Parvati and Shiva are indulging in a game of Dice but at the end of it both claim that they have won. To settle this argument, they mutually agree to ask the verdict of Nandikeshwara, the bull, who is also the vehicle of Shiva.
“venREn nAn venREn, prabho”, ena AnandittALe
vilaiyAdal tanile mahAdevamanohari
“Nanre”, enRu eeshan nayamAha puhazhAmal
“nAnallavO veTri kaNDEn” enRuRaittArE
“tiru viLaiyADal shei lOkat-talaivarhaL
teru viLaiyADal shei shiruvar pOl uRaiyAdal
sari illai nAm naDuvar oruvarai nAduvom” en –
Riruvarum nandiyai nyAyam sholla panittanarE