“Image of the students and community carrying out the instructions of the guru”

ciṣyarkaḷ caṅkattōṭu kuru upatēcañ ceyyum paṭam

MCVTS

Picture Key:

1. “Guru Father, Lord among Rishis” (Sabhapati Swami) (kurupitaruṣisvarar) 

2. “A male student setting a sacrifice” (naivēttiyam vaikkuñ ciṣyar)

3. “A male student working the lamp and musical sound” (tīpānātaṉai ceyyuñciṣyar) 

4. “A male student receiving instruction” (upatēcampeṟuñciṣyar) 

5. “A male student contemplating scripture” (cāstira vicāraṇai ciṣyar)

6. “A male student attaining the feet [of the guru] (caraṇamaṭainta ciṣyar) 

7. “A male student dispelling his own doubts” (cantēkanivāraṇam ceytukoḷḷuñ ciṣyar) 

8. “A female student being a servant” (pariccāraka ciṣyaputtiri) 

9. “A male student working on the flowers” (puṣpa paṇiviṭai ciṣyar) 

10. “A female student in a state of composure (Skt. samādhi) with assistance from the guru” (kurāṉukkirahacamātiyilirukkañ ciṣyaputtiri)

11. “A female student receiving initiation from the guru” (kurutīkṣaiyilirukkuñ ciṣyaputtiri) 

12. “A female student attending to the body of the guru” (kuru carīrōpacārañ ceyyuñ ciṣyaputtiri) 

13. “A male student singing the gamut of the Vedas and the musical scale-types (Tam. paṇ) of the Tēvāram” (vētacuram tēvārappaṇpāṭuñ ciṣyar) 

14. “A male student enacting praise for the guru” (kurustuticeyyuñ ciṣyar) 

15. “A male student laying out the guru’s bed” (kurucayaṉampōṭuñ ciṣyar) 

16. “A male student fanning the guru” (kuruvukku viciṟuñ ciṣyar) 

17. “A female student receiving initiation from the guru” (kurutīkṣaiyilirukkuñ ciṣyar) 

18. “A male student in a state of composure (Skt. samādhi) with assistance from the guru” (kurāṉukkiraha camātiyilirukkuñ ciṣyar)

19. “A male student making a gift out of his three constituents (body, speech, and mind) to the guru” (kuruviṟku tirikaraṇa tattañceyyuñ ciṣyar).

Source:

Capāpati Cuvāmikaḷ, Carva Māṉaca Nittiya Karmānuṣṭāṉa, Carva Tēvatātēvi Māṉaca Pūjāttiyāṉa, Pirammakñāṉa Rājayōka Niṣṭai Camāti, Carva Tīkṣākkramattiyāṉa, Cātaṉā Appiyāca Kiramāṉucantāṉa, Caṅkiraha Vēta Tiyāṉōpatēca Smiruti (Tiruccirāppaḷḷi: Ṣaṇmukavilās Piras, 1913).