Pasuram 5.2.8

Tamil text and transliteration:

இறுக்கும் இறை இறுத்து உண்ண எவ் உலகுக்கும் தன் மூர்த்தி
நிறுத்தினான் தெய்வங்கள் ஆக அத் தெய்வ நாயகன் தானே
மறுத் திரு மார்வன் அவன் தன் பூதங்கள் கீதங்கள் பாடி
வெறுப்பு இன்றி ஞாலத்து மிக்கார் மேவித் தொழுது உய்ம்மின் நீரே.

iṟukkum iṟai iṟuttu uṇṇa ev ulakukkum taṉ mūrtti
niṟuttiṉāṉ teyvaṅkaḷ āka at teyva nāyakaṉ tāṉē
maṟut tiru mārvaṉ avaṉ taṉ pūtaṅkaḷ kītaṅkaḷ pāṭi
veṟuppu iṉṟi ñālattu mikkār mēvit toḻutu uymmiṉ nīrē.

English translation of verse 5.2.8:

‘Tis the Supreme Lord who has set up in different climes
The minor deities appropriate, to receive the homage the votaries pay them
And grant them boons; the devotees of the Lord with (Śrī-vatsa) the mole
On His winsome chest, singing songs of His glory, flourish well
In this abode; better revere them and in their footsteps follow.

Note

The Emperors of yore used to receive the tributes payable to them through the subordinate officials and, in the present day, Government dues are collected through a vast network of agencies. The Scriptures likewise prescribe the rites and rituals to be offered to the various deities who are but the agents of the Supreme Lord, rather, His bodies through which He carries out His enormous functions. The Āḻvār says that those who propitiate the minor deities can as well emulate the Śrī Vaiṣṇavas, who are spread all over this land and straightaway worship the Supreme Lord, the Sovereign Master to whom the minor deities owe allegiance.