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maa ramaNan raagam: hindOLam Composer: Paapanaasam Shivan pallavi: maa ramaNan umaa ramaNan malaraDi paNi manamE dinamE (maa) anupallavi: maara janakan kumaara janakan malai mEl uraibavan paarkaDal alai mEl tuyilbavan paavana (citta swaram) citta swaram m, ndmg dmgs n.d. || m., d.m.n.d. sn.gs mg || m, gsn.s d.n.s, gs || m, gmdn dmgs mg || m, dndd ndmg md || m, nndd ngmd nS || M, GSMG MGSn GS || M, GSnd m,gs n.s || (maa) caraNam: aayiram peyaraal azhaippinum aayiram urumaarinum - uyar taayin migu dayaaparan padam tanjam enbavarai anjal enraruLum (citta swaram) Meaning: pallavi: maa - mother, to denote Lakshmi Lord Shiva (ramaNan), married to Uma malaraDi - feet as beautiful as a flower paNi - go down to (feet) manamE - heart dinamE - daily The one married to Lakshmi (Vishnu) and the one married to Uma (Siva), I bow down to your feet as beautiful as a flower, my love, every day. anupallavi: janakan - father maara - god of love kumaara - Shanmuga, Murugan, Manmadan malai mEl - on the mountain (Kailash) paarkaDal - the ocean upon which Vishnu lies alai - wave Father of the god of love (Vishnu), and the father of Murugan (Siva). The one who lives on the mountain Kailaash (Siva), even the one who lies on the ocean waves (Vishnu) upon his snake worships you. caraNam: aayiram - 1000 peyar - name azhai - to call urumaarinum - changing form uyar - highest respected taay - mother migu - more than dayaaparan - Shiva padam - feet tanjam - surrender anjal - don't be afraid aruLum - to bless Even if I call you with a 1000 names (done for Visnhu), even if you change forms a 1000 ways (Siva), with more respect than even given a mother, he blesses all at his feet. One who surrenders himself at his feet will not be afraid, because Shiva will bless you and take you with him.