(Arabhi)
,,mannu pughazh kousalai tan ,maNi vayiru vAittavanE
tennilangai kOn muDigaL ,SinduvittAi Sempon SEr |
kanni nan mA madiL puDai Soozh |kaNNapurattu en karumaNiyE
ennuDaiya innamudE irAghavanE tAlElO || 1 ||
This is called ‘piLLai tamizh’. The mother sings lullaby to her babe in the cradle. tAlElO is the word used for lullaby. tirukaNNapuram is one of the divya dESa in tanjOre District. Oh! rAma! You are born to kousalya to kill rAvaNa, the king of Lanka. You cut off his ten heads and caused happiness to all the dEvAs.
(Lalitha)
kongu mali karunguzhalAL kousalai tan kula madalAi
tangu perum pughazh janakan tiru maruhA dASarathee |
gangaiyilum teertta mali ,kaNNapuratten karu maNiyE
,, engaL kulattu innamudE rAghavanE tAlElO || 2 ||
You are the pet son of kousalya; the son-in-law of King janaka; the son of chakravarti daSarata; You reside in tirukaNNapuram where holier than ganga water flows; You are like tilaka of our race.
(Saranga)
,,tAmarai mEl ayan avanai paDaittavanE dasharatan tan
mA madalAi maithili tan ,maNavALA vaNDinangaL |
kAmarangaL iSai pADum |kaNNapuratten karu maNiyE
Emaruvum Silai valavA rAghavanE tAlElO || 3||
You created Brahma in Your nABi Kamala. That shows Your paratva. To be born as a son of ant-like daSarata! – that shows Your soulaBya. You are consort of pirATTi and reside in tirukaNapuram. You are an expert archer and has SArnga bow.
(Hindolam)
,,malai adanAl |aNai kaTTi madiL ilangai azhittavanE
alai kaDalai kaDaindu amararkku, amudu aruLi SeidavanE |
kalai valavar tAm vAzhum ,kaNNapuratten karumaNiyE
Silai valavA SEvahanE SreeAmA tAlElO || Eight ||
Sree rAma built a bridge across the sea to reach Lanka. He churned the milky ocean to get amruta. With His SArnga He killed all the enemies. Sree rAma who has performed all these astonishing feats is lying in tirukaNNapuram.
(Nilamabari)
,,dEvaraiyum aSuraraiyum diSaiha^Laiyum paDaittavanE
yAvarum vandu aDi vaNanga aranga nahar tuyinra^vanE |
kAviri nal nadhi pAyum| kaNNa^puratten karumaNiyE
Evari venjilai valavA irAghavanE tAlElO || Ten ||
BagavAn reveals His paratva by the act of creation. He reveals His soulaBya by ArchA avatAra as in Sree rangam. yAvarum vandu aDi vaNanga – it is possible only in Sree rangam not in paramapada. His bow SArnga is the symbol of dharma by destroying adharma. This is the avatAra rahasya.