இருநில மடந்தை இயல்பினின் உடுத்தபொருகடல் மேகலை முகமெனப் பொலிந்தஒற்றி மாநகர் உடையோய் உருவின்பெற்றியொன் றாகப் பெற்றோர் யாரேமின்னின் பிறக்கம் துன்னும்நின் சடையேமன்னிய அண்டம்நின் சென்னியின் வடிவேபாவகன் பரிதி பனிமதி தன்னொடும்மூவகைச் சுடரும்நின் நுதல்நேர் நாட்டம்தண்ணொளி ஆரம் தாரா கணமேவிண்ணவர் முதலா வேறோர் இடமாக்கொண்டுறை விசும்பே கோலநின் ஆகம்எண்திசை திண்தோள் இருங்கடல் உடையேஅணியுடை அல்குல் அவனிமண் டலமேமணிமுடிப் பாந்தள்நின் தாளிணை வழக்கேஒழியா தோடிய மாருதம் உயிர்ப்பேவழுவா ஓசை முழுதும்நின் வாய்மொழிவானவர் முதலா மன்னுயிர் பரந்தஊனமில் ஞானத் தொகுதிநின் உணர்வேநெருங்கிய உலகினில் நீர்மையும் நிற்றலும்சுருங்கலும் விரிதலும் தோற்றநின் தொழிலேஅமைத்தலும் அழித்தலும் ஆங்கதன் முயற்சியும்இமைத்தலும் விழித்தலும் ஆகும்நின் இயல்பேஎன்றிவை முதலா இயல்புடை வடிவினோடொன்றிய துப்புரு இருவகை ஆகிமுத்திறக் குணத்து நால்வகைப் பிறவிஅத்திறத் தைம்பொறி அறுவகைச் சமயமோடேழுல காகி எண்வகை மூர்த்தியோடூழிதோ றூழி எண்ணிறந் தோங்கிஎவ்வகை அளவினில் கூடிநின்றுஅவ்வகைப் பொருளும்நீ ஆகிய இடத்தே.
In plain words
O you who possess the great city of Oṟṟi, which shines as the face of the girdle of the clashing sea that the lady of the broad earth wears by her nature! Who is it that has grasped the nature of your form as one? The crowding splendour of lightning is your matted hair. The abiding cosmos is the shape of your head. Fire and the sun, together with the cool moon, these three kinds of light are the eyes set in your brow. The host of stars is your necklace of cool light. The sky, which the gods and others take and dwell in as a place apart, is your beautiful body. The eight directions are your strong shoulders, and the vast ocean is your garment. The circle of the earth is your adorned hip. The serpent with the jewelled crown is the going of your two feet. The wind that runs without ceasing is your breath. All unfailing sound is your speech. The flawless sum of knowledge spread through the abiding lives, the gods first among them, is your awareness. To bring forth, in the crowded world, nature and abiding, shrinking and spreading, is your work. Making and unmaking and the effort in them are the closing and opening of your eyes. That is your nature. With these and others, joined as one with the form that has this nature, your pure form became two kinds. With the three qualities, the four kinds of birth, the five senses of that order and the six kinds of creed, you became the seven worlds. With the eight forms, aeon after aeon, you rose beyond number, exceeding every kind of measure. When you have become all such things, who has grasped your form as one?
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which the lady of the broad earth wears by her nature, of the clashing sea, the girdle, shining as its face, O you who possess the great city of Oṟṟi; of form the nature as one, who has grasped it indeed? The crowding splendour of lightning is your matted hair indeed; the abiding cosmos is the shape of your head indeed; Fire, the sun, together with the cool moon, the three kinds of light also are the eyes set in your brow; the cool-shining necklace is the host of stars indeed; the gods first, as a place apart take and dwell in, the sky indeed, is your beautiful body; the eight directions your strong shoulders, the vast ocean your garment indeed; your adorned hip is the circle of the earth indeed; the serpent with the jewelled crown is the going of your two feet indeed; the wind that runs without ceasing is your breath indeed; all unfailing sound is your speech; spread through the abiding lives, the gods first, the flawless sum of knowledge is your awareness indeed; in the crowded world, nature and abiding, shrinking and spreading, to make them appear, is your work indeed; making and unmaking and the effort in it are your closing and opening of the eyes; your nature indeed. With these and others first, with the form that has this nature joined, the pure form becoming two kinds, of the three kinds of quality, the four kinds of birth, of that order the five senses, with the six kinds of creed becoming the seven worlds, with the eight forms aeon after aeon, rising beyond number, in every kind of measure exceeding and standing, when you have become all such things too.