Tiruvaymozhi 4.5.1 · verse 3167 of the four thousand
Meaning
He sits enthroned and rules, with mighty and unfailing glory, so that His single sceptre runs through all seven worlds; He tore apart the fierce horse. I have worshipped that Lord to my hands' content, crying "Praise to You!", and offered Him garlands of words. For me, blessed by such good fortune, what lack can there be now, in any of my seven births?
Word by word
- vīṟṟiruntu
- sitting enthroned in glory
- taṉikkōl cella
- His single sceptre running
- vem mā piḷantāṉ
- He who tore apart the fierce horse
- kaikaḷ ārat toḻutu
- worshipping to my hands' content
- col mālaikaḷ
- garlands of words
- nōṟṟēṟku
- for me, so blessed
- eḻumaiyumē
- in all seven births
Tiruvaymozhi 4.5.2 · verse 3168 of the four thousand
Meaning
On His chest lives Lakshmi of the dark-lined eyes, who dwells on the lotus; His wide eyes are red and lovely; He is Lord of the immortals. I have been blessed to praise Him with garlands of song in close-woven words and to hold Him in my heart, so that all the cruel ills of this wide world may perish.
Word by word
- maiya kaṇṇāḷ
- she of the dark-lined eyes
- malar mēl uṟaivāḷ
- she who dwells on the lotus, Lakshmi
- ceyya kōlat taṭaṅ kaṇṇaṉ
- He of red, lovely, wide eyes
- viṇṇōr perumāṉ
- Lord of the immortals
- icaimālaikaḷ
- garlands of song
- veyya nōykaḷ
- cruel ills
Tiruvaymozhi 4.5.3 · verse 3169 of the four thousand
Meaning
Our Achyuta abides in unending bliss at its very highest; His glory never fades; His eyes are like lotus flowers; He is Lord of the immortals. I have been blessed to praise Him with garlands of song for endless time and to be with Him; and being with Him, I have reached the highest bounds of unending bliss.
Word by word
- vīvu il iṉpam
- unending bliss
- mika ellai
- at its highest bound
- nam accutaṉ
- our Achyuta
- vīvu il cīraṉ
- He of unfading glory
- malark kaṇṇaṉ
- the lotus-eyed One
- vīvu il kālam
- for endless time
Tiruvaymozhi 4.5.4 · verse 3170 of the four thousand
Meaning
He is the Lord who comes close, so that the karma of those who stand near and worship Him departs; He has the beautiful feathered bird; He is the Master who holds the mighty discus. I have been blessed to draw near Him, praising Him with garlands of song as my tongue can manage. He, my very life, has done so much for my soul that I cannot fathom how.
Word by word
- mēvi niṉṟu toḻuvār
- those who stand near and worship
- viṉai pōka
- so that karma departs
- tūvi am puḷ uṭaiyāṉ
- He with the beautiful feathered bird, Garuda
- aṭal āḻi ammāṉ
- the Master with the mighty discus
- nā iyalāl
- as my tongue can manage
- aṟiyēṉ ceyta āṟṟaiyē
- I cannot fathom what He has done
Tiruvaymozhi 4.5.5 · verse 3171 of the four thousand
Meaning
He is the Lord who shows the truly good way; He is the noble Bull among the immortals; He spread out all things in creation; He is my Master. Adorning Him with a garland of words and praising Him, I have found joy every day, and the sicknesses of karma have been burnt away faster than the wind.
Word by word
- āṟṟa nalla vakai kāṭṭum
- who shows the truly good way
- amarar tam ēṟṟai
- the noble Bull among the immortals
- ellāp poruḷum virittāṉai
- He who spread out all things
- māṟṟa mālaip puṉaintu
- adorning Him with a garland of words
- kāṟṟiṉ muṉṉam kaṭuki
- swifter than the wind
- viṉai nōykaḷ kariyavē
- the sicknesses of karma burnt away
Tiruvaymozhi 4.5.6 · verse 3172 of the four thousand
Meaning
On His dark body He wears a small mark of white; He is the wide-eyed Lord of great beauty, Lord of the immortals. I have been blessed to hold Him in my heart, praising Him with garlands of song in fitting words. From this day on, and for ever, is there anything hard for me to attain?
