1620 kulat talaiya mata vezham pŏykai pukkuk *
kol̤ mutalai piṭikka ataṟku aṉuṅki niṉṟu *
nilat tikazhum malarc cuṭar ey cotī ĕṉṉa *
nĕñcu iṭar tīrttarul̤iya ĕṉ nimalaṉ kāṇmiṉ- **
malait tikazh cantu akil kaṉakam maṇiyum kŏṇṭu *
vantu unti vayalkal̤tŏṟum maṭaikal̤ pāya *
alaittu varum pŏṉṉi val̤am pĕrukum cĕlvattu *
aṇi azhuntūr niṉṟu ukanta amarar-kove-3
Simple Translation
1620. When the strong crocodile caught Gajendra, the king of elephants,
he called to you loudly, saying,
“You are the shining light of the world, as bright as its flowers, ”
and you, faultless, went and saved him and gave him your grace.
See, you are the god of the gods
and you stay happily in beautiful Thiruvazhundur
where the Ponni river brings fragrant sandalwood from the mountains
along with gold and jewels as it fills the fields and the channels
with water and increases the richness of the place.