Tiruvaymozhi 10.6.1 · verse 3838 of the four thousand
Meaning
I am the servant of the servants of those who receive His grace, and the Lord of the discus is now settling down to give His grace to me; such is our good fortune. In this great world that only brings darkness, I want no more births. Give up your confusion, my foolish heart, and bow at the feet of the Lord of Thiruvattaru.
Word by word
- aṭiyār tam aṭiyaṉēṟku
- to me, servant of His servants
- āḻiyāṉ
- the Lord of the discus
- namatu vitivakaiyē
- such is our good fortune
- iruḷ taru mā ñālattuḷ
- in this great world that brings darkness
- maruḷ oḻi nī maṭa neñcē
- give up your confusion, foolish heart
- vāṭṭāṟṟāṉ
- the Lord of Thiruvattaru, near Kanyakumari
Tiruvaymozhi 10.6.2 · verse 3839 of the four thousand
Meaning
Bow at the feet of the Lord of Thiruvattaru, and He will cut off your births in this great world: did you hear that, my foolish heart? We have sung many songs to Kesava, our Lord; we have cut our clinging to old karmas, stopped going about with the people of the world, and reached Narayana.
Word by word
- mā ñālap piṟappu aṟuppāṉ
- He will cut off births in this great world
- kēṭṭāyē
- did you hear?
- kēcavaṉ em perumāṉaip
- Kesava, our Lord
- paḻaviṉaikaḷ paṟṟu aṟuttu
- cutting our clinging to old karmas
- nāṭṭārōṭu iyalvu oḻintu
- ceasing to go along with worldly people
- nāraṇaṉai naṇṇiṉamē
- we have reached Narayana
Tiruvaymozhi 10.6.3 · verse 3840 of the four thousand
Meaning
We have reached Narayana, saying His many names. The Lord of Thiruvattaru, the richest place on this earth, has come today and is hurrying to give me the world of heaven; such is His gracious ordering. My heart, these things do not happen the way one plans them!
Word by word
- nāmaṅkaḷ pala colli
- saying His many names
- vaḷam mikka
- rich, abounding
- viṇ ulakam taruvāṉāy
- to give the world of heaven
- viraikiṉṟāṉ
- He hurries
- eṇṇiṉavāṟu ākā
- do not happen as one reckons
Tiruvaymozhi 10.6.4 · verse 3841 of the four thousand
Meaning
Staying within my heart, He has spoken these great Tamil works here through me. He is the Lord of Thiruvattaru, who tore open the chest of hard-hearted Hiranya, who took up arms for the Pandavas in the Bharata war so that the kings trembled. My good heart, our Lord Himself will show us His grace.
Word by word
- eṉ neñcattu uḷ iruntu
- staying within my heart
- irum tamiḻ nūl ivai moḻintu
- speaking these great Tamil works
- val neñcattu iraṇiyaṉai
- hard-hearted Hiranya
- mārvu iṭanta
- who tore open the chest
- maṉ añca
- so that kings trembled
- pāṇṭavarkkāp paṭaitoṭṭāṉ
- took up arms for the Pandavas
Tiruvaymozhi 10.6.5 · verse 3842 of the four thousand
Meaning
By the gracious arrangement of the Lord of Thiruvattaru, who gave me the path to climb to heaven, I am granted to rise there. Laugh at hell, my heart! His feet shine with tulasi blossoms brimming with honey; He rides about on the splendid bird, Garuda. Those two feet are on my head.
Word by word
- vāṉ ēṟa vaḻi tanta
- who gave the path to climb to heaven
- paṇivakaiyē
- by His gracious arrangement
- narakattai naku neñcē!
- laugh at hell, my heart!
- tēṉ ēṟu malart tuḷavam
- tulasi blossoms brimming with honey
- ceḻum paṟavai
- the splendid bird, Garuda
- tāḷ iṇai eṉ talaimēlē
- His two feet are on my head
Tiruvaymozhi 10.6.6 · verse 3843 of the four thousand
Meaning
His two feet are on my head. My lotus-eyed Lord, our Lord, never moves from His place in my heart, at any time. He lies on the serpent bed at Thiruvattaru with its hill-like mansions, and He broke the tusk of the rutting killer elephant. We have come close to His feet with their ringing anklets.
Word by word
- tāmaraikkaṇ eṉ ammāṉ
- my lotus-eyed Lord
- nilaipērāṉ
- never moves from His place
- malai māṭattu
- with mansions like hills
- matam mikka kolai yāṉai
- the rutting killer elephant (Kuvalayapida)
- maruppu ocittāṉ
- who broke its tusk
- kurai kaḻalkaḷ kuṟukiṉamē
- we have come close to His ringing anklets
Tiruvaymozhi 10.6.7 · verse 3844 of the four thousand
Meaning
We have come close to His ringing anklets; our Govinda has made His home in me. Thiruvattaru is like the tilak on the brow of the southern land, which the sea with its crowding waves encircles, and its gem-bright mansions crowd like hills. On the flower feet of its Lord, the sweet tulasi, thick with scent, lingers on His body and fills the air with fragrance.
Word by word
- kuṭikoṇṭāṉ
- has made His home in me
- tirai kuḻuvu kaṭal
- the sea with crowding waves
- teṉ nāṭṭut tilatam aṉṉa
- like the tilak of the southern land
- varai kuḻuvu maṇi māṭa
- gem-bright mansions crowding like hills
- virai kuḻuvu naṟum tuḷavam
- sweet tulasi, thick with scent
- meynniṉṟu kamaḻumē
- lingers on His body, spreading fragrance
Tiruvaymozhi 10.6.8 · verse 3845 of the four thousand
Meaning
His holy crown is heavy with the scent of tulasi that lingers on His body; the discus stays in His hand; His holy form is like a dark hill; He holds dear Thiruvattaru, where the waters beat against its banks. What good have I ever done for Him, that He should shine in my heart?
Word by word
- virai ēṟu tirumuṭiyaṉ
- His holy crown heavy with fragrance
- kainniṉṟa cakkarattaṉ
- the discus ever in His hand
- karutum iṭam
- the place He holds dear
- porutu puṉal
- waters beating against it
- mainniṉṟa varai pōlum
- like a dark hill
- en naṉṟi ceytēṉā
- what good have I done?
Tiruvaymozhi 10.6.9 · verse 3846 of the four thousand
Meaning
Radiant Thirumal, with Thirumagal, Lakshmi, radiant on His radiant chest, has made cool Thiruvattaru His dwelling. He rides the famed bird, Garuda, and destroyed the clan of the warring rakshasas. Without disdaining me, He never leaves my heart, at any time.
Word by word
- tirumaṅkai taṉṉōṭum
- together with Thirumagal, Lakshmi
- cērviṭam taṇ vāṭṭāṟu
- His dwelling is cool Thiruvattaru
- pukaḻniṉṟa puḷ ūrti
- He who rides the famed bird, Garuda
- pōr arakkar kulam keṭuttāṉ
- who destroyed the clan of warring rakshasas
- ikaḻvu iṉṟi
- without disdaining me
- piriyāṉē
- He will not leave
Tiruvaymozhi 10.6.10 · verse 3847 of the four thousand
Meaning
"Serve Me without parting," He said, and cut off my births and took me wholly as His servant. He who once became the Lion and tore apart the body of Hiranya, He of Thiruvattaru, on His serpent bed whose mouths gleam bright, has shown me how to gain a fruit that one could not gain even by serving the great ones.
Word by word
- piriyātu āṭcey
- serve without parting
- āḷ aṟakkoṇṭāṉ
- took me wholly as His servant
- ari āki
- becoming the Lion, Narasimha
- ākam kīṇṭāṉ
- tore apart the body
- peṟāta payaṉ
- a fruit otherwise not gained
- vari vāḷ vāy aravu
- the serpent with gleaming, striped mouths
- kāṭṭiṉaṉē
- He has shown me
Tiruvaymozhi 10.6.11 · verse 3848 of the four thousand
Meaning
Showing me His ringing feet, the Lord of Thiruvattaru ended my entering into harsh hell. Of the garland of a thousand Tamil songs that Sadagopan of rich Kurugur sang of Him, these ten too are fine words sweet to the ear; the heavenly ones hearing them will never have their fill.
Word by word
- kaṉai kaḻalkaḷ
- ringing anklets, His feet
- kaṭu narakam pukal oḻitta
- who ended my entering harsh hell
- vaḷaṅ kurukūrc caṭakōpaṉ
- Sadagopan of rich Kurugur, Nammalwar
- tamiḻ mālai
- a garland of Tamil
- kēṭṭu ārār vāṉavarkaḷ
- the heavenly ones never have their fill of hearing
- cevikku iṉiya ceñcollē
- fine words sweet to the ear
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.