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thAmA thAma AlAbA

தாமா தாம ஆலாபா

திருச்செங்கோடு · thiruchchengkOdu

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thAmA thAmA lAbA lOkA

thArA thArath ...... tharaNeesA

thAnA sArO bAvA pAvO

nAsA pAsath ...... thaparAtha

yAmA yAmA thEsA rUdA

yArA yApath ...... thenathAvi

yAmA kAvAy theeyE neervA

yAthE yeemath ...... thukalAmO

kAmA kAmA theenA neeNA

kAvAy kALak ...... kiriyAykang

kALA leelA bAlA neepA

kAmA mOthak ...... kanamAnin

thEmAr thEmA kAmee pAkee

thEsA thEsath ...... thavarOthum

sEyE vELE pUvE kOvE

thEvE thEvap ...... perumALE.

Meaning

thAmA thAma AlAbA lOka AthArA

Oh the garlanded one, oh sweet talker, oh the causal one for the entire world,

thAra(m) tharaNi eesA

Oh Lord of the five elements including water and earth,

thAna AsArO bAvA pAvO nAsA

Oh Lord who is meditated upon by philanthropists with charitable mind, oh destroyer of all sins;

pAsaththu aparAtha yAmA yAmA thEsAr Udu

along with those who have been doomed to the southern land of the God of Death as punishment for their obsessive attachment,

ArAyA Apaththu enathu Avi AmA kAvAy

is it fair that my soul is also ordained to that perilous state without discrimination? Kindly protect and bless me!

theeyEn neer vAyAthE eemaththu ukalAmO

Although I am vicious, may I not become virtuous before I am consigned to fire in the cremation ground?

kAmA kAma AtheenA neeL nAkA vAy kALa kiriyAy

Oh my friend, oh grantor of Your devotees' wishes, oh Lord with an abode in the long serpentine mountain called ThiruchchengkOdu*,

kangkALA leelA bAlA neepA

You are the child of Lord SivA who sports a garland of bones, and You wear the garland of kadappa flowers;

kAma AmOthak kana mAnin thEm Ar thE mA kAmee pAkee

You relish the millet-flour soaked in honey offered by Your beloved, famous and deer-like VaLLi!

thEsA thEsaththavar Othum sEyE

Oh effulgent one, You are the famous child praised by all in the world!

vELE pUvE kOvE thEvE thEvap perumALE.

Oh Leader, oh handsome one, oh my king, oh Lord, You are the Lord of all celestials, oh Great One!