Guru will liberate me

Summary of the Song

This song is in praise of Akkal’s Guru Tiruvisainallu Sridhara Venkatasa Ayyawal.

• Won’t He (Guru) come, see me and liberate me? 
• He won’t let (me) to associate with anxious mind which drags me down to miserable times.
• He pulverizes the illusion into powdered dust.  He eradicates the discrete existence perceived by the disciple and make the disciple to recognize that he is the boundless expansiveness
• The disciple who is devoted to him (who is the non-dual oneness) can use him as the means for liberation.
• With his grace, there is no rebirth for the disciple.
• He is the Lord, Self-Illuminated, Brahman, my guru called by the name Venkateswarar

வாராரோ என்னைப்பாராரோ,

vaaraaroa? ennaippaaraaroa?

Won’t he come?   Won’t he see me?

முக்தி தாராரோ என் ஸ்வாமி

mukthi thaaraaroa?  en swami

Won’t my Lord liberate me?

ஆறாருள்ளம் தன்னில் சேரார்

aaraar ulllam thannil saeraar

He won’t let (me) to associate with the anxious mind

உலகெங்கும் கூறாகியே நின்ற நூறாயிரம் கணங்கள்

ulgu engum kooragiyae nindra nooru aayiram kanangal

The anxious mind perceives the world as multiple parts and as a result I got stranded in miserable time.  Each moment seemed to be hundreds and thousands of moments.

சண்டமாருதம் போலே அண்டம்பொடி தூளாக்கி

sanda marutham poalae andam podi thoolaakki

Like a hurricane he pulverized the world into powdered dust

வண்ட மாயையை அவர் விண்ட விமலபோதர்

vanda maayaiyai avar vinda vimala boadhar

He, the holy awakened person, has separated (me) from the mire illusion

தொண்டர் மனதில் நின்று கண்டபவ மறுத்து

thondar manathil nindru kanda bhavam aruthu

(He) lives in the disciples mind and eradicates the perception of discrete existence

அகண்டானுபவத்தை விண்டே வாக்குகள் கொண்டு

agandaa anubhavaththai vindae vakkugal kondu

Through (his) teachings, enables (the disciple) to experience the boundless expansiveness 

ஸத்து சித்தானந்த அத்வைதியே இவர்

saththu siththu aanandha athvaithiyae ivar

He is the absolute existence, consciousness and bliss and non-dual

ஒருத்தர் எதிரில்லாத வஸ்து இவர்

oruthar ethir illatha vasthu ivar

The one who doesn’t have a second in his experience

என்று பக்தி செய்தவர் ஜீவன் முக்தியடைய

endru bhakthi saithavar jeevan mukthi adaya

The seeker who worships him as described above gets liberated

நல்ல சத்தியமாய் இவர் முக்திஸாதனம் கொண்டு

nalla saththiyamaai ivar mukthisaathanam kondu

He is the absolute truth and the disciple can use him as the means for liberation

ஸத்துசித்தானந்தர் அபரிச்சின்ன அருளினாலே

saththu siththu aanandhar abharichchinna arulinaalae

He is the absolute existence, consciousness and bliss.  With his immense grace

ஈசரே இவர்க்கொரு நாசப்பிறவியில்லை

eesaray ivarkkoru naasap piravi illai

Oh Lord! There is no more dreadful death and birth (for the disciple)

ஈசர் அவர் ஸ்வபிரகாசர் என் குரு

eesar avar svapragaasar en guru

He is the Lord! He is self-illuminated and my Guru

பிரம்ம வெங்கடேசுவரர் இங்கே

brahma venkataesuvarar ingae

He is the Brahman itself,  here He is called by the name Venkateswarar