Ennum mannil kuruksetra yuddham

ĕnnuṁ maṇṇil kurukṣetrayuddhaṁ uḽḽil
aḍuttavar tammil tammil śaraṁ ĕyyavĕ
naḍuṅṅunnu novuṁ manaḥssākṣigaḽ
nanayunnu nerin miḻittāragaḽ......
(ĕnnuṁ maṇṇil.....)

irumbaḻikkuḽḽil vimūgamāy‌ teṅṅi
hṛdayaṅṅaḽ keḻuṁ neraṁ bhūmiyil
ĕṅṅuṁ pūkkuṁ kaṇṇīrppūkkaḽ
satyaṁ muṟiveṭra kiḽiyāguṁ veḽayil....
(ĕnnuṁ maṇṇil.....)

ŏ..ŏ...ŏ..
niṇaṁ tŏḍuṁ maṇṇil nirāyudhar nilppū
manasinṟĕ tūkkaṁ nokkuṁ nīdiyuṁ
dharmmaṁ toṭru puṇyaṁ māññu
munnil vidhi vannu viḽayāḍuṁ veḽayil...
(ĕnnuṁ maṇṇil....)