Tiruvaymozhi 3.3.1 · verse 3035 of the four thousand
Meaning
Through all of time, without a break, staying always at His side, we must do flawless service to Him: the radiant, beautiful Lord of Thiruvenkatam, where the waterfalls roar, who is my father, and my father's father, and his father's Lord before him. This service, kainkaryam, is all the Alwar asks for.
Word by word
- oḻivu il kālam ellām
- through all time, without a break
- uṭaṉāy maṉṉi
- staying always beside Him
- vaḻu ilā aṭimai
- flawless service
- teḻi kural aruvit
- with roaring waterfalls
- tiruvēṅkaṭattu
- at Thiruvenkatam, Tirumala
- eḻil koḷ cōti
- the beautiful radiance
- entai tantai tantaikkē
- to the Lord of my father and his fathers
Tiruvaymozhi 3.3.2 · verse 3036 of the four thousand
Meaning
He is the first Lord even of my father's father's fathers, all down the line. Worshipped by the immortals with their king, He stands at Thiruvenkatam, where the magizham trees scatter their flowers: the great One of dark, cloud-like beauty and glory without end.
Word by word
- muntai
- the first, the ancient Lord
- vāṉavar kōṉoṭum
- with the king of the immortals
- cintu pū makiḻum
- where magizham trees scatter flowers
- antam il pukaḻk
- of endless glory
- kār eḻil aṇṇalē
- the great One of dark, cloud-like beauty
Tiruvaymozhi 3.3.3 · verse 3037 of the four thousand
Meaning
The great One, the Wonder, Kannan with beautiful red lotus eyes, with lips like a red fruit, a dark ruby: He is the Lord of the immortals, of countless and ancient glories, at Thiruvenkatam with its springs brimming with clear water.
Word by word
- aṇṇal māyaṉ
- the great One, the Wonder
- centāmaraik
- like the red lotus
- ceṅkaṉi vāyk
- with lips like a red fruit
- karumāṇikkam
- the dark ruby
- teḷ niṟai cuṉai nīrt
- with springs brimming with clear water
- eṇ il tol pukaḻ
- countless ancient glories
- vāṉavar īcaṉē
- the Lord of the immortals
Tiruvaymozhi 3.3.4 · verse 3038 of the four thousand
Meaning
If I say He is the Lord of the immortals, is that any glory for the Lord of Thiruvenkatam? His true glory is this: He, the supreme radiant light, has set His love on me, a lowly one with nothing good in me at all.
Word by word
- īcaṉ vāṉavarkku
- Lord of the immortals
- tēcamō
- is that any glory?
- nīcaṉēṉ
- I, a lowly one
- niṟaivu oṉṟum ilēṉ
- I with nothing good at all
- eṉkaṇ pācam vaitta
- who set His love on me
- param cuṭarc cōtikkē
- the supreme radiant light
Tiruvaymozhi 3.3.5 · verse 3039 of the four thousand
Meaning
If I say He is the radiant First Form whom all the worlds worship, does that measure Him? He is the nectar of the whole Veda that the Vedic scholars recite; He is the Lord of Thiruvenkatam, whose glory has no flaw.
Word by word
- ellā ulakum toḻum
- whom all the worlds worship
- ātimūrtti
- the First Form, the primal Lord
- aḷavu ākumō
- can that measure Him?
- vētiyar
- the Vedic scholars
- muḻu vētattu amutattai
- the nectar of the whole Veda
- tītu il cīrt
- of flawless glory
Tiruvaymozhi 3.3.6 · verse 3040 of the four thousand
Meaning
Those who take up the duty of saying "namah", "I am not my own, I am Yours", to the Lord who dwells at Venkatam will find every debt of deeds upon them burnt away completely. They will be doing only good to themselves.
Word by word
- vēm kaṭaṅkaḷ
- debts that burn away; a play on Venkatam
- viṉai muṟṟavum
- all deeds entirely
- taṅkaṭku nallaṉavē ceyvār
- will do only good to themselves
- vēṅkaṭattu uṟaivārkku
- to Him who dwells at Venkatam
- nama eṉṉal
- saying namah, "I am Yours"
- kaṭamaiatu cumantārkaṭkē
- for those who take up that duty
Tiruvaymozhi 3.3.7 · verse 3041 of the four thousand
Meaning
Carrying great flowers, water, lamps and incense, the immortals with their king come and settle there, bowing and rising in worship at Thiruvenkatam. That great, wide hill will give us liberation, where we share the same joy as they.
Word by word
- mā malar nīr cuṭar tūpam
- great flowers, water, lamps, incense
- vāṉavar kōṉoṭum
- with the king of the immortals
- namaṉṟu eḻum
- bowing and rising in worship
- camaṉ koḷ vīṭu
- liberation that makes us their equals
- taṭaṅ kuṉṟamē
- the great, wide hill
Tiruvaymozhi 3.3.8 · verse 3042 of the four thousand
Meaning
He lifted the hill and guarded the herds from the cold, pouring rain; that day He measured the earth; He is our Lord, the Supreme. Worship only the great hill of Thiruvenkatam, which He came to and made His own, and our deeds will come to an end.
Word by word
- kuṉṟam ēntik
- lifting the hill, Govardhana
- kuḷir maḻai kāttavaṉ
- who guarded from the cold rain
- ñālam aḷanta pirāṉ
- the Lord who measured the earth
- ceṉṟu cēr
- which He came to and joined
- tiruvēṅkaṭa mā malai
- the great hill of Thiruvenkatam
- nam viṉai ōyumē
- our deeds will end
Tiruvaymozhi 3.3.9 · verse 3043 of the four thousand
Meaning
For those who keep in their mouths and in their hearts the lotus feet of the Cowherd of Thiruvenkatam, fresh as flowers opened today, He will make old age, birth, death and sickness wear out and vanish.
Word by word
- mūppup piṟappu iṟappu piṇi
- old age, birth, death and sickness
- vīyumāṟu ceyvāṉ
- He will make them vanish
- āyaṉ
- the Cowherd, Krishna
- nāḷ malar ām
- fresh as flowers opened today
- aṭittāmarai
- lotus feet
- vāyuḷḷum maṉattuḷḷum
- in the mouth and in the heart
Tiruvaymozhi 3.3.10 · verse 3044 of the four thousand
Meaning
Before the span of days set for you runs short, and you grow tired and weak, go and reach Thiruvenkatam, the hill of the Lord who rests on the hooded serpent, with its valleys of thick groves and pools crowded with flowers.
Word by word
- vaitta nāḷ varai ellai
- the limit of your appointed days
- eyttu iḷaippataṉ muṉṉam
- before you grow tired and weak
- aṭaimiṉō
- go and reach it
- paitta pāmpu aṇaiyāṉ
- He who rests on the hooded serpent
- moytta cōlai
- thick groves
- tāḻvarē
- the valleys, slopes
Tiruvaymozhi 3.3.11 · verse 3045 of the four thousand
Meaning
Satakopan, Nammalwar, of Kurugur with its tall groves, spoke a matchless thousand verses on the Lord who spread out His feet and strode across the earth. Those who can sing these ten among them will live the true life, while the whole world praises them.
Word by word
- tāḷ parappi maṇ tāviya
- who spread His feet and strode across the earth
- nīḷ poḻil kurukūrc caṭakōpaṉ
- Satakopan of Kurugur with tall groves
- kēḻ il āyirattu
- of the matchless thousand
- vāḻvu eyti
- gaining the true life
- ñālam pukaḻavē
- as the world praises them
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.