Sharmalan Thevar: Tirumantiram (Mantra 51-56) Preface: Greatness of Vedas

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0051 vētattai viṭṭa aṟam illai vētattiṉ ōtat takum aṟam ellām uḷa tarkka vātattai viṭṭu matiñar vaḷam uṟṟa vētattai ōtiyē vīṭu peṟṟārkaḷē.	0051: Vedas Proclaim Dharma No Dharma is, barring what the Vedas say; Its central core the Vedas proclaim; And the Wise ones ceased contentious brawls, Intoned the lofty strains and Freedom's battle won.
0052 vētam uraittāṉum vētiyaṉ ākilaṉ vētam uraittāṉum vētā viḷaṅkiṭa vētam uraittāṉum vētiyar vēḷvikkāy vētaṉ uraittāṉum meyp poruḷ kāṭṭavē.	0052: Truth Of Maker Brahma spoke the Vedas, but Himself not the goal supreme; He spoke the Vedas only the great Maker to reveal; He spoke them for the Holy sacrifices to perform, He spoke them, the True One to manifest.
0053 irukku uruvām eḻil vētattiṉ uḷḷē urukku uṇar vāy uṇar vētattuḷ ōṅki verukku uruvākiya vētiyar collum karukku uruvāy niṉṟa kaṇṇaṉum āmē.	0053: Moving Mood In the beauteous Veda, aptly named the Rig, As the moving mood behind, He stood; In the trembling chant of the Vedic priests He stood, Himself the Eye of vision Central.
0054 tiru neṟi āvatu citta cittu aṉṟip peru neṟi āya pirāṉai niṉaintu kuru neṟi ām civamā neṟi kūṭum oru neṟi oṉṟu āka vētāntam ōtumē.	0054: Supreme Path The Holy Path is naught but the Path Supreme, Who muse on the Lord, Himself the Path Supreme, As Material-Immaterial, as Guru Divine, They reach Siva's Pure Path-so Vedantas all declare.
0055 āṟu aṅkamāy varu māmaṟai ōtiyaik kūṟu aṅkam ākak kuṇam payilvār illai vēṟu aṅkam āka viḷaivu ceytu appuṟam pēṟu aṅkam ākap perukku kiṉṟārē.	0055: One In Several Of the One, the Vedas chant in divisions six, The One who yet in parts divisible does not be, As divided parts they swam into their ken, Then upgathered and swelled into the patterned whole.
0056 pāṭṭum oliyum parakkum kaṇikaiyar āṭṭum aṟāta avaṉiyiṉ māṭṭātār vēṭṭu viruppār viratam illātavar īṭṭum iṭam ceṉṟu ikalal uṟṟārē.	0056: Vedic Sacrifices Uncaught in the world's web of woman, song and dance, Such alone seek the holy sacrifice to perform; But the unpracticed in austerities do but reach Desire's Abode, misery to find.