Vellai Tamarai meaning

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pramadoss
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Vellai Tamarai meaning

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Can someone please help me with word to word meaning for the stanza 2 starting "mAdar tingurar"?

Thank you very much
Priya

veLLait-tAmarai. rAgA: Anandabhairavi. cApu tALA.

1: veLLait-tAmarai pUvil iruppAL vINai sheyyum oliyil iruppAL
koLLai inbam kulavu kavitai kUru pAvanar uLLattiliruppAL
uLLadAm poruL tEDi uNarndE Odum vEdattiNuNNin-roLirvAL
kaLLam aTra munivargaL kUrum karuNai vAcakatut-poruLAvAL
2: mAdar tIngurarp-pATTiliruppAL makkL pEshum mazhalaiyiluLLAL
gItam pADUm kuyilin kuralaik-kiLiyinAvai iruppiDam koNDAL
kOdaghanra tozhiluDait-tAkkik-kulavu cittiram gOpuram kOyil
Idanaittin ezhiviDai yuTrAL inbamE vaDivAgiDap-peTrAL

Rajani
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Re: Vellai Tamarai meaning

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mAdar tIngurarp-pATTiliruppAL
She resides (iruppAL ) in the songs (pATTil) in the sweet voice (tIngural) of women(mAdar)
makkaL pEsum mazhalaiyiluLLAL
She resides (uLLAL) in the babble (mazhalaiyil) which children (makkaL) talk(pEsum)

gItam pADUm kuyilin kuralaik-kiLiyin nAvai iruppiDam koNDAL
She takes(koNDAL) as her home(iruppiDam), the voice(kuralai) of the Cuckoo(kuyilin) which sings (gItam pADUm) , and the tongue(nAvai) of the parakeet(kiLiyin)

kOdaganra tozhiluDaittAgik-kulavu cittiram gOpuram kOyil
The shining (kulavu) temple (kOyil), its towers(gOpuram) and paintings (cittiram), which have (uDaittAgi) faultless (kOdu aganra) work(tozhil),

Idanaittin ezhiliDai yuTrAL
She lives(uTrAL) amidst the beauty(ezhiliDai) of all this(Idanaittin)

inbamE vaDivAgiDap-peTrAL
She is endowed(peTrAL) with a form(vaDivu) which is bliss itself(inbamE AgiDa)

Rajani
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Re: Vellai Tamarai meaning

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Please note the corrections in bold

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Re: Vellai Tamarai meaning

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Thank you very very much!

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