Apirami Ammaip Patikam 1.3

1.3

Is it not those who have received the grace-boon of your red lotus eyes— / which crowd against the long makara ear-ornaments, conceal the sesame blossom, / forsake the vāḷai fish, and conquer the kenzhi fish daubed with collyrium— / who canopy the entire earth under a single, unique umbrella, / mount upon the lion throne above, and obtaining a righteous sceptre / and the rule of Manu's justice, rule the world encircled by the ocean; and thereafter, / becoming drivers of Airāvata with his speckled face, praised as they arrive by crowds of gods / who acclaim them as Devendra of delights, / rejoice in heaven along with Paulomī? / O Form of Bliss who grows beginning with the letter 'a'! / O Life of Ādi Kaṭavūr! / O Śukapāṇi who never leaves one side of Amutīcar! / O Gracious Vāmī! O Apirāmi!