Nachiyar Tirumozhi 11.1 · verse 607 of the four thousand
Meaning
(Andal pleads with the Lord of Srirangam.) O ladies with fine jewels! He loves the conch in His hand; is the conch bangle in my hand, which I love, not just as dear to me? The Lord of Srirangam, who rests on the serpent with its fiery breath, will not even look at my face. Alas, alas!
Word by word
- tam kaiyiṟ caṅkamē
- the conch in His hand
- em kaiyil caṅkamum?
- the conch bangle on my hand
- ēntiḻaiyīr
- O ladies with fine jewels
- tī mukattu nākaṇaimēl
- on the serpent with fiery breath
- tiruvaraṅkar
- the Lord of Srirangam
- ammaṉē ammaṉē
- alas, alas
Nachiyar Tirumozhi 11.2 · verse 608 of the four thousand
Meaning
O lovely girls at your ammanai game! My Lord, the sweet nectar of Arangam, beautiful in His locks, beautiful in His lips, beautiful in His eyes, beautiful with the lotus rising from His navel, has turned the bangles that sat on my wrists into bangles that slip right off.
Word by word
- eḻil uṭaiya ammaṉaimīr
- O lovely girls playing ammanai, a game with tossed balls
- araṅkattu iṉṉamutar
- the sweet nectar of Arangam
- kuḻal aḻakar
- beautiful in His locks
- koppūḻil eḻu kamalap pū
- the lotus rising from His navel
- kaḻal vaḷaiyē ākkiṉarē
- made them bangles that slip off
Nachiyar Tirumozhi 11.3 · verse 609 of the four thousand
Meaning
My Lord rules the earth ringed by the surging sea, and the heavenly world too, so that nothing there ever fails. He is the rich Lord of Srirangam, who holds the righteous sceptre. Will His want really be relieved by taking my lovely bangles?
Word by word
- poṅku ōtam cūḻnta
- ringed by the surging sea
- puvaṉiyum viṇ-ulakum
- the earth and the heavenly world
- ātum cōrāmē
- so that nothing fails
- ceṅkōl uṭaiya
- who holds the righteous sceptre
- kōl-vaḷaiyāl
- with my lovely bangles
- iṭar tīrvar
- will His want be relieved
Nachiyar Tirumozhi 11.4 · verse 610 of the four thousand
Meaning
The Lord of Arangam, with its walls and many-storeyed mansions, once came as Vamana; He is the fresh, green-hued God. Long ago He received alms of water and the earth. If that begging left Him wanting still, and He now desires my bangles, would He not at least come down this street?
Word by word
- maccu aṇi māṭa matil
- walls and many-storeyed mansions
- vāmaṉaṉār
- Vamana, the dwarf
- paccaip pacun tēvar
- the fresh, green-hued God
- nīr ēṟṟa piccai
- the alms received with poured water
- peyvaḷai
- the bangles I wear
- it teruvē pōtārē?
- would He not come down this street?
Nachiyar Tirumozhi 11.5 · verse 611 of the four thousand
Meaning
My Lord took the form of a wily little dwarf, received water in His golden hand, and measured and took all the worlds. He lies on the serpent in cool Arangam, where good people live. Now He seems set on taking even the little that we, who have nothing, hold in our hands.
Word by word
- pollāk kuṟaḷ uruvāy
- taking the form of a wily little dwarf
- poṟ kaiyil nīr ēṟṟu
- receiving water in His golden hand
- ellā ulakum aḷantu
- measuring all the worlds
- naḷir araṅka
- cool Arangam
- illātōm kaipporuḷum
- even what we, who have nothing, hold
Nachiyar Tirumozhi 11.6 · verse 612 of the four thousand
Meaning
Long ago He took what I held in my hands. The rich Lord of Srirangam, where the Kaveri's waters run rolling over the fields, stands beyond the reach of anything and anyone, and stands as the meaning of the words of the four Vedas. Now He has taken my very self as well.
Word by word
- kaip poruḷkaḷ
- what I held in my hands, my bangles
- kāviri nīr ceyp puraḷa
- the Kaveri's waters rolling over the fields
- tiruvaraṅkac celvaṉār
- the rich Lord of Srirangam
- ārkkum eytātu
- beyond anyone's reach
- nāṉ maṟaiyiṉ coṟporuḷāy
- the meaning of the words of the four Vedas
- meypporuḷum
- my very self
Nachiyar Tirumozhi 11.7 · verse 613 of the four thousand
Meaning
Once, without eating or sleeping, He cut a way through the roaring sea; bound by love for a woman, He suffered every kind of torment. Yet the rich Lord of Srirangam, ringed by strong walls, does not remember any of that pain; He thinks only of His own pleasure.
Word by word
- uṇṇātu uṟaṅkātu
- without eating or sleeping
- olikaṭalai ūṭaṟuttu
- cutting a way through the roaring sea
- peṇ ākkai yāppuṇṭu
- bound by love for a woman, Sita
- pētu
- torment, bewilderment
- tiṇṇār matil
- strong walls
- naṉmaikaḷē eṇṇuvarē
- thinks only of His own pleasure
Nachiyar Tirumozhi 11.8 · verse 614 of the four thousand
Meaning
Long ago, for Bhudevi, the Earth-maiden, who lay smothered beneath the moss of the waters, the radiant God became a boar, without a thought for His pride, His body muddied and unlovely. He is the rich Lord of Srirangam. The words He spoke to her then stand firm; no one can move them.
Word by word
- pāci tūrttak kiṭanta
- lying smothered under moss
- pār-makaṭku
- for Bhudevi, the Earth-maiden
- māṉam ilāp paṉṟi
- a boar, without a thought for pride: Varaha
- tēcu uṭaiya tēvar
- the radiant God
- pēciyiruppaṉakaḷ
- the words He spoke then
- pērkkavum pērāvē
- cannot be moved, however one tries
Nachiyar Tirumozhi 11.9 · verse 615 of the four thousand
Meaning
Sisupala, swollen with his strength, had the wedding made ready and was set to take the maiden Rukmini's hand. Robbed of his glory, he was left staring up, open-mouthed, while right there He seized her hand. That champion of a woman's heart cherishes the town of great Arangam.
Word by word
- kaṇṇālam kōṭittu
- having the wedding made ready
- kaṉṉitaṉṉai
- the maiden, Rukmini
- cicupālaṉ
- Sisupala, the rival suitor
- aṇṇāntu irukkavē
- while he stared up, open-mouthed
- peṇṇāḷaṉ
- the champion of a woman's heart
- pērum araṅkamē
- great Arangam
Nachiyar Tirumozhi 11.10 · verse 616 of the four thousand
Meaning
The righteous Lord of Srirangam once gave a great word of truth, and my father Vittuchittar, Periyalwar, will have heard it: "I love those who love Me." If that saying proves false in His own case, who is there any more to make Him keep it?
Word by word
- cemmai uṭaiya
- righteous, true
- meymmaip peru vārttai
- a great word of truth
- viṭṭucittar
- Vishnuchitta, Periyalwar, Andal's father
- tammai ukappārait tām ukappar
- He loves those who love Him
- cātippār ār iṉiyē?
- who then can make Him keep it?
Verse text: the word-separated e-text of the Nalayira Divya Prabandham by Project Madurai, checked verse by verse against its second edition. Meanings are simple renderings in the light of the acharyas' commentaries, written for this site, and are awaiting a scholar's review.