Aa:S R2 G3 M1 P M1 D2 N2 S
Av: S N2 S D2 N2 D2 P M1 G3 M1 R2 G3 R2 S

taaLam: Adi
Composer: VEdanaayakam PiLLai
Language:

pallavi

buddhi idu maghaLE unakku nar-buddhi idu maghaLE

anupallavi

nittiyamum paran nEsham viDAdE sattiya mArgattai tANDik-keDAdE

caraNam 1

Alayam gurukkaLai ashaTTai paNNAdE aDikkaDi japam sheyyAdirukka voNNAdE
kAlam tanai vINil kazhikka eNNAdE kaNNE iDai viDAmal uNNAdE

caraNam 2

mAtA pitAkkaLai magizhndu nI tAngu maNNil nalla piLLai enru pEr vAngu
tIdugaL unakk sheidOrkkumE tIngumE sheyyAmaliruppadu tiruvuLLap-pAngu

caraNam 3

jnAna pustakangaLai nALum nI vAsi nallavaruDan kUDi nAthanai nEsi
hInar tamakku jnAnamE upadEsi enrum guNavatiyE maharAji

caraNam 4

uyir pOnAlum nI oru poi shollAdE un vIDu kaDandayal vIDu shellAdE
payilum maru puruSar pArkka nillAdE bhAvattai kanavilum ninaittal pollAdE

caraNam 5

ambu vizhiyE aram kai viDAdE arpap-poruL virumbi ayyO keDAdE
vambuk-kArigaLuDan vArttai koDAdE maTravar poruLaik-kaNDAshaip-paDAdE

caraNam 6

vAzhvu vandAlum nI mayangit-tuLLAdE maTravar izhivai un vAyAl viLLAdE
tAzhvu vandAlum nI shalittuk-koLLAdE sakalamum paran sheyal taDuttut-taLLAdE

caraNam 7

mAmi nAttigaLai maditturavADu maghaLum tAyum pOlE magizhndu nI kUDu
sAmiyAghum kaNavan dayavai nI tEDu talaiyaNai mantram Odudal kEDu

caraNam 8

tappAmal eLiyarait-tAngik-kai tUkku dAna dharmam japa tapattil nAL pOkku
kai pAkattilE un kaNavanAr mUkku gammenru maNamEra kAi kariyAkku

caraNam 9

viDiyumun ezhundu nI vElaiyai nADu vITTaik-kaNNADi pOl viLakkik-kaiyADu
uDalum Adaiyum azhukkozhiya nIrADu uDalum perukkat-tIni uNbadu kEDu

caraNam 10

sonda vElaigaL sheyya shObi nayyAdE tunbam sheidavarkkum nI tunbam sheyyAdE
vanda eLiyavarai nI vATTi vaiyAdE mA vEdanAyakan vArttai poyyAdE

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Lyrics contributed by Lakshman Ragde.