நடமாடி ஏழுலகம் உய்யக் கொண்டநாயகரே நான்மறையோர் தங்க ளோடும்திடமாட மதில்தில்லைக் கோயில் கொண்டசெல்வரே உமதருமை தேரா விட்டீர்இடமாடி இருந்தவளும் விலக்கா விட்டால்என்போல்வார்க் குடன்நிற்க இயல்வ தன்றுதடமாலை முடிசாய்த்துப் பணிந்த வானோர்தஞ்சுண்டா யங்கருநீர் நஞ்சுண்டீரே.
In plain words
Lord, who danced and took the seven worlds into your keeping so that they might be saved! Rich One, who with the people of the four Vedas made your home in the temple of Tillai with its firm mansions and walls! You did not weigh your own rare worth. Had she too who sat at your left side not held it back, it would not have been possible for such as me to stand by you. The heavenly ones bowed, bending their crowns with broad garlands, a throng that sought refuge, and you swallowed the poison of the dark waters.
Line by line
Who, dancing, took the seven worlds so that they be saved, O Lord! Together with the people of the four Vedas, who took as home the temple of Tillai with firm mansions and walls, O Rich One! Your own rare worth you did not consider. If she who sat on your left side too had not held it back, for such as me to stand by you would not be possible. The heavenly ones who bowed, tilting their crowns with broad garlands, the throng that sought refuge; the poison of the dark water you ate.