{"id":36548,"date":"2014-12-25T01:29:41","date_gmt":"2014-12-25T06:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=36548"},"modified":"2014-12-25T10:16:26","modified_gmt":"2014-12-25T15:16:26","slug":"%e2%99%ab-to-nurture-humanity-the-shepherd-arrived-as-bundle-of-joy-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=36548","title":{"rendered":"To Nurture Humanity, The Shepherd arrived as Bundle of Joy \u266b"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Spirit of Christmas-for all humanity<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>by K. Thirukumaran<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;M<\/strong>annulagil Indru Devan Irangi Varukiraar&#8221;:  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/archives\/36514\/img_8729\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-36542\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_8729-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8729\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-36542\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Poignant lyrics of \u201cMannulagil Indru Devan Irangi Varukiraar\u201d was penned by Poet laureate Kannadasan and rendered by Golden voiced Vani Jeyaram, with Immortal music composition by M.S. Viswanathan ~ in Tamil movie \u2018Punitha Anthoniyar\u2019 (released in 1977). <\/p>\n<p><em>My attempt at translating &#8220;Mannulagil Indru Devan Irangi Varugirar&#8221;:<\/em><br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_0Ts0j3EwEo?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>\u266b Video: &#8220;Mannulagil Indru Devan Irangi Varukiraar&#8221; (with translation) <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Twinkling stars in the sky will become Angels<br \/>\nThe moon will become the chariot-crib seating God<br \/>\nThe Towering Flame of Wisdom<br \/>\nFlame of Virtue, descending willingly<\/p>\n<p>Descending on earth God, today<br \/>\nAmid the good people, as Bundle of Joy, and<br \/>\nTo perform countless miracles and usher<br \/>\nAs the son on the laps of a puritan<\/p>\n<p>Hearing infant\u2019s lisping lips the heart throbs<br \/>\nDrawing near and sitting on laps mesmerizes<br \/>\nIf Vision garnered it is ample to rid sins<br \/>\nIf Hands gotten to touch it will end sorrows<\/p>\n<p>God on the laps of disciples<br \/>\nIn cuddling the infant, disciples are mother to God<br \/>\nRedeemer arrived to rescue, from cruelty, sins and suffering<br \/>\nTo nurture humanity the Shepherd arrived, as Bundle of Joy<\/p>\n<p>Descending on earth God, today<br \/>\nAmid the good people, as Bundle of Joy, and<br \/>\nTo perform countless miracles and usher<br \/>\nAs son sitting on the laps of a puritan<\/p>\n<p>Descended on earth today, God<br \/>\nAmid the good people, as Bundle of Joy<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/archives\/36514\/slide4\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-36524\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Slide4-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"Slide4\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-36524\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/archives\/36514\/slide5\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-36525\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Slide5-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"Slide5\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-36525\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/archives\/36514\/slide6\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-36526\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Slide6-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"Slide6\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-36526\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/archives\/36514\/slide7\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-36527\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Slide7-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"Slide7\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-36527\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a 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wp-image-36530\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/archives\/36514\/slide11\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-36531\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Slide11-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"Slide11\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-36531\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/archives\/36514\/slide12\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-36532\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Slide12-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"Slide12\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-36532\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/archives\/36514\/slide13\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-36533\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Slide13-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"Slide13\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-36533\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/archives\/36514\/slide3\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-36535\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Slide3-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"Slide3\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-36535\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/archives\/36514\/slide2\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-36534\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Slide2-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"Slide2\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-36534\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This song portraying the spirit of Christmas-for all humanity, is the earliest of the two popular songs featured in Tamil moviedom on the birth of Jesus; the other one is &#8220;Anbendra Mazhailyile&#8221; written by kaviyarasu Vairamuthu and sung by Anuradha Sriram to the music composition of A.R. Rahman in the movie &#8220;Minsara Kanavu&#8221; (released in 1997). <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/archives\/36514\/img_8725\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-36539\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_8725-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8725\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-36539\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/archives\/36514\/img_8731\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-36540\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_8731-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8731\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-36540\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Nativity scene at historic Franklin, New Jersey, USA. (picture by K. Thirukumaran)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/archives\/36514\/slide1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-36523\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Slide1-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"Slide1\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-36523\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This Nativity scene is kept by The Middlebush Reformed Church, in Franklin, NJ during this year&#8217;s Christmas season. The church was organized in 1834 and is listed in the US National Register of Historic Places. The church is located in the path of The American Revolutionary War (1775\u20131783) and the township is named after one of the American Founding Fathers, Benjamin Franklin (1706 &#8211; 1790). <\/p>\n<p>The church entrance is along Route 27, earlier it was known as the King&#8217;s Highway. It was traveled by raiding British generals to lure the Continental Army headed by George Washington (1731 &#8211; 1799). George Washington was stationed just North of Middlebush and as he moved away the British Generals retreated from here but destroyed a large swathe of farming land. <\/p>\n<div id=\"tweetbutton36548\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"float:right;margin-left:10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdbsjeyaraj.com%2Fdbsj%2F%3Fp%3D36548&amp;text=To%20Nurture%20Humanity%2C%20The%20Shepherd%20arrived%20as%20Bundle%20of%20Joy%20%E2%99%AB&amp;related=&amp;lang=en&amp;count=horizontal\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  style=\"width:55px;height:22px;background:transparent url('https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-tweet-button\/tweetn.png') no-repeat  0 0;text-align:left;text-indent:-9999px;display:block;\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spirit of Christmas-for all humanity by K. Thirukumaran &#8220;Mannulagil Indru Devan Irangi Varukiraar&#8221;: Poignant lyrics of \u201cMannulagil Indru Devan Irangi Varukiraar\u201d was penned by Poet laureate Kannadasan and rendered by Golden voiced Vani Jeyaram, with Immortal music composition by M.S. Viswanathan ~ in Tamil movie \u2018Punitha Anthoniyar\u2019 (released in 1977). My attempt at translating &#8220;Mannulagil &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=36548\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &lsquo;To Nurture Humanity, The Shepherd arrived as Bundle of Joy \u266b&rsquo; &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36548"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36548"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36605,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36548\/revisions\/36605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}