Tiruppavai 13 · verse 486 of the four thousand
puḷḷiṉ vāy kīṇṭāṉaip pollā arakkaṉaikkiḷḷik kaḷaintāṉaik kīrttimaipāṭip pōypiḷḷaikaḷ ellārum pāvaik-kaḷam pukkārveḷḷi eḻuntu viyāḻam uṟaṅkiṟṟupuḷḷum cilampiṉa kāṇ pōtu-arik kaṇṇiṉāykuḷḷak kuḷirak kuṭaintu nīrāṭātēpaḷḷik kiṭattiyō? pāvāy nī naṉṉāḷālkaḷḷam tavirntu kalantu-ēlōr empāvāy
Meaning
All the girls have gone to the place of the vow, singing the glory of Him who tore open the bird's beak and plucked away the wicked demon. Venus has risen and Jupiter has set; look, the birds are chirping. O girl with eyes like flowers, will you lie in bed instead of plunging into the cold water and bathing? O lovely one, on this good day, leave your pretending and join us.
Word by word
- puḷḷiṉ vāy kīṇṭāṉaip
- who tore open the beak of the bird-demon Baka
- pollā arakkaṉaik
- the wicked demon, Ravana
- pāvaik-kaḷam
- the place where the vow is kept
- veḷḷi eḻuntu viyāḻam uṟaṅkiṟṟu
- Venus has risen and Jupiter has set
- pōtu-arik kaṇṇiṉāy
- O girl with eyes like flowers
- kuḷḷak kuḷirak kuṭaintu
- plunging into the bitter cold water
- kaḷḷam tavirntu
- giving up your pretence
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.