Corpus pasuram 494 of 4000 · Etra Kalangal Edir Pongi Meedu
ஏற்ற கலங்கள் * எதிர் பொங்கி மீது அளிப்ப *
மாற்றாதே பால் சொரியும் வள்ளல் பெரும் பசுக்கள் *
ஆற்றப் படைத்தான் மகனே ! அறிவுறாய் *
ஊற்றம் உடையாய் ! பெரியாய் ! ** உலகினில்
தோற்றமாய் நின்ற சுடரே! துயில் எழாய் *
மாற்றார் உனக்கு வலி தொலைந்து உன் வாசற்கண் *
ஆற்றாது வந்து உன் அடிபணியுமா போலே *
போற்றி யாம் வந்தோம் புகழ்ந்து ஏலோர் எம்பாவாய் (21)
eṟṟa kalaṅkaḷ * ĕtir pŏṅki mītu aḷippa * māṟṟāte pāl cŏriyum vaḷḷal pĕrum pacukkaḷ * āṟṟap paṭaittāṉ makaṉe ! aṟivuṟāy * ūṟṟam uṭaiyāy ! pĕriyāy ! ** ulakiṉil toṟṟamāy niṉṟa cuṭare! tuyil ĕḻāy * māṟṟār uṉakku vali tŏlaintu uṉ vācaṟkaṇ * āṟṟātu vantu uṉ aṭipaṇiyumā pole * poṟṟi yām vantom pukaḻntu elor ĕmpāvāy (21)
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ಏತ್ರ ಕಲಂಗಳ್ * ಎದಿರ್ ಪೊಂಗಿ ಮೀದು ಅಳಿಪ್ಪ *
ಮಾತ್ರಾದೇ ಪಾಲ್ ಸೊರಿಯುಮ್ ವಳ್ಳಲ್ ಪೆರುಮ್ ಪಸುಕ್ಕಳ್ *
ಆತ್ರಪ್ ಪಡೈತ್ತಾನ್ ಮಗನೇ ! ಅರಿವುರಾಯ್ *
ಊತ್ರಮ್ ಉಡೈಯಾಯ್ ! ಪೆರಿಯಾಯ್ ! ** ಉಲಗಿನಿಲ್
ತೋತ್ರಮಾಯ್ ನಿಂದ್ರ ಸುಡರೇ! ತುಯಿಲ್ ಎಳಾಯ್ *
ಮಾತ್ರಾರ್ ಉನಕ್ಕು ವಲಿ ತೊಲೈಂದು ಉನ್ ವಾಸರ್ಕಣ್ *
ಆತ್ರಾದು ವಂದು ಉನ್ ಅಡಿಬಣಿಯುಮಾ ಪೋಲೇ *
ಪೋತ್ರಿ ಯಾಮ್ ವಂದೋಮ್ ಪುಗಳ್ಂದು ಏಲೋರ್ ಎಂಬಾವಾಯ್ (21)ఏత్ర కలంగళ్ * ఎదిర్ పొంగి మీదు అళిప్ప *
మాత్రాదే పాల్ సొరియుమ్ వళ్ళల్ పెరుమ్ పసుక్కళ్ *
ఆత్రప్ పడైత్తాన్ మగనే ! అరివురాయ్ *
ఊత్రమ్ ఉడైయాయ్ ! పెరియాయ్ ! ** ఉలగినిల్
తోత్రమాయ్ నింద్ర సుడరే! తుయిల్ ఎళాయ్ *
మాత్రార్ ఉనక్కు వలి తొలైందు ఉన్ వాసర్కణ్ *
ఆత్రాదు వందు ఉన్ అడిబణియుమా పోలే *
పోత్రి యామ్ వందోమ్ పుగళ్ందు ఏలోర్ ఎంబావాయ్ (21)एत्र कलंगळ् * ऎदिर् पॊंगि मीदु अळिप्प *
मात्रादे पाल् सॊरियुम् वळ्ळल् पॆरुम् पसुक्कळ् *
आत्रप् पडैत्तान् मगने ! अरिवुराय् *
ऊत्रम् उडैयाय् ! पॆरियाय् ! ** उलगिनिल्
तोत्रमाय् निंद्र सुडरे! तुयिल् ऎळाय् *
मात्रार् उनक्कु वलि तॊलैंदु उन् वासर्कण् *
आत्रादु वंदु उन् अडिबणियुमा पोले *
पोत्रि याम् वंदोम् पुगळ्ंदु एलोर् ऎंबावाय् (21)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
He is the son of the man who owns countless generous cows, cows whose milk pours without stopping until the waiting vessels froth over and spill; they call him to wake. He is the steadfast one, the great one, the light that stood revealed in the world. Like enemies whose strength is spent, who come helpless to his gate and bow at his feet, the girls have come to his door singing his praise.
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