This was originally composed for the operatic dance production, Lakshmi Prabhavam, with slightly different lyrics.
mA dayai purivAyE mAdhavA
mandara dharanE mandahAsanE
pAda malaraippaNindu pADinEn
pOdum inda parihAsam nEshanE
vEdanai meeri engum unnaiyE tEDi Odi vAdinEn prabhO – pA
marar bheema niShkAmanE viRaivinil parindu nee enai ETRu
neeraja nayana pAvana
deena rakShaka dayA svaroopa
nin sari evarE neeradhi vara shayana neela mEgha shyAmaLanE nee varuha
manmathan kaNaihaL bAdhayai tALavE iyalAdu ninRiDum endan
manadai aRindu karuNai purindu pala inbam tandu aruLvAi mahizhndu
sArasa vadana krpAkaranE ravi shashi tozhum padanE
Adi moolanE Agama nutanE tumburu nArada gAna lOla guNa
sheela vanamAlanE vA dAmOdaranE dAsar paNi umA sOda-
ranE vA vEdam kAttavanE veerar yAvarum pOTRum paramanE