Decad: 24 Adaikkala-p-paththu (Decad of taking refuge in God) Sub-title: Pakkuva Ninnayam (Assessing Maturity) (Sung at Thirupperunthurai) Adaikkalam = refuge; paththu=decad. This decad is made up of 10 verses of four lines each in Aasiriya Viruththam metre. “All the ripe-minded devotees who like clustering petals of lotus flowers joined Your rosy Feet and gained peace have instantly gone with You. I, the sinner and serf with a worm infested body and dirty mind without education and wisdom, Oh my Master, seek refuge in You !” (24:1) “Oh You Who in your magnanimity forgive the meanness of me who does only detestable things Oh You who wear the serpents Oh You who bear the Ganga in Your matted hair! Oh You Who by Your sacred grace sever my birth by its roots Oh my Master I, the serf, seek refuge in You”. (24:2) 587
