kanagasabai mEvum
கனகசபை மேவும்
kanaka sabai mEvum enadhu gurunAtha
karuNai murugEsap ...... perumAL kAN
kanaka niRa vEdhan abayam ida mOdhu
kara kamala jOthi ...... perumAL kAN
vinavum adiyArai maruvi viLaiyAdu
viragu rasa mOhap ...... perumAL kAN
vidhi munivar dhEvar aruNagiri nAthar
vimala sara jOthip ...... perumAL kAN
janaki maNavALan marugan ena vEdha
satha magizh kumArap ...... perumAL kAN
saraNa sivakAmi iraNa kula kAri
tharu muruga nAmap ...... perumAL kAN
inidhu vana mEvum amirtha kuRa mAdhodu
iyal paravu kAdhal ...... perumAL kAN
iNai ilipa thOgai madhiyin magaLOdum
iyal puliyur vAzh poR ...... perumALE.
You are my Master dancing at the Golden Shrine of Chidhambaram
in the form of merciful Murugesa, the Great One!
When BrahmA, with a golden complexion, beseeched You for mercy,
You knocked his head with Your lotus-like hand; You are that bright flame of knowledge and the Great One!
You play joyfully with those devotees who seek You out to worship
and show zeal, pleasure and love for them, You Great One!
You are BrahmA, You are all the sages, You are the DEvAs, You are SivA ruling AruNagiri and also
You are the Light that emanates from my pure exhaled breath, You Great One!
You are the nephew of Sri Rama, the Consort of JAnaki;
so speak a hundred scriptures with pleasure - You are that Kumaraswamy, the Great One!
SivagAmi (PArvathi), who protects all those who surrender to her and destroys dynasties of all demons in the battlefield,
delivered You, with the name of MurugA, the Great One!
Well settled in the millet-field at VaLLimalai, is the sweet damsel of KuRavas, VaLLi,
and You are her affectionate lover and consort, Oh Great One!
You are also the consort of DEvayAnai, the peacock-like maiden reared by the unique elephant (AirAvatham), and
You reside with her at the befitting town of PuliyUr (Chidhambaram), Oh Great One!
