{"id":7587,"date":"2026-11-08T01:35:46","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T01:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/verse\/thiruvasagam-17\/"},"modified":"2026-11-08T03:25:46","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T03:25:46","slug":"thiruvasagam-17","status":"publish","type":"verse","link":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/verse\/thiruvasagam-17\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0b9a\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd 17 \u00b7 \u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bb2\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bcd\u0b85\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bcd"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I, a dog of a servant, grieve to see your flower-like feet. Yet I do not sit still and adorn you with good flowers, nor praise you until my tongue grows calloused. O you who bent the golden mountain as\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","kural_section":[],"literary_category":[],"author_poet":[53],"thinai_type":[],"work_title":[50],"class_list":["post-7587","verse","type-verse","status-publish","hentry","author_poet-manikkavasagar","work_title-thiruvasagam"],"acf":{"traditional_verse_number":"17","verse_sort":17,"tamil_verse_text":"\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bb2\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bcd\u0b85\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bcd\n\u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0bb2\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bb2\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc1\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b8f\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1 \u0b8f\u0bb1\u0baa\u0bcd\n\u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf \u0baa\u0bca\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc8 \u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bae\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bc7\u0bb2\u0bcd\n\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bae\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bc7\u0ba8\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b86\u0bae\u0bbe\u0bb1\u0bc7.","english_translation":"I, a dog of a servant, grieve to see your flower-like feet. Yet I do not sit still and adorn you with good flowers, nor praise you until my tongue grows calloused. O you who bent the golden mountain as a bow! If you do not grant me the nectar of your grace, I, lonely one, will only go on grieving. What other way is there for me to be saved?","historical_notes":"\u0baa\u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf: \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b9a\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0ba4\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd \u00b7 \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0ba4\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 13","kural_adhigaram":null,"transliteration":"Varunthuvannin malarppaatham avaikaanpaan naayatiyaen \/ Irunthu nalam malar punaiyaen aeththaen naaththazhumpu aerap \/ Porunthiya pon silai kuniththaay arul amutham puriyaayael \/ Varunthuvan aththamiyaen marru ennaenaan aamaarae.","couplet_en":"","word_meanings":"\u0ba8\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bcd \u0b85\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bcd|\u0ba8\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bc8\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bcb\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b85\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bcd\n\u0baa\u0bc1\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bcd|\u0b85\u0bb2\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95 \u0bae\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bcd\n\u0b8f\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bcd|\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95 \u0bae\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bcd\n\u0ba8\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1|\u0ba8\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b8f\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1\n\u0baa\u0bca\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc8 \u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bcd|\u0bae\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0bae\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8 \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0bb5\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bc7\n\u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bc7\u0bb2\u0bcd|\u0b85\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd\n\u0ba4\u0bae\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bcd|\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0baf\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bbf\u0baf \u0ba8\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd\n\u0b86\u0bae\u0bbe\u0bb1\u0bc1|\u0b89\u0baf\u0bcd\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bb4\u0bbf","meaning_ta":"\u0ba8\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bc8\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bcb\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0b85\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b89\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bb2\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bcb\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba3 \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbf \u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bcd. \u0b86\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bae\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2 \u0bae\u0bb2\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b89\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bc8 \u0b85\u0bb2\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8; \u0ba8\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1 \u0b8f\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb3\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b89\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8. \u0baa\u0bca\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8 \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0bb5\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bc7! \u0ba8\u0bc0 \u0b85\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bae\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd, \u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0baf\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bbf\u0baf \u0ba8\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bca\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc7 \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bcd. \u0ba8\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b95\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc7\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bb4\u0bbf \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9?","meaning_en":"I, a dog of a servant, grieve to see your flower-like feet. Yet I do not sit still and adorn you with good flowers, nor praise you until my tongue grows calloused. O you who bent the golden mountain as a bow! If you do not grant me the nectar of your grace, I, lonely one, will only go on grieving. What other way is there for me to be saved?","explanation_ta":"'\u0baa\u0bca\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc8 \u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bcd' \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b95\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0bae\u0bc2\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0bb1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc8 \u0b85\u0bb4\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0bae\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8 \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd, \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0b9a\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc8 \u0ba8\u0bbe\u0ba3\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd, \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bc8 \u0b85\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0ba3\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bca\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bb1\u0bc1. \u0b9a\u0bc8\u0bb5 \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0bae\u0bc2\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc8 \u0b86\u0ba3\u0bb5\u0bae\u0bcd, \u0b95\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bae\u0bcd, \u0bae\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bc8 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0bae\u0bc2\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0bae\u0bb2\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bbe\u0b95\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0ba9\u0bb0\u0bcd.\n\n\u0b85\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0bb5\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bca\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0baf\u0baa\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b85\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0baf\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bca\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd: \u0ba8\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bb2\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc2\u0bb5\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8, \u0ba4\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8. \u0bae\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bb2\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0b8e\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95 \u0bb5\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b92\u0bb4\u0bbf\u0baf, \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bc1\u0baf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b89\u0baf\u0bcd\u0baf \u0bae\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc7 \u0b87\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd.","explanation_en":"'You who bent the golden bow' recalls the burning of the three flying cities. The Siva Purana tells how Siva took Mount Meru as his bow, the serpent Vasuki as its string and Vishnu as the arrow. Saiva Siddhanta teachers read the three cities as the three bonds of the soul: egoism, karma and maya.\n\nAfter naming that power, Manikkavasagar names his own helplessness: I neither offer flowers nor praise you. 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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":"\u0b89\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bca\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0bae\u0bc1\u0baf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8 \u0b8e\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bcb\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b89\u0ba3\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc0\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd? \u0b85\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bcb\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc8 \u0ba8\u0bc0\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bc0\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd?","reflection_en":"When did you last reach the limit of your own effort? To whom did you hold out your hand then?","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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