Tiruvaymozhi 3.5

Tiruvaymozhi 3.5.1 · verse 3057 of the four thousand

Meaning

In a pond in a dense grove of great flowering trees, an elephant stood caught by a crocodile, and He gave it His grace: Kannan, my Lord, coloured like the dark rain cloud. Those who do not speak of Him and sing Him, rising, flying and leaping for joy, what are their deeds worth? Tell me, you who live in this world ringed by the cool sea.

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moym mām pūm poḻil poykai

the pond in a dense grove of great blossoms

mutalaic ciṟaippaṭṭu niṉṟa

held captive by the crocodile

kaimmāvukku

to the elephant

kār mukil pōl vaṇṇaṉ

coloured like the dark rain cloud

eḻuntum paṟantum tuḷḷātār

those who do not rise, fly and leap

tammām karumam eṉ

what are their deeds worth?

Tiruvaymozhi 3.5.2 · verse 3058 of the four thousand

Meaning

There are demons with strong, anklet-bound legs who strike down the people of this sea-ringed world and eat them as their prey; Tirumal brings ruin on such demons. Those who do not sing Him with music leading the way, and go about flying and bending in joy, will be born again and again in this earthly world, battered and beaten by their mighty deeds.

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tamakku iraiyāt taṭintu uṇṇum

who strike down and eat as their prey

tiṇ kaḻal kāl acurarkkut

to demons with strong, anklet-bound legs

tīṅku iḻaikkum tirumālaip

Tirumal, who brings them ruin

paṇkaḷ talaikkoḷḷap pāṭi

singing with music leading the way

paṟantum kuṉittum

flying and bending in joy

valviṉai mōta malaintē

battered and beaten by mighty deeds

Tiruvaymozhi 3.5.3 · verse 3059 of the four thousand

Meaning

He lifted the hill, sheltered the herds from the storm of hailstones, and saved them from ruin. Those who do not stand speaking His name over and over, at every moment, tumbling head over heels till their heads strike the ground, are wretches who will lie sunk and toiling in the tossing waves of hell.

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malaiyai eṭuttu

lifting the hill

kal māri kāttu

sheltering from the storm of stones

tolaivu tavirtta pirāṉaic

the Lord who saved them from ruin

collic colli niṉṟu

standing and speaking His name again and again

taṭukuṭṭamāyp paṟavātār

those who do not tumble head over heels

vamparē

wretches, worthless ones

Tiruvaymozhi 3.5.4 · verse 3060 of the four thousand

Meaning

For the sake of the girl whose hair garland breathes fragrance, He overpowered the seven great bulls; His lips are a cluster of red coral; He is Sridhara, who bears Sri on His chest. Those who do not sing His ancient glory, bow and dance, and go about lost in joyful clamour, what use is their birth among the good people?

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vampu aviḻ kōtaiporuṭṭā

for the girl with a fragrant hair garland, Nappinnai

māl viṭai ēḻum aṭartta

who overpowered the seven great bulls

cempavaḷat tiraḷ vāyaṉ

lips like a cluster of red coral

cirītaraṉ

Sridhara, who bears Sri

kumpiṭu naṭṭam iṭṭu āṭi

bowing and dancing

cātu caṉaṅkaḷiṭaiyē

among the good people

Tiruvaymozhi 3.5.5 · verse 3061 of the four thousand

Meaning

To put an end to Kamsa, who tormented the good, He left His first, beautiful, radiant form there in His own world and was born here: He, the first Lord of the Vedas. Those who do not sing Him and leap in joy in every street, what can such men say for themselves before those who have studied and truly understood?

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cātu caṉattai naliyum

who tormented the good

kañcaṉaic cātippataṟku

to put an end to Kamsa

āti am cōti uruvai

His first, beautiful, radiant form

aṅku vaittu iṅkup piṟanta

who left it there and was born here

vēta mutalvaṉaip

the first Lord of the Vedas

vītikaḷ tōṟum tuḷḷātār

who do not leap in every street

ōti uṇarntavar

those who have studied and understood

Tiruvaymozhi 3.5.6 · verse 3062 of the four thousand

Meaning

He is the Unique One who has no birth, yet He became men and every other kind of being and was born in wondrous births; He is the Lord who rests on the wide ocean. He is fruit, the sweet juice of sugarcane, sugar candy, honey and nectar. Those who praise Him without ever tiring and dance are the ones who truly know everything.

