Songs of Saint Tayumanavar

Songs of Tayumanavar

Siva That is Truth-Knowledge-Bliss (8/11)

Who will throw a stone
At a tree that bears no fruit?

Thou art God, we are devotees.
It is Thine Grace which taught us
To be entangled in birth
Through the karmaic network.
Those who are well fed, praise.
Those who are not, abuse -
This is the way of our world.

That apart, your Vedic Order says,
''Those who praise you constant
Will receive everlasting Grace.''
After that it is not meet that I babble.

If this is the path suitable
For this world and that.
Which then is the path exalted?
Thou possess the maternal compassion
That forgives the errors of this world.

So, Thou grant me the Grace
That my distress forever endeth!

Oh! Thou Sivam
That is Truth-Knowledge-Bliss!
The Cosmic Principle
That is Total-Fullness-Perfect!