The queen feels insecure about the possibility of her real son not being able to inherit the throne. She plots against Ayyappa, pretends to be sick and persuades the chief physician to prescribe a medicine to be consumed with tiger’s milk.
mummorrtihaL leelaiyai vivarikka iyalumO – arashi kavalaiyuTRALE – manikaNThan irukka tan mahan vEndanAvadu kanavE ena – vaidyaruDan shadi sheidu nATakamADinALE
aaaaaaa vali idarku nAn bali – idE en gili – idudAnO kali
arashan manam kalanginanE vaidyarO pulippAlE idarku marundena koora harihara sutanai ‘uDanE vanam shenRu innalhalai venRu vyAghra kSheeramuDan varuvAi’ ena paNittAnE