2008. He is our dear lord of Thirukannamangai
who protected all, swallowing all the people of the worlds,
the gods in the sky, the Danavas and all others
so that the huge flood that came at the end of the eon did not swallow them.
Any time his devotees do not think of those
who fail to worship his ankleted feet is sweet for them.
Word by Word (WBW) meaning
(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.)