speak of the unspeakable one, who understand the meaning of this sung song beneath the sacred feet and speak it — they will…

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← Previous: Thiruvasagam Explained #14: Sivapuranam – Verse 14 The dancer in the deep night / நள்ளிருளில் ஆடும் நாதன் The great sentence ends — in liberation. Those who cried out, praised, and worshipped: their falsehood perished, they became truth, and they will not return to karmic birth. And the one who did it dances —…

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← Previous: Thiruvasagam Explained #13: Sivapuranam – Verse 13 I cannot bear this body / ஆற்றேன் இவ் உடம்பு After the high philosophy, the saint crashes back into the body — and cries out. He who is manifest light and unspoken awareness has come distinctly into this world of words, into the singer’s very thought, as…

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← Previous: Thiruvasagam Explained #12: Sivapuranam – Verse 12 The gaze hard to gaze upon / நோக்கரிய நோக்கு The sentence from verse 12 completes in a cascade of impossibilities. In the minds of the wise, He is: a gaze no gaze can hold, a subtlety no subtlety can refine — no coming, no going, no…

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← Previous: Thiruvasagam Explained #11: Sivapuranam – Verse 11 All things, and not / யாவையும், அல்லையும் The saint now reaches for the highest philosophy — and the most personal memory — in the same breath. He is all things and not; light and dense darkness; beginning, middle, end, and none of them. And then, suddenly…

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← Previous: Thiruvasagam Explained #10: Sivapuranam – Verse 10 The river that never moves / பேராத பெரும் ஆறு The praise widens into paradox. The saint now names the Lord by contradictions held together: a river that never moves, joy-and-sorrow-less yet indwelling, hidden in the hearts of those who never think of Him — who melted…

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← Previous: Thiruvasagam Explained #9: Sivapuranam – Verse 9 Greater than a mother / தாயினும் சிறந்த தயை The confession turns to praise. Having told how the Lord came to one lower than a dog, the saint now pours out names for Him — each a facet: compassion greater than a mother’s, spotless light, honeyed nectar,…

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