Tiruppavai 30 · verse 503 of the four thousand
Meaning
Girls with fine jewels and faces like the moon went and bowed to Madhava, Kesava, who churned the ocean full of ships, and received the drum there. This is the story told in thirty Tamil verses, a garland sung by Kodai, Andal, daughter of Bhattarpiran of beautiful Puduvai, who wears a cool garland of fresh lotuses. Those who recite all thirty here without fail will receive, everywhere, the grace of the glorious Lord Thirumal, with His four great mountain-like shoulders, red eyes and beautiful face, and they will be happy.
Word by word
- vaṅkak kaṭal kaṭainta
- who churned the ocean full of ships
- tiṅkaḷ-tirumukattuc
- with faces lovely as the moon
- cēyiḻaiyār
- girls wearing fine jewels
- aṇi putuvaip
- of beautiful Puduvai, Srivilliputhur
- paṭṭarpirāṉ kōtai
- Kodai, Andal, daughter of Bhattarpiran, Periyalwar
- caṅkat tamiḻmālai
- a garland of Tamil verses, sung in company
- īriraṇṭu māl varait tōḷ
- four great shoulders like mountains
- eṅkum tiruvaruḷ peṟṟu
- receiving His grace everywhere
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.