one who has made me as his servitor —

he rules over me and showers his grace on me —

 being the protector of thirukkuṛaiyalūr —

ŏh one who ruled over the worlds by being the antharāthmā of indhra who is the lord of the three worlds [bhū:, bhūva:, suva:]! —

protecting by ruling the heaven —

yāl̤i (a historical lion-faced beast, with four feet and a trunk) —

being the lord —

rudhra who rules over —

being the controller (with his sankalpam (vow)) —

 lions —

yāl̤is (an extinct animal which is like a lion, with an additional trunk) —