1490. Our lord who destroyed Lankā, fighting with the Rākshasas
and their armies of horses, elephants, chariots and warriors
stays in beautiful Thirunaraiyur
where turtles hide inside the bunches of nānal grass
because they worry that if the fish that the mallars have caught
slip from their hands and fall on the ground,
they might bend to pick them up and take the turtles also.
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(The words may be rearranged to facilitate conversion from poetry to prose (Aṉvayam). Please read the meanings (in black) continuously to form the sentence and understand the simplified meaning based on the Divyārtha Dīpikai for the verse.)