Pasurams 937–947 of 4000
Kanninun Siruthambu stands apart in the entire corpus: its eleven pasurams praise not the Lord directly, but the Azhwar's own teacher. For Madhurakavi, Nammazhvar himself is everything — "the Lord of my Lord".
The tradition treasures this work as the perfect statement of acharya bhakti, the principle that devotion to one's teacher is the surest path, and recites it before beginning Thiruvaymozhi.
Opening pasuram · 937
கண்ணி நுண் சிறுத் தாம்பினால் * கட்டு உண்ணப்
பண்ணிய பெரு மாயன் * என் அப்பனில் **
நண்ணித் தென் குருகூர் * நம்பி என்றக்கால் *
அண்ணிக்கும் அமுது ஊறும் * என் நாவுக்கே (1)
Continue below to free reading pages for all 11 pasurams with public-domain Tamil text. For independent commentary and other study material, each page links to its external Uveda source page.
Read the original Tamil text of Kanninun Siruthambu
The free library presents public-domain Tamil pasurams with original editorial context. Each reading page also provides an ordinary external link to the corresponding Uveda page for independent study.
The pages are arranged in source-defined chapters where those groupings exist, and in clearly labelled neutral reading parts elsewhere, so the complete work remains easy to navigate without inventing traditional divisions.
How to memorise Kanninun Siruthambu
Kanninun Siruthambu runs from pasuram 937 to 947 — 11 pasurams in all. The app builds a daily plan around whatever pace you choose, so the pasurams arrive in small, repeatable portions rather than all at once.
The personal plan organises the Tamil pasurams into manageable daily portions, adds recall practice and brings earlier portions back through spaced reviews. Pasurams you already know can be marked as known, and a final exam and certificate are available once a whole prabandham is complete.
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