Vel Maaral (Tamil)
Vel Maaral (Tamil)
Vel Maaral (Tamil)
vel māṟal (tamil)
vallimalai srī caccitāṅnta cuvāmikal tòkuttaruliya 'vel māṟal'
... veluṃ mayiluṃ tuṇai ...
tiruttaṇiyil utit(tu)arulum òruttaṅmalai
viruttaṅèṅ(tu) ulattiluṟai
karuttaṅmayil naṭattukukaṅ vele.
( ... inta aṭiyai mutalil 12 muṟai otavum ... )
( ... piṅvarum òvvoraṭiyiṅ muṭivilum "tiru" èṅṟa
iṭattil meṟkaṇṭa muḻu aṭiyaiyuṃ kūṟaveṇṭum ... )
- paruttamulai ciṛttiṭai vèluttanakai
kaṛttakuḻal civattitaḻ maṟacciṛmi
viḻikkunikar ākum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- tiruttaṇiyil utit(tu)arulum òruttaṅmalai
viruttaṅèṅ(tu) ulattiluṟai
karuttaṅmayil naṭattukukaṅ vele ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- còlaṟ(ku)ariya tiruppukaḻai uraittavarai
aṭuttapakai aṛt(tu)èṟiya
uṛkkièḻuṃ aṟattainilai kāṇum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- tarukkinamaṅ murukkavariṅ èrukkumati
tarittamuṭi paṭaittaviṟal paṭaittiṟai
kaḻaṟkunikar ākum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- paṅaikkaimuka paṭakkaraṭa matattavala
kajakkaṭavul patat(tu)iṭu(m)ni
kalattumulai tèṟikkavaraṃ ākum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- ciṅt(tu)avuṇar ètirttaraṇa kalattilvèku
kuṟaittalaikal cirit(tu)èyiṛ
kaṭittuviḻi viḻit(tu)alaṟa motum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- tutikkumaṭi yavark(ku)òruvar kèṭukkiṭar
niṅaikkiṅavar kulattaimutal aṟakkalaiyum
èṅk(ku)or tuṇai ākum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- talattilula kaṇattòkuti kalippiṅuṇa
vaḻaippa(tu) èṅ malarkkamala karattiṅmuṅai
vitirkkavalai(vu) ākum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- paḻuttamutu tamiḻppalakai irukkumòru
kavippulavaṅ icaik(ku)uruki
varaikkukaiyai iṭittuvaḻi kāṇum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- ticaikkiriyai mutaṟkulicaṅ aṛttaciṟai
mulaitta(tu)èṅ mukaṭṭiṅiṭai
paṟakkaṟa vicait(tu) atira oṭum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- cuṭarppariti òlippanila(vu) òḻukku(m)mati
òlippalai aṭakkutaḻal òlippòlir
òlippirapai vīcum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- taṅittuvaḻi naṭakkumèṅ(tu) iṭattumòru
valattumiru puṟattumaru(ku)
aṭut(tu)iravu pakarruṇaiya(tu) ākum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- pacit(tu)alakai mucit(tu)aḻutu muṟaippaṭutal
òḻit(tu)avuṇar urat(tu)utira
niṇattacaikal pucikkarul nerum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- tiraikkaṭalai uṭaittuniṟai puṅṟkaṭitu
kuṭit(tu)uṭaiyuṃ uṭaip(pu) aṭaiya
aṭait(tu)utiraṃ niṟaittuvilai yāṭum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- curarkku(m)muni vararkku(m)maka patikkumviti
taṅkkumari taṅkkumnarar tamakkumuṛm
iṭukkaṇviṅai cāṭum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- calattuvaruṃ arakkaruṭal kòḻuttuvalar
pèruttakuṭar civattatòṭai
èṅccikaiyil viruppamòṭu cūṭum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- curarkku(m)muni vararkku(m)maka patikkumviti
taṅkkumari taṅkkumnarar tamakkumuṛm
iṭukkaṇviṅai cāṭum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- calattuvaruṃ arakkaruṭal kòḻuttuvalar
pèruttakuṭar civattatòṭai
èṅccikaiyil viruppamòṭu cūṭum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- pacit(tu)alakai mucit(tu)aḻutu muṟaippaṭutal
