As the pronunciation and studying improves, the beautiful form of the Divine will appear from the stone block. Visualize that the chants coming from your sacred lips are like a chisel hitting the stone and slowly sculpting an intricate and magnificent statue. Imagine that your chanting is like carving a beautiful moorthi (statue) of God (whatever form you hold near and dear). For those whose native tongue is not Tamil or Sanskrit, you can follow this simple technique. This can be seen in Sri Arunagirinathar's Thiruppugal, 'Jaya Jaya Aruna.,' where the mere chanting of the sacred Siva Panchaaksharaa mantra (embedded in the song), has ability to activate and cause the chakkras in the body to become energized. The sacred compositions listed below, being Divinely inspired, have the ability to stir and vitalize the chakkras (energy centers) in the human body - allowing them to bloom like divine lotus flowers. Yet, the benefits of undertaking such a task and receiving God's blessings are undoubtebly worth the effort because the fruits of such efforts are infinite.

Learning to recite a scripture (be it Tamil or Sanskrit) can appear to be a daunting task for an ardent spiritual aspirant.

Anyone who disagrees with this point can refer themselves to the study of the lives of The Sixty-three Nayanar Saints or obtain specific references in works listed stating otherwise. Moreover, the only prerequisite expected of the devotee from God is true sincere devotion not musical proficiency.

Musicians aim to please the people who attend their performances, while devotees aim only to please God. Hence, God gave these sacred works for the spiritual upliftment of humanity as a whole not for any particular group of individuals (i.e.

Saints always are intent upon doing good to the world as they are representatives of God on earth. There is a common obstacle that some devotees face when trying to learn these sacred pathigams/stothrams other experienced musicians discourage these devotees from learning these songs stating, 'they must be sung with the proper rhythm, pan, thala, etc.' If this premise were true, it would mean that God had ordained the original composers to bestow these sacred hymns only to musicians.The primary objective is to help you quickly learn the songs so that you may reap its benefits (which are stated in the meanings of song) by chanting them. heard from professional sangeetham singers). without the many 'aa-aa-aa's, 'na-na-na's, etc.

They are not sung by professional singers and are thus, not meant for your listening pleasure instead they are sung with love and devotion to God in the most basic rhythm (i.e. The audio (MP3) files & song lyrics (in PDF format) shown below are provided as tools to help you learn the important songs listed.

Sotrunai vedhiyan thevaram lyrics