With the Vel, pierce and subdue the serpent of my enemy clan. Let their pride and destiny be destroyed. Even if gods come to see their face, you will hand them the sickle of defeat. You grant victory, O Murugan. That place where even the demon Surapadman’s leader loses his circle of aides—that is the place of victory. Verse 7 Transliterated: Kannula naan kannirandaal Kaalgal naangu karangal irandaal Unnula nee irundhu ennai Uyyavaendum ariya vindhu Mannulagil pala kodumai Maayava vel vandhu aala vendum Pannugal theerthu arul purindhu Paraman aagi ninra porulae.
Let the Vel destroy the ocean of birth cycles. Let the Vel destroy the enemy-like banyan tree of ego. Let the Vel destroy the mountains of arrogance. Let the Vel destroy false time. The blue-throated one’s Vel—my Vel that makes enemies tremble daily—come, knowing my path, that Gnana Vel must rule me. Verse 5 Transliterated: Ettu dhikkuyum oru paagam Edhirgal naalu dhishaiyum tholaindhu Muttru kaalai thirumba mudiyamal Mugham vaadum munjaal naduvil Thattru vaelai ezhundhu arul Thaayaagi ennai kaakka vendum Ottru vael mudi soodi varum Oru pombala devan idam porulae. shatru samhara vel pathigam lyrics in english
I, who wandered in worry—wicked and crooked—on the banks of nine rivers and oceans, I saw only one Vel. On the hill where frogs crawl, the one named Shanmuga, the Vel that touched that woman (Devasena) —that grace-giving Vel’s place is victory. Verse 9 Transliterated: Kariya munnam karumbu mulaithaal Kazhuthu aruppom ena vandha Viriya vael mudi soodi Veeran varum idam kandu Poriyum pori muthal aaga Pugaiyum pugai vithai aaga Muriyum vidaiyum uyarum idam Murugan anaiyaaga vanthidumae. With the Vel, pierce and subdue the serpent of my enemy clan
The Vel arrives as medicine for fear. O Lord Murugan, you enter the battlefield of my mind, feast on my devotion, and destroy my karmic debts. Where Lord Kanthan comes to erase all past-life afflictions, that place itself is victory. Verse 3 Transliterated: Aariya munnam karumbai aruppavan Annai valiyai thaduppavan akkiramam Seeriya vael mudi soodiya nayagan Singara thevan iyal veeran Paariya gothra padaiyai velaal Paduthu paduthu pudaippavan vael Veeriya gothra munigal pala koduppavan Vetri padai idam porulae. You grant victory, O Murugan