Tiruvaymozhi 3.6.1 · verse 3068 of the four thousand
Meaning
See, He is the One who, as Kannan with red lotus eyes, swallowed the seven worlds. Becoming the earth, the sky, men, gods, and other things and others again, all of them, He came forth as the red, all-encircling radiance of knowledge and created these. And He is also there in His own dense radiance: the One Form that became the three.
Word by word
- ceyya tāmaraik kaṇṇaṉ
- Kannan with red lotus eyes
- ulaku ēḻum uṇṭa
- who swallowed the seven worlds
- maṟṟum maṟṟum maṟṟum muṟṟum āy
- becoming everything else, all of it
- cūḻ cuṭar ñāṉam āy
- as the encircling radiance of knowledge
- moy koḷ cōtiyōṭu
- with dense radiance
- oru mūvar ākiya mūrttiyē
- the One Form who became the three
Tiruvaymozhi 3.6.2 · verse 3069 of the four thousand
Meaning
Praise Him: the One Form who became the three, the First even of the first three; He who removes curses; He who lies on the wide ocean; the God of gods; the archer who destroyed southern Lanka so that fire rose up; the destroyer of sin; the One with wide lotus eyes.
Word by word
- mutal mūvarkkum mutalvaṉ
- the First even of the first three
- cāvam uḷḷaṉa nīkkuvāṉai
- He who removes curses
- taṭaṅ kaṭal kiṭantāṉ
- He who lies on the wide ocean
- tēva tēvaṉai
- the God of gods
- eri eḻac ceṟṟa villiyai
- the archer who destroyed it in flames
- pāva nācaṉai
- the destroyer of sin
- paravumiṉō
- praise Him
Tiruvaymozhi 3.6.3 · verse 3070 of the four thousand
Meaning
He is the Supreme, the Supreme Light, who stands as the immortals extol and praise Him; the charming One who joined hands in the kuravai circle-dance; the sapphire-coloured One; the dancer with the pots; the great One who mounted the serpent and sleeps on the wave-tossed sea. Set your minds on praising Him always, night and bright day, without a break.
Word by word
- parañcōtiyai
- the Supreme Light
- kuravai kōtta kuḻakaṉai
- the charming One who led the kuravai dance
- kuṭak kūttaṉai
- the dancer with the pots
- aravam ēṟi
- mounting the serpent
- alai kaṭal
- the wave-tossed sea
- iravum naṉ pakalum
- night and bright day
- maṉam vaimmiṉō
- set your minds
Tiruvaymozhi 3.6.4 · verse 3071 of the four thousand
Meaning
I tell you, "Keep Him in your minds"; but why should people like me try to tell the excellence of this Wonder? Let that be. Every day, the one who rules the immortals, and Brahma, and the great one with matted locks, Shiva, rightly meditate on His lotus feet, praise them, and go about doing so.
Word by word
- vaimmiṉ num maṉattu
- keep Him in your minds
- māyavaṉ cīrmaiyai
- the excellence of the Wonder
- emmaṉōrkaḷ
- people like me
- vāṉavar tammai āḷum avaṉum
- he who rules the immortals, Indra
- caṭaimuṭi aṇṇalum
- the great one with matted locks, Shiva
- cemmaiyāl
- rightly, properly
- pāta paṅkayam
- lotus feet
Tiruvaymozhi 3.6.5 · verse 3072 of the four thousand
Meaning
The roaming wind and the wide sky, the dense earth and the sea lying spread out, the burning fire and the two lights, the gods and all other things: He has become them all. And He has come down in a form of His own: dark-bodied Kannan with red lotus eyes, Kannan the Lord of the heavenly ones, with thick, curling black locks, our great Lord with the shining crown.
Word by word
- tiriyum kāṟṟōṭu
- with the roaming wind
- tiṇinta maṇ
- the dense earth
- iru cuṭar
- the two lights, sun and moon
- kariya mēṉiyaṉ
- the dark-bodied One
- viṇṇōr iṟai
- Lord of the heavenly ones
- curiyum pal karuṅ kuñci
- thick, curling black locks
- tōṟṟamē
- His appearance, His coming forth
Tiruvaymozhi 3.6.6 · verse 3073 of the four thousand
Meaning
He has neither birth nor end, and He owns all things. Taking a single wondrous form, red-eyed Mal stood so that one who received His grace, even in the midst of His fury, could come beneath His feet. He has become smell, sight, taste, sound and touch: He is the Bull of the immortals, and apart from Him I have no one, for all my seven births.
