Irandam Tiruvandadi 31 · verse 2212 of the four thousand
Meaning
Those who call Him 'Lord!' every day, at the break of dawn, and with fresh, lovely kura blossoms bow at the feet of Him who took the beautiful form of the Boar: see, it is they who will gladly behold His gem-like form.
Word by word
- pirāṉ eṉṟum
- calling Him 'Lord'
- perum pulari
- the break of dawn
- kurā nal ceḻum pōtu
- fresh, lovely kura blossoms
- varākattu aṇi uruvaṉ
- He of the beautiful Boar form, Varaha
- maṇi uruvam
- His gem-like form
- kāṇpār makiḻntu
- will gladly behold
Irandam Tiruvandadi 32 · verse 2213 of the four thousand
Meaning
My mind has found its joy, O Thirumal! It rejoiced in praising Your feet and nothing else; it rejoiced in singing of the fiery discus and the conch; and now, made firm, its work is to dance and to stay close all around Your form.
Word by word
- makiḻntatu cintai
- my mind has rejoiced
- tirumālē
- O Thirumal
- uṉ pātamē pōṟṟi
- praising Your feet alone
- aḻal āḻi caṅkam
- the fiery discus and the conch
- pāṭi āṭum toḻil
- the work of singing and dancing
- tuṇintu
- made firm, resolved
Irandam Tiruvandadi 33 · verse 2214 of the four thousand
Meaning
My mind is set firm. What it holds within is the name of the One who wears the tulasi garland on His body; what it has bowed to again and again, and what my mouth tells of in so many ways, is the mighty Lord of Thiruvenkatam, whose slopes shine with bamboo.
Word by word
- tuṇintatu cintai
- my mind is set firm
- tuḻāy alaṅkal
- the tulasi garland
- palkāl paṇintatuvum
- what it bowed to again and again
- vēy piṟaṅku cāral
- slopes shining with bamboo
- viṟal vēṅkaṭavaṉaiyē
- only the mighty Lord of Thiruvenkatam
- vāy tiṟaṅkaḷ collum
- my mouth tells of in many ways
Irandam Tiruvandadi 34 · verse 2215 of the four thousand
Meaning
You begged for the earth with a clever plan and measured it. With incense and with fragrant flowers, and before all else with a love made deep and true, I have praised Your feet; and by my good fortune I have now become Your servant, from this day on.
Word by word
- vakaiyāl avaṉi irantu
- begging for the earth with a clever plan
- pukaiyāl
- with incense
- naṟu malarāl
- with fragrant flowers
- mika vāynta aṉpu ākki
- making my love deep and true
- aṭimaippaṭṭēṉ uṉakku
- I have become Your servant
- eṉ pākkiyattāl
- by my good fortune
Irandam Tiruvandadi 35 · verse 2216 of the four thousand
Meaning
People say desire is sweet; they say cool water is sweeter still. O my Father! If, instead of craving desire and water as sweet, they craved Your greatness, even a little of it would become a safe refuge for them.
Word by word
- iṉitu eṉpar kāmam
- they say desire is sweet
- āṟṟa iṉitu
- sweeter still
- taṇṇīrum
- cool water too
- entāy
- O my Father
- niṉ perumai vēṭparēl
- if they crave Your greatness
- cēma nīr
- a safe state, a refuge
Irandam Tiruvandadi 36 · verse 2217 of the four thousand
Meaning
The greatness of small people reaches only small ends, and those who do not know will stay unknowing. O my heart, without such ignorance, keep it firmly in mind that He is the wondrous One who took the earth, swallowed the earth and brought the earth out again, and stay that way.
Word by word
- ciṟiyār perumai
- the greatness of small people
- aṟiyāmai
- ignorance
- maṇ koṇṭu
- who took the earth
- maṇ uṇṭu maṇ umiḻnta
- who swallowed the earth and brought it out
- māyaṉ
- the wondrous One
- eṇ koṇṭu eṉ neñcē iru
- keep this in mind, my heart, and stay so
Irandam Tiruvandadi 37 · verse 2218 of the four thousand
Meaning
From within the great, cool lotus flower, You brought forth Brahma of the four faces, perfect in form. If we do not praise and bow at Your feet, which are so right for us, then all our many births will be nothing but misery for us.
Word by word
- irum taṇ kamalattu
- of the great, cool lotus
- ticaimukaṉait tantāy
- You brought forth four-faced Brahma
- poruntiya niṉ pātaṅkaḷ
- Your feet, so right for us
- paṇiyāvēl
- if we do not bow
- pal piṟappum
- all our many births
- ētaṅkaḷ
- miseries, faults
Irandam Tiruvandadi 38 · verse 2219 of the four thousand
Meaning
Do not stay deluded, thinking 'this great wealth is ours.' Know what is your true refuge at all times, and have a mind that says, 'For us, always, it is Madhava!' Then reciting His names with your tongue: that itself is the Veda.
Word by word
- iru nitiyam
- great wealth
- ēmāntu irātē
- do not stay deluded
- cārvam
- refuge
- mātavaṉē
- Madhava, Lord of Lakshmi
- maṉam paṭaittu
- having a mind that says this
- ōttu
- the Veda
Irandam Tiruvandadi 39 · verse 2220 of the four thousand
Meaning
This, and only this, is the final meaning of the Vedas: learn the way to praise the names of the Highest One, O poor souls! If you can master the Veda, good; if you cannot, then saying the name of Madhava is the Veda in brief.
Word by word
- ōttiṉ poruḷ muṭivum
- the final meaning of the Vedas
- uttamaṉ pēr
- the names of the Highest One
- ēḻaikāḷ
- O poor souls
- vallīrēl naṉṟu
- if you are able, good
- māṭṭīrēl
- if you cannot
- ōttiṉ curukku
- the Veda in brief
Irandam Tiruvandadi 40 · verse 2221 of the four thousand
Meaning
Before your breath is drawn short and the phlegm swirls and chokes you, think of Him now, see! Once you know the feet of the Lord whose chest shines with Sri, there is nothing to be gained from pleasures that do not know Him.
Word by word
- curukkāka vāṅki
- drawing the breath short
- culāvi
- swirling
- aiyār nerukkā muṉ
- before the phlegm chokes you
- niṉaimiṉ
- think of Him
- tirup polinta ākattāṉ
- the Lord whose chest shines with Sri
- illai poruḷ
- there is nothing of worth
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.