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மாலே மணிவண்ணா ! * மார்கழி நீர் ஆடுவான் *
மேலையார் செய்வனகள் வேண்டுவன கேட்டியேல் *
ஞாலத்தை எல்லாம் நடுங்க முரல்வன *
பால் அன்ன வண்ணத்து உன் பாஞ்சசன்னியமே **
போல்வன சங்கங்கள் * போய்ப்பாடு உடையனவே *
சாலப் பெரும் பறையே பல்லாண்டு இசைப்பாரே *
கோல விளக்கே கொடியே விதானமே *
ஆலின் இலையாய் ! அருள் ஏலோர் எம்பாவாய் (26)
māle maṇivaṇṇā ! * mārkaḻi nīr āṭuvāṉ * melaiyār cĕyvaṉakaḷ veṇṭuvaṉa keṭṭiyel * ñālattai ĕllām naṭuṅka muralvaṉa * pāl aṉṉa vaṇṇattu uṉ pāñcacaṉṉiyame ** polvaṉa caṅkaṅkaḷ * poyppāṭu uṭaiyaṉave * cālap pĕrum paṟaiye pallāṇṭu icaippāre * kola viḷakke kŏṭiye vitāṉame * āliṉ ilaiyāy ! aruḷ elor ĕmpāvāy (26)
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ಮಾಲೇ ಮಣಿವಣ್ಣಾ ! * ಮಾರ್ಗಳಿ ನೀರ್ ಆಡುವಾನ್ *
ಮೇಲೈಯಾರ್ ಸೆಯ್ವನಗಳ್ ವೇಂಡುವನ ಕೇಟ್ಟಿಯೇಲ್ *
ಞಾಲತ್ತೈ ಎಲ್ಲಾಮ್ ನಡುಂಗ ಮುರಲ್ವನ *
ಪಾಲ್ ಅನ್ನ ವಣ್ಣತ್ತು ಉನ್ ಪಾಞ್ಸಸನ್ನಿಯಮೇ **
ಪೋಲ್ವನ ಸಂಗಂಗಳ್ * ಪೋಯ್ಪ್ಪಾಡು ಉಡೈಯನವೇ *
ಸಾಲಪ್ ಪೆರುಮ್ ಪರೈಯೇ ಪಲ್ಲಾಂಡು ಇಸೈಪ್ಪಾರೇ *
ಕೋಲ ವಿಳಕ್ಕೇ ಕೊಡಿಯೇ ವಿದಾನಮೇ *
ಆಲಿನ್ ಇಲೈಯಾಯ್ ! ಅರುಳ್ ಏಲೋರ್ ಎಂಬಾವಾಯ್ (26)మాలే మణివణ్ణా ! * మార్గళి నీర్ ఆడువాన్ *
మేలైయార్ సెయ్వనగళ్ వేండువన కేట్టియేల్ *
ఞాలత్తై ఎల్లామ్ నడుంగ మురల్వన *
పాల్ అన్న వణ్ణత్తు ఉన్ పాఞ్ససన్నియమే **
పోల్వన సంగంగళ్ * పోయ్ప్పాడు ఉడైయనవే *
సాలప్ పెరుమ్ పరైయే పల్లాండు ఇసైప్పారే *
కోల విళక్కే కొడియే విదానమే *
ఆలిన్ ఇలైయాయ్ ! అరుళ్ ఏలోర్ ఎంబావాయ్ (26)माले मणिवण्णा ! * मार्गळि नीर् आडुवान् *
मेलैयार् सॆय्वनगळ् वेंडुवन केट्टियेल् *
ञालत्तै ऎल्लाम् नडुंग मुरल्वन *
पाल् अन्न वण्णत्तु उन् पाञ्ससन्नियमे **
पोल्वन संगंगळ् * पोय्प्पाडु उडैयनवे *
सालप् पॆरुम् परैये पल्लांडु इसैप्पारे *
कोल विळक्के कॊडिये विदानमे *
आलिन् इलैयाय् ! अरुळ् एलोर् ऎंबावाय् (26)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
They tell the gem-hued lord what they need for the Margazhi bath, the things their elders before them always used. They ask for conches like his own milk-white Panchajanya, whose blast sets the whole earth trembling, for great wide drums, for singers to chant blessings of long life, and for festive lamps, banners, and canopies. They appeal to him as the wonder who once lay as a baby on a banyan leaf, and ask his grace.
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