Perumal Tirumozhi 3.1 · verse 668 of the four thousand
Meaning
This world takes a life that is unreal to be real, and I will not join with it. I call out, "O Master! O Ranga!" I am lost, utterly mad with love for my own Lord.
Word by word
- mey il vāḻkkaiyai
- a life that is unreal
- mey eṉak koḷḷum
- taking it to be real
- kūṭuvatu illai yāṉ
- I will not join with
- aiyaṉē araṅkā
- O Master, O Ranga
- maiyal koṇṭoḻintēṉ
- I am lost in love-madness
- eṉtaṉ mālukkē
- for my own Lord
Perumal Tirumozhi 3.2 · verse 669 of the four thousand
Meaning
This world stands enthralled by women whose waists are as fine as thread, and I will not join with it. Dancing and calling out, "O Ranga!", I have risen up in a madness of love for my own Lord, and am lost to all else.
Word by word
- nūliṉ nēr-iṭaiyār
- women with waists fine as thread
- ñālam taṉṉoṭum
- with this world
- āliyā aḻaiyā
- dancing and calling
- māl eḻuntoḻintēṉ
- love-madness has risen in me
- eṉtaṉ mālukkē
- for my own Lord
Perumal Tirumozhi 3.3 · verse 670 of the four thousand
Meaning
The people of this earth are slaves to the cruel, striped bow of Manmatha, the god of desire, and I will not join with them. I am mad only for Arangan, who wears a necklace on His chest, the endless one, the good Narayana, the slayer of Naraka.
Word by word
- māraṉār vari veñ cilaikku
- to the cruel striped bow of Manmatha, god of desire
- āṭceyyum
- who serve as slaves
- āra-mārvaṉ
- He whose chest wears a necklace
- aṉantaṉ
- the endless one
- narakāntakaṉ
- slayer of Naraka
- pittaṉē
- I am a madman for Him
Perumal Tirumozhi 3.4 · verse 671 of the four thousand
Meaning
This world runs about delighting only in food and clothes, and I will not join with it. See, I am the madman of Arangan, Lord of all the worlds, whose mouth drank from the breast of the fierce demoness Putana.
Word by word
- uṇṭiyē uṭaiyē
- only food and only clothing
- ukantu ōṭum
- running about in delight
- aṇṭavāṇaṉ
- Lord of all the worlds
- vaṉ pēy-mulai uṇṭa vāyaṉ
- whose mouth drank from the breast of the fierce demoness
- uṉmattaṉ
- the madman
- kāṇmiṉē
- see!
Perumal Tirumozhi 3.5 · verse 672 of the four thousand
Meaning
Some follow a rule of life other than standing on the faultless, good path; I will not join with them. I am mad for Arangan, the first Lord, the cowherd, the great Bridegroom of the lovely maiden of the lotus.
Word by word
- tītil naṉṉeṟi
- the faultless good path
- nītiyāroṭum
- with those of such a rule
- āti āyaṉ
- the first Lord, the cowherd
- an tāmaraip pētai
- the lovely maiden of the lotus, Lakshmi
- mā maṇavāḷaṉ
- the great Bridegroom
- pittaṉē
- I am mad for Him
Perumal Tirumozhi 3.6 · verse 673 of the four thousand
Meaning
I do not keep company with any who are not devoted to our Supreme Lord. I do not count even the life of the gods in heaven as anything at all. Through all my seven births I am mad for my Lord of Srirangam, who is the Master of the immortals.
Word by word
- em parattar allāroṭum
- with those not devoted to our Supreme Lord
- umpar vāḻvai
- the life of the gods in heaven
- oṉṟākak karutalaṉ
- I do not count it as anything
- amararkku
- to the immortals
- araṅka nakar
- the city of Srirangam
- eḻumaiyum
- through all seven births
Perumal Tirumozhi 3.7 · verse 674 of the four thousand
Meaning
I have given up that mind which would mix with anyone at all, in any way at all. I call out, "O red-eyed Lord, O Father, O Ranga!" and I am lost, a madman for my Lord.
Word by word
- et tiṟattilum yāroṭum kūṭum
- mixing with anyone in any way
- cittantaṉṉait tavirttaṉaṉ
- I have given up that mind
- ceṅkaṇ māl
- the red-eyed Lord
- attaṉē araṅkā
- O Father, O Ranga
- pittaṉāy oḻintēṉ
- I am lost, become a madman
Perumal Tirumozhi 3.8 · verse 675 of the four thousand
Meaning
To me, everyone else seems mad; and to everyone, I am a madman too. Saying this, I call out, "O my Cowherd, O Ranga!" I am lost, a madman for my Lord.
Word by word
- pēyarē eṉakku yāvarum
- to me, all are mad
- yāṉum ōr pēyaṉē evarkkum
- and to all, I am a madman
- āyaṉē araṅkā
- O Cowherd, O Ranga
- pēyaṉāy oḻintēṉ
- I am lost, become a madman
- empirāṉukkē
- for my Lord alone
Perumal Tirumozhi 3.9 · verse 676 of the four thousand
Meaning
Kulasekhara, king of the Kongu people, became a great and peerless madman whose mind rests at the two feet of Arangan, who holds the discus in His beautiful hand. Those here who can recite these words he spoke will meet with no harm at all.
Word by word
- aṅkai-āḻi
- the discus in His beautiful hand
- aṭiyiṇai taṅku cintai
- a mind that rests at His two feet
- taṉip perum pittaṉāyk
- a peerless, great madman
- koṅkarkōṉ
- king of the Kongu people
- ētam oṉṟu illaiyē
- there is no harm at all
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.