Aa:S R2 G3 M1 P D3 N3 S
Av: S N3 D3 N3 D3 P M1 G3 R2 S

taaLam: Adi
Composer: VEdanaayakam PiLLai
Language:

pallavi

mei jnAnam koDuppAi svAmi ajnAnam taDuppAi svAmi

anupallavi

poi jnAniyar allAr mErkkaruNai pUNDadanE en ANDavanE nI

caraNam 1

Astigal pAstigaL yAvaiyum vENDEn anittiyam poruL nI aruLinum tINDEn
shAstiram sollum vazhi init-tANDEn taruvena nINDEn tiruvaDi pUNDEn

caraNam 2

agamE kaTTukkaDamkarakkALai ayyO vINE azhindadu nALai
igamElE nambinEn malarttALai ennavO nALai idunalla vELai

caraNam 3

anniyarkk-uraippEn nAn upadEsham aDiyEn seigaigaLE ApAsham
en solvEn en hidayap-pAsham idarkkun mEl nEsam ilai lavalEsam

caraNam 4

attanE en iyarkkannamum UTTEn arutta kaikku suNNAmbu mEnITTEn
uttama mArgattil unnattai nATTEn unai varam kETTEn ini viDamATTEn

caraNam 5

avaL avan eduvena aDangA mUlA aDangAda tIta abhEda vishAlA
sivamuru vEdAnAyakan anukUlA jaga paripAlA sukhamuru shIlA

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Lyrics contributed by Lakshman Ragde.