meaning for mInAkSi tAyE

[Lakshman]

Would someone provide the word for word meaning? Thanks.

mInAkSi tAyE (padam). rAgA: AbhOgi. Adi tALA.

P: mInAkSi tAyE aruL purivAyE malayadhvajan sEyE madurai vAzh mAyE
A: vAnOrgaL magizhndiDum vaiyattOr pugazhndiDum vAhanai maNandAyE vAmattil iNaindAyE
C: mahiSAsuranin shiram vIzha sheidAyE maragada mENiyODu tavam purindAyE
magara yAzhil svara bhEdam kaNDAyE mati mugamum sElvizhiyum koNDAyE

[arasi]

A couple of corrections in words:

vaiyyattOR (those of the world)
mEniyODu (body, form--maragada mEni)

Whose composition is this?

[Lakshman]

Thanks arasi.

[Rajani]

Here is my attempt - corrections are most welcome

mInAkSi tAyE - O mother Minakshi,
aruL purivAyE - shower your grace (on me)!
malayadhvajan sEyE - O child of King Malayadhvaja!
madurai vAzh mAyE - O enchanting one residing in Madurai!

maNandAyE - You married
vAhanai - the lord ( there may be a word missing here)
vAnOrgaL magizhndiDum - in whom the gods rejoice,
vaiyattOr pugazhndiDum - and whom the earthlings praise.
iNaindAyE - You became part of
vAmattil - His left side

mahiSAsuranin shiram vIzha sheidAyE - You made Mahishasura's head fall.
tavam purindAyE - You performed penance
maragada mENiyODu - with your emerald-like body.
svara bhEdam kaNDAyE - You display swara-bhedam
magara yAzhil - in your Veena whose body resembles a Makara (crocodile-like sea creature)
koNDAyE- You have
mati mugamum - a moon-like face
sElvizhiyum - and fish-like eyes!

[Lakshman]

Thanks Rajani. The composition is by K.N.Dandayudapani Pillai.

[rshankar]

Lovely, Rajani! By the way, vAhan refers to a handsome young man, as far as I know, and in particular, to Siva as 'sundarESvara/cokkanAthan' in Madurai.

[arasi]

Yes, vAgan is azhagan.

Nice to hear from you, Rajani!

[Rajani]

Thank you, Arasi and Ravi!