Mudal Azhwargal

Who doeth know thou heart, thy mind o'Lord Mystical as in blissful births of azhwars Who doeth know thou source whilst Wishing thou weapons incarnate, personify And in compliance unto thou holy feet now I'm at thou behest to versify thou divine masquerade Thy Mercy, Narayana, rest in heart and mind mine! POIKAIAZHWAR And at the Lord's behest Panchajanyam complied The cosmic whizzbang turned into an incarnate spirit 'Thiruvekka poet' perseverant, devout born Born upon a couch of lotus a chit celestial And at the Lord's behest Sun rose to light By and by perceived pond-found Poikaiazhwar deific.. *'Earth as the bowl with ocean as ghee Sun as the lamp blazing luminous He Unto His feet my garland of praises aglow To stave off evil' And at the Lord's behest his verses marvelled Hymns and he in inly oneness in Him Ocean of devotion blossoms eternal a flower Indeed an aeonian Lotus Poikai Azhwar BHOOTHATHAZHWAR And at the Lord's behest Kaumodhaki complied The divine mace turned into an incarnate spirit On the bed of pastoral 'Kurukkatti' flower Flowered 'Kadalmallai poet' Bhoothathazhwar And at the Lord's behest love worded gospel Hymned virtuous poet to revel.. *'Love as the bowl with piety as ghee Hearty mind as the wick With enlightened Tamil for Narayana Yearning I illume' And at the Lord's behest verses famed immortal Just the mortal shook yet the Pasurams stood Endless coil of time timelessly ringing Bhoothathazhwar, his amaranthine hymns ever chiming PEIAZHWAR And at the Lord's behest Nandhaki complied The divine sword turned into an incarnate spirit Wished Kesava a well at Mayilai On the bed of red lilies born Peiazhwar And at the Lord's behest effused devotion crazy Versed piety versified visioned praises.. *'O' I see ornate Sri and the aureate persona Azury colour and the discus of valour And a hand wielding the clarion conch This day all in my glorious ocean-coloured Lord' And at the Lord's behest pasurams excelled Ever trance-dipped Peiazhwar salvaged Ineffable him in the paradise of pietism Affable, adorable, eternal ever his pasurams Note: * Translation of respective azhwars' verses Following are the tamil verses (transliterated here) of the three azhwars 1 'vaiyam thagaLiyA vArkadalE neyyAga veyya kadhirOn viLakkAga - seyya sudar AzhiyAn adikkE sUttinEn sol mAlai idarAzhi nIngkugavE enRu.' -Poikaiazhwar 2 'Anbe Thagliyaa Aarvame Neyyaaga Inburugu Chintai Idu Thiriyaa Nanpurugi Gnaana Chudar Vilakku Etrinen Naaranarku Gnaana Thamizh Purindha Naan.' -Bhoothathazwar 3 'Tiruk Kanden Pon Meni Kanden- Thigazhum Arukkan Ani Niramum Kanden-Seruk Kilarum Pon Aazhi Kanden Puri Sangam Kai Kanden En Aazhi Vannan Paal Inru.' -Peiazhwar