Tiruvaymozhi 1.2.1 · verse 2802 of the four thousand
Meaning
Give up everything, all of it, entirely: everything you cling to. And having given it all up, take even your own soul, which you thought was yours to keep, and give it over to the Lord who owns liberation itself, the One to whom it truly belongs. Surrender it to Him.
Word by word
- vīṭumiṉ muṟṟavum
- give up everything, entirely
- vīṭu ceytu
- having renounced
- um uyir
- your soul
- vīṭu uṭaiyāṉiṭai
- to the Lord who owns liberation
- vīṭu ceymmiṉē
- give it up to Him, surrender it
Tiruvaymozhi 1.2.2 · verse 2803 of the four thousand
Meaning
The bodies in which souls dwell do not last even as long as a flash of lightning. When you think on this, ponder it yourselves, even for a moment.
Word by word
- miṉṉiṉ nilai ila
- lasting less than a flash of lightning
- maṉ uyir ākkaikaḷ
- the bodies in which souls dwell
- eṉṉum iṭattu
- when you consider this
- iṟai
- for a little while
- uṉṉumiṉ nīrē
- think on it yourselves
Tiruvaymozhi 1.2.3 · verse 2804 of the four thousand
Meaning
'I' and 'mine': destroy these thoughts right down to the root, and join the Lord. For the soul there is nothing equal to that, nothing more fitting.
Word by word
- nīr numatu eṉṟu ivai
- the thoughts of 'I' and 'mine'
- vērmutal māyttu
- destroying them from the root
- iṟai cērmiṉ
- join the Lord
- uyirkku
- for the soul
- nēr niṟai illē
- there is nothing equal or more fitting
Tiruvaymozhi 1.2.4 · verse 2805 of the four thousand
Meaning
His being is unlike the things that do not last and unlike the souls that do; His goodness has no limit. Let go of every other attachment and embrace that goodness.
Word by word
- illatum uḷḷatum
- the things that pass and the souls that endure
- allatu avaṉ uru
- His being is other than these
- ellai il
- without limit
- an nalam pulku
- embrace that goodness
- paṟṟu aṟṟē
- free of other attachment
Tiruvaymozhi 1.2.5 · verse 2806 of the four thousand
Meaning
When attachment is cut away, the soul has reached liberation. If you wish to stand firm in that state, cut away your attachments and hold on to the Lord.
Word by word
- aṟṟatu paṟṟu eṉil
- if attachment is cut away
- uṟṟatu vīṭu
- liberation is reached
- maṉ uṟil
- if you would stand firm in it
- aṟṟu iṟai paṟṟē
- let go, and hold to the Lord
Tiruvaymozhi 1.2.6 · verse 2807 of the four thousand
Meaning
The Lord, too, is bound to nothing else; He waits for you, and He stands complete, present in everything there is. So you, too, holding on to nothing else, free of every other attachment, give yourself wholly into His keeping and rest in Him alone.
Word by word
- paṟṟu ilaṉ īcaṉum
- the Lord too is bound to nothing else
- muṟṟavum niṉṟaṉaṉ
- He stands in everything, complete
- paṟṟu ilaiyāy
- being free of attachment
- muṟṟil aṭaṅkē
- give yourself wholly to Him
Tiruvaymozhi 1.2.7 · verse 2808 of the four thousand
Meaning
See the whole of this lovely wealth of the worlds held within Him. Know that all this beauty is the Lord's own, and settle yourself within it, as His.
Word by word
- aṭaṅku eḻil campattu
- the whole of this beautiful wealth
- aṭaṅkak kaṇṭu
- seeing it all held together
- īcaṉ
- the Lord
- aṭaṅkuka uḷḷē
- settle yourself within, as His
Tiruvaymozhi 1.2.8 · verse 2809 of the four thousand
Meaning
You have three things: your mind, your speech and your actions. Think carefully about all three of them, put an end to the ways in which they wander off towards other things, and gather them in, so that they rest in the Lord alone.
Word by word
- uḷḷam urai ceyal
- mind, speech and action
- uḷḷik keṭuttu
- reflecting, end their wrong ways
- iṟai uḷḷil
- within the Lord
- oṭuṅkē
- gather yourself and rest
Tiruvaymozhi 1.2.9 · verse 2810 of the four thousand
Meaning
When you rest yourself in Him, everything that binds you will fall away. Then keep your thought on the moment when this body, too, will fall away.
Word by word
- oṭuṅka avaṉkaṇ
- when you rest in Him
- ellām viṭum
- everything that binds will leave
- ākkai viṭumpoḻutu
- the time the body falls away
- eṇṇē
- keep it in mind, look towards it
Tiruvaymozhi 1.2.10 · verse 2811 of the four thousand
Meaning
Reach the strong, sure feet of Narayana, the Lord of generous fame. He is the bright One who has no end, and His goodness grows beyond all counting. There is nothing left to seek once you hold to those feet; go to them and stay there.
Word by word
- eṇ perukku
- beyond all counting
- an nalattu
- of that goodness
- oṇ poruḷ īṟu ila
- the bright One without end
- vaṇ pukaḻ nāraṇaṉ
- Narayana of generous fame
- tiṇ kaḻal cērē
- reach His strong feet
Tiruvaymozhi 1.2.11 · verse 2812 of the four thousand
Meaning
Satakopan (Nammalwar) of beautiful southern Kurukur, rich in muddy pools, spoke a thousand verses of fine linked measure. Among them are these ten, spoken after careful thought; hold to them.
Word by word
- cērttaṭat teṉ kuru
- southern Kurukur with its muddy pools
- caṭakōpaṉ col
- the words of Satakopan
- cīrt toṭai āyirattu
- of the thousand verses in fine linked measure
- ōrtta ip pattē
- these ten, carefully considered
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.