பித்தா பிறைசூடீ பெருமானே அருளாளா
எத்தான் மறவாதே நினைக்கின்றேன் மனத்துன்னை
வைத்தாய் பெண்ணைத் தென்பால் வெண்ணெய் நல்லூர் அருட்டுறையுள்
அத்தா உனக்காளாய் இனி அல்லேன் எனலாமே
पित्ता पिऱैसूडी पॆरुमाऩे अरुळाळा
ऎत्ताऩ् मऱवादे निऩैक्किऩ्ऱेऩ् मऩत्तुऩ्ऩै
वैत्ताय् पॆण्णैत् तॆऩ्बाल् वॆण्णॆय् नल्लूर् अरुट्टुऱैयुळ्
अत्ता उऩक्काळाय् इऩि अल्लेऩ् ऎऩलामे
pittā piṟaisūḍī perumāṉē aruḷāḷā
ettāṉ maṟavādē niṉaikkiṉṟēṉ maṉattuṉṉai
vaittāy peṇṇait teṉbāl veṇṇey nallūr aruṭṭuṟaiyuḷ
attā uṉakkāḷāy iṉi allēṉ eṉalāmē
Meaning
O Madman, wearer of the crescent, great Lord, gracious one! How could I forget you? I hold you in my mind. You placed me under your grace at Arutturai in Vennainallur, south of the Pennai. O Father, having become your servant, can I now say that I am not?
About this bhajan
The Periya Puranam tells that on Sundarar’s wedding day an old Brahmin walked into the hall with a palm-leaf deed and claimed the bridegroom as his bonded servant, because Sundarar’s grandfather had signed him over. Sundarar called him a madman. The case went to the elders of Vennainallur, the deed was found genuine, and the old man led them to the Arutturai temple and vanished inside. Shiva then told Sundarar that since he had already called him “pittha”, he should sing beginning with that word. This is the hymn, first of the seventh Tirumurai.
Tevaram, Tirumurai 7.1.1 (Tiruvennainallur, pann Indalam), Project Madurai e-text pm0207