How does my body matter?

[Ravisankar S. Mayavaram]

naratvaM devatvaM nagavanamR^igatvaM mashakataa
pashutvaM kiiTatvaM bhavatu vihagatvaadi jananam.h |
sadaa tvatpaadaabjasmaraNaparamaanandalaharii\-
vihaaraasaktaM ched.hdhR^idayamiha kiM tena vapushhaa || 10||
                                       shivaanandalaharii


Approximate translation in English and then in Tamil:*
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Does the nature of the body I assume matter my Lord when all my
thoughts flow towards thee and I am immersed in the waves of
bliss arising from contemplating on thy glory. Be that of a man,
or an animal roaming in forests and mountains, as a mosquito, or
any beast, or even a worm or a bird, the body I assume does not
matter, as long as my mind always contemplates on thee.



aayiramaayiram piRavikaL iruppinum
naayinum izhin^tha uDal aaDainthiDinum
thaayinum iniyaay chEyinum nallaay
nin thiruvaDi onRE kuRiyenak koNDu
aalai pala puRaLum thiraikkaDal nOkkii
aDa~Ngaa veRiyuDan viraiyum aaRupol
nilai thaDumaaRaa orumuga nokkuDan
eNNam yaavaiyum pAyum enRaal
naan pEyay thiriyinum
naayay nariyAy viRaiyum pariyaay
pashuvaay kosuvaay puzhuvaay piRappinum
nin thiruvAdich chindhaithan paramAnandam
thuNai ena irruppin thuyar enakkEthu?

Ravi

* You will find an accurate translation with word by word meaning  in
www.vidyavrikshah.org

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