òḻit(tu)avuṇar urat(tu)utira
niṇattacaikal pucikkarul nerum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- tiraikkaṭalai uṭaittuniṟai puṅṟkaṭitu
kuṭit(tu)uṭaiyuṃ uṭaip(pu) aṭaiya
aṭait(tu)utiraṃ niṟaittuvilai yāṭum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- cuṭarppariti òlippanila(vu) òḻukku(m)mati
òlippalai aṭakkutaḻal òlippòlir
òlippirapai vīcum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- taṅittuvaḻi naṭakkumèṅ(tu) iṭattumòru
valattumiru puṟattumaru(ku)
aṭut(tu)iravu pakarruṇaiya(tu) ākum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- paḻuttamutu tamiḻppalakai irukkumòru
kavippulavaṅ icaik(ku)uruki
varaikkukaiyai iṭittuvaḻi kāṇum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- ticaikkiriyai mutaṟkulicaṅ aṛttaciṟai
mulaitta(tu)èṅ mukaṭṭiṅiṭai
paṟakkaṟa vicait(tu) atira oṭum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- tutikkumaṭi yavark(ku)òruvar kèṭukkiṭar
niṅaikkiṅavar kulattaimutal aṟakkalaiyum
èṅk(ku)or tuṇai ākum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- talattilula kaṇattòkuti kalippiṅuṇa
vaḻaippa(tu) èṅ malarkkamala karattiṅmuṅai
vitirkkavalai(vu) ākum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- paṅaikkaimuka paṭakkaraṭa matattavala
kajakkaṭavul patat(tu)iṭu(m)ni
kalattumulai tèṟikkavaraṃ ākum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- ciṅt(tu)avuṇar ètirttaraṇa kalattilvèku
kuṟaittalaikal cirit(tu)èyiṛ
kaṭittuviḻi viḻit(tu)alaṟa motum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- còlaṟ(ku)ariya tiruppukaḻai uraittavarai
aṭuttapakai aṛt(tu)èṟiya
uṛkkièḻuṃ aṟattainilai kāṇum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- tarukkinamaṅ murukkavariṅ èrukkumati
tarittamuṭi paṭaittaviṟal paṭaittiṟai
kaḻaṟkunikar ākum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- paruttamulai ciṛttiṭai vèluttanakai
kaṛttakuḻal civattitaḻ maṟacciṛmi
viḻikkunikar ākum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- tiruttaṇiyil utit(tu)arulum òruttaṅmalai
viruttaṅèṅ(tu) ulattiluṟai
karuttaṅmayil naṭattukukaṅ vele ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- tarukkinamaṅ murukkavariṅ èrukkumati
tarittamuṭi paṭaittaviṟal paṭaittiṟai
kaḻaṟkunikar ākum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- còlaṟ(ku)ariya tiruppukaḻai uraittavarai
aṭuttapakai aṛt(tu)èṟiya
uṛkkièḻuṃ aṟattainilai kāṇum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- tiruttaṇiyil utit(tu)arulum òruttaṅmalai
viruttaṅèṅ(tu) ulattiluṟai
karuttaṅmayil naṭattukukaṅ vele ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- paruttamulai ciṛttiṭai vèluttanakai
kaṛttakuḻal civattitaḻ maṟacciṛmi
viḻikkunikar ākum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- talattilula kaṇattòkuti kalippiṅuṇa
vaḻaippa(tu) èṅ malarkkamala karattiṅmuṅai
vitirkkavalai(vu) ākum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- tutikkumaṭi yavark(ku)òruvar kèṭukkiṭar
niṅaikkiṅavar kulattaimutal aṟakkalaiyum
èṅk(ku)or tuṇai ākum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- ciṅt(tu)avuṇar ètirttaraṇa kalattilvèku
kuṟaittalaikal cirit(tu)èyiṛ
kaṭittuviḻi viḻit(tu)alaṟa motum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- paṅaikkaimuka paṭakkaraṭa matattavala
