Pasuram 4.10.9

Tamil text and transliteration:

விளம்பும் ஆறு சமயமும் அவைஆகியும் மற்றும் தன்பால்,
அளந்து காண்டற்கு அரியன் ஆகிய ஆதிப்பிரான் அமரும்,
வளம் கொள் தண் பணை சூழ்ந்து அழகு ஆய திருக்குருகூர் அதனை,
உளம் கொள் ஞானத்து வைம்மின் உம்மை உய்யக்கொண்டு போகுறிலே.

viḷampum āṟu camayamum avaiākiyum maṟṟum taṉpāl,
aḷantu kāṇṭaṟku ariyaṉ ākiya ātippirāṉ amarum,
vaḷam koḷ taṇ paṇai cūḻntu aḻaku āya tirukkurukūr ataṉai,
uḷam koḷ ñāṉattu vaimmiṉ ummai uyyakkoṇṭu pōkuṟilē.

English translation of verse 4.10.9:

Neither the aliens preaching their systems six
Nor the heretics can by-any-means fix
And measure the glory of ‘Āḻippirāṉ’ the Primordial Lord,
Who, in fertile Kurukūr, cool and lovely, has His abode;
Better keep Him for ever in your mind firmly lodged
If you are keen on your salvation indeed.

Note

The aliens are those who do not admit the authority of the Vedas and the Śāstras expounding them. The six systems of such aliens are: ‘Śākhya’ (Buddhists), ‘Ulukya [Ulūkya?]’ (Cārvākas), ‘Kṣapaṇa’ (Jains), ‘Akṣapāda’ (Naiyāyikas), ‘Kapila’ and ‘Patañjali’. And then, there are those perverts or heretics who admit the authority of the Vedas but not in their entirety. They also misinterpret the texts and say that God has no form and no attributes, reducing Him to the position of a vast wilderness, mere icy abstract, cold and colourless. Both the aliens and the heretics are thus bungling in their own ways. These people cannot, therefore, comprehend the Lord’s cosmic wealth and gauge the extent of His glory, which is unfathomable and unlimited.