Tiruppavai 17 · verse 490 of the four thousand
amparamē taṇṇīrē cōṟē aṟañ ceyyumemperumāṉ nantakōpālā eḻuntirāykompaṉārkku ellām koḻuntē kula viḷakkēemperumāṭṭi yacōtāy aṟivuṟāyamparam ūṭu aṟuttu ōṅki ulaku aḷantaumpar kōmāṉē uṟaṅkātu eḻuntirāycempoṟ kaḻalaṭic celvā palatēvāumpiyum nīyum ukantu-ēlōr empāvāy
Meaning
Nandagopala, our lord, who gives clothes, water and food in charity, wake up! Yashoda, our lady, tender shoot among all women slender as creepers, lamp of our clan, awake! O King of the immortals, who rose up through the sky and measured the worlds, do not sleep, wake up! O Baladeva, rich one with anklets of red gold on your feet, may you and your younger brother wake.
Word by word
- amparamē taṇṇīrē cōṟē
- clothes, water, food
- aṟañ ceyyum
- who gives in charity
- kompaṉārkku ellām koḻuntē
- tender shoot among women slender as creepers
- kula viḷakkē
- lamp of the clan
- amparam ūṭu aṟuttu
- piercing through the sky
- umpar kōmāṉē
- O King of the immortals
- cempoṟ kaḻalaṭic
- feet with anklets of red gold
- umpiyum nīyum
- you and your younger brother, Krishna
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.