📌 சந்த அமைப்பின்படி வரிகள் பிரிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளன — மெட்டுக்கேற்ப சீர் பிரிவு / Lines follow traditional chandam (rhythmic) word-breaks of the original composition.
As evening arrives and garlands are offered, the god of love (Manmatha) torments me with his flower arrows.
The cool breeze rises, grows stronger, and though it is gentle by nature, it burns me like fire in the pain of separation.
Before my beauty fades, my body grows weak, and my tender, creeper-like form loses its strength,
You must come today and bless me with the deep and lasting union of Your loving embrace.
O Muruga, who strode through the forest holding the mighty spear that made Yama, the god of death, tremble!
O Kumaresa, who won the love of Valli, the maiden of the forest, removing her shyness with compassion!
O Lord who delights in Ilanji, surrounded by flourishing groves and fertile paddy fields!
O Great One who conquered the demon Surapadman, who came through the vast ocean, causing even the Sun to tremble!
This hymn is a heartfelt prayer in which the devotee, speaking in the mood of a love-lorn soul, pleads with Lord Muruga to come before the agony of separation becomes unbearable. The imagery of evening, flower arrows, the breeze, and fading beauty symbolizes the intense longing for union with the Divine.
கிருத்திகை, சஷ்டி, செவ்வாய்க்கிழமை மற்றும் முருகன் பூஜை நேரங்களில் பாடலாம். Recite on Krittika, Shashti, Tuesdays and during Murugan puja.