Word by word
- kariya mēṉimicai
- on His dark body
- veḷiya nīṟu ciṟitē iṭum
- who wears a small white mark
- periya kōlat taṭaṅkaṇṇaṉ
- the wide-eyed Lord of great beauty
- uriya collāl
- in fitting words
- ariyatu uṇṭō
- is anything hard to attain?
- iṉi eṉṟumē
- for ever after
Tiruvaymozhi 4.5.7 · verse 3173 of the four thousand
Meaning
He stands always as the One, with none equal to Him and none above Him; He owns all the worlds; He is the Lord who held off the rain with a single hill. We have had the fortune to adorn Him well with garlands of words. What lack can there be for us?
Word by word
- eṉṟum oṉṟu āki
- always the One
- ottārum mikkārkaḷum
- any equal or any higher
- ellā ulakum uṭaiyāṉ
- He who owns all the worlds
- kuṉṟam oṉṟāl maḻai kātta
- held off the rain with a single hill
- naṉṟu cūṭṭum viti
- the fortune to adorn Him well
- eṉṉa kuṟai namakkē
- what lack is there for us?
Tiruvaymozhi 4.5.8 · verse 3174 of the four thousand
Meaning
He is sweetness to us and to the Lady on the lotus; He is Lord of those on earth and of those in heaven; He is the great Lord whose feet are borne on cool lotuses. Since I am able to shape garlands of words that tell of Him, who in all the wide heaven can now equal me?
Word by word
- pūviṉmicai naṅkaikkum
- to the Lady on the lotus, Lakshmi
- iṉpaṉai
- He who is sweetness
- ñālattār tamakkum
- to those on earth
- taṇ tāmarai cumakkum
- borne on cool lotuses
- amaikka vallēṟku
- for me, who can shape them
- yāvar nikar
- who is my equal?
Tiruvaymozhi 4.5.9 · verse 3175 of the four thousand
Meaning
He stands, leaving out no place at all, in the heavens, in the realm above the heavens, on the earth, in the regions below the earth and in all eight directions. He holds the curved conch in His great hand; He danced with the pots; He is the King of heaven. Since I am able to sing poems on Him, is there anyone now to rival me?
Word by word
- vāṉattuḷ umparum
- the realm above the heavens
- maṇṇiṉkīḻt tāṉattum
- in the regions below the earth
- tavirātu niṉṟāṉ
- He who stands, leaving nothing out
- kūṉal caṅkat taṭakkaiyavaṉai
- He with the curved conch in His great hand
- kuṭam āṭiyai
- the dancer with pots
- māṟuuṇṭē
- is there any rival?
Tiruvaymozhi 4.5.10 · verse 3176 of the four thousand
Meaning
He swallowed the worlds and brought them out again; He strode over them; He dug up the earth; He lies, He stands, and He sits enthroned in the forms He has taken; He joined in marriage. In all these ways that we have seen, He stood showing that the world is His own. I have been blessed to compose rich Tamil on Him, a rain of joy for His devotees.
Word by word
- uṇṭum umiḻntum
- swallowing and bringing out
- kaṭantum iṭantum
- striding over, digging up
- kiṭantum niṉṟum
- lying and standing
- maṇam kūṭiyum
- joining in marriage
- taṉatē ulaku
- the world is His own
- vaṇ tamiḻ nūṟka
- to compose rich Tamil
- iṉpa māriyē
- a rain of joy
Tiruvaymozhi 4.5.11 · verse 3177 of the four thousand
Meaning
On the Lord of Thiruvenkatam, the cool, lovely hill where the rain never fails, Kari Maran Satakopan, Nammalwar, of Kurugur town, ringed by fresh flowering groves where water never fails, sang a thousand. Through these ten of them, Lakshmi, who sits on the lotus whose honey never fails, will end the karma of those who sing them.
Word by word
- māri māṟāta
- where the rain never fails
- malai vēṅkaṭattu aṇṇalai
- the Lord of the Venkatam hill
- vāri māṟāta
- where water never fails
- kāri māṟaṉ caṭakōpaṉ
- Maran Satakopan, son of Kari
- vēri māṟāta pūmēl iruppāḷ
- she who sits on the ever-honeyed lotus, Lakshmi
- viṉai tīrkkumē
- will end their karma
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.