மானும் மழுவுந் திருமிடற்றில் வாழுமிருள்தானும் பிறையுந் தரித்திருக்கும் வானவர்க்குவெள்ளத்தே தோன்றிக் கழுமலத்தே வீற்றிருந்தென்உள்ளத்தே நின்ற ஒளி.
In plain words
The light that appeared in the flood itself for the heavenly ones, that sat enthroned at Kazhumalam itself, and that has stood within my very heart, bears the deer and the axe, the darkness that lives in the sacred throat, and the crescent moon.
Line by line
The deer and the axe, and, in the sacred throat, the living darkness itself, and the crescent, it bears; for the heavenly ones, appearing in the very flood, sitting enthroned at Kazhumalam itself, in my very heart, the light that stood.