Tiruppavai 1 · verse 474 of the four thousand
Meaning
It is the month of Margazhi, and the moon is full: a blessed day! Come, you who wish to bathe, come, girls adorned with fine jewels, rich young girls of Ayarpadi, full of good things. The son of Nandagopa, who wields a sharp spear, the young lion of Yashoda with her lovely eyes, He of the dark body, the red eyes, and a face like the sun and the moon: Narayana Himself will give us the parai. Bathe, so that the world may praise us. This is our vow.
Word by word
- mārkaḻit tiṅkaḷ
- the month of Margazhi
- mati niṟainta naṉṉāḷāl
- the blessed day when the moon is full
- nīrāṭap pōtuvīr
- you who wish to go and bathe
- nēriḻaiyīr
- girls adorned with fine jewels
- nantakōpaṉ kumaraṉ
- the son of Nandagopa
- yacōtai iḷañciṅkam
- the young lion of Yashoda
- nārāyaṇaṉē
- Narayana Himself, and no other
- paṟai
- the drum the girls ask for; the elders read it as the goal they seek, service to Him
- ēlōr empāvāy
- the refrain of the vow: "this is our vow"
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.