Tiruvaymozhi 1.10.1 · verse 2890 of the four thousand
Meaning
With His mighty, long weapons, the discus and the conch, He became a single little dwarf student and then grew tall, so that all seven worlds worshipped His sacred, great, far-reaching feet. That dark ruby now stays within my eyes.
Word by word
- poru mā nīḷ paṭai
- mighty, long weapons
- āḻi caṅkattoṭu
- with the discus and conch
- tiru mā nīḷ kaḻal
- sacred, great, far-reaching feet
- oru māṇik kuṟaḷ āki
- becoming a little dwarf student
- nimirnta
- grew tall
- karu māṇikkam
- the dark ruby
Tiruvaymozhi 1.10.2 · verse 2891 of the four thousand
Meaning
Out of love He stands within my eyes; if I merely think of His deeds, He comes to me. What more could I want now from my Lord, who spreads Himself out as earth and water, fire and the good wind, and the sky?
Word by word
- kātaṉmaiyāl
- out of His love
- toḻil eṇṇilum varum
- He comes if I just think of His deeds
- eṉ iṉi vēṇṭuvam
- what more could we want now?
- nal vāyuvum
- and the good wind
- viriyum em pirāṉaiyē
- my Lord who spreads out as all these
Tiruvaymozhi 1.10.3 · verse 2892 of the four thousand
Meaning
He is my Lord, the Lord of my father, of my father's father and of his father too. He is the One with cool lotus eyes, who holds on His chest the Lady whose fine, slender waist is like a creeper or a snake. O my simple heart, worship my Lord.
Word by word
- entai tantai tantaikkum
- of my father, his father, and his father
- tampirāṉai
- their Lord
- taṇ tāmaraik kaṇṇaṉai
- the One with cool lotus eyes
- kompu arāvu nuṇ nēr iṭai
- waist slender as a creeper or a snake
- mārpaṉai
- who holds her on His chest
- toḻāy maṭa neñcamē
- worship, O my simple heart
Tiruvaymozhi 1.10.4 · verse 2893 of the four thousand
Meaning
O heart, you are good, so very good! With you beside me, what is there we cannot do? What do we lack now? Keep following Him, the mighty youth, the bridegroom of the Lady of the lotus; never let Him go, even while you sleep.
Word by word
- neñcamē nallai nallai
- O heart, you are good, so good
- eṉṉa kuṟaiviṉam
- what do we lack?
- maintaṉai
- the mighty youth
- malarāḷ maṇavāḷaṉait
- the bridegroom of Lakshmi, the Lady of the lotus
- tuñcumpōtum viṭātu
- never letting go, even in sleep
- toṭarkaṇṭāy
- keep following Him
Tiruvaymozhi 1.10.5 · verse 2894 of the four thousand
Meaning
Do you see, O heart? Everything is going well for us. Without our giving it a single thought, it all came about of itself. You too have seen and gained Him who swallowed the seven worlds and took them all in three steps.
Word by word
- kaṇṭāyē neñcē
- do you see, O heart?
- karumaṅkaḷ vāykkiṉṟu
- our affairs are going well
- ōr eṇ tāṉum iṉṟiyē
- without a single thought of ours
- uṇṭāṉai ulaku ēḻum
- Him who swallowed the seven worlds
- ōr mūvaṭi koṇṭāṉaik
- Him who took them in three steps
- kaṇṭukoṇṭaṉai
- you have seen and gained Him
Tiruvaymozhi 1.10.6 · verse 2895 of the four thousand
Meaning
O heart, I tell you: if you and I hold firm just as we are now, He will never let any other sickness come near us again. He is the Lord who has come close to us in this world as our mother and our father, the gem-hued One, my Father.
Word by word
- nīyum nāṉum
- you and I
- in nērniṟkil
- if we hold firm as now
- nōyum cārkoṭāṉ
- He will not let any sickness come near
- tāyum tantaiyum āy
- as mother and father
- vāyum īcaṉ
- the Lord who has come close
- maṇivaṇṇaṉ entaiyē
- the gem-hued One, my Father
Tiruvaymozhi 1.10.7 · verse 2896 of the four thousand
Meaning
'My Father!' and 'My Lord!' I, a sinner, keep Him in my mind and say these words, of Him, the Rich One, whom the heavenly ones themselves keep in their minds and call 'Our Father, our Lord!' How can one like me use the words they use?
Word by word
- entaiyē eṉṟum
- saying 'my Father'
- em perumāṉ eṉṟum
- and saying 'my Lord'
- cintaiyuḷ vaippaṉ
- I keep Him in my mind
- pāviyēṉ
- I, a sinner
- vāṉavar
- the heavenly ones
- celvaṉaiyē
- the Rich One, Lord of Sri
Tiruvaymozhi 1.10.8 · verse 2897 of the four thousand
Meaning
The moment I hear the words 'Narayana, the Rich One', I seek Him, my eyes brimming with tears. What a wonder this is! By night and by good day, without a break, He shows me His grace and never lets me go: Nambi, the Perfect One, the Perfect One!
Word by word
- celva nāraṇaṉ
- Narayana, the Rich One
- malkum kaṇ paṉi
- eyes brimming with tears
- māyamē
- what a wonder!
- allum naṉ pakalum
- by night and by good day
- iṭaivīṭu iṉṟi
- without a break
- nampi nampiyē
- Nambi, the Perfect One
Tiruvaymozhi 1.10.9 · verse 2898 of the four thousand
Meaning
He is Nambi, the Perfect One, that radiant sacred form of red gold who stands in southern Thirukkurungudi; He is the first, beautiful light of the heavenly ones on high; He is my Lord. With what excuse could I ever forget Him?
Word by word
- teṉ kuṟuṅkuṭi niṉṟa
- who stands in southern Thirukkurungudi
- cempoṉē tikaḻum
- shining like red gold
- tiru mūrttiyai
- the sacred form
- āti am cōtiyai
- the first, beautiful light
- eṉ colli maṟappaṉō
- with what excuse could I forget?
Tiruvaymozhi 1.10.10 · verse 2899 of the four thousand
Meaning
Of forgetting and knowing, I understood nothing at all. The Lord thought, 'He may forget Me,' and so He came with His red lotus eyes and settled firmly within me, so that forgetting would end. Could I ever forget Him now, my precious gem?
Word by word
- maṟappum ñāṉamum
- forgetting and knowing
- oṉṟu uṇarntilaṉ
- I understood nothing of either
- maṟakkum eṉṟu
- thinking 'he may forget'
- centāmaraik kaṇṇoṭu
- with His red lotus eyes
- maṟappu aṟa
- so that forgetting ends
- eṉ maṇiyaiyē
- my gem
Tiruvaymozhi 1.10.11 · verse 2900 of the four thousand
Meaning
He is the gem, the eye of the heavenly ones, the One who is His own ornament. Satakopan (Nammalwar) of southern Kurukur spoke of Him a thousand verses as service. If those who learn them take up these ten with unflagging zeal, their learning will bear true fruit.
Word by word
- vāṉavar kaṇṇaṉai
- the eye of the heavenly ones
- taṉṉatu ōr aṇiyai
- the One who is His own ornament
- teṉ kurukūrc caṭakōpaṉ
- Satakopan of southern Kurukur
- paṇicey āyirattuḷ
- among the thousand verses of service
- taṇivilar kaṟparēl
- if they learn with unflagging zeal
- kalvi vāyumē
- their learning will bear fruit
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.