1728 ## kaim māṉa mata yāṉai * iṭar tīrtta karu mukilai *
maim māṉa maṇiyai * aṇi kŏl̤ maratakattai **
ĕmmāṉai ĕm pirāṉai īcaṉai * ĕṉ maṉattul̤
ammāṉai- * aṭiyeṉ aṭaintu uyntupoṉeṉe-1
Simple Translation
1728. The dark cloud-colored lord of kannapuram
who saved the long-trunked Gajendra from the crocodile,
is a precious emerald-colored jewel, my dear one, Esan, my father,
and I, his devotee, keep him in my heart and am saved.