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maṉicarum maṟṟum muṟṟum āy

becoming men and all other beings

māyap piṟavi piṟanta

born in wondrous births

taṉiyaṉ piṟappili

the Unique One, who has no birth

taṭaṅ kaṭal cērnta pirāṉai

the Lord resting on the wide ocean

karumpiṉ iṉ cāṟṟai

the sweet juice of sugarcane

muṉivu iṉṟi

without ever tiring

muḻutu uṇar nīrmaiyiṉārē

those whose nature is to know everything

The word-separated edition leaves out line 3; it is given from the Project Madurai edition by K. Kalyanasundaram, as printed there.

Tiruvaymozhi 3.5.7 · verse 3063 of the four thousand

Meaning

He stood by the five, the Pandavas, with His grace so that the hundred who had no goodness perished, and He destroyed the armies that crowded the earth: He is the Supreme Light. Those who do not think of Him and dance, eyes brimming with tears, hearts melting and wasting away, but only fatten their flesh and swell their bellies, what will they ever do for the noble?

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nīrmai il nūṟṟuvar

the hundred without goodness, the Kauravas

aivarkku aruḷceytu

showing grace to the five Pandavas

pār malku cēṉai avitta

who destroyed the armies crowding the earth

nīr malku kaṇṇiṉar

with eyes brimming with tears

neñcam kuḻaintu naiyātē

without the heart melting and wasting

ūṉ malki mōṭu paruppār

who fatten flesh and swell their bellies

Tiruvaymozhi 3.5.8 · verse 3064 of the four thousand

Meaning

My Father dwells at northern Thiruvenkatam with its long, cool, lovely waterfalls. Those who babble His many names till others call them mad, who wander into many towns and out again, who dance while worldly people laugh, and bend and sway as their longing swells, will be worshipped by the immortals.

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vār puṉal am taṇ aruvi

lovely, cool, long-flowing waterfalls

vaṭa tiruvēṅkaṭattu entai

my Father at northern Thiruvenkatam

pēr pala collip pitaṟṟi

babbling His many names

pittar eṉṟē piṟar kūṟa

while others call them mad

ulōkar cirikka

while worldly people laugh

amarar toḻappaṭuvārē

will be worshipped by the immortals

Tiruvaymozhi 3.5.9 · verse 3065 of the four thousand

Meaning

He is worshipped by the immortals; He is the Lord of all the worlds. Leave aside those who can steady their minds in yoga and firmly resolve to become one with Him in meditation; for everyone else, the one task is to think of Him lovingly, rise up, dance and cry out His name.

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amarar toḻappaṭuvāṉai

Him whom the immortals worship

aṉaittu ulakukkum pirāṉai

the Lord of all the worlds

yōku puṇarntu

joined in yoga, meditation

amarat tuṇiya vallārkaḷ

those able to resolve firmly

alaṟṟuvatē karumamē

crying out is the one task

Tiruvaymozhi 3.5.10 · verse 3066 of the four thousand

Meaning

He is the Cause who has become both every deed and the fruit of every deed; He is the beautiful One coloured like a sapphire, red-eyed Mal, the Lord of the gods. Keep Him in a single-minded heart; let your heart melt, rise up and dance; give up your pride and your shame, and babble His names, your foolishness gone.

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karumamum karuma palaṉum

the deed and the fruit of the deed

kāraṇaṉ taṉṉai

the Cause of all

tiru maṇi vaṇṇaṉai

the beautiful One, sapphire-coloured

orumai maṉattiṉuḷ

in a single-minded heart

perumaiyum nāṇum tavirntu

giving up pride and shame

pētaimai tīrntē

your foolishness gone

Tiruvaymozhi 3.5.11 · verse 3067 of the four thousand

Meaning

Achyuta of abundant glory, Lord of the immortals, my Lord, is able to shape and refine the devotees who belong wholly to Him and take their service. Satakopan, Nammalwar, of cool, rich Kurugur, surrounded by fertile fields, offered a thousand verses on Him; these ten among them will burn hard deeds to ash.

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tīrnta aṭiyavar

devotees wholly His

tiruttip paṇikoḷḷa valla

able to refine them and take their service

ārnta pukaḻ accutaṉai

Achyuta of abundant glory

vaḷa vayal cūḻ

surrounded by fertile fields

vaḷaṅ kurukūrc caṭakōpaṉ

Satakopan of rich Kurugur

aruviṉai nīṟu ceyyumē

will burn hard deeds to ash