kajakkaṭavul patat(tu)iṭu(m)ni
kalattumulai tèṟikkavaraṃ ākum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- taṅittuvaḻi naṭakkumèṅ(tu) iṭattumòru
valattumiru puṟattumaru(ku)
aṭut(tu)iravu pakarruṇaiya(tu) ākum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- cuṭarppariti òlippanila(vu) òḻukku(m)mati
òlippalai aṭakkutaḻal òlippòlir
òlippirapai vīcum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- ticaikkiriyai mutaṟkulicaṅ aṛttaciṟai
mulaitta(tu)èṅ mukaṭṭiṅiṭai
paṟakkaṟa vicait(tu) atira oṭum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- paḻuttamutu tamiḻppalakai irukkumòru
kavippulavaṅ icaik(ku)uruki
varaikkukaiyai iṭittuvaḻi kāṇum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- calattuvaruṃ arakkaruṭal kòḻuttuvalar
pèruttakuṭar civattatòṭai
èṅccikaiyil viruppamòṭu cūṭum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- curarkku(m)muni vararkku(m)maka patikkumviti
taṅkkumari taṅkkumnarar tamakkumuṛm
iṭukkaṇviṅai cāṭum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- tiraikkaṭalai uṭaittuniṟai puṅṟkaṭitu
kuṭit(tu)uṭaiyuṃ uṭaip(pu) aṭaiya
aṭait(tu)utiraṃ niṟaittuvilai yāṭum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- pacit(tu)alakai mucit(tu)aḻutu muṟaippaṭutal
òḻit(tu)avuṇar urat(tu)utira
niṇattacaikal pucikkarul nerum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- tiraikkaṭalai uṭaittuniṟai puṅṟkaṭitu
kuṭit(tu)uṭaiyuṃ uṭaip(pu) aṭaiya
aṭait(tu)utiraṃ niṟaittuvilai yāṭum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- pacit(tu)alakai mucit(tu)aḻutu muṟaippaṭutal
òḻit(tu)avuṇar urat(tu)utira
niṇattacaikal pucikkarul nerum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- calattuvaruṃ arakkaruṭal kòḻuttuvalar
pèruttakuṭar civattatòṭai
èṅccikaiyil viruppamòṭu cūṭum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- curarkku(m)muni vararkku(m)maka patikkumviti
taṅkkumari taṅkkumnarar tamakkumuṛm
iṭukkaṇviṅai cāṭum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- ticaikkiriyai mutaṟkulicaṅ aṛttaciṟai
mulaitta(tu)èṅ mukaṭṭiṅiṭai
paṟakkaṟa vicait(tu) atira oṭum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- paḻuttamutu tamiḻppalakai irukkumòru
kavippulavaṅ icaik(ku)uruki
varaikkukaiyai iṭittuvaḻi kāṇum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- taṅittuvaḻi naṭakkumèṅ(tu) iṭattumòru
valattumiru puṟattumaru(ku)
aṭut(tu)iravu pakarruṇaiya(tu) ākum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- cuṭarppariti òlippanila(vu) òḻukku(m)mati
òlippalai aṭakkutaḻal òlippòlir
òlippirapai vīcum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- ciṅt(tu)avuṇar ètirttaraṇa kalattilvèku
kuṟaittalaikal cirit(tu)èyiṛ
kaṭittuviḻi viḻit(tu)alaṟa motum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- paṅaikkaimuka paṭakkaraṭa matattavala
kajakkaṭavul patat(tu)iṭu(m)ni
kalattumulai tèṟikkavaraṃ ākum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- talattilula kaṇattòkuti kalippiṅuṇa
vaḻaippa(tu) èṅ malarkkamala karattiṅmuṅai
vitirkkavalai(vu) ākum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- tutikkumaṭi yavark(ku)òruvar kèṭukkiṭar
niṅaikkiṅavar kulattaimutal aṟakkalaiyum
