A famous devotional song from the
movie Thiruvarutchelvar. Starring-Sivaji
Ganesan. Music-K. V. Mahadevan.
Tevaram - Pitha Pirai Soodi
Composer: Sundarar , Language:
Tamil, Ragam: Nadanamakriya, Deity: Sivan
Pann: Indalam, Talam: Rupakam
piththA piRai sUdI perumAnE aruLALA
eththAn maRavAdhE -ninaikkindREn manaththu unnai
vaiththAy peNNaith thenbAl veNNey -nallUr aruL thuRaiyuL
aththA unakku ALAy ini allEn enal AmE.
Meaning:
O crazy one! O the one who is wearing the crescent moon! O
the great one! O the one who bestows blessings! You have installed yourself in
my mind. I remember you always without forgetting in any manner. O father in
the aruL thuRai temple in the town of veNNey ~nallUr on the southern banks of
the peNNai river! How can I say any more that I am not your slave?
Background:
ArUran was the son of a temple priest. When he was a young
child, the local king liked ArUran so much that he raised him in his palace as
if he were his child. When ArUran was about 16 years or so, his parents
arranged his wedding. On the day of the wedding, an old brahmin came into the
wedding hall and stopped the marriage saying that ArUran was his slave. ArUran
called the old man a crazy person and questioned how a brahmin could be a slave
to another brahmin. The case went to the village elders. The village elders
investigated the evidence presented by the old man and decided the case in
favor of the old man. Thus, ArUran was declared the slave of the old man. The
old man led
ArUran (and others) into the temple and disappeared only to
appear as Siva and pArvathi to ArUran. Siva reminded ArUran of his past and
asked him to sing. ArUran did not know how to start. Siva instructed to him to
start the song with the first words that ArUran used when he saw the old man in
the wedding hall. This is that very first song sung by ArUran. That is why this
song starts by addressing the god as the “crazy one”.
(su~ndharar is the name ArUran in his previous life. After
the above event, he came to be referred by that name only).
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