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Kaa Vaa Vaa

Ragam: Varali

Talam: Adi

Papanasam Sivan

Pallavi:

Kaa Vaa Vaa Kandha vaa vaa Yennai Kaa vaa Vela vaa (Muru-) ga

(Shanmu-) gha

Pazhanimalaiyuraiyum (Muru-) ga

Anupallavi:

Devaadi Devan Maghane Vaa

Para Devi Madiyil amarum guha (ne) vaa

Valli deivayaanai manavalaa (vaa)

Sharavana bhava parama dayalaa (shanmu-) gha

Charanam:

Aapathin Irulara Aruloli tharum appane (annane) ayya vaa

Papa thiral tharum thapam Aghala varum

Pazhani valar karunai mazhayee vaa

Thapatraya veyilara nizhal tharum vaantharuve yen

Kula guru vee vaa ..

Sri Padmanabhan marugha Rama dasan vanangum muthaiyaa

Meaning:

Oh Muruga/Shanmugha, who lives ("Urayum") in Pazhani malai,

come ("Vaa") to protect me. ["Kaa" = protect]

Come, O son of Shiva ("Devadi Devan Maghan").

Come, O Guha, who sits on Parvati’s ("Para Devi") lap ("Madiyil").

Come, O husband ("manavalaa") of Valli and Deivayanai.

O, Sharavana, the supreme kind being ("Parama Dayaalaa").

You are one who bestows light ("arul Oli") to remove ("ara") the darkness ("Irul") of danger ("aapathin")

You are the one who comes ("varum") removes ("aghala") longing ["Thapam"] and sin ("Papa").

You, are the shower ("Mazhai") of kindness ("Karunai"), who grew ("Valar") up in Pazhani.

You are the one who gives ("tharum") the shadow ("Nizhal") to

Protect/remove ("ara") me from the sun-like rays ("Veyil")

created by intense ("traya") longing ("Thapam")

Come, oh Guru of our community ("Kulam")

Oh son-in-law ("marugha") of lord Vishnu (described as the one with lotus ("Padma")

in his navel ("nabhi"))

Oh, the one who is worshipped ("vanangum") by Ramadasa (alias for the poet himself),

Oh gem of a person ("muthaiya") ! (Come …)