Tiruvaymozhi 1.7.1 · verse 2857 of the four thousand
Meaning
There are those who stand firm in knowledge to end the sorrow of birth, and who reach the shining light of detachment. Even they keep in their minds, never forgetting, the Lord of dharma, the pure One who holds the discus as His weapon. The elders read this of those who seek only the vision of their own self: even they must hold Him in mind.
Word by word
- piṟavittuyar aṟa
- so that the sorrow of birth ends
- ñāṉattuḷ niṉṟu
- standing firm in knowledge
- tuṟavic cuṭar viḷakkam
- the shining light of detachment
- aṟavaṉai
- the Lord of dharma
- āḻippaṭai antaṇaṉai
- the pure One with the discus as His weapon
- maṟaviyai iṉṟi
- without forgetting
Tiruvaymozhi 1.7.2 · verse 2858 of the four thousand
Meaning
To His devotees He is treasure laid by and medicine. He will not let them be ruined by the five senses, which are the strength of their strong deeds. He rises higher and higher in goodness than anyone, anywhere; He is beyond all. He is our own tender shoot of the cowherds.
Word by word
- vaippu ām maruntu ām
- treasure laid by, and medicine
- valviṉait tuppu ām
- which are the strength of strong deeds
- pulaṉ aintum
- the five senses
- tuñcakkoṭāṉ
- He will not let them be ruined
- nalattāl uyarntu uyarntu
- rising higher and higher in goodness
- eṅkaḷ āyar koḻuntē
- our tender shoot of the cowherds
Tiruvaymozhi 1.7.3 · verse 2859 of the four thousand
Meaning
He became the tender shoot of the cowherds and let Himself be beaten by them; He is the wondrous Lord, my ruby radiance, pure nectar. Drinking and drinking that nectar, I have cut away the confusion of my deluding births.
Word by word
- āyar koḻuntāy
- as the tender shoot of the cowherds
- avarāl puṭaiyuṇṇum
- who was beaten by them
- māyap pirāṉai
- the wondrous Lord
- eṉ māṇikkac cōtiyai
- my ruby radiance
- parukip paruki
- drinking and drinking
- māyap piṟavi mayarvu
- the confusion of deluding births
Tiruvaymozhi 1.7.4 · verse 2860 of the four thousand
Meaning
He settled firmly in my mind so that my confusion ended. He gives only what is highest; He is a bright cluster of radiance; He is the First, the tender shoot of the tireless immortals. He has won my heart's consent: what could I possibly say to let Him go?
Word by word
- mayarvu aṟa
- so that confusion ended
- maṉṉiṉāṉ
- He settled firmly
- uyarviṉaiyē tarum
- who gives only the highest
- oṇ cuṭark kaṟṟaiyai
- a bright cluster of radiance
- ayarvu il amararkaḷ
- the tireless immortals
- eṉ icaiviṉai
- Him who won my consent
- viṭuvēṉō
- would I let Him go?
Tiruvaymozhi 1.7.5 · verse 2861 of the four thousand
Meaning
Would I ever let Him go? He is my lamp, my very life, the Master who came in between and saved me. He is the Lord who plays His thieving tricks and then casts His glances into the eyes of the young cowherd girls. Would I let such a Lord go?
Word by word
- eṉ viḷakkai
- my lamp
- eṉ āviyai
- my life
- naṭuvē vantu
- coming in between
- uyyak koḷkiṉṟa nātaṉai
- the Master who saves
- toṭuvē ceytu
- playing His thieving tricks
- iḷa āycciyar
- the young cowherd girls
Tiruvaymozhi 1.7.6 · verse 2862 of the four thousand
Meaning
He is the Lord who tore up the great earth from the deep; His crown is adorned with tulasi mixed with flowers; He is the wondrous One who pierced the sala trees with His arrow. If He would not stay within me, would I then allow it?
Word by word
- peru nilam kīṇṭavaṉ
- who tore up the great earth, as Varaha
- malart tuḻāy
- flowers and tulasi
- vēynta muṭiyaṉ
- whose crown is adorned
- marāmaram eyta māyavaṉ
- the wondrous One who pierced the sala trees
- eṉṉuḷ irāṉ eṉil
- if He would not stay within me
- yāṉ oṭṭuvēṉō
- would I allow it?
Tiruvaymozhi 1.7.7 · verse 2863 of the four thousand
Meaning
I did not resolve, 'I will keep Him within me.' He Himself resolved, came, and won over my lonely heart by a sweet trick; He clung to my flesh and mingled with my very soul. Will He now agree to loosen His hold and let me go?
Word by word
- yāṉ oṭṭi
- I resolving
- tāṉ oṭṭi vantu
- He resolved and came
- taṉi neñcai vañcittu
- winning my lonely heart by a trick
- ūṉ oṭṭi niṉṟu
- clinging to my flesh
- uyiril kalantu
- mingling with my soul
- eṉṉai nekiḻkkavē
- to loosen His hold on me
Tiruvaymozhi 1.7.8 · verse 2864 of the four thousand
Meaning
Even if He were to loosen His hold on me, He Himself could no longer make my good heart leave Him. For He is the glorious One who delights in Pinnai's long, bamboo-smooth shoulders, the complete First Cause of the ancient immortals.
Word by word
- eṉṉai nekiḻkkilum
- even if He lets me go
- naṉ neñcam
- good heart
- tāṉum killāṉ
- even He cannot
- neṭum paṇait tōḷ
- long shoulders smooth as bamboo
- makiḻ pīṭu uṭai
- glorious One who delights in
- muḻumutal
- the complete First Cause
Tiruvaymozhi 1.7.9 · verse 2865 of the four thousand
Meaning
He is the Origin, the complete First Cause of the immortals; the tender shoot of the cowherds, who gave the nectar to the immortals. My soul has sought Him out with deep closeness and held Him in a firm embrace. Will it ever part from Him now?
Word by word
- amarar muḻumutal
- the complete First Cause of the immortals
- amararkku amutu īnta
- who gave nectar to the immortals
- āyar koḻuntai
- the tender shoot of the cowherds
- tuḻāvi
- seeking Him out
- amarat taḻuviṟṟu
- embraced Him firmly
- iṉi akalummō
- will it part now?
Tiruvaymozhi 1.7.10 · verse 2866 of the four thousand
Meaning
If you move away, He moves away; if you draw near, He draws near. He is hard even to describe; our Lord has no equal. Singing His matchless glory, we never tire, day and night, immersed in it and diving deep.
Word by word
- akalil akalum
- if you move away, He moves away
- aṇukil aṇukum
- if you draw near, He draws near
- pukalum ariyaṉ
- hard even to describe
- poru allaṉ emmāṉ
- our Lord has no equal
- iḷaippu ilam
- we never tire
- paṭintu kuṭaintē
- immersed, diving deep
Tiruvaymozhi 1.7.11 · verse 2867 of the four thousand
Meaning
Satakopan (Nammalwar) of southern Kurukur reached the Lord whose tulasi crown the bees dig into to drink its honey, and wove a thousand verses of closely linked words. These ten among them will break the diseases of those who learn them and drive them away.
Word by word
- kuṭaintu vaṇṭu uṇṇum
- which the bees dig into and drink
- tuḻāy muṭiyāṉai
- the Lord of the tulasi crown
- teṉ kurukūrc caṭakōpaṉ
- Satakopan of southern Kurukur
- miṭainta col toṭai
- closely woven chain of words
- nōykaḷai ōṭuvikkumē
- will drive away the diseases
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.