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varai kudai thOL kAmbAga Anirai kAththu Ayar
nirai vidai Ezh seRRavARu ennE! - uravudaiya
nIrAzhiyuL kidandhu nErA nisAsarar mEl
pErAzhi koNda pirAn!

Meaning:

pirAn 				- O! helpful one
nIr AzhiyuL kidandhu 		- who rests in the milky ocean
uravu udaiya 			- that is strong,
pEr Azhi koNda 			- who set the great Chakra
nisAsarar mEl 			-  on the asuras (Madhu and Kaitabha)
nEr Am 				- who came as enemies;
ennE 				- how is it that You
varai kudai (Aga) 		- lifted the Govardhana mountain as an umbrella
thOL kAmbu Aga 			- while making Your divine shoulders as the stem
A nirai kAththu 		- and protected the cows,
seRRa ARu 			- while killing
nirai vidai Ezh 		- the seven big bulls
Ayar 				- of the cowherds.

Vyakhyana Saram:
The Lord asks Azhvar - "How did you know that I will do acts for the sake of my devotees?" Azhvar replies - "You have the capacity to kill Madhu and Kaitabha using Your Chakra without any effort. Yet You did things like lifting a mountain and killing bulls - for whose sake were those done?"

Poygaiyazhvar Thiruvadigale Sharanam
Azhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam

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