Nachiyar Tirumozhi 9.1 · verse 587 of the four thousand
Meaning
(Andal pines for the Lord of Thirumaliruncholai in the rainy season.) Like red vermilion powder, the little red velvet insects have risen and spread all over Thirumaliruncholai. Long ago He set up Mount Mandara and drew from the sea its sweet, rich nectar; He has beautiful shoulders. Can I ever escape from His snare?
Word by word
- cinturac cempoṭip pōl
- like red vermilion powder
- intira kōpaṅkaḷē
- red velvet insects that appear in the rains
- mantaram nāṭṭi
- setting up Mount Mandara as the churning rod
- maturak koḻuñcāṟu
- the sweet, rich nectar
- cuntarattōḷuṭaiyāṉ
- He of beautiful shoulders
- cuḻalaiyiṉiṉṟu uytuṅ kolō?
- can I escape His snare?
Nachiyar Tirumozhi 9.2 · verse 588 of the four thousand
Meaning
In the lovely flowering woods of Maliruncholai, where war elephants fight, the mullai creepers hang their garland-like blossoms and flash white smiles at me, and the pidavam trees in full bloom in the rains stand there mocking and laughing. I cannot bear it. To whom shall I complain, my friend, of the torment His garland has caused me?
Word by word
- pōrkkaḷiṟu porum
- where war elephants fight
- pūmpuṟavil
- in the flowering woods
- tārkkoṭi mullaikaḷum
- mullai jasmine creepers hanging like garlands
- tavaḷa nakai
- white smiles
- piṭākkaḷ
- pidavam trees in bloom
- avaṉ tār ceyta pūcalaiyē
- the torment caused by His garland
Nachiyar Tirumozhi 9.3 · verse 589 of the four thousand
Meaning
O bright karuvilai flowers, O kaya flowers, you show the glowing colour of Thirumal's form! Tell me just one way to stay alive. Is it right that the Nambi of Thirumaliruncholai, whose strong shoulders are Lakshmi's playground, should enter my house and take my striped bangles by force?
Word by word
- karuviḷai oṇmalarkāḷ
- O bright blue karuvilai flowers
- kāyā malarkāḷ
- O dark blue kaya flowers
- uru-oḷi
- the glowing colour of His form
- uy vaḻakku
- a way to stay alive
- tiru viḷaiyāṭu tiṇ tōḷ
- strong shoulders where Lakshmi plays
- vantipaṟṟum vaḻakku
- the justice of seizing by force
Nachiyar Tirumozhi 9.4 · verse 590 of the four thousand
Meaning
O cuckoos living in the green groves, O peacocks, O bright karuvilai flowers, O fresh dark kalam berries, O fragrant flowers of the colourful poovai: you five great sinners! Why have you taken on the colour of my Lord who stands in beautiful Maliruncholai? What good does it do you?
Word by word
- paimpoḻil vāḻ kuyilkāḷ
- O cuckoos living in the green groves
- vampak kaḷaṅkaṉikāḷ
- O fresh dark kalam berries
- vaṇṇap pūvai
- the colourful poovai flower
- aim perum pātakarkāḷ
- O five great sinners
- niṟam uṅkaḷukku eṉ ceyvatē?
- what good is His colour to you?
Nachiyar Tirumozhi 9.5 · verse 591 of the four thousand
Meaning
O swarms of bees clinging to the flowers, looking like the form of the red-eyed dark cloud of a Lord who stands in Thirumaliruncholai, ringed by groves of tall flowering trees! O flower-filled pools, O red lotuses living in those pools! Tell me of some refuge for me.
