Tiruvaymozhi 10.10.1 · verse 3882 of the four thousand
Meaning
O You who are the Sage whose will creates, You who are four-faced Brahma, You who are the three-eyed one, my Father! My precious one with lips like flawless ripe fruit, lotus eyes, my black ruby, my thief! Dear life of me, who am all alone! You have come and are upon my head; now I will not let You go. Play no more tricks of illusion on me.
Word by word
- muṉiyē
- O Sage, the Lord whose will creates
- nāṉmukaṉē mukkaṇ appā
- You who are Brahma, You who are three-eyed Shiva, my Father
- pollāk kaṉivāy
- lips like flawless ripe fruit
- karu māṇikkamē
- black ruby, dark gem
- eṉ kaḷvā
- my thief
- taṉiyēṉ ār uyirē
- dear life of me, all alone
- māyam ceyyēl
- play no tricks of illusion
Tiruvaymozhi 10.10.2 · verse 3883 of the four thousand
Meaning
Play no tricks on me. I swear by the Lady who is the garland on Your holy chest, whose flowering tresses breathe fragrance; that oath is Your own oath, see! With love You took me to Yourself, without shrinking from me, making us one with no life apart from Yours. Come now, call me and take me, alas!
Word by word
- tiru mārvattu mālai naṅkai
- the Lady who is the garland on Your chest: Lakshmi
- vācam cey pūṅ kuḻalāḷ
- she whose flowering tresses breathe fragrance
- tiru āṇai niṉ āṇaikaṇṭāy
- an oath by her is an oath by You
- uyir vēṟu iṉṟi oṉṟākavē
- as one, with no life apart
- kūcam ceyyātu
- without shrinking from me
- kūvik koḷḷāy
- call me and take me
Tiruvaymozhi 10.10.3 · verse 3884 of the four thousand
Meaning
Come, call me and take me, alas, my precious black ruby! I know no pole for my life to cling to except You. You are the first root, the navel lotus, of Brahma, Shiva, Indra and all who come and worship You; You are That which is beyond the heavens.
Word by word
- pollāk karumāṇikkamē
- my precious, flawless black ruby
- āvikku ōr paṟṟukkompu
- a pole for my life to cling to, like a creeper
- mēvit toḻum
- who come and worship
- nāvik kamala mutal kiḻaṅkē
- the first root, the navel lotus
- umpar anta atuvē
- That which is beyond the heavens
Tiruvaymozhi 10.10.4 · verse 3885 of the four thousand
Meaning
O You who are the cool, lovely primal matter beyond! O You who are within it and above it! You are the sky and the good light and the other elements; within them, You are Brahma and Shiva; You are the Sage who created the gods and all other beings. You took on Yourself the task of saving me, and yet You have left me standing apart!
Word by word
- am taṇ pāḻē
- the cool, lovely primal matter
- ataṉuḷmicai nīyē
- You are within it and above it
- amparam nal cōti
- the sky and the good light
- piramaṉ araṉ nī
- You are Brahma and Shiva
- paṭaitta muṉivaṉ
- the Sage who created
- emparam cātikkaluṟṟu
- taking on the task of my salvation
- pōra viṭṭiṭṭāyē
- You have left me standing apart
Tiruvaymozhi 10.10.5 · verse 3886 of the four thousand
Meaning
If You leave me apart and set out to push me away outside, then whom shall I hold, and to what end? Alas, what is there that is "mine", and what is "I"? Like water swallowed up by red-hot iron, You became for me an insatiable nectar, to drink up my dear life to the full.
Word by word
- puṟam pōkkaluṟṟāl
- if You push me away outside
- āraik koṇṭu ettai?
- with whom, and for what?
- eṉatu eṉpatu eṉ? yāṉ eṉpatu eṉ?
- what is "mine", what is "I"?
- tīra irumpu uṇṭa nīr
- water swallowed up by red-hot iron
- ārap paruka
- to drink to the full
- ārā amutu
- insatiable nectar, Aravamudhan
Tiruvaymozhi 10.10.6 · verse 3887 of the four thousand
Meaning
You became my insatiable nectar; with a heart that is never satisfied, You settled in me and consumed my soul, my sweet life, and now You will not stop. You have the hue of the wild kaya flower, lotus eyes and lips red as ripe fruit; You are the beloved of the lovely lotus-born Lady who is so fitting for You. O my love!
