śaraṇamayyappā śaraṇamayyappā
abhayaṁ nin dirusaraṇamayyappā
svāmī śaraṇaṁ śaraṇaṁ pŏnnayyappā
svāmiyallādŏru śaraṇamillayyappā
paścāttābakkaṇṇīrmuttaṇimālagaḽaṇiyunnu, ñaṅṅaḽ
tĕṭruṁ piḻayuṁ sĕydŏru pābigaḽ kĕṭṭugaḽ niṟaykkunnu
siragaḽ toṟuṁ duḥkhattin dīkkanalugaḽĕriyunnu
hariharabutrā paramabavitrā piṟagaḽ pŏṟukkeṇaṁ
svāmī śaraṇamayyappā... svāmī śaraṇamayyappā...
kaliyugavaradā karppūrapriya dharmmaśāstāve, ninṟĕ
kaḻaliṇa paṇiyān padinĕṭṭoḽaṁ paḍigaḽ saviṭṭīḍān
kalluṁ muḽḽuṁ kāḍuṁ kaṣṭappāḍin karimalayuṁ
paḽḽikkĕṭṭumĕḍuttuṁkŏṇḍī pāvaṅṅaḽ tāṇḍi
svāmī śaraṇamayyappā... svāmī śaraṇamayyappā...
dūrĕ dūrĕ ninnambalavĕḽiyil pŏnnambalavĕḽiyil
tīrāśogakkĕṭṭugaḽendi pābigaḽ vīḻumboḽ
nin dirudarśanabaramānandaṁ aruḽaṇamayyappā
sandābakkaḍal naḍuvil karayāy uyaraṇamayyappā
svāmī śaraṇamayyappā... svāmī śaraṇamayyappā...