Tiruppavai 20 · verse 493 of the four thousand
muppattu mūvar amararkku muṉ ceṉṟukappam tavirkkum kaliyē tuyil eḻāyceppam uṭaiyāy tiṟal uṭaiyāy ceṟṟārkkuveppam koṭukkum vimalā tuyil eḻāyceppu aṉṉa meṉ mulaic cevvāyc ciṟu maruṅkulnappiṉṉai naṅkāy tiruvē tuyil eḻāyukkamum taṭṭoḷiyum tantu uṉ maṇāḷaṉaiippōtē emmai nīr āṭṭuēlōr empāvāy
Meaning
O valiant One, who goes ahead of the thirty-three gods and drives away their fear, wake up! O upright One, mighty One, Spotless One who brings fever to His enemies, wake up! O Nappinnai, lovely lady with soft breasts, red lips and a slender waist, O Lakshmi Herself, wake up! Give us the fan and the mirror, and your husband too, and let us bathe right now.
Word by word
- muppattu mūvar amararkku
- for the thirty-three gods
- kappam tavirkkum
- who removes their trembling fear
- kaliyē
- O valiant One
- ceppam uṭaiyāy
- O upright One, true to His word
- vimalā
- O Spotless One
- nappiṉṉai naṅkāy tiruvē
- O lady Nappinnai, Lakshmi Herself
- ukkamum taṭṭoḷiyum
- the fan and the mirror
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.