Tiruppavai 8 · verse 481 of the four thousand
kīḻvāṉam veḷḷeṉṟu erumai ciṟu vīṭumēyvāṉ parantaṉa kāṇ mikku uḷḷa piḷḷaikaḷumpōvāṉ pōkiṉṟāraip pōkāmal kāttu uṉṉaikkūvuvāṉ vantu niṉṟōm kōtukalam uṭaiyapāvāy eḻuntirāy pāṭip paṟai koṇṭumā vāy piḷantāṉai mallarai māṭṭiyatēvāti tēvaṉaic ceṉṟu nām cēvittālāvā eṉṟu ārāyntu aruḷ- ēlōr empāvāy
Meaning
The eastern sky has turned white, and the buffaloes have spread out to graze in the small pastures. We stopped the other girls who were setting out, and have come to your door to call you. O eager, lovely girl, get up! If we go and worship the God of gods, who split open the horse's mouth and destroyed the wrestlers, singing and receiving our drum, He will look into our need, say "Ah, ah!" and show His grace.
Word by word
- kīḻvāṉam veḷḷeṉṟu
- the eastern sky has turned white
- ciṟu vīṭu
- the small grazing grounds near dawn
- kōtukalam uṭaiya
- full of eagerness for Krishna
- paṟai
- the drum, the gift of the vow
- mā vāy piḷantāṉai
- who split the mouth of the horse-demon Kesi
- mallarai māṭṭiya
- who destroyed Kamsa's wrestlers
- tēvāti tēvaṉaic
- the God of gods
- āvā eṉṟu
- crying "Ah, ah!" in compassion
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.