Tiruvaymozhi 1.8.1 · verse 2868 of the four thousand
Meaning
He rides the swift-flying bird, Garuda; He wears the cool tulasi on His head. He is the Lord who mingles and delights with those who abide for ever, the eternal ones in His heaven, and yet He comes down so readily to us.
Word by word
- ōṭum puḷ ēṟi
- riding the swift-flying bird, Garuda
- cūṭum taṇ tuḻāy
- He wears the cool tulasi
- nīṭu niṉṟavai
- those who abide for ever, the eternal ones
- āṭum ammāṉē
- the Lord who mingles and delights with them
Tiruvaymozhi 1.8.2 · verse 2869 of the four thousand
Meaning
Though He is the great Lord of all, He also became every good thing for me. He tore apart the jaws of the fierce horse-demon that came to kill Him. He is Kannan, Krishna, with His large, red-tinged eyes.
Word by word
- ammāṉāyp piṉṉum
- being the Lord, and yet
- em māṇpum āṉāṉ
- He became all my good
- vem mā vāy kīṇṭa
- who tore the mouth of the fierce horse
- cem mā kaṇṇaṉē
- Kannan with large red eyes
Tiruvaymozhi 1.8.3 · verse 2870 of the four thousand
Meaning
He is for ever the eye, the guide, for the people of the earth and for the heavenly ones alike. He is the Lord of cool Venkatam, Thiruvenkatam, the hill that belongs to the heavenly ones, where He stands so that all may come to Him.
Word by word
- kaṇ āvāṉ
- He is the eye, the guide
- maṇṇōr viṇṇōrkku
- for the people of earth and heaven
- taṇ ār vēṅkaṭa
- of cool Venkatam, Thiruvenkatam
- viṇṇōr veṟpaṉē
- the Lord of the hill of the heavenly ones
Tiruvaymozhi 1.8.4 · verse 2871 of the four thousand
Meaning
He lifted up a whole mountain, Govardhana, to shelter the cowherds, and stood holding it without any strain. Every single day I will learn and repeat the glories of that Lord.
Word by word
- veṟpai oṉṟu eṭuttu
- lifting up a mountain
- oṟkam iṉṟiyē
- without any strain
- niṟkum ammāṉ cīr
- the glories of the Lord who stood
- kaṟpaṉ vaikalē
- I will learn them every day
Tiruvaymozhi 1.8.5 · verse 2872 of the four thousand
Meaning
Every day He would scoop up the butter in His hands and eat it. That same Lord, with no falseness in Him at all, has now mingled with my very body, as freely as He mingled with the butter.
Word by word
- vaikalum veṇṇey
- butter, every day
- kaikalantu uṇṭāṉ
- He ate it, scooping with His hands
- poy kalavātu
- with no falseness mixed in
- eṉ mey kalantāṉē
- He has mingled with my body
Tiruvaymozhi 1.8.6 · verse 2873 of the four thousand
Meaning
Mingling with me, the Master took my soul as His own and made it good. He is the One who, as a young dwarf student who captivated every eye, took the earth from Mahabali.
Word by word
- kalantu eṉ āvi
- mingling with my soul
- nalam koḷ nātaṉ
- the Master who took it and made it good
- pulaṉ koḷ māṇāy
- as a young student who captivated the senses
- nilam koṇṭāṉē
- He took the earth
Tiruvaymozhi 1.8.7 · verse 2874 of the four thousand
Meaning
He subdued the seven bulls; He swallowed the seven worlds. He made me His cool dwelling, and He has become all that I think of.
Word by word
- koṇṭāṉ ēḻ viṭai
- He subdued the seven bulls
- uṇṭāṉ ēḻ vaiyam
- He swallowed the seven worlds
- taṇ tāmam ceytu
- making a cool dwelling
- eṉ eṇ tāṉ āṉāṉē
- He became all my thoughts
Tiruvaymozhi 1.8.8 · verse 2875 of the four thousand
Meaning
He became the cowherd who tends the cattle. He Himself became the fish and the boar as well. And when it comes to me, what doubt can there be that He became all this for my sake?
Word by word
- āṉāṉ āṉ āyaṉ
- He became the cowherd of the cattle
- mīṉōṭu ēṉamum
- the fish and the boar
- tāṉ āṉāṉ
- He Himself became
- tāṉ āya caṅkē
- what doubt is there?
Tiruvaymozhi 1.8.9 · verse 2876 of the four thousand
Meaning
He holds the conch and the discus in His beautiful hands. He is our own Master, who has become everything, everywhere, and yet comes to us as simply as one of us.
Word by word
- caṅku cakkaram
- the conch and the discus
- aṅkaiyil koṇṭāṉ
- He holds in His beautiful hands
- eṅkum tāṉāya
- who became everything, everywhere
- naṅkaḷ nātaṉē
- our Master
Tiruvaymozhi 1.8.10 · verse 2877 of the four thousand
Meaning
He is the Master; His feet took the whole world in their stride; He is my Lord. He is the One whose nature is told by the Vedas, which rise and surge like the tide of the sea.
Word by word
- nātaṉ
- the Master
- ñālam koḷ pātaṉ
- whose feet took the world
- eṉ ammāṉ
- my Lord
- ōtam pōl kiḷar
- surging like the tide
- vēta nīraṉē
- whose nature the Vedas tell
Tiruvaymozhi 1.8.11 · verse 2878 of the four thousand
Meaning
He is the Lord whose colour is like the dark waters. Glorious Satakopan (Nammalwar) sang a thousand verses of Him, as straight and honest as He is. Among them, these ten are the ones to ponder and learn.
Word by word
- nīrpurai vaṇṇaṉ
- the Lord whose colour is like water
- cīr caṭakōpaṉ
- glorious Satakopan
- nērtal āyirattu
- of the thousand of straight, honest words
- ōrtal ivaiyē
- these are to be pondered
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.