Aa:S R2 M1 P N3 S
Av: S N3 D2 P M1 P G3 R2 S

taaLam: Adi
Composer: Paapanaasam Shivan
Language: Tamil

pallavi

nI irangAyenil pughalEdu amba nikhila jagannAthan mArbil uraidiru (urai tiru)

anupallavi

tAyirangAviDil shEyuyir vAzhumO sakala ulagirkkum nI tAyallavO

caraNam

pArkkaDalil uditta tirumaNiyE saubhAgya lakSmi ennaik-kaDaikkaNiyE
nArk-kaviyum pozhiyum pulavorkkum mei jnAniyarkkum uyar vAnavarkkum amba

Meaning:

pallavi

nI iranga yenil - If you don't show mercy
pugaledu - what other refuge is there?
amba - Mother
tiru - O Lakshmi
nikhila jagannathan mArbil urai - who resides in the chest of the lord of the entire world (i.e Mahavishnu)

anupallavi

tAyirangAvidil - If the mother does not take mercy,
sEy - the infant,
uyir vAzhumO - can it live?
nI tAyallavO - Are you not the mother
sakala ulagirkkum - of the whole world ?
tirumaNiyE - O divine gem

caraNam

pArkkaDalil uditta - that emerged from the milk-ocean !
sowbhAgyalakshmi - O goddess of fortune !
kaDaikkaNiye - Cast your sideglances
ennai - on me.
pulavOrkkum - To the poets
nArkkaviyum pozhiyum - who shower poetry of the 4 kinds,
meyjnaniyarkkum - to the realised souls,
uyar vAnavarkkum - and to the noble celestials ( is there any other refuge?)

Notation:

Other information:
Lyrics contributed by Lakshman Ragde. Meaning contributed by Rajani Arjun Shankar.