Aa:S R2 G3 M2 P D2 N3 S
Av: S N3 D2 P M2 R2 G3 M1 R2 S

taaLam: cApu
Composer: VEdanaayakam PiLLai
Language:

pallavi

evaLO avaLE kula nAri avaL ihaparam iraNDukkum upakAri

anupallavi

avani tanai vidikkum ANDavanait-tudikkum anagha bhUSaNi amrta bhASaNI kanaka dUSaNI kalkadu vESiNI

caraNam 1

niddiraiyilum kaNavan dhyAnam enrum nIngAda periya
abhimAnam patiinigaTkellAm gurusthAnam avaL para puruSarukku
mAtA samAnam sattiyam porai iruL shAntam avaTkkup-poruL
dharma kanjani samaya ranjani karma yanjani ghana niranjani

caraNam 2

uttama guNangaLE AbharaNam ratna Olai mudal maghaigaL
oru tiraNam pattAvaip-pirivaduvE maraNam varum bandhu janangaTkellAm
AdhAraNam shuddham cittam uDaiyAL tUya annai naDaiyAL tudi koL sundari
shubha nirantari matiyil mantiri vacana tantiri

caraNam 3

candra bimbam pOlum tiru mukhamE avaL darishanam dharmAnanda sukhamE
enda vELaiyu-mrdu vAcakamE shIlam IvAL arundurukkum yAcakamE vandu
tanai aDukkum variyarkkellAm koDukkum kula shirOmaNi guNa udAraNi

caraNam 4

guNa azhagonru lakSAntaramE kollum koDu viSam guNamillAda
sundaramEuNavillAn vIDu vanAntaramE jnAnam uttimikkenrum
sutantatarE aNugum parthA rUpam avaTkku divya sorUpam
adhika nayavati amrta guNavati pudiya surapati puruSar tavanidhi

caraNam 5

sakalamum terinda vidyA dIpam enrum talaivan UzhiyamE kAlakSEpam
paghara oNNA mahimaip-pratApam avaL bhAggiyam kaNavan piriya sallApam
nigharil vEdanAyakan nEsamE perum sukham nidhiya navamaNi
nirva guNa aNI adhika vitaraNi ariya grahaNi

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Lyrics contributed by Lakshman Ragde.