Corpus pasuram 561 of 4000 · Mattalam Kotta Vari Sangam Nindru

மத்தளம் கொட்ட * வரி சங்கம் நின்று ஊத *
 முத்து உடைத் தாமம் * நிரை தாழ்ந்த பந்தற் கீழ் **
 மைத்துனன் நம்பி * மதுசூதன் வந்து என்னைக் *
 கைத்தலம் பற்றக் * கனாக் கண்டேன் தோழீ நான் (6)
mattaḷam kŏṭṭa * vari caṅkam niṉṟu ūta *
 muttu uṭait tāmam * nirai tāḻnta pantaṟ kīḻ **
 maittuṉaṉ nampi * matucūtaṉ vantu ĕṉṉaik *
 kaittalam paṟṟak * kaṉāk kaṇṭeṉ toḻī nāṉ (6)

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ಮತ್ತಳಮ್ ಕೊಟ್ಟ * ವರಿ ಸಂಗಮ್ ನಿಂದ್ರು ಊದ *
 ಮುತ್ತು ಉಡೈತ್ ತಾಮಮ್ * ನಿರೈ ತಾಳ್ಂದ ಪಂದರ್ ಕೀಳ್ **
 ಮೈತ್ತುನನ್ ನಂಬಿ * ಮದುಸೂದನ್ ವಂದು ಎನ್ನೈಕ್ *
 ಕೈತ್ತಲಮ್ ಪತ್ರಕ್ * ಕನಾಕ್ ಕಂಡೇನ್ ತೋಳೀ ನಾನ್ (6)
మత్తళమ్ కొట్ట * వరి సంగమ్ నింద్రు ఊద *
 ముత్తు ఉడైత్ తామమ్ * నిరై తాళ్ంద పందర్ కీళ్ **
 మైత్తునన్ నంబి * మదుసూదన్ వందు ఎన్నైక్ *
 కైత్తలమ్ పత్రక్ * కనాక్ కండేన్ తోళీ నాన్ (6)
मत्तळम् कॊट्ट * वरि संगम् निंद्रु ऊद *
 मुत्तु उडैत् तामम् * निरै ताळ्ंद पंदर् कीळ् **
 मैत्तुनन् नंबि * मदुसूदन् वंदु ऎन्नैक् *
 कैत्तलम् पत्रक् * कनाक् कंडेन् तोळी नान् (6)

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Meaning

Drums thunder and rows of conches sound without pause beneath a wedding canopy hung with strands of pearls. There Madhusudana, her rightful bridegroom and kinsman, comes to Andal and takes her hand in the sacred grasp that seals the marriage.

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