Guest guest Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 vaiyaththu vaazhveergaaL vaiyaththu vaazhveergaaL! naamum nampaavaikkuc * ceyyum kirisaigaL kELeerO * paaRkadaluL paiyath thuyinRa paraman adi paadi * neyyuNNOm paaluNNOm naatkaalE neeraadi * maiyittezhudhOm malarittu naam mudiyOm * ceyyaadhana ceyyOm theekkuRaLai cenROdhOm * aiyamum piccaiyum aandhanaiyum kai kaatti * uyyumaaReNNi ugandhElOr embaavaay. Translation Word for Word meaning vaiyaththu of the world vaazhveergaaL O people naamum we nam paavaikku for our vow, our rite ceyyum will do kirisaigaL deeds (austerities) kELeerO listen paal kadaluL on the milk ocean paiya gently thuyinRa sleeps paraman supreme person adi feet paadi will sing ney clarified butter (ghee) uNNOm we will not eat paal milk uNNOm we will not eat naatkaalE in the early hours of every morning neeraadi we will (wake up and) take our baths mai collyrium (black eye makeup) ittu ezhudhOm we will not adorn (our eyes) with malar flowers ittu naam mudiyOm we will not wear in our hair ceyyaadhana what one shouldn't do ceyyOm we will not do thee kuRaLai(yai) bad untruths, gossip cenRu OdhOm we will not go around spreading aiyamum alms to those who don't ask (but need or deserve) piccaiyum and alms (bhiksha) to those who ask aandhanaiyum liberally kai kaatti we will give uyyum of sustaining ourselves aaRu way eNNi contemplating ugandhu happily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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