Apirami Ammaip Patikam 1.11

1.11

Excess pursues, burning disease pursues, rising anger pursues,
destitution pursues, grey hair and wrinkles pursue, great torments pursue,
Enmity pursues, treachery pursues, what is called hunger pursues,
sin pursues, lust for place pursues, many affairs pursue,
Mockery pursues, past karma pursues, my days pursue;
running with my tongue parched and dry, my legs failing me—will Yama too pursue me?
O foundational deity of all the worlds!
O life of Ādi Kaṭavūr!
Śukapāṇi, who never parts from a side of Amutīcar!
Gracious Vāmī! Apirāmi!