Irandam Tiruvandadi 41 · verse 2222 of the four thousand
Meaning
No one can enter the world of the immortals and live there through wealth. Is it not by His grace that He grants the way of righteousness? O heart, do not forget; keep thinking of the feet of the gem-hued Lord, who in His grace gave His gifts to the great knowers of the Vedas.
Word by word
- poruḷāl
- through wealth
- amar ulakam pukku
- entering the world of the immortals
- aruḷāl aṟam aruḷum
- by grace He grants righteousness
- mā maṟaiyōrkku īnta
- who gave to the great knowers of the Vedas
- maṇivaṇṇaṉ
- the gem-hued Lord
- nī maṟavēl neñcē
- do not forget, O heart
Irandam Tiruvandadi 42 · verse 2223 of the four thousand
Meaning
I will think of Thirumal, longing to see His long arms. Those who think of Him will never meet another birth. Those who have worshipped those arms have let go of every great joy that people born into households come to enjoy.
Word by word
- niṉaippaṉ tirumālai
- I will think of Thirumal
- nīṇṭa tōḷ kāṇa
- to see His long arms
- piṟappu oṉṟum nērār
- will meet no birth at all
- maṉaippāl piṟantār
- those born into households
- pēriṉpam ellām tuṟantār
- have given up all those great joys
- toḻutār at tōḷ
- those who worshipped those arms
Irandam Tiruvandadi 43 · verse 2224 of the four thousand
Meaning
He loosed His arrows so that all of Ravana's twenty arms, all his crowned heads and both his legs fell. Who are the ones who worship His two feet? To worship the feet of such people: that is the honour my shoulders, rich in good fortune, can win.
Word by word
- muṭi aṉaittum
- all the crowned heads
- tāḷ iraṇṭum vīḻa
- so that both legs fell
- caram turantāṉ
- He who loosed the arrows
- ār toḻuvār
- who are those that worship?
- pātam avai toḻuvatu
- worshipping those devotees' feet
- cīr keḻu tōḷ
- my shoulders rich in good fortune
Irandam Tiruvandadi 44 · verse 2225 of the four thousand
Meaning
The name of the red-eyed Lord is a companion through all seven births for those who excel. I will not count those who forget His name as human at all. Have a mind that says, 'O Madhava, upholder of righteousness!', and then think on this: reciting His names with your tongue.
Word by word
- ciṟantārkku
- for those who excel
- eḻu tuṇaiyām
- a companion through seven births
- ceṅkaṇ māl
- the red-eyed Lord
- māṉiṭamā vaiyēṉ
- I will not count them as human
- aṟam tāṅkum
- upholder of righteousness
- nāviṉāl uḷḷu
- think on reciting with the tongue
Irandam Tiruvandadi 45 · verse 2226 of the four thousand
Meaning
Those who stand proud, saying 'He is there for us', will never even come near the wavering of 'Is He, or is He not?' For they have dwelt on the feet of the Lord known through the Vedas beyond measure, the Lord of Thiruvenkatam, whose feet the crowns of the celestials touch.
Word by word
- uḷatu eṉṟu iṟumāvār
- those proud in the certainty that He is
- uṇṭu illai eṉṟu taḷartal
- wavering between 'He is' and 'He is not'
- aḷavu ariya vētattāṉ
- the Lord of the Vedas beyond measure
- vēṅkaṭattāṉ
- the Lord of Thiruvenkatam
- viṇṇōr muṭi tōyum
- touched by the crowns of the celestials
- payiṉṟu
- having dwelt on, practised
Irandam Tiruvandadi 46 · verse 2227 of the four thousand
Meaning
The places He has dwelt in are Srirangam and Thirukkottiyur; where He has lived for many days is Thiruvenkatam; and where He has stayed long is beautiful Thiruneermalai with its shining groves: He, Thirumal, whose generous, large hand gleams with gems.
Word by word
- payiṉṟatu
- where He has dwelt
- araṅkam
- Srirangam
- tirukkōṭṭi
- Thirukkottiyur
- aṇi tikaḻum cōlai
- shining, beautiful groves
- aṇi nīr malaiyē
- beautiful Thiruneermalai
- maṇi tikaḻum vaṇ taṭakkai
- the generous large hand gleaming with gems
Irandam Tiruvandadi 47 · verse 2228 of the four thousand
Meaning
In the evening, wear on your head the flower-feet of the Lord who took the form of the lion; in the morning, join your hands, worship and rise. Know, by the way He lies within your heart, the Lord who measured the world, lifted it up, swallowed it and brought it out again, and no one else.
Word by word
- mālai
- in the evening
- ari uruvaṉ
- the Lord in the form of the lion, Narasimha
- pātamalar aṇintu
- wearing His flower-feet on your head
- kālai toḻutu eḻumiṉ
- in the morning, worship and rise
- kaikōli
- joining your hands
- uḷam kiṭanta āṟṟāl
- by the way He lies within the heart
Irandam Tiruvandadi 48 · verse 2229 of the four thousand
Meaning
You understood the four Vedas and You recited them; You embraced righteousness; You embraced the shoulders of Lakshmi, the lady of the flower, O Thirumal! And You went and took to Yourself the hill of Thirumaliruncholai, with its broad dark bamboo slopes, encircled by the vast wide world.
Word by word
- maṟai nāṉkum ōtiṉāy
- You recited the four Vedas
- nīti maṇantāy
- You embraced righteousness
- malar makaḷ tōḷ
- the shoulders of Lakshmi, born of the flower
- vēy irum cāral
- the broad slopes of bamboo
- viyal iru ñālam
- the vast wide world
- mā irum cōlai malai
- the hill of Thirumaliruncholai
Irandam Tiruvandadi 49 · verse 2230 of the four thousand
Meaning
Call Him without fear, O my heart, saying: 'He is the One whose tongue knowingly drank from the woman whose breasts held strong poison, so that the seven mountains, the seven great lands and the seven roaring seas with their crashing waves all trembled!'
Word by word
- malai ēḻum
- the seven mountains
- mā nilaṅkaḷ ēḻum
- the seven great lands
- kurai kaṭalkaḷ ēḻum
- the seven roaring seas
- nañcu urattup peṇṇai
- the woman with strong poison, Putana
- naviṉṟu uṇṭa nāvaṉ
- He whose tongue knowingly drank
- añcātu eṉneñcē aḻai
- call Him without fear, my heart
Irandam Tiruvandadi 50 · verse 2231 of the four thousand
Meaning
I will call to Thirumal, speaking only those great, flawless names that the cowherds spoke there: 'O Cowherd, whom no one could fashion! O Yadava!' And before everyone I will honour Him, calling Him 'O Wondrous One!'
Word by word
- aḻaippaṉ tirumālai
- I will call Thirumal
- piḻaippu il perum peyarē
- those great, flawless names
- iḻaippu ariya
- whom no one could fashion
- āyavaṉē yātavaṉē
- O Cowherd, O Yadava
- yār mukappum
- before everyone
- māyavaṉē
- O Wondrous One
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.