Word by word
- maṉakku ārāmai
- with a heart never satisfied
- maṉṉi uṇṭiṭṭāy
- You settled in and consumed
- puṉak kāyā niṟatta
- with the hue of the wild kaya flower
- puṇṭarīkak kaṇ
- lotus eyes
- kōla malarppāvaikku aṉpā
- beloved of the lovely lotus-born Lady, Lakshmi
- eṉ aṉpēyō
- O my love!
Tiruvaymozhi 10.10.7 · verse 3888 of the four thousand
Meaning
O my love, You who are the love of the lovely lotus-born Lady! Like a blue mountain rising up with two crescent moons in its jaws, You became the one beautiful Varaha and held the earth on Your tusk, my Father. You churned the blue ocean. Now that I have gained You, would I ever let You go?
Word by word
- nīla varai
- a blue mountain
- iraṇṭu piṟai kavvi
- holding two crescent moons in its jaws (the tusks)
- kōla varākam oṉṟāy
- becoming the one beautiful Boar, Varaha
- nilam kōṭṭiṭaik koṇṭa
- who held the earth on His tusk
- nīlak kaṭal kaṭaintāy
- You churned the blue ocean
- iṉip pōkkuvaṉō?
- would I now let You go?
Tiruvaymozhi 10.10.8 · verse 3889 of the four thousand
Meaning
Now that I have gained You, would I let You go, my one great Life? You became the twofold karma that clings to souls, became the souls, became the fruits of that karma; You became all these three worlds, a vast thicket, then entered that thicket and hid Yourself away completely, my first and only Seed!
Word by word
- eṉ taṉip pēruyirai
- my one great Life
- uṟṟa iruviṉai
- the twofold karma that clings
- payaṉ āyavai āy
- becoming the fruits
- perum tūṟu āy
- becoming a vast thicket
- muṟṟak karantu oḷittāy
- You hid Yourself away completely
- mutal taṉi vittēyō
- O first and only Seed
Tiruvaymozhi 10.10.9 · verse 3890 of the four thousand
Meaning
O first and only Seed, the first and only One of the whole three worlds and of all things! When shall I come and join You, You? First and only One, here and everywhere You are the primal matter in which all things fully live; first and only One, You are the Endless One, encircling, wide, deep and high!
Word by word
- muḻu mūvulaku ātikku ellām
- of the whole three worlds and all things
- eṉai nāḷ vantu kūṭuvaṉ nāṉ
- when shall I come and join You?
- aṅkum iṅkum
- there and here
- vāḻ pāḻāy
- as the primal matter in which all live
- cūḻntu akaṉṟu āḻntu uyarnta
- encircling, wide, deep and high
- muṭivilī ō!
- O Endless One!
Tiruvaymozhi 10.10.10 · verse 3891 of the four thousand
Meaning
O You who are the vast primal matter, encircling, wide, deep, high and without end! O You who are the good, blossoming light of the souls, greater than that and encircling it! O You, radiant bliss of knowledge, greater still and encircling that! My longing was greater even than that, and You have encircled it so that it has come to an end. Here the Alwar's longing is fulfilled, and he reaches the Lord.
Word by word
- muṭivil perum pāḻē ō
- O endless, vast primal matter
- cūḻntu ataṉil periya
- encircling it and greater than it
- para nal malarc cōtī ō
- O good, blossoming light beyond, the souls
- cuṭar ñāṉa iṉpamē ō
- O radiant bliss of knowledge
- eṉ avā
- my longing
- aṟac cūḻntāyē
- You encircled it so that it ended
Tiruvaymozhi 10.10.11 · verse 3892 of the four thousand
Meaning
Crying out to Hari, who encircled him so that his longing ended, to Him who is Brahma and Shiva too, Sadagopan of Kurugur, his longing ended, attained liberation. Of the antadis born of longing that he spoke, with which these thousand are complete, those who know these ten, the last antadi born of longing, are truly born, and born exalted.
Word by word
- avā aṟac cūḻ ariyai
- Hari, who encircled him so that longing ended
- ayaṉai araṉai
- Brahma and Shiva, who are within Him
- avā aṟṟu vīṭu peṟṟa
- longing ended, attained liberation
- kurukūrc caṭakōpaṉ
- Sadagopan of Kurugur, Nammalwar
- avā il antātikaḷāl
- through antadis born of longing
- aṟintār piṟantār uyarntē
- those who know them are born exalted
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.