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நாயகனாய் நின்ற * நந்தகோபனுடைய
கோயில் காப்பானே ! * கொடித் தோன்றும் தோரண
வாயில் காப்பானே! * மணிக்கதவம் தாள் திறவாய் *
ஆயர் சிறுமியரோமுக்கு ** அறை பறை
மாயன் மணிவண்ணன் * நென்னலே வாய்நேர்ந்தான் *
தூயோமாய் வந்தோம் துயிலெழப் பாடுவான் *
வாயால் முன்னமுன்னம் மாற்றாதே அம்மா ! *
நீ நேய நிலைக் கதவம் நீக்கு ஏலோர் எம்பாவாய் (16)
nāyakaṉāy niṉṟa * nantakopaṉuṭaiya koyil kāppāṉe ! * kŏṭit toṉṟum toraṇa vāyil kāppāṉe! * maṇikkatavam tāḷ tiṟavāy * āyar ciṟumiyaromukku ** aṟai paṟai māyaṉ maṇivaṇṇaṉ * nĕṉṉale vāynerntāṉ * tūyomāy vantom tuyilĕḻap pāṭuvāṉ * vāyāl muṉṉamuṉṉam māṟṟāte ammā ! * nī neya nilaik katavam nīkku elor ĕmpāvāy (16)
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ನಾಯಗನಾಯ್ ನಿಂದ್ರ * ನಂದಗೋಬನುಡೈಯ
ಕೋಯಿಲ್ ಕಾಪ್ಪಾನೇ ! * ಕೊಡಿತ್ ತೋಂದ್ರುಮ್ ತೋರಣ
ವಾಯಿಲ್ ಕಾಪ್ಪಾನೇ! * ಮಣಿಕ್ಕದವಮ್ ತಾಳ್ ತಿರವಾಯ್ *
ಆಯರ್ ಸಿರುಮಿಯರೋಮುಕ್ಕು ** ಅರೈ ಪರೈ
ಮಾಯನ್ ಮಣಿವಣ್ಣನ್ * ನೆನ್ನಲೇ ವಾಯ್ನೇರ್ಂದಾನ್ *
ತೂಯೋಮಾಯ್ ವಂದೋಮ್ ತುಯಿಲೆಳಪ್ ಪಾಡುವಾನ್ *
ವಾಯಾಲ್ ಮುನ್ನಮುನ್ನಮ್ ಮಾತ್ರಾದೇ ಅಮ್ಮಾ ! *
ನೀ ನೇಯ ನಿಲೈಕ್ ಕದವಮ್ ನೀಕ್ಕು ಏಲೋರ್ ಎಂಬಾವಾಯ್ (16)నాయగనాయ్ నింద్ర * నందగోబనుడైయ
కోయిల్ కాప్పానే ! * కొడిత్ తోంద్రుమ్ తోరణ
వాయిల్ కాప్పానే! * మణిక్కదవమ్ తాళ్ తిరవాయ్ *
ఆయర్ సిరుమియరోముక్కు ** అరై పరై
మాయన్ మణివణ్ణన్ * నెన్నలే వాయ్నేర్ందాన్ *
తూయోమాయ్ వందోమ్ తుయిలెళప్ పాడువాన్ *
వాయాల్ మున్నమున్నమ్ మాత్రాదే అమ్మా ! *
నీ నేయ నిలైక్ కదవమ్ నీక్కు ఏలోర్ ఎంబావాయ్ (16)नायगनाय् निंद्र * नंदगोबनुडैय
कोयिल् काप्पाने ! * कॊडित् तोंद्रुम् तोरण
वायिल् काप्पाने! * मणिक्कदवम् ताळ् तिरवाय् *
आयर् सिरुमियरोमुक्कु ** अरै परै
मायन् मणिवण्णन् * नॆन्नले वाय्नेर्ंदान् *
तूयोमाय् वंदोम् तुयिलॆळप् पाडुवान् *
वायाल् मुन्नमुन्नम् मात्रादे अम्मा ! *
नी नेय निलैक् कदवम् नीक्कु एलोर् ऎंबावाय् (16)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
Now at Nandagopa's mansion, the girls address the guard of the house and the keeper of the flag-hung festival gateway, asking him to lift the latch of the jeweled door. Just yesterday, they say, the enchanting gem-hued lord himself gave the young cowherd girls his word about the sounding drum. They have come pure, only to sing him awake, so let the guard not refuse them at the outset but open the well-fitted beloved doors.
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