Word by word
- tōṟṟam kēṭu avai illavaṉ
- He who has no birth or end
- uṭaiyāṉ
- the Owner of all
- cīṟṟattōṭu aruḷ peṟṟavaṉ
- one who received grace amid His fury
- ceṅkaṇmāl
- red-eyed Mal
- nāṟṟam tōṟṟam cuvai oli uṟal
- smell, sight, taste, sound and touch
- vāṉavar ēṟṟaiyē
- the Bull, the chief of the immortals
- eḻumaikkumē
- for all seven births
Tiruvaymozhi 3.6.7 · verse 3074 of the four thousand
Meaning
He is sweet nectar for my soul through all seven births; the bright radiance that fills my precious life; the sapphire-coloured One; the dancer with the pots; the sugarcane and the fruit that the noble immortals and the sages feast upon. Worship Him with pure minds, and your sorrows will not stay even for a moment.
Word by word
- eṉatu āvikku iṉ amutattiṉai
- sweet nectar for my soul
- keḻumiya katirc cōtiyai
- the bright radiance that fills
- viḻumiya amarar muṉivar
- the noble immortals and sages
- kaṉṉal kaṉiyiṉai
- sugarcane and fruit
- tūya maṉattar āy
- with pure minds
- iṟaiyum nillā tuyaraṅkaḷē
- sorrows will not stay a moment
Tiruvaymozhi 3.6.8 · verse 3075 of the four thousand
Meaning
He has become our deeds, those that bring pain and those that bring pleasure, both of which end only in sorrow, and yet He is not touched by them; He stands high as a light beyond compare; He swallowed the seven worlds and brought them out again. He is deadly poison to Yama's servants, who drag souls away till they faint; He is Achyuta; He is the son of Dasaratha. I have no refuge but Him.
Word by word
- tuṉpa iṉpa viṉaikaḷ āy
- becoming deeds of pain and pleasure
- avai allaṉ āy
- yet not being them
- uyara niṉṟatu ōr cōti
- a unique light standing high
- ayara vāṅkum namaṉ tamarkku
- to Yama's servants who drag souls till they faint
- aru nañciṉai
- deadly poison
- tayarataṟku makaṉ
- the son of Dasaratha, Rama
- tañcamākavē
- as refuge
Tiruvaymozhi 3.6.9 · verse 3076 of the four thousand
Meaning
He is the father and mother who are our refuge, and He is Himself too, yet He is beyond them; He is the First even among the three at the head of the unfailing race of immortals. You people of this sea-girt world, do not fear and fret, asking, "Is it that one? Is it this one?" Whatever form a person holds in his heart, that form He takes: He, coloured like the vast sea. The elders see here His coming into the temple form His devotees love.
Word by word
- tañcam ākiya tantai tāyoṭu
- with father and mother, our refuge
- eñcal il amarar kulamutal
- head of the unfailing race of immortals
- mūvar tammuḷḷum ātiyai
- the First even among the three
- avaṉ ivaṉ eṉṟu kūḻēṉmiṉ
- do not fret, asking "that one or this one?"
- neñciṉāl niṉaippāṉ evaṉ
- whatever form one thinks of in the heart
- nīḷ kaṭal vaṇṇaṉē
- He, coloured like the vast sea
Tiruvaymozhi 3.6.10 · verse 3077 of the four thousand
Meaning
Coloured like the sea, Kannan, the dark ruby of the heavenly ones, my precious life, the Supreme Light who rests on the hooded serpent: long ago, when the hundred came with their armies to kill, He became the five brothers' own and, that day, in the fierce battle, drove the chariot so that those armies faded away. O my eyes, when will you see the ringing anklets on His feet?
Word by word
- viṇṇavar karumāṇikkam
- the dark ruby of the heavenly ones
- paṭa araviṉ aṇaikkiṭanta
- resting on the hooded serpent
- paṇṭu nūṟṟuvar
- the hundred, long ago
- aivarkaṭku āki
- becoming the five brothers' own
- tēr kaṭaviya perumāṉ
- the Lord who drove the chariot
- kaṉai kaḻal
- ringing anklets on His feet
- eṉṟukol kaṇkaḷē
- when, O eyes?
Tiruvaymozhi 3.6.11 · verse 3078 of the four thousand
Meaning
He is hard for the eyes to see, yet very easy for the heart to hold; He gives His grace to every living being in this earthly world: He is the Lord of the immortals. Satakopan, Nammalwar, king of Kurugai in the Pandya land of groves full of song, spoke a thousand melodious verses. Through these ten among them, you can become His devotees; keep learning them.
Word by word
- kaṇkaḷ kāṇṭaṟku ariyaṉ
- hard for the eyes to see
- karuttukku naṉṟum eḷiyaṉ
- very easy for the heart
- maṇ koḷ ñālattu
- in this earthly world
- vaḻuti nāṭaṉ
- of the Pandya land
- kurukaikkōṉ caṭakōpaṉ
- Satakopan, king of Kurugai
- pattar ākak kūṭum
- you can become devotees
- payilumiṉē
- keep learning 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.