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ninRu nilam angkai nIr ERRu mUvadiyAl
senRu thisai aLandha sengkaNmARku - enRum
padai Azhi puLLUrdhi pAmbaNaiyAn pAdham
adai Azhi nenjchE! aRi

Meaning:

sem kaN mARku 				- Sriman Narayana with the red eyes,
ninRu 					- who stood (near Mahabali),
nIr ERRu 				- accepted
am kai 					- with His beautiful hand
nilam 					- this world,
mU adiyAl 				- and with three steps
senRu thisai aLandha 			- walked in all directions and measured it;
enRum 					- forever
padai 					- His weapon
Azhi 					- is the Chakra
puL 					- and Garuda
Urdhi 					- is His conveyance;
Azhi nenjchE 				- O majestic mind!
aRi 					- understand this.
adai 					- May you reach
pAdham 					- the divine feet
pAmbu aNaiyAn 				- of the One who has Adisesha as His bed.

Vyakhyana Saram:
Azhvar advises his mind - "O mind! Do not back away from Him seeing His greatness; look at His quality of mixing with His devotess and therefore seek His divine feet."

Poygaiyazhvar Thiruvadigale Sharanam
Azhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam

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