Tiruvaymozhi 5.5.1 · verse 3277 of the four thousand
Meaning
(The Alwar speaks as a girl in love, to her mothers.) Mothers, why are you angry with me? Ever since I saw Nambi, our beautiful Lord of Thirukkurungudi, my heart goes off after Him, after His conch and His discus, His lotus eyes, and that one red, fruit-like mouth.
Word by word
- aṉṉaimīrkāḷ
- O mothers
- muṉivatu
- being angry
- naṅkaḷ kōlat tirukkuṟuṅkuṭi nampiyai
- Nambi, our beautiful Lord of Thirukkurungudi
- caṅkiṉōṭum nēmiyōṭum
- with conch and discus
- ceṅkaṉi vāy
- mouth red as a ripe fruit
- celkiṉṟatu eṉ neñcamē
- my heart goes after Him
Tiruvaymozhi 5.5.2 · verse 3278 of the four thousand
Meaning
Look with my heart, and you will see; do not be angry with me. Ever since I saw Nambi of Thirukkurungudi, with its fine southern groves, His gleaming sacred thread and ear-rings, the sacred mark of Sri on His chest, His lasting ornaments and His four shoulders come and stand before me everywhere.
Word by word
- eṉ neñciṉāl nōkkik kāṇīr
- look with my heart and see
- miṉṉu nūlum
- the gleaming sacred thread
- kuṇṭalamum
- ear-rings
- mārpil tirumaṟuvum
- the sacred mark of Sri on His chest
- maṉṉu pūṇum
- lasting ornaments
- vantu eṅkum niṉṟiṭumē
- come and stand everywhere
Tiruvaymozhