Tiruppavai 5 · verse 478 of the four thousand
māyaṉai maṉṉu vaṭamaturai maintaṉaittūya perunīr yamuṉait tuṟaivaṉaiāyar kulattiṉil tōṉṟum aṇi-viḷakkaittāyaik kuṭal viḷakkam ceyta tāmōtaraṉaitūyōmāy vantu nām tūmalar tūvit toḻutuvāyiṉāl pāṭi maṉattiṉāl cintikkapōya piḻaiyum pukutaruvāṉ niṉṟaṉavumtīyiṉil tūcu ākum ceppu-ēlōr empāvāy
Meaning
He is the wondrous Lord, the son of ever-enduring North Mathura, the Lord of the shore of the pure, deep Yamuna, the bright lamp that rose in the cowherd clan, Damodara, who brought glory to His mother's womb. If we come to Him pure, scatter pure flowers and bow, sing Him with our mouths and think of Him in our hearts, then the faults already done, and those still to come, will become like cotton thrown into a fire. Say it!
Word by word
- māyaṉai
- the wondrous Lord of mysteries
- vaṭamaturai maintaṉait
- the son of North Mathura
- yamuṉait tuṟaivaṉai
- the Lord of the Yamuna's banks
- aṇi-viḷakkait
- the beautiful lamp
- tāyaik kuṭal viḷakkam ceyta
- who brought glory to His mother's womb
- tāmōtaraṉai
- Damodara, bound at the waist with a rope
- pōya piḻaiyum pukutaruvāṉ niṉṟaṉavum
- past faults and those yet to come
- tīyiṉil tūcu
- cotton thrown into fire
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.