Tiruppavai 6 · verse 479 of the four thousand
Meaning
(The girls wake a friend new to the vow.) Look, the birds are chirping! Do you not hear the great sound of the white conch calling from the temple of the King of birds, Garuda's Lord? Little girl, get up! He drank the poison with the demoness's milk, He kicked apart the deceitful cart; He is the Seed of all who rests on the serpent in the waters. Holding Him in their hearts, the sages and yogis rise slowly and say "Hari", and that great sound has entered our hearts and cooled them.
Word by word
- puḷḷum cilampiṉa
- the birds are chirping
- puḷ-araiyaṉ kōyilil
- in the temple of the Lord of Garuda, king of birds
- veḷḷai viḷi caṅkiṉ
- of the white conch that calls
- pēymulai nañcu uṇṭu
- drinking the poison from Putana's breast
- kaḷḷac cakaṭam
- the deceitful cart, a demon in disguise
- vittiṉai
- the Seed, the cause of all
- ari eṉṟa pēr-aravam
- the great sound of the name Hari
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.