The closing prayer is shaped by a choice. It names things the speaker is not asking for, then names the three qualities sought from Murugan. Reading only the phrase grace, love and virtue can preserve an attractive thought, but reading the preceding line shows the deliberateness of the appeal. It is a prayer with priorities, and those priorities are expressed through the poet’s own words rather than supplied by a modern summary.
Arul is rendered here as grace, anbu as love and aram as virtuous conduct. In a fuller reading, each deserves attention. Love in a devotional poem has a relationship and a setting; virtue concerns the quality of conduct rather than a vague feeling of goodness. Our introductory rendering keeps the three words connected without claiming that a few English equivalents can settle every literary or philosophical question they raise.
The poem addresses Sevvel, a name of Murugan. Retaining that setting matters when the excerpt is shared. A quotation card should identify the poet, work and prayer, even when its message feels widely meaningful. A reader may draw a personal lesson from it, but that lesson should not erase the devotional address that gives the passage its character. The source and the present-day reflection can stand comfortably beside one another.