Tiruppavai 11 · verse 484 of the four thousand
kaṟṟuk kaṟavaik kaṇaṅkaḷ pala kaṟantuceṟṟār tiṟal aḻiyac ceṉṟu ceruc ceyyumkuṟṟam oṉṟu illāta kōvalartam poṟkoṭiyēpuṟṟaravu-alkuṟ puṉamayilē pōtarāycuṟṟattut tōḻimār ellārum vantu niṉmuṟṟam pukuntu mukilvaṇṇaṉ pēr pāṭacciṟṟātē pēcātē celvap peṇṭāṭṭi nīeṟṟukku uṟaṅkum poruḷ?-ēlōr empāvāy
Meaning
O golden creeper of the faultless cowherds, who milk herd after herd of cows and go out to fight, breaking their enemies' strength! O peacock of the woods, slender-waisted, come out! All your kin and friends have come into your courtyard and are singing the name of the One with the colour of the rain cloud. Yet you neither stir nor speak, O precious girl. Why do you sleep, and what does it mean?
Word by word
- kaṟavaik kaṇaṅkaḷ
- herds of milch cows
- ceṟṟār tiṟal aḻiyac
- breaking the strength of their enemies
- kōvalartam poṟkoṭiyē
- O golden creeper of the cowherds
- puṉamayilē
- O peacock of the woods
- mukilvaṇṇaṉ
- the One with the colour of the rain cloud
- ciṟṟātē pēcātē
- without stirring, without speaking
- celvap peṇṭāṭṭi
- O precious, fortunate girl
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.