
Pon pothi matha maalai punal choodi vanthen ulame pugundhu adanal,

One who plays Veena faultlessly, One who wears the spotless moon and Ganga on his head,Įntered inside my mind and immediately made Sun, moon, mars, mercury, Jupiter, Venus Saturn and the two snakes,Ĭut away desires and are good, they are good, and are very good to devotees of Shiva.Ģ.Enbodu kombaodamai ivai marbilanga, erutheri ezhai udane, Jnayiru, thingal, chevvai, budhan, vyazhan Velli, sani, pambu irandum udane,Īasaru nalla, nalla avai nalla, nalla adiyar avarkku migave.įriend of the lady with Bamboo like shoulders, God having a neck affected by swallowing poison, Masaru thingal, gangai mudi mel aninthen, ulame pugundhu adhanal, Readers are also requested to consult a scholarly introduction to this pathigam available in )ġ.Veyurur tholi pangan, Vidam unda kandan, Miga nalla veenai thadavi, Not being an expert in the old tamil, in which it is written, for doing this translation ,I have consulted several times another English translation for this pathigam available in If this prayer is sung with devotion, it would definitely save us from anything that causes evil. Then Sambandar sang this prayer, which essentially tells that neither the planets, nor the evil mantras nor the wild animals nor any other thing that can cause harm, can cause harm to the devotee of Lord Shiva. Manikkavasagar was little worried to go because, it was at that time thought that the Jains were experts in evil magic.

At that time it seems both saints were in the holy place of Thirumaraikkadu(Vedaranyam). At that time the queen who was a saivite requested Sambandar and Appar to visit their country and bring it back to saivism.

Once the Pandya country of Tamil Nadu was under the influence of Jains, with the king himself converting himself to jain religion. (Here is a remarkable prayer addressed to Shiva composed by Sambandar, one of great saivite saints who were called as Nayanmar.
