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taaLam: rUpaka
Composer: KOTeeshwara Aiyyar
Language:

pallavi

appanE kapAli ennai ANDaruL karpakavalli maruvum appanE

anupallavi

seppa nAn taramA nin perumai arpanEn arivEnO unadarumai

caraNam

mA maruvuru tiru marukAr maNimADa mayilai
mAnagar urai nirai azhagA kuzhagA senkaN
mAlODayan arivaru perumAnE paramAnanda
mA kavi kunjaradAsanEn unaiyE sadA nambinEn

Meaning:

pallavi

appanE kapAli - O dear father, Kapalishvara!
ennai ANDaruL - Rule me (take me as your slave)!
karpakavallI maruvum - (O Kapalishvara whom) Goddess Karpakavalli embraces!

anupallavi

seppa nAn taramA - Am I qualified to speak of
nin perumai - your greatness?
aRpanEn - Lowly being that I am,
aRivEnO - can I understand
unadu arumai - your preciousness ?

caraNam

niRai azhagA - O completely handsome one
maNi mADa mayilai mAnagar urai - residing in the city of Mylai which has beautiful storeyed houses
tiru maRuku AR - filling the beautiful streets
(maRugu - street)
mA maruvuru - where Goddess Lakshmi resides.
kuzhagA - O Youthful lord!
arivaru perumAnE - O Lord who is not known to
senkaN mAlODu ayan - Brahma, along with Vishnu who has (beautiful) red eyes !
paramAnanda mA kavi kunjaradAsanEn - I, the servant of Kavi Kunjarabharati, who creates blissful, great poetry,
unaiyE nambinEn - have trusted only you.

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Other information:
Lyrics contributed by Lakshman Ragde. Meaning and corrections by Rajani Arjun Shankar.