Corpus pasuram 940 of 4000 · Nanmaiyaal Mikka Naanmaraiyaalargal Punmai Aagak
நன்மையால் மிக்க * நான்மறையாளர்கள் *
புன்மை ஆகக் * கருதுவர் ஆதலில் **
அன்னையாய் அத்தனாய் * என்னை ஆண்டிடும்
தன்மையான் * சடகோபன் என் நம்பியே (4)
naṉmaiyāl mikka * nāṉmaṟaiyāḷarkaḷ * puṉmai ākak * karutuvar ātalil ** aṉṉaiyāy attaṉāy * ĕṉṉai āṇṭiṭum taṉmaiyāṉ * caṭakopaṉ ĕṉ nampiye (4)
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ನನ್ಮೈಯಾಲ್ ಮಿಕ್ಕ * ನಾನ್ಮರೈಯಾಳರ್ಗಳ್ *
ಪುನ್ಮೈ ಆಗಕ್ * ಕರುದುವರ್ ಆದಲಿಲ್ **
ಅನ್ನೈಯಾಯ್ ಅತ್ತನಾಯ್ * ಎನ್ನೈ ಆಂಡಿಡುಮ್
ತನ್ಮೈಯಾನ್ * ಸಡಗೋಬನ್ ಎನ್ ನಂಬಿಯೇ (4)నన్మైయాల్ మిక్క * నాన్మరైయాళర్గళ్ *
పున్మై ఆగక్ * కరుదువర్ ఆదలిల్ **
అన్నైయాయ్ అత్తనాయ్ * ఎన్నై ఆండిడుమ్
తన్మైయాన్ * సడగోబన్ ఎన్ నంబియే (4)नन्मैयाल् मिक्क * नान्मरैयाळर्गळ् *
पुन्मै आगक् * करुदुवर् आदलिल् **
अन्नैयाय् अत्तनाय् * ऎन्नै आंडिडुम्
तन्मैयान् * सडगोबन् ऎन् नंबिये (4)All renderings on this page are derived directly from the public-domain Tamil text, preserving Tamil pronunciation. In the app you can switch every pasuram between scripts with one tap.
Meaning
Even if the most virtuous scholars of the four Vedas were to look on me as something low and cast me aside, it would not matter. Satakopan is my Nambi — the one whose nature it is to be mother and father to me, accepting me and ruling over me.
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