Tiruvaymozhi 3.10.1 · verse 3112 of the four thousand
Meaning
Taking birth after birth, He came forth among us. With conch and discus, bow, bright pestle, shining sword and mace, riding on the bird, He fought in this world so that the mighty rakshasas and asuras perished. He is all goodness, and I, who have been blessed to praise His glories, lack nothing at all.
Word by word
- caṉmam palapala ceytu
- taking birth after birth
- caṅkoṭu cakkaram vil
- conch, discus and bow
- oṇmai uṭaiya ulakkai
- the bright pestle
- puḷ ūrntu
- riding the bird, Garuda
- arakkar acurarai
- the rakshasas and asuras
- naṉmai uṭaiyavaṉ
- He who is all goodness
- nāṉ ōr kuṟaivu ilaṉē
- I lack nothing
Tiruvaymozhi 3.10.2 · verse 3113 of the four thousand
Meaning
He mounted the mighty serpent on the wide, brimming ocean and entered a yogic sleep, as though resting within His beautiful red lotus eyes: Kannan, coloured like a shining sapphire. He is the Lord who drove the bird with the marked beak and burned up the asuras. Praising His full glory, singing and dancing, I have no want at all.
Word by word
- kuṟaivu il taṭaṅ kaṭal
- the wide, brimming ocean
- kōḷ aravu ēṟi
- mounting the mighty serpent
- kōlac centāmaraikkaṇ
- beautiful red lotus eyes
- yōku puṇarnta
- who entered yogic sleep
- kaṟai aṇi mūkku uṭaip puḷḷaik
- the bird with the marked beak, Garuda
- acuraraik kāynta ammāṉ
- the Lord who burned up the asuras
- muṭṭu ilaṉē
- I have no want
Tiruvaymozhi 3.10.3 · verse 3114 of the four thousand
Meaning
He is the one, peerless Lord of countless unending joys, the Master to whom the three worlds belong; He is sugar candy, honey, nectar, good milk, fruit and sugarcane; on His crown He wears cool, lovely tulasi brimming with honey. Since I bowed to Him and became wholly His, I have not had a moment's grief in my heart.
Word by word
- muṭṭu il pal pōkattu
- of countless unending joys
- oru taṉi nāyakaṉ
- the one, peerless Lord
- mūvulakukku uriya
- to whom the three worlds belong
- maṭṭu aviḻ taṇ am tuḻāy
- cool, lovely tulasi brimming with honey
- avaṉ tiṟattup paṭṭa piṉṉai
- after I became wholly His
- parivu ilaṉē
- I have no grief
Tiruvaymozhi 3.10.4 · verse 3115 of the four thousand
Meaning
That day, saying "We will surely guard Bana", the destroyer of the Three Cities, Shiva, came with his army to oppose Him, along with his son and the fire god. So that their war came to nothing, the Wonder drove the bird with battling wings: He is the Cowherd, Hari with the golden discus, Achyuta. Holding fast to Him, I have not the least trouble.
Word by word
- vāṇaṉaik kāttum
- we will guard Bana
- tiripuram ceṟṟavaṉum
- Shiva, destroyer of the Three Cities
- aṅkiyum
- and Agni, the fire god
- poru ciṟaip puḷḷaik
- the bird with battling wings
- poṉ cakkarattu ariyiṉai
- Hari with the golden discus
- iṭar ilaṉē
- I have no trouble
Tiruvaymozhi 3.10.5 · verse 3116 of the four thousand
Meaning
Without any difficulty, one day, in a single moment, He drove His strong chariot past all the worlds, with Arjuna of spreading fame and the Vedic brahmin riding with Him. From His own realm of radiant light He took the brahmin's children, in their very bodies, and gave them back to him. Holding fast to Him, I have no sorrow at all.
Word by word
- ellā ulakum kaḻiya
- passing beyond all the worlds
- paṭar pukaḻp pārttaṉum
- Arjuna of spreading fame
- vaitikaṉum
- the Vedic brahmin
- tiṇ tēr kaṭavi
- driving the strong chariot
- taṉṉuṭaic cōtiyil
- from His own realm of light
- uṭaloṭum koṇṭu koṭuttavaṉaip
- who brought them back in their bodies
- oṉṟum tuyar ilaṉē
- I have no sorrow at all
Tiruvaymozhi 3.10.6 · verse 3117 of the four thousand
Meaning
While His own realm of radiant light, free of all sorrow, stays just as it is, He appears among the births of men so full of sorrow, coming where eyes can see Him; and through all the troubles of that life He leads men into His divine world. That is the Lord, Kannan, the Wonder, of sorrowless glory. I have feasted on His glory, and I have no grief at all.
