{"id":7725,"date":"2026-11-08T01:35:53","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T01:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/verse\/thiruvasagam-155\/"},"modified":"2026-11-08T03:43:29","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T03:43:29","slug":"thiruvasagam-155","status":"publish","type":"verse","link":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/verse\/thiruvasagam-155\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0b9a\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd 155 \u00b7 \u0b86\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bae\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe \u0b85\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b9e\u0bcd"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We sang of the rare, great Light that has no beginning and no end, and you heard it, girl with large bright eyes, and still you sleep? Are your ears made of stone? Another girl, the moment she heard in\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","kural_section":[],"literary_category":[],"author_poet":[53],"thinai_type":[],"work_title":[50],"class_list":["post-7725","verse","type-verse","status-publish","hentry","author_poet-manikkavasagar","work_title-thiruvasagam"],"acf":{"traditional_verse_number":"155","verse_sort":155,"tamil_verse_text":"\u0b86\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bae\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe \u0b85\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b9e\u0bcd\n\u0b9a\u0bcb\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc8 \u0baf\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc7\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc7\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0b9f\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0ba3\u0bcd\n\u0bae\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc7 \u0bb5\u0bb3\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bcb \u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bc6\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bcb \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bc6\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd\n\u0bae\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc7\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb4\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bca\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcb\u0baf\u0bcd\n\u0bb5\u0bc0\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc7\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bc7 \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bae\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bae\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bbf \u0bae\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bb1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\n\u0baa\u0bcb\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bae\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bc7\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0b87\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b99\u0ba9\u0bcd\n\u0b8f\u0ba4\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b86\u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bc7 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bc7\n\u0b88\u0ba4\u0bc7 \u0b8e\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bcb\u0bb4\u0bbf \u0baa\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0b9a\u0bc7\u0bb2\u0bcb\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bcd.","english_translation":"We sang of the rare, great Light that has no beginning and no end, and you heard it, girl with large bright eyes, and still you sleep? Are your ears made of stone? Another girl, the moment she heard in the street our song praising the long anklet-bound feet of Mahadeva, sobbed and sobbed, forgot herself, rolled off her flower-strewn bed and lay here on the floor, knowing nothing. What is this! Is this how my friend behaves? O our maiden!","historical_notes":"\u0baa\u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf: \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bc6\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0bc8\n\n\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0baf\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u00b7 \u0bb5\u0bc6\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b87\u0baf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb4\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0b9a\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0b95\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe \u00b7 20 \u0baa\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u00b7 \u0baa\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bcd 1","kural_adhigaram":null,"transliteration":"Aathiyum anthamum illaa arumperunj \/ Soathiyai yaampaatakkaettaeyum vaalthatangkan \/ Maathae valaruthiyoa vanseviyoa ninsevithaan \/ Maathaevanvaarkazhalkal vaazhththiya vaazhththolipoay \/ Veethivaayk kaettalumae vimmivimmi meymaranthu \/ Poathaar amaliyinmael ninrum purantu ingngan \/ Aethaenum aakaal kitanthaal ennae ennae \/ Eethae enthoazhi parisaeloar empaavaay.","couplet_en":"","word_meanings":"\u0b86\u0ba4\u0bbf|\u0ba4\u0bca\u0b9f\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd\n\u0b85\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bae\u0bcd|\u0bae\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bc1\n\u0b85\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b9e\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bcb\u0ba4\u0bbf|\u0b85\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf \u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf \u0b92\u0bb3\u0bbf\n\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0b9f\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0ba3\u0bcd|\u0b92\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bc0\u0b9a\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf \u0b95\u0ba3\u0bcd\n\u0bb5\u0bb3\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bcb|\u0ba4\u0bc2\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bcb\n\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bc6\u0bb5\u0bbf|\u0b95\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bcb\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc1\n\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb4\u0bb2\u0bcd|\u0ba8\u0bc0\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f \u0b95\u0bb4\u0bb2\u0ba3\u0bbf\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0b9f\u0bbf\n\u0baa\u0bcb\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b86\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bae\u0bb3\u0bbf|\u0bae\u0bb2\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0baa\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc8\n\u0baa\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0b9a\u0bc1|\u0b87\u0baf\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1\n\u0b8f\u0bb2\u0bcb\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bcd|\u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0bc8 \u0ba8\u0bcb\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb3\u0bbf","meaning_ta":"\u0ba4\u0bca\u0b9f\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bae\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0ba4 \u0b85\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf \u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf \u0b9a\u0bcb\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc8 \u0ba8\u0bbe\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc7\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd, \u0b92\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bc0\u0b9a\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf \u0b95\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf \u0baa\u0bc6\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bc7, \u0b87\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc2\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bcb? \u0b89\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0baf \u0b95\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bcb? \u0bae\u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc7\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bc0\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f \u0b95\u0bb4\u0bb2\u0ba3\u0bbf\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc8 \u0ba8\u0bbe\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf \u0b92\u0bb2\u0bbf \u0ba4\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc7\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0ba9\u0bc7\u0baf\u0bc7 \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bae\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bbf \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bae\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bbf \u0b85\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bc1, \u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bc8 \u0bae\u0bb1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1, \u0bae\u0bb2\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0baa\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1, \u0b87\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc7 \u0b92\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bb3\u0bbe\u0b95\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0bcd. \u0b87\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9! \u0b87\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bcb \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bcb\u0bb4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b87\u0baf\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1? \u0b8e\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc7!","meaning_en":"We sang of the rare, great Light that has no beginning and no end, and you heard it, girl with large bright eyes, and still you sleep? Are your ears made of stone? Another girl, the moment she heard in the street our song praising the long anklet-bound feet of Mahadeva, sobbed and sobbed, forgot herself, rolled off her flower-strewn bed and lay here on the floor, knowing nothing. What is this! Is this how my friend behaves? O our maiden!","explanation_ta":"\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bc6\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0bc8 \u0bae\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb4\u0bbf \u0bae\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b95\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc6\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc8 \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbf, \u0ba8\u0bc0\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bbf, \u0b87\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd '\u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0bc8 \u0ba8\u0bcb\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc8' \u0b85\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0b95\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0bae\u0bbe\u0ba3\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0b9a\u0b95\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0baa\u0bcb\u0ba4\u0bc1, \u0ba4\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc6\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b87\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc7\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0b87\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0bae\u0bb0\u0baa\u0bc1 \u0b9a\u0bca\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0b87\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bcb\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bc6\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0bc8 \u0baa\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1; \u0ba4\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b85\u0bb0\u0b9a \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb4\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0ba4\u0bc1.\n\n\u0bae\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc7\u0baf\u0bc7 \u0b87\u0bb0\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0bc6\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc6\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc7 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd: \u0b87\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc7\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bc7 \u0bae\u0baf\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf; \u0b95\u0bc7\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc2\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bb5\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf. \u0b89\u0bb1\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc6\u0ba3\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b89\u0bb1\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b86\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b89\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd; \u0b8e\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bcb\u0bb4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b85\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc2\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bcd.","explanation_en":"Thiruvembavai is built on the 'pavai nonbu', the Margazhi vow in which young girls wake one another before dawn, bathe, and sing to the Lord. Tradition says Manikkavasagar sang these twenty verses at Thiruvannamalai after hearing girls singing their way through the streets. They are still sung in Saiva temples and homes every Margazhi, and the name survives even in a royal ceremony in Thailand.\n\nIn this very first verse two girls stand side by side: one who fainted the moment she heard the Lord's name, and one who heard it and kept sleeping. The sleeping girl stands for the sleeping soul; the friends who wake her are the company of devotees.","story_title_ta":"\u0b85\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0bae\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bbf \u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba3\u0bbe \u0b85\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bb2\u0bc8","story_ta":"\u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bc8 \u0baa\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0b9f\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bbe\u0ba9 \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bae\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0b9f\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bbe\u0ba9 \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd '\u0ba8\u0bae\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd?' \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0bb5\u0bb3\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0baa\u0bcb\u0ba4\u0bc1, \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bc7 \u0b85\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba4 \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bcb\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc2\u0ba3\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba4\u0bc1. 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As the argument turned into a fight, a vast column of fire rose between them, its base and its top beyond sight. A voice said, 'Whoever first finds its base or its top is the greater.'\n\nVishnu became a boar and dug down through the earth, deeper and deeper, searching for ages, and never found the base. Brahma became a swan and flew up and up, and never found the top. On the way he met a thazhai flower drifting down and asked it to bear witness that he had reached the summit. Vishnu admitted defeat and bowed; Brahma lied. Then Siva appeared from the heart of the column. He declared that Brahma would have no temples for his lie and that the thazhai flower would not be offered to him, and he received the humble Vishnu with grace.\n\nThat fire later cooled into a mountain, Annamalai, and in its memory a great flame is lit on the summit every Karthigai Deepam. Manikkavasagar was staying at the foot of that mountain when, in the Margazhi dawn, he heard girls waking one another and singing on their way to bathe. In their voices he heard devotees waking each other to the love of God, and he sang Thiruvembavai. That is why the verses speak of 'the Mountain whom Vishnu could not know and Brahma could not see' and of 'the lotus feet of the Lord of Annamalai'.","reflection_ta":"\u0b89\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc8 '\u0b8e\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd' \u0ba4\u0bcb\u0bb4\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd? \u0ba8\u0bc0\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bc8 \u0b8e\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bc0\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd?","reflection_en":"Who are the friends who wake you up? Whom do you wake?","image_prompt":"Pre-dawn in the month of Margazhi at the foot of the sacred hill of Thiruvannamalai, a column of soft golden fire faintly rising behind the hill, young village girls in bright half-saris with oil lamps calling at a doorway and bathing in a lotus pond, a temple tower and coconut palms, the morning star fading. 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