Tiruvaymozhi 10.7.1 · verse 3849 of the four thousand
Meaning
Poets of fine words, guard your lives as you serve Him! The cunning thief, the great Wondrous One of Thirumaliruncholai, came to me as wondrous poetry, mingled deep within my heart and my life, and, without those around me knowing, He consumed my heart and life, became me, and filled me wholly.
Word by word
- ceñcol kavikāḷ
- poets of fine words
- uyir kāttu āṭceymmiṉ
- guard your lives as you serve
- tirumāliruñcōlai
- Thirumaliruncholai, the hill near Madurai
- vañcak kaḷvaṉ
- the cunning thief
- māyak kaviyāy vantu
- coming as wondrous poetry
- niṉṟār aṟiyāvaṇṇam
- without those around knowing
- tāṉē āki niṟaintāṉē
- became me and filled me wholly
Tiruvaymozhi 10.7.2 · verse 3850 of the four thousand
Meaning
He became me and filled me; He Himself is all the worlds and all souls; He became the one who says "I" in me, and through me He praised Himself. To me He is honey, milk, sugarcane and nectar. Having consumed my whole life, He has stood fast as the King of Thirumaliruncholai.
Word by word
- ulakum uyirum tāṉē āy
- Himself being the worlds and all souls
- tāṉē yāṉ eṉpāṉ āki
- becoming the one who says "I"
- taṉṉait tāṉē tutittu
- praising Himself through me
- tēṉē pālē kaṉṉalē amutē
- honey, milk, sugarcane, nectar
- kōṉē āki niṉṟoḻintāṉ
- has stood fast as King
- muṟṟum uyir uṇṭē
- consuming my whole life
Tiruvaymozhi 10.7.3 · verse 3851 of the four thousand
Meaning
He consumed my life entirely, entered this body of mine woven of illusion, and became the whole of me: the wondrous Lord dwells in good southern Thirumaliruncholai. I have joined my palms towards that direction and reached Him; must I still go on in this world? What is this holy grace of the Lord!
Word by word
- māya ākkai
- this body woven of illusion
- māya ammāṉ
- the wondrous Lord
- ticai kaikūppic
- joining my palms toward that direction
- iṉṉum pōvēṉēkolō?
- must I still go on?
- eṉkol ammāṉ tiru aruḷē?
- what is this holy grace of the Lord!
Tiruvaymozhi 10.7.4 · verse 3852 of the four thousand
Meaning
What is the holy grace of the Lord! He Himself is the worlds and the souls, yet He will not let go of my body. He once strode through the earth, trampling it, yet He will not let go of our hill, Thirumaliruncholai, which stands as the tilak of the southern direction, so that the hostile asuras are crushed.
Word by word
- tiru aruḷkaḷ
- the holy graces
- eṉ uṭalam kaiviṭāṉ
- will not let go of my body
- ñālattūṭē naṭantu uḻakki
- striding through the earth, trampling it
- teṉ koḷ ticaikkut tilatamāy
- as the tilak of the southern direction
- naṅkaḷ kuṉṟam
- our hill
- naṇṇā acurar
- the hostile asuras, who will not approach Him
Tiruvaymozhi 10.7.5 · verse 3853 of the four thousand
Meaning
So that the hostile asuras are crushed, the good immortals flourish, and the joy of the good sages who contemplate what others cannot conceive rises to its height, He became me and sang Himself in sweet poems full of melody, and hums along in delight: He is my Lord of Thirumaliruncholai.
Word by word
- nalivu eyta
- so that they are crushed
- polivu eyta
- so that they flourish
- eṇṇātaṉakaḷ eṇṇum
- who contemplate what others cannot conceive
- paṇ ār pāṭal
- songs full of melody
- yāṉāyt taṉṉait tāṉ pāṭi
- becoming me, singing of Himself
- teṉṉā eṉṉum
- hums "tenna" in delight
Tiruvaymozhi 10.7.6 · verse 3854 of the four thousand
Meaning
He is the Lord of Thirumaliruncholai; He keeps the rich three worlds within His one great stomach and protects them age after age. He is Thirumal, the Lord who rules me; when Shiva and Brahma could not see Him, fell into great bewilderment and praised His feet, He gave them His grace.