Word by word
- tuyar il cuṭar oḷi
- radiant light free of sorrow
- taṉṉuṭaic cōti
- His own realm of light
- tuyaril maliyum maṉicar piṟaviyil
- in human births so full of sorrow
- kaṇ kāṇa vantu
- coming where eyes can see
- teyvanilai ulakil
- into the divine world
- pukaḻ tuṟṟa
- having feasted on His glory
Tiruvaymozhi 3.10.7 · verse 3118 of the four thousand
Meaning
He has become the deeds that bring pain and pleasure; He has become the worlds; He has become cruel hell where there is no joy, and the sweet, good heavens; He has become the many living beings that endure. Through many, many wondrous enchantments He delights in this play of His. Having gained Him, I have no distress at all.
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- tuṉpamum iṉpamum ākiya ceyviṉai
- deeds that bring pain and pleasure
- iṉpam il vem naraku
- cruel hell without joy
- nal vāṉ cuvarkkaṅkaḷum
- the good heavens
- māya mayakkukkaḷāl
- through wondrous enchantments
- iv viḷaiyāṭṭu uṭaiyāṉaip
- Him whose play this is
- allal ilaṉē
- I have no distress
Tiruvaymozhi 3.10.8 · verse 3119 of the four thousand
Meaning
He is joy without distress, beyond all measure, everywhere; He is wrapped in a radiance where beauty dwells; He stands as the enchanting delight of Lakshmi, the lady of the lily-soft flower. His knowledge has no limit, and by that knowledge alone He does all things. Holding the feet of Kannan, the limitless Wonder, I have no grief.
Word by word
- allal il iṉpam
- joy without distress
- aḻaku amar cūḻ oḷiyaṉ
- wrapped in radiance where beauty dwells
- alli malar makaḷ
- Lakshmi, lady of the flower
- pōka mayakkukkaḷ
- enchanting delights
- ellai il ñāṉattaṉ
- He of limitless knowledge
- tukkam ilaṉē
- I have no grief
Tiruvaymozhi 3.10.9 · verse 3120 of the four thousand
Meaning
He is a form of the radiant light of knowledge that knows no sorrow, the Lord wearing the tulasi garland. Through His many great wonders He acts in countless ways, taking any form He wishes. He can swallow everyone and everything, from Shiva and Brahma downwards, so that all subside together within Him. Having gained Him, I have no weariness at all.
Word by word
- ñāṉac cuṭar oḷi mūrtti
- the form of radiant knowledge
- tuḻāy alaṅkal perumāṉ
- the Lord with the tulasi garland
- vikirtam ceytu
- acting in countless ways
- vēṇṭum uruvu koṇṭu
- taking any form He wishes
- nakka pirāṉōṭu ayaṉ
- Shiva, the unclad lord, and Brahma
- okka oṭuṅka viḻuṅka vallāṉaip
- who can swallow all to subside together
- taḷarvu ilaṉē
- I have no weariness
Tiruvaymozhi 3.10.10 · verse 3121 of the four thousand
Meaning
Untiring, He pervades everywhere, always; He is the one, sole First Cause, pure knowledge; He stands formless, beyond what the limited five senses can know. He is the Lord of ever-growing radiance, who also has a form; He is the five elements and the two lights; He is Kannan, the Wonder of rising radiance. Holding His feet, I will never come to ruin.
Word by word
- eṅkum paranta
- pervading everywhere
- taṉimutal ñāṉam oṉṟāy
- the sole First Cause, pure knowledge
- aḷavu uṭai aimpulaṉkaḷ
- the limited five senses
- aruvu āki niṟkum
- standing formless
- pūtaṅkaḷ aintai iru cuṭarai
- the five elements, the two lights
- kēṭu ilaṉē
- I will never come to ruin
Tiruvaymozhi 3.10.11 · verse 3122 of the four thousand
Meaning
Satakopan, Nammalwar, of Kurugur, sang a thousand songs on Kesava of unfailing, excellent glory. For those who can practise these ten among them, He will, as country and town look on, seat them in honour on a fine vehicle, grant them liberation, and give them sole lordship over His three worlds.
Word by word
- kēṭu il viḻup pukaḻk kēcavaṉai
- Kesava of unfailing, excellent glory
- kurukūrc caṭakōpaṉ
- Satakopan of Kurugur
- payiṟṟa vallārkaṭku
- for those who can practise them
- nāṭum nakaramum naṉkuṭaṉ kāṇa
- as country and town look on
- nalaṉiṭai ūrti paṇṇi
- seating them in honour on a fine vehicle
- vīṭum peṟuttit
- granting liberation
- oru nāyakamē
- sole lordship
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.