{"id":7576,"date":"2026-11-08T01:35:45","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T01:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/verse\/thiruvasagam-6\/"},"modified":"2026-11-08T03:25:45","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T03:25:45","slug":"thiruvasagam-6","status":"publish","type":"verse","link":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/verse\/thiruvasagam-6\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0b9a\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd 6 \u00b7 \u0b95\u0bca\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb0\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0baf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bc6\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I will not take the life of Indra, Vishnu or Brahma. Though my family be ruined, I will befriend none but your devotees. If I may live by your grace, I will not scorn even hell. O Lord, our noblest\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","kural_section":[],"literary_category":[],"author_poet":[53],"thinai_type":[],"work_title":[50],"class_list":["post-7576","verse","type-verse","status-publish","hentry","author_poet-manikkavasagar","work_title-thiruvasagam"],"acf":{"traditional_verse_number":"6","verse_sort":6,"tamil_verse_text":"\u0b95\u0bca\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb0\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0baf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bc6\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd\n\u0ba8\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b85\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0b85\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bb0\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd\n\u0b8e\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b85\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bc7 \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0bbe\n\u0b89\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb1 \u0ba4\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b89\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bc8 \u0b85\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b89\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bae\u0ba9\u0bc7.","english_translation":"I will not take the life of Indra, Vishnu or Brahma. Though my family be ruined, I will befriend none but your devotees. If I may live by your grace, I will not scorn even hell. O Lord, our noblest one, I will think of no god but you.","historical_notes":"\u0baa\u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf: \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b9a\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0ba4\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd \u00b7 \u0bae\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0baf\u0bc1\u0ba3\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb2\u0bcd\n\n\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0baf\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u00b7 \u0ba8\u0bc2\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd, \u0baa\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd, \u0baa\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0b95\u0bc8 \u0baf\u0bbe\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1 \u00b7 \u0baa\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bcd 2","kural_adhigaram":null,"transliteration":"Kollaen purantharan maal ayan vaazhvu kutiketinum \/ Nallaen ninathu atiyaarotu allaal narakam pukinum \/ Ellaen thiruarulaalae irukkap perin iraivaa \/ Ullaen pira theyvam unnai allaathu engkal uththamanae.","couplet_en":"","word_meanings":"\u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb0\u0ba9\u0bcd|Indra, the breaker of cities\n\u0bae\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd|Vishnu\n\u0b85\u0baf\u0ba9\u0bcd|Brahma\n\u0b95\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bc6\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd|though my family be ruined\n\u0ba8\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bcd|I will not befriend\n\u0b8e\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bcd|I will not scorn\n\u0b89\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bcd|I will not think of\n\u0b89\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bae\u0ba9\u0bcd|the noblest one","meaning_ta":"\u0b87\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0ba9\u0bcd, \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd, \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bae\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b86\u0b95\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bcb\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b8f\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bae\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bcd. \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc7 \u0b95\u0bc6\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd, \u0b89\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b85\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0b85\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bcd. \u0b89\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd, \u0ba8\u0bb0\u0b95\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0b87\u0b95\u0bb4\u0bae\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bcd. \u0b87\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0bbe, \u0b8e\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b89\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bae\u0ba9\u0bc7, \u0b89\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bc8 \u0b85\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0ba4\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bcd.","meaning_en":"I will not take the life of Indra, Vishnu or Brahma. Though my family be ruined, I will befriend none but your devotees. If I may live by your grace, I will not scorn even hell. O Lord, our noblest one, I will think of no god but you.","explanation_ta":"\u0ba4\u0bc7\u0bb5\u0bb2\u0bcb\u0b95\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bbe\u0ba3\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0b9a\u0b95\u0bb0\u0bcd. \u0b87\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0 \u0baa\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bbf, \u0bb5\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bcd, \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bb2\u0bcb\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0ba9; \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bc8 \u0ba4\u0bc0\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd. \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b92\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc7 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0b85\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bb0\u0b95\u0bae\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bc1, \u0b85\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bae\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bc0\u0ba3\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd.\n\n'\u0ba8\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b85\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0b85\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd' \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b9a\u0bc8\u0bb5 \u0ba8\u0bc6\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b85\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bc8: \u0b85\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc2\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bcd. \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb0\u0b9a\u0bb0\u0bcd '\u0ba8\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bcb\u0bae\u0bcd' \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0b85\u0bb0\u0b9a\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc7 \u0b85\u0b9e\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb2, \u0b87\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0bae\u0bbe\u0ba3\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0b9a\u0b95\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc6\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b89\u0bb1\u0bb5\u0bc8 \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd.","explanation_en":"Manikkavasagar refuses even the highest heavens. The thrones of Indra, the world of Vishnu and the world of Brahma are all earned by karma, and when that karma is spent they end too. Only Siva's grace lasts. So with grace even hell is sweet, and without it even heaven is empty.\n\n'I will befriend none but your devotees' is the root of the Saiva way: the company of devotees. 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At Perunthurai he saw a guru seated beneath a kurundha tree, surrounded by devotees. The moment the guru placed his foot on Vathavurar's head in initiation, the minister forgot himself. His post, the king's errand and the gold in his care no longer mattered. Songs poured from his lips like gems, and the guru named him Manikkavasagar, 'he whose words are rubies'.\n\nFor a time he lived with the guru and his devotees. Then one day the guru called the devotees and said, 'A fire will rise in that pond. Plunge into it and come to me.' Turning to Manikkavasagar, he said, 'You stay here and raise this temple; afterwards come to Thillai.' And he vanished. The devotees all entered that light and merged with the Lord. Manikkavasagar alone was left standing on the bank.\n\nWith his guru and companions gone, he fell senseless, rolled on the ground and wept: 'Why did you leave me behind?' Thiruchathagam was born from the pain of that parting. Lines such as 'were there no other devotees?', 'falsehood and I were left outside' and 'you and your devotees went there and set me here' are memories of that day. Later the king imprisoned him, and the Lord rescued him by turning jackals into horses, flooding the Vaigai and taking a blow of the cane while carrying earth for its banks. At last Manikkavasagar merged with the Lord at Thillai. Thiruchathagam is the first cry of that long journey.","reflection_ta":"\u0ba8\u0bc0\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0bb2\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bc0\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd? \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b89\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc8 \u0b87\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b85\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bbe?","reflection_en":"Whose company do you keep? Does it bring you closer to God?","image_prompt":"A young sage in white with sacred ash on his brow kneels weeping beneath a flowering kurundha tree at Perunthurai, while a column of golden light rises from a temple pond and a line of devotees walks into it and fades away, an empty seat under the tree where the guru sat. 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