O Ocean-hued Lord! Bestow Your Grace upon Me.
கடல்வண்ணா! எனக்கு அருள்செய்
Words may be rearranged for prose order (Aṉvayam). Read meanings in black continuously for the simplified sense based on the Divyārtha Dīpikai.
kuzhiththu mūnṛu
āzhvār speaks to emperumān: "A person born as a brāhmaṇa is instructed by the śāstras to bathe thrice a day, worship three types of fires (agnis), and perform sandhyāvandanam." However, I have failed to carry out these prescribed duties since the day I was born, thus transgressing your commands.