

Thakutha kunthathi thAkuthO ena: (To this meter),

Thina(m) thinamum manam azhinthu udal nARinEn ini unathu kazhal thArAy: likewise, each and every day I become self-destructive, with a broken heart going forward, kindly bless me with Your hallowed feet! Vadivam mun seytha theemaiyAl eyum unaiyum aRa maRanthu akam meethu pOy: the shape it grows into is a function of its past bad deeds, and so it takes some odd form totally forgetting You, it commits sins increasingly Vitham theriyAmalE mala salamodu udal nakarnthu azhuthu ARiyE: it crawls, moving the body which involuntarily excretes faeces and urine it cries aloud and, after some time, ceases to sob Ī(n)nai mulaiyin mayam ayinRu oru pAlanAy ikam udaiya seyal mEvi: it heartily imbibes mother's breast-milk it carries out actions predestined to be performed in this birth Onpathu vAsal sEr uruvam uLa pathumaiyin seyal pOlavE vaLi kayiRin udan Adi ma(n)na: like a puppet with nine portals*, it moves about with the help of oxygen acting as the string Paruvamum thalai keezhathAy nazhuvi nilam maruvi: at the due time (after the pregnancy), the child reverses its position with its head down and slips down to the earth Panai the(n)nang kani pOlavE pala kaniyin vayiRu Aki: then the womb develops into the magnitude of a palm fruit, ripe coconut and later, like a jack fruit swelling the stomach Paniyin vin(thu) thuLi pOlavE karuvin uRu aLavil: The sperm of the size of a drop of dew enters the womb Īngoru cUsamAy miLakuthuvar: there it takes the shape of a symbolic speck then it grows into a pepper size and to the size of a betel-nut Thikazhku Rinjiyin mAthumAl maruvupukazh. Thinana thinthana theethathO thikuthathiku

Song 520 - paniyin vindhuLi (kayilaimalai)
