Tiruvaymozhi 2.9.1 · verse 2991 of the four thousand
Meaning
I will not even speak of the glories of the great liberation. Place Your great red lotus feet on my head, and quickly, O Lord who ended the suffering of the elephant. My Lord, this alone is what I, Your servant, want.
Word by word
- em mā vīṭṭut tiṟamum
- even the glories of the great liberation
- ceppam
- I will not speak of
- cem mā pāṭa paṟpu
- great red lotus feet
- talai cērttu ollai
- place them on my head, quickly
- kaimmā tuṉpam kaṭinta
- who ended the elephant's suffering
- aṭiyēṉ vēṇṭuvatu ītē
- this alone is what I, Your servant, want
Tiruvaymozhi 2.9.2 · verse 2992 of the four thousand
Meaning
This alone is what I ask of You, always: O my Father, sapphire-hued One, whose radiance is steeped in dark colour, give me the helping hand of knowledge, so that I may reach Your feet, which are so hard to reach. Do not let the time slip by.
Word by word
- ītē yāṉ uṉṉaik koḷvatu
- this alone is what I ask of You
- mai tōy cōti
- radiance steeped in dark colour
- eytā niṉ kaḻal
- Your feet, so hard to reach
- ñāṉak kai tā
- give me the helping hand of knowledge
- kālak kaḻivu ceyyēlē
- do not let the time slip by
Tiruvaymozhi 2.9.3 · verse 2993 of the four thousand
Meaning
O my Kanna Piran, with the discus fitting Your hand, who in Your grace tell us, "Do no evil": even when phlegm chokes my throat at the end, grant me the grace to praise Your feet without tiring.
Word by word
- ceyyēl tīviṉai
- do no evil
- kai ār cakkara
- with the discus fitting His hand
- kaṇṇa pirāṉē
- O Kanna Piran, Krishna my Lord
- ai ār kaṇṭam aṭaikkilum
- even when phlegm chokes my throat
- eyyātu ētta
- to praise without tiring
Tiruvaymozhi 2.9.4 · verse 2994 of the four thousand
Meaning
That He should say, "Serve Me alone, at all times," come into my heart, settle there without a break, and take me wholly for His own delight: this alone is the blessing I seek from Kannan. The elders read this as service done purely for His joy, not one's own.
Word by word
- eṉakkē āṭcey
- serve Me alone
- ek kālattum
- at all times
- iṭaivīṭu iṉṟi maṉṉi
- settling there without a break
- taṉakkē āka eṉaik koḷḷum
- taking me wholly for His own sake
- yāṉ koḷ ciṟappē
- the blessing I seek
Tiruvaymozhi 2.9.5 · verse 2995 of the four thousand
Meaning
Glorious liberation, heaven, or hell: let me reach them at death, or let me not. I, for my part, will rejoice for ever, without forgetting even once, in the Lord who has no birth and yet takes many births.
Word by word
- ciṟappil vīṭu
- glorious liberation
- iṟappil eytuka eytaṟka
- let me reach them at death, or not
- piṟappu il pal piṟavip perumāṉai
- the Lord without birth who takes many births
- maṟappu oṉṟu iṉṟi
- without forgetting even once
- makiḻvaṉē
- I will rejoice
Tiruvaymozhi 2.9.6 · verse 2996 of the four thousand
Meaning
O Lord, who have blossomed forth as the joyful gods, as all that is world and all that is not, and as the joyful Light! Come, so that I may worship You for ever with joy, with a joyful mind, word and deed.
Word by word
- makiḻ koḷ teyvam
- the joyful gods
- ulōkam alōkam
- all that is world and all that is not
- makiḻ koḷ cōti
- the joyful Light
- malarnta ammāṉē
- O Lord who blossomed forth as these
- cintai col ceykai
- mind, word and deed
- vaṇaṅka vārāyē
- come, that I may worship You
Tiruvaymozhi 2.9.7 · verse 2997 of the four thousand
Meaning
Come, so that I may come and reach the place beneath Your sacred lotus feet, never to move away again. O You who have held Yourself back from me! If I keep You within me, You will be, for ever and at every moment, a joy I can never have enough of.
Word by word
- tirup pāta malarkkīḻ
- beneath Your sacred lotus feet
- pērātē
- never to move away
- tārātāy
- You who have held Yourself back
- uṉṉai eṉṉuḷ vaippil
- if I keep You within me
- ārātāy
- You, of whom I can never have enough
Tiruvaymozhi 2.9.8 · verse 2998 of the four thousand
Meaning
If You, my Father for all time, settle within me, I will want nothing else, ever, at any time. You whom the great, pure knowers of the Veda feast upon, my fruit sweet as sugar: I too would feast on You.
Word by word
- entaiyāy eṉṉuḷ maṉṉil
- if You settle within me as my Father
- yātoṉṟum vēṇṭēṉ
- I will want nothing else
- mikkār vēta vimalar
- the great, pure knowers of the Veda
- viḻuṅkum
- feast upon
- akkārak kaṉiyē
- O fruit sweet as sugar
Tiruvaymozhi 2.9.9 · verse 2999 of the four thousand
Meaning
Not knowing my own true nature, I lived thinking, "I am my own, and this is mine." But I am Yours, You are my very self, and all that I own is You too, O Bull among the immortals, whom heaven itself praises! The elders explain that the self belongs to Him as a body to its soul.
Word by word
- eṉṉai aṟiyakilātē
- not knowing my own true nature
- yāṉē eṉ taṉatē
- I am my own, and this is mine
- yāṉē nī
- I am Yours; You are my very self
- eṉ uṭaimaiyum nīyē
- all I own is You too
- vāṉavar ēṟē
- O Bull among the immortals
Tiruvaymozhi 2.9.10 · verse 3000 of the four thousand
Meaning
You who conquered the seven bulls, and turned beautiful Lanka to ashes, O great, radiant Light: do not trust me as I am now. Join me quickly to Your golden feet, and never, ever let me go away elsewhere.
Word by word
- ēṟēl ēḻum veṉṟu
- conquering the seven bulls
- ēr koḷ ilaṅkaiyai
- beautiful Lanka
- nīṟē ceyta
- who turned it to ashes
- neṭuñ cuṭarc cōti
- O great, radiant Light
- tēṟēl eṉṉai
- do not trust me as I am
- vēṟē pōka
- to go away elsewhere
Tiruvaymozhi 2.9.11 · verse 3001 of the four thousand
Meaning
Generous Sathakopan of Kurugur, whose longing for the Lord with the ever-present discus never lets go, sang a thousand imperishable verses. These ten among them will give imperishable liberation to those who rise up eager to recite them.
Word by word
- viṭal il cakkarattu aṇṇalai
- the Lord whose discus never leaves His hand
- mēval
- longing for Him
- vaṇ kurukūrc caṭakōpaṉ
- generous Sathakopan of Kurugur, Nammalwar
- keṭal il āyirattuḷ
- among the imperishable thousand
- keṭal il vīṭu
- imperishable liberation
- kiḷarvārkkē
- to those who rise up eager
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.