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மேட்டு இள மேதிகள் தளை விடும் ஆயர்கள் *
வேய்ங்குழல் ஓசையும் விடை மணிக் குரலும் *
ஈட்டிய இசை திசை பரந்தன வயலுள் *
இரிந்தன சுரும்பினம் இலங்கையர் குலத்தை **
வாட்டிய வரிசிலை வானவர் ஏறே *
மா முனி வேள்வியைக் காத்து * அவபிரதம்
ஆட்டிய அடு திறல் அயோத்தி எம் அரசே *
அரங்கத்தம்மா பள்ளி எழுந்தருளாயே (4)
meṭṭu iḷa metikaḷ taḷai viṭum āyarkaḷ * veyṅkuḻal ocaiyum viṭai maṇik kuralum * īṭṭiya icai ticai parantaṉa vayaluḷ * irintaṉa curumpiṉam ilaṅkaiyar kulattai ** vāṭṭiya varicilai vāṉavar eṟe * mā muṉi veḷviyaik kāttu * avapiratam āṭṭiya aṭu tiṟal ayotti ĕm arace * araṅkattammā paḷḷi ĕḻuntaruḷāye (4)
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ಮೇಟ್ಟು ಇಳ ಮೇದಿಗಳ್ ತಳೈ ವಿಡುಮ್ ಆಯರ್ಗಳ್ *
ವೇಯ್ಂಗುಳಲ್ ಓಸೈಯುಮ್ ವಿಡೈ ಮಣಿಕ್ ಕುರಲುಮ್ *
ಈಟ್ಟಿಯ ಇಸೈ ತಿಸೈ ಪರಂದನ ವಯಲುಳ್ *
ಇರಿಂದನ ಸುರುಂಬಿನಮ್ ಇಲಂಗೈಯರ್ ಕುಲತ್ತೈ **
ವಾಟ್ಟಿಯ ವರಿಸಿಲೈ ವಾನವರ್ ಏರೇ *
ಮಾ ಮುನಿ ವೇಳ್ವಿಯೈಕ್ ಕಾತ್ತು * ಅವಬಿರದಮ್
ಆಟ್ಟಿಯ ಅಡು ತಿರಲ್ ಅಯೋತ್ತಿ ಎಮ್ ಅರಸೇ *
ಅರಂಗತ್ತಮ್ಮಾ ಪಳ್ಳಿ ಎಳುಂದರುಳಾಯೇ (4)మేట్టు ఇళ మేదిగళ్ తళై విడుమ్ ఆయర్గళ్ *
వేయ్ంగుళల్ ఓసైయుమ్ విడై మణిక్ కురలుమ్ *
ఈట్టియ ఇసై తిసై పరందన వయలుళ్ *
ఇరిందన సురుంబినమ్ ఇలంగైయర్ కులత్తై **
వాట్టియ వరిసిలై వానవర్ ఏరే *
మా ముని వేళ్వియైక్ కాత్తు * అవబిరదమ్
ఆట్టియ అడు తిరల్ అయోత్తి ఎమ్ అరసే *
అరంగత్తమ్మా పళ్ళి ఎళుందరుళాయే (4)मेट्टु इळ मेदिगळ् तळै विडुम् आयर्गळ् *
वेय्ंगुळल् ओसैयुम् विडै मणिक् कुरलुम् *
ईट्टिय इसै तिसै परंदन वयलुळ् *
इरिंदन सुरुंबिनम् इलंगैयर् कुलत्तै **
वाट्टिय वरिसिलै वानवर् एरे *
मा मुनि वेळ्वियैक् कात्तु * अवबिरदम्
आट्टिय अडु तिरल् अयोत्ति ऎम् अरसे *
अरंगत्तम्मा पळ्ळि ऎळुंदरुळाये (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
Cowherds are untying their young buffaloes on the high ground, and the sound of their bamboo flutes joins the bells at the bulls' necks, the music spreading in every direction until the swarms of bees scatter from the fields. The poet hails the Lord as the hero whose bow withered the clan of Lanka, who guarded the great sage's sacrifice and took the bath that crowns it, the king of Ayodhya. He asks this Lord of Srirangam to rise from his rest.
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