O Lord who resides in Swamimalai and grants Darshan from therein, grant me, your child, your favour.
O Rider astride the peacock, come quickly. Your beautiful legs and ankletted feet produce a harmonious blend of melodious notes most pleasing to the ear. Your silken sash and girdle encircle your full waist, with a nine-gemmed diadem adorning your silken robes. You wear the sacred investiture thread across your bejewelled chest and beautiful abdomen. With dainty ear-rings on your twelve ears, various flower garlands and diadems, pearled ornaments and nine-gemmed chains, O Lord, You are six-faced, with your six bejewelled crowns, your vibhuti-adorned foreheads and long eye-brows, twelve eyes and ruddy lips, you wear various pearled jewels! O Lord of the Kundalini Sakthi, son of Sivan, and Indweller of the heart, come daily to protect me. The bija-mantras have a significant inner meaning which is subtle and mystic. This refers to the ‘bija’ mantras, ‘im,’ ‘kilm,’ ‘saum.’Ī ‘bija’ or seed is a significant word or series of words which give it a special power or ‘sakthi.’ O Lord, and grant me the grace of your protection. With your twelve wide-opened, shiny eyes, throw your protecting glance on me, You hold twelve weapons, the twelve ‘paasa’ and the ‘ankusamum.’
You who assumed Lordship over me, in your twelve hands Salutations are offered to the brave War Lord of the Devas in their battle against the Asuras. Salutations are offered to the brave Lord of Saravana Poykai, who is approaching on His vahana, the peacock. Thus, He is also refered to as ‘Lord Saravanabava’.
Lord Muruga embodies the form of these six letters. The six letters of Lord Muruga’s name (sa, ra, va, na, ba, va) are interchanged and their interplay gives rise to these rhythms of melody that accompany the graceful approach of the Lord on His peacock. Welcome Lord, whose forehead is adorned with sacred ash,Ĭome every day, Lord of Sira Malai, Lord Velayuthan,Ĭome quickly, Lord of Saravanabava, come now! Welcome You, who are in the mind of the loving tribal maiden, Valli,
He who approaches me in slow and graceful steps,īeginning with Inthiran, the Devas of all the eight directions pay their obeisance to You Whose twinkling anklets produce melodious sounds He who fulfils the wishes of his devotees, Kanda Sashti Kavacham English Translationįor those who chant this Kandhar Sashti Kavasam.ĭedication to Lord Kumaran, who ended the woes of the Devas, On his lovely feet shall we meditate…
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