Word by word
- tuṅka malarp poḻil
- groves of tall flowering trees
- ceṅkaṇ karumukiliṉ
- of the red-eyed dark cloud, the Lord
- toṅkiya vaṇṭiṉaṅkāḷ
- O swarms of bees clinging there
- toku pūñcuṉaikāḷ
- O flower-filled pools
- centāmaraikāḷ
- O red lotuses
- caraṇ
- a refuge
Nachiyar Tirumozhi 9.6 · verse 592 of the four thousand
Meaning
To the Nambi of Maliruncholai, with its fragrant groves, I have vowed with my own lips, praising Him, a hundred pots of butter; and I have promised a hundred pots brimming with sweet rice cooked with sugar. Will He, whose glory keeps on growing, come today and accept them?
Word by word
- nāṟu naṟum poḻil
- fragrant groves
- nūṟu taṭāvil veṇṇey
- a hundred pots of butter
- vāynērntu
- vowing with my lips
- akkāra aṭicil
- sweet rice cooked with sugar
- ēṟu tiruvuṭaiyāṉ
- He whose glory keeps growing
- ivai koḷḷuṅ kolō?
- will He accept these?
Nachiyar Tirumozhi 9.7 · verse 593 of the four thousand
Meaning
If the Lord who stands in Thirumaliruncholai, fragrant with the southern breeze, would come into the heart of me, His servant, and meet me there, and if He would come today and eat all of this, I would give Him a hundred thousand for each one, and even after that I would go on serving Him.
Word by word
- amutu ceytiṭap peṟil
- if He would eat it
- oṉṟu nūṟāyiramā
- a hundred thousand for each one
- āḷum ceyvaṉ
- I will serve Him
- teṉṟal maṇam kamaḻum
- fragrant with the southern breeze
- niṉṟapirāṉ
- the Lord who stands there
- maṉattē vantu nērpaṭilē
- if He would come and meet me in my heart
Nachiyar Tirumozhi 9.8 · verse 594 of the four thousand
Meaning
The flocks of little dark birds wake at dawn and sing their sweet song, announcing that Mal is coming. Can it be true? They are speaking the word of the Lord of the Solai hill, my Lord of Dwaraka, the Lord who lay on the banyan leaf.
Word by word
- kariya kuruvik kaṇaṅkaḷ
- flocks of little dark birds
- māliṉ varavu
- the coming of Mal, the Lord
- maruḷ pāṭutal
- singing their sweet song
- meymmaikolō?
- can it be true?
- cōlaimalaip perumāṉ
- the Lord of the Solai hill
- āliṉ ilaip perumāṉ
- the Lord on the banyan leaf
Nachiyar Tirumozhi 9.9 · verse 595 of the four thousand
Meaning
In Maliruncholai, whose groves are full of blooming kongu trees, I hang limp like the golden strings of flowers hanging from the konrai trees. When will the sound of the conch He presses to His beautiful face and blows, and the twang of the string of His Saranga bow, come to reach me?
Word by word
- kōṅku alarum poḻil
- groves where kongu trees bloom
- koṉṟaikaḷmēl
- on the konrai trees
- tūṅku poṉ mālaikaḷōṭu
- with the hanging golden strings of flowers
- pūṅkoḷ tirumukattu
- to His beautiful face
- cārṅka vil
- the Saranga bow
- talaippeyvatu eññāṉṟu kolō?
- when will they reach me?
Nachiyar Tirumozhi 9.10 · verse 596 of the four thousand
Meaning
The Silambaru river comes tumbling down, carrying sandalwood and dark agil wood and beating against its banks, in Maliruncholai where the Beautiful One stands. Kodhai, whose tresses are thronged with bees, gathered and spoke these ten verses of fine Tamil on Him. Those who master them will reach the feet of Thirumal.
Word by word
- cantoṭu kārakilum
- sandalwood and dark agil wood
- taṭaṅkaḷ porutu
- beating against its banks
- cilampāṟu
- the Silambaru river of Thirumaliruncholai
- cuntaraṉai
- the Beautiful One, Azhagar
- curumpu ār kuḻaṟ kōtai
- Kodhai, whose tresses are thronged with bees
- tirumālaṭi cērvarkaḷē
- will reach the feet of Thirumal
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.