èṅk(ku)or tuṇai ākum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- tiruttaṇiyil utit(tu)arulum òruttaṅmalai
viruttaṅèṅ(tu) ulattiluṟai
karuttaṅmayil naṭattukukaṅ vele ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- paruttamulai ciṛttiṭai vèluttanakai
kaṛttakuḻal civattitaḻ maṟacciṛmi
viḻikkunikar ākum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- tarukkinamaṅ murukkavariṅ èrukkumati
tarittamuṭi paṭaittaviṟal paṭaittiṟai
kaḻaṟkunikar ākum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- còlaṟ(ku)ariya tiruppukaḻai uraittavarai
aṭuttapakai aṛt(tu)èṟiya
uṛkkièḻuṃ aṟattainilai kāṇum ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
- tiruttaṇiyil utit(tu)arulum òruttaṅmalai
viruttaṅèṅ(tu) ulattiluṟai
karuttaṅmayil naṭattukukaṅ vele ... ... ... ( ... tiru ... )
( ... muṭiviluṃ inta aṭiyai 12 muṟai otavum ... )
teraṇi yiṭṭup puram èrit tāṅmakaṅ cèṅkaiyilveṟ
kūraṇi yiṭṭaṇu vākik kirauñcaṅ kulaintarakkar
neraṇi yiṭṭu valainta kaṭakaṃ nèlintu cūrp
peraṇi kèṭṭatu teventra lokaṃ piḻaittatuve.
vīravel tāraivel viṇṇor ciṟai mīṭṭa
tīravel cèvvel tirukkaivel - vāri
kulittavel kòrravel cūrmārpuṃ kuṅṛm
tòlaittavel uṇṭe tuṇai.
... ... ... veluṃ mayiluṃ tuṇai ... ... ...
About This Stotram
Overview
Vel Maaral is a Tamil devotional hymn dedicated to Lord Murugan, honouring his divine weapon the Vel (spear) as a symbol of victory over ignorance and evil. The text includes specific recitation instructions — certain lines are to be repeated twelve times, and the honorific "Tiru" is added at prescribed points. It is connected to the Murugan temple at Tiruttani in Tamil Nadu.
What are the benefits of chanting Vel Maaral?
- Recitation is traditionally associated with gaining victory over obstacles.
- Connected to protection from harm and negative forces.
- Chanted for strength and courage in difficult situations.
- Considered an act of devotion to Lord Murugan for spiritual progress.
- The prescribed repetitions are believed to amplify the effect of each verse.
When is the best time to recite this?
The hymn is recited during morning and evening worship of Lord Murugan. It is especially appropriate during Skanda Shashti, Thaipusam, and other festivals dedicated to Murugan.
Historical and traditional background
Vel Maaral belongs to the Tamil Saivite tradition of devotional literature centred on Lord Murugan. The reference to Tiruttani places it within the geography of the six sacred abodes (Arupadai Veedu) of Murugan in Tamil Nadu. The authorship and precise date of composition are not known. The text's structured recitation instructions indicate a well-established liturgical use within temple and domestic worship contexts.
Available scripts
This text is available in 14 scripts: Devanagari, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Gujarati, Bengali, Gurmukhi, Oriya, Assamese, Sinhala, IAST, ITRANS, HK. Use the script selector to read it in your preferred script.
Related Texts
- Skanda Shashti Kavasam — a popular Tamil protective armour hymn dedicated to Lord Murugan, widely recited during Skanda Shashti.
- Murugan Ashtakam — an eight-verse Sanskrit hymn praising the qualities and glories of Lord Murugan.