Irandam Tiruvandadi 51 · verse 2232 of the four thousand
Meaning
Cherish them, O heart: the feet of the gem-hued Lord. Cherish His names as well. And cherish the colour of the One whose hue is the hue of the sea's waters, who rose from the great ocean where He lay and churned the sea.
Word by word
- matik kaṇṭāy neñcē
- cherish, O heart
- maṇivaṇṇaṉ pātam
- the feet of the gem-hued Lord
- avaṉ pēr taṉṉai
- His names
- pēr āḻiniṉṟu peyarntu
- rising from the great ocean
- kaṭal kaṭainta
- who churned the sea
- nīr āḻi vaṇṇaṉ niṟam
- the colour of the One hued like the sea
Irandam Tiruvandadi 52 · verse 2233 of the four thousand
Meaning
His colour is dark; on His chest is the lady of the tall red lotus; He is great in goodness. Who can know His ways? One who was like a cruel, sword-bearing demon, He brought to a lasting seat in the place of the king of the celestials.
Word by word
- niṟam kariyaṉ
- He is dark in colour
- ceyya neṭu malarāḷ mārvaṉ
- He with the lady of the tall red lotus on His chest
- aṟam periyaṉ
- great in goodness
- ār atu aṟivār
- who can know it?
- vāḷ arakkaṉ
- a sword-bearing demon
- nīḷ irukkaikku uyttāṉ
- He brought him to a lasting seat
Irandam Tiruvandadi 53 · verse 2234 of the four thousand
Meaning
Where flowering creepers, unknowing, take a dark mass of curling locks, lying in front and falling behind, for a young hill, and twine there and dwell without ever leaving: that hill of rushing streams, Thiruvenkatam, is the mountain we love.
Word by word
- neṟiyār kuḻal kaṟṟai
- a mass of curling locks
- iḷaṅ kiri eṉṟu eṇṇi
- taking it for a young hill
- piriyātu
- without ever leaving
- pūṅkoṭikkaḷ vaikum
- where flowering creepers dwell
- poru puṉal kuṉṟu
- the hill of rushing streams
- yām virumpum veṟpu
- the mountain we love
Irandam Tiruvandadi 54 · verse 2235 of the four thousand
Meaning
Just as You regard these two, the hill of Thirumaliruncholai and Thiruvenkatam, as places where You stand, I too set You in the temple of my heart as Your standing place and thought of You, praying, 'Do not give up Your young temple in the sea either.'
Word by word
- veṟpu eṉṟu irum cōlai
- the hill of Thirumaliruncholai
- niṟpu eṉṟu
- as a place to stand
- nī matikkum nīrmai pōl
- just as You regard them
- uḷam kōyil
- the temple of my heart
- veḷḷattu iḷaṅ kōyil
- the young temple in the waters, the Milk Ocean
- kaiviṭēl
- do not give up
Irandam Tiruvandadi 55 · verse 2236 of the four thousand
Meaning
Never have I forgotten You, through all seven births, at any time, for my thought of You stands and never ceases. O Knowing One, who holds the victorious, mighty discus! You, the deep sea of bliss, grant me Your grace and look on me.
Word by word
- eṉṟum maṟantaṟiyēṉ
- I have never forgotten
- ēḻ piṟappum
- through all seven births
- niṉaippu oḻiyā nīrmaiyāl
- for my thought never ceases
- aṭal āḻi
- the mighty discus
- aṟivaṉē
- O Knowing One
- iṉpak kaṭal āḻi
- the deep sea of bliss
Irandam Tiruvandadi 56 · verse 2237 of the four thousand
Meaning
If the overflowing love I feel to see Him swells beyond holding and shows itself, and people say I should be ashamed, will I feel shame? Our Lady, Sri, cherishing us, shows us Thirumal even before the dark Lord reveals His beautiful, golden form.
Word by word
- kāṇak kaḻi kātal
- the overflowing love to see Him
- kaimikku
- swelling beyond holding
- nāṇumē
- will I feel shame?
- pēṇi
- cherishing us
- karu mālaip poṉ mēṉi
- the dark Lord's golden form
- naṅkaḷ tiru
- our Lady, Sri
Irandam Tiruvandadi 57 · verse 2238 of the four thousand
Meaning
Hold fast to this work, see: praising with your tongue the God on whom Lakshmi graciously dwells. As His own servants, by right, we have praised His feet. Have you heard, in all four directions, the name of my Father with the large, long hands? We have made it heard.
Word by word
- tirumaṅkai niṉṟaruḷum
- where Lakshmi graciously dwells
- nā vāḻttum karumam
- the work of praising with the tongue
- kaṭaippiṭimiṉ
- hold fast to it
- urimaiyāl
- by right, as His own
- irun taṭakkai entai
- my Father with the large, long hands
- nāl ticaiyum
- all four directions
Irandam Tiruvandadi 58 · verse 2239 of the four thousand
Meaning
The good I have received is this: the Lady of speech, dwelling and guarding in my good heart, made me recite; and His grace said to me, 'Even if your words are bitter as neem, sing of the Lord of the golden discus.' That is the grace that gave me this gracious nature.
Word by word
- nām peṟṟa naṉmaiyum
- the good I have received
- nā maṅkai
- the Lady of speech
- ōtuvittu
- made me recite
- vēmpiṉ poruḷ nīrmai
- the nature of bitter neem
- poṉ āḻi pāṭu
- sing of the golden discus
- aruḷ nīrmai tanta aruḷ
- the grace that gave a gracious nature
Irandam Tiruvandadi 59 · verse 2240 of the four thousand
Meaning
Fixing on His devotees the mind He had graced, I tried to see, discerning the truth, and at that moment the darkness fled. I looked; and having looked, I meditated. Then, understanding, I offered there that bright lotus, and myself as well.
Word by word
- aruḷ purinta cintai
- the mind He had graced
- aṭiyārmēl vaittu
- fixing it on His devotees
- poruḷ terintu
- discerning the truth
- iruḷ tirintu
- the darkness fled
- oṇ kamalam
- the bright lotus
- ōkkiṉēṉ eṉṉaiyum
- I offered myself as well
Irandam Tiruvandadi 60 · verse 2241 of the four thousand
Meaning
You are not of one form alone; Your form is a form of light. The people of this wide earth say You have two forms. But those who have known how the One Form stands as the origin of all: see, they will stand firm and protect the earth with justice.
Word by word
- ōr uruvaṉ allai
- You are not of one form alone
- oḷi uruvam
- a form of light
- īr uruvaṉ
- one of two forms
- iru nilattōr
- the people of the wide earth
- ātiyām vaṇṇam
- how it is the origin of all
- nītiyāl maṇ kāppār
- will protect the earth with justice
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.