Word by word
- ceḻu mūvulakum
- the rich three worlds
- oru mā vayiṟṟiṉ uḷḷē
- within His one great stomach
- ūḻi ūḻi talaiyaḷikkum
- protects age after age
- eṉṉai āḷum māl
- the Lord who rules me
- aru māl eyti
- falling into great bewilderment
- aruḷai īnta ammāṉē
- the Lord who gave grace
Tiruvaymozhi 10.7.7 · verse 3855 of the four thousand
Meaning
The three-eyed lord Shiva, who says "Give me Your grace, my Lord," Brahma, lord of clear wisdom, the king of the gods and all the gods, and the sages who drive away darkness: all praise this Lord. His holy hill, the gem of a hill that drives away all bewilderment, is the hill of Thirumaliruncholai.
Word by word
- aruḷai ī eṉ ammāṉē
- give me Your grace, my Lord
- mukkaṇ ammāṉum
- the three-eyed lord, Shiva
- teruḷ koḷ piramaṉ
- Brahma of clear wisdom
- tēvar kōṉum
- the king of the gods, Indra
- iruḷkaḷ kaṭiyum muṉivarum
- sages who drive away darkness
- maruḷkaḷ kaṭiyum maṇimalai
- gem of a hill that drives away bewilderment
Tiruvaymozhi 10.7.8 · verse 3856 of the four thousand
Meaning
The hill of Thirumaliruncholai, the holy Ocean of Milk, my head; Thirumal's Vaikuntam, cool Thiruvenkatam, my body; my life caught in great, hard-to-cross illusion, my mind, my speech, my deeds: from none of these does He part for even one instant, my one Lord, the First Cause of the ages. He holds my head and body as dear as His own holy abodes.
Word by word
- tiruppāṟkaṭalē
- the holy Ocean of Milk
- tirumāl vaikuntamē
- Thirumal's Vaikuntam, Paramapadam
- taṇ tiruvēṅkaṭamē
- cool Thiruvenkatam
- aru mā māyattu
- in great, hard-to-cross illusion
- maṉamē vākkē karumamē
- mind, speech, deeds
- oru mā noṭiyum piriyāṉ
- will not part for even an instant
- ūḻi mutalvaṉ
- the First Cause of the ages
Tiruvaymozhi 10.7.9 · verse 3857 of the four thousand
Meaning
He is the One spoken of as "the one First Cause of the ages"; age after age, within Himself, He creates, protects and dissolves all the worlds, ever busy. He is ocean-hued, my Lord, of lovely, cool Thirumaliruncholai. Long may you live, my mind! Never let go of it, even if body and life should fade away.
Word by word
- ūḻi mutalvaṉ oruvaṉē
- the one First Cause of the ages
- paṭaittu kāttu keṭuttu
- creating, protecting, dissolving
- āḻivaṇṇaṉ
- ocean-hued
- am taṇ
- lovely and cool
- vāḻi maṉamē! kaiviṭēl
- long live, my mind! Do not let go
- uṭalum uyirum maṅka
- though body and life fade
Tiruvaymozhi 10.7.10 · verse 3858 of the four thousand
Meaning
Let Your great illusion of matter fade away, our King who dwells at Thirumaliruncholai, You who became me and protected me! That illusion is the surging five senses, the five sense organs, the organs of action, the five elements, the primal matter bound to this soul here, the great principle, the ego and the mind.
Word by word
- maṅka oṭṭu
- let it fade away
- mā māyai
- the great illusion, primal matter
- yāṉē nī āki
- You becoming me
- poṅku aimpulaṉum
- the surging five senses
- karumēntiriyam aimpūtam
- organs of action, the five elements
- pirakiruti māṉ āṅkāram
- primal matter, the great principle (mahat), ego
Tiruvaymozhi 10.7.11 · verse 3859 of the four thousand
Meaning
So that the great principle, ego and mind should perish and the strong-handed five senses fade, He entered me as the very "I" and became wholly Himself. Of Him, Sadagopan of Kurugur, whose groves hum with honey-bees, spoke a thousand words; these ten among them, sung in great exultation, are offered to the hill of Thirumaliruncholai.
Word by word
- maṉam keṭa
- so that the mind perishes
- aivar vaṉkaiyar
- the five strong-handed ones, the senses
- tāṉ āṅkāramāyp pukku
- entering as the very "I"
- tēṉ āṅkārap poḻil
- groves humming with honey-bees
- kurukūrc caṭakōpaṉ
- Sadagopan of Kurugur, Nammalwar
- māṉ āṅkārattu
- in great exultation
- tirumāliruñcōlai malaikkē
- for the hill of Thirumaliruncholai
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.