📌 சந்த அமைப்பின்படி வரிகள் பிரிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளன — மெட்டுக்கேற்ப சீர் பிரிவு / Lines follow traditional chandam (rhythmic) word-breaks of the original composition.
O Lord Muruga,
I have not worshipped You every day.
I have not explained or spoken about Your true nature and greatness.
I have not lovingly offered many flowers and bowed firmly at Your sacred feet.
I have not performed any penance.
Yet, may Your grace towards me never diminish.
I do not know the places where Your loving devotees live.
I have not gone around Your sacred hills with devotion and desire.
I have not even wished to praise and sing Your glory with joy.
My heart remains hard and unmoving like a mountain.
When the terrible moment of death arrives—
when fierce elephants rise roaring,
when the messengers of Yama, the god of death, come with anger,
when they surround me and strike with their frightening ropes and weapons—
At that moment, when my mind becomes confused,
when my actions fail,
when my body and thoughts weaken,
when destruction approaches,
come to me in that very instant upon Your peacock and remove my fear.
O Lord who holds the powerful Vel (divine spear),
You who fought and destroyed the demons whose evil deeds had filled the world,
whose bodies were torn apart and whose flesh became food for vultures!
O Lord who possesses the beautiful Valli,
whose words are sweet like the song of a cuckoo,
whose form is graceful like a tender creeper,
whose body is adorned with fragrant kumkum, sandal paste, and musk!
You who are joyfully worshipped by sages who daily recite the four Vedas,
who perform sacred rituals and offer holy water and flowers,
and by the celestial beings and great saints who praise and bow before You!
O Saravana Perumal,
who resides in the holy hill of Tirupparankundram,
a place filled with beautiful gardens where bees drink the sweet nectar of flowers—
Please come and bless me.
Though I have failed to worship You properly,
when the final moment of fear and death arrives,
do not abandon me.
Come riding on Your peacock and grant me Your divine grace.
Essence of the hymn:
The poet humbly admits his spiritual shortcomings and accepts that he has not performed enough devotion, worship, or penance. Yet he completely surrenders himself to Lord Muruga, asking only for His compassion at the moment of death. The central message is that divine grace can save a person even when human effort is imperfect.
கிருத்திகை, சஷ்டி, செவ்வாய்க்கிழமை மற்றும் முருகன் பூஜை நேரங்களில் பாடலாம். Recite on Krittika, Shashti, Tuesdays and during Murugan puja.