389. Giving the name of the dark cloud-colored god
to your children born in an unclean body
is like pouring nectar into a dirty ditch.
But if you wear the nāmam
and dance and sing the praise of Nāranan
who is never false to his promises,
he will not send the mothers of your children to hell.
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(The words may be rearranged to facilitate poetry to prose conversion (Aṉvayam). Please read the meanings (in black) continiously to form the sentence and understand the simple meaning of those verse.)