Below is an extract of the hymn comprising the salutations, the introduction, the saint's realization of his many births, and his finding of his Master.-Sivapuranamby ManikkavacagarHail, the five letters (na-ma-si-vā-ya)! Hail, foot of the Lord!Hail, foot of Him Who not for an instant quits my heart!Hail, foot of the Guru-pearl that rules in Gōgari!Hail, foot of Him Who becomes, abides, draws near as the Āgamas!Hail, foot of Him, the One, the Not-One, and the King! (5)Victory to the foot of the King, who soothed my soul's unrest and made me His!Victory to the jewelled foot of Pinnagan, who severs continuity of birth!Victory to the flower-foot of Him Who is far from those without!Victory to the anklets of the King, rejoicing 'mid those that fold adoring hands!Victory to the anklets of the glorious One, who uplifts those that bow the head! (10)Praise to the foot of Ican! Praise to my Father's foot!Praise to the foot of the Teacher! Praise to Sivan's roseate foot!Praise to the foot of the Stainless, who in love stood near!Praise to the foot of the King, who cuts off delusive birth!Praise to the foot of glorious Perun-turrai's God! The Sivapuranam hymn is quite long with 95 verses. Nevertheless, for those of us who have no knowledge of this classical language can certainly appreciate Manikkavacagar’s work through English translations. It is said that the English translations do not do justice to the original Tamil poetry. Either way, the invocation is very profound, and the entire work of Saint Manikkavacagar conveys very powerful mysticism and devotion. Hail, the name (nama) of Siva! Hail, foot of the Lord!The first translation is found in the rendering below. Hail, Na-ma-si-vā -ya (the five-lettered mantra)! Hail, foot of the Lord!2. This famous line has been translated in two ways:1. The Tiruvacakam is a holy text of 656 devotional verses uttered by Manikkavacagar, and forms the eighth book of the Tirumurai canon of Saiva Siddhanta.The first hymn of the Tiruvacakam is called the Sivapuranam, and the first verse of the Sivapuranam begins with the memorable and oft-repeated line: Namasiv ā ya V ā zhga N ā dan Th ā l V ā zhg a. The magnum opus of Saint Manikkavacagar is a work called the Tiruvacakam (Sacred Utterance) in the Tamil language. The sixty-fourth implicit Nayanar and Saiva Siddhanta’s most renowned saint is Manikkavacagar (‘one who uttered ruby-like words’). Within Saiva Siddhanta, the great southern school of Shaivism, we find of an explicit list of sixty-three canonized saints called, one short of the number sixty-four, which is a holy number in the Agamas and Tantras. Articles from Siddhanta Deepika in English Vedas in English Hymns Transliterated in English Thirumurais in English Saiva Siddhantas in English About the Saints in English Shaivism Related Tamil Literatures in English Sanskrit Stotras (Hindu Devotional hymns Prayer song lyrics) in English Shaivism Related Articles and Lectures in English.
SIVAPURANAM LYRICS IN ENGLISH PDF DOWNLOAD - To this, the first period of his religious history, the following three poems belong and also according to tradition, lyrics 19,20,36,38,39.