[5] The poet was, for composing the lyrics, rewarded with the free gift of 500 villages in an area called "Umbar Kadu" (somewhere in present-day Kerala) and a share in the revenue of the thennadu (the southern country) for 38 years.

[6] Among his martial conquests were the country of the Kadambu clan, possibly Kadambas, on an "island" ["iru munnirthuruthi"] on the Malabar Coast (with the sacred kadambu tree as their totem or guardian tree).

[2][4][3] Nedum Cheralathan is also described to have won a victory over the Yavanas, probably Graeco-Roman marines on the Kerala coast.

He captured several of them (punished them by pouring hot ghee on their heads) and later released them for a heavy ransom (in the form of diamonds and other precious stones and many utensils of fine workmanship).

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