Tiruvaymozhi 1.6.1 · verse 2846 of the four thousand
Meaning
You who long to sing of the Lord who knows no sorrow, and to reach a joy that keeps widening, need nothing hard or costly. With an undivided heart, just sprinkle good, clean water before Him; what you offer is only incense and flowers. That is enough for Him.
Word by word
- parivatu il īcaṉaip
- the Lord who knows no sorrow
- virivatu mēval uṟuvīr
- you who long to reach a widening joy
- pirivakai iṉṟi
- with an undivided heart
- nal nīr tūy
- sprinkling good water
- pukai pūvē
- only incense and flowers
Tiruvaymozhi 1.6.2 · verse 2847 of the four thousand
Meaning
He wears the cool, beautiful tulasi dripping with honey; He is the First One spoken of by the ancient Vedas. Do not hold back asking, 'Which service, what service is mine to do?' Whatever you are able to do for Him, that itself is fitting service.
Word by word
- matuvār taṇ am tuḻāyāṉ
- He who wears cool tulasi dripping with honey
- mutu vēta mutalavaṉukku
- to the First One of the ancient Vedas
- etu ētu eṉ paṇi
- which, what service is mine?
- eṉṉātu
- without asking
- atuvē āḷ ceyyum īṭē
- that itself is fitting service
Tiruvaymozhi 1.6.3 · verse 2848 of the four thousand
Meaning
He is the Lord who makes nothing of high and low among those who come to Him. My mind will not leave His side. My tongue sings His songs. My whole body dances, as if seized by a spirit. Such is what simply worshipping Him has done to me.
Word by word
- īṭum eṭuppum il
- who makes nothing of low and high
- māṭu viṭātu
- will not leave His side
- eṉ maṉaṉē
- my mind
- pāṭum eṉ nā
- my tongue sings
- āṭum eṉ aṅkam
- my body dances
- aṇaṅkē
- as if possessed by a spirit
Tiruvaymozhi 1.6.4 · verse 2849 of the four thousand
Meaning
My body dances as if possessed, for the Lord whom I bow to and worship. He is the One whose nature is so full of good qualities that the immortals argue about Him among themselves and babble on, unable to tell it all.
Word by word
- aṇaṅku eṉa āṭum
- dances as if possessed
- vaṇaṅki vaḻipaṭum īcaṉ
- the Lord whom I bow to and worship
- piṇaṅki amarar pitaṟṟum
- about whom the immortals argue and babble
- kuṇaṅkeḻu koḷkaiyiṉāṉē
- He whose nature is full of good qualities
Tiruvaymozhi 1.6.5 · verse 2850 of the four thousand
Meaning
He has no 'this I take, that I refuse' among those who come to Him; He has neither scorn for some nor favour for others. To those who have joined Him within, longing to leave all else and never to leave Him, He is a matchless nectar.
Word by word
- koḷkai koḷāmai ilātāṉ
- He who neither picks some nor refuses others
- eḷkal irākam ilātāṉ
- without scorn or favouritism
- viḷkai viḷḷāmai virumpi
- longing to leave all else, never to leave Him
- uḷ kalantārkku
- to those who have joined Him within
- ōr amutē
- a matchless nectar
Tiruvaymozhi 1.6.6 · verse 2851 of the four thousand
Meaning
Nedumal, the great Lord, who holds the radiant, upraised discus, once churned the sea and gave the nectar to the immortals. Yet He Himself is far sweeter than that nectar: He who rests on the long ocean with its rising waves.
Word by word
- amutam amararkaṭku īnta
- who gave the nectar to the immortals
- nimir cuṭar āḻi
- the radiant, upraised discus
- neṭumāl
- Nedumal, the great Lord
- amutilum āṟṟa iṉiyaṉ
- far sweeter than nectar
- nimir tirai nīḷ kaṭalāṉē
- He of the long sea with rising waves
Tiruvaymozhi 1.6.7 · verse 2852 of the four thousand
Meaning
He cut off the shoulders and the heads of the king of Lanka, the island ringed by the long sea. Bow your heads at His feet, and in that way spend your days in the best way there is.
Word by word
- nīḷ kaṭal cūḻ
- ringed by the long sea
- ilaṅkaik kōṉ
- the king of Lanka, Ravana
- tōḷkaḷ talai tuṇiceytāṉ
- He cut off shoulders and heads
- tāḷkaḷ talaiyil vaṇaṅki
- bowing your heads at His feet
- nāḷkaḷ talaikkaḻimiṉṉē
- spend your days in the best way
Tiruvaymozhi 1.6.8 · verse 2853 of the four thousand
Meaning
Leave behind everything else, O you who would serve Him; and having left it, worship Him. If you worship Him, He will destroy the strong deeds that stand in your path, and He will give you a good that never decays.
Word by word
- kaḻimiṉ toṇṭīrkaḷ
- leave all else, O devotees
- toḻumiṉ avaṉai
- worship Him
- vaḻi niṉṟa valviṉai
- the strong deeds that stand in the way
- māḷvittu
- destroying
- aḻiviṉṟi ākkam tarumē
- He gives a good that never decays
Tiruvaymozhi 1.6.9 · verse 2854 of the four thousand
Meaning
He is the sole beloved of Lakshmi, who is the rare fruit of every good deed. He is the Lord of true greatness. He will drive away both kinds of deeds, the good and the bad, which bind those who worship Him.
Word by word
- taruma arum payaṉ
- the rare fruit of dharma
- tirumakaḷār taṉik kēḷvaṉ
- the sole beloved of Lakshmi
- perumai uṭaiya pirāṉār
- the Lord of greatness
- irumai viṉai
- both kinds of deeds, good and bad
- kaṭivārē
- He will drive away
Tiruvaymozhi 1.6.10 · verse 2855 of the four thousand
Meaning
In less time than a snap of the fingers He will drive away all evil deeds: Madhava, Lord of Lakshmi, beautiful in form, who raised as His banner the mighty bird Garuda that strikes down His foes.
Word by word
- kaṭivār tīya viṉaikaḷ
- He will drive away evil deeds
- noṭiyārum aḷavaikkaṇ
- in the time of a finger snap
- koṭiyā aṭu puḷ uyartta
- who raised the striking bird as His banner
- vaṭivu ār mātavaṉārē
- Madhava, beautiful in form
Tiruvaymozhi 1.6.11 · verse 2856 of the four thousand
Meaning
Satakopan (Nammalwar) spoke a thousand flawless verses about Madhava, free of anything wrong or empty. Those who can recite these ten among them will not be born again.
Word by word
- mātavaṉpāl
- about Madhava
- tītu avam iṉṟi
- free of fault or emptiness
- ētam il āyirattu
- of the flawless thousand
- ōta vallār
- those who can recite
- piṟavārē
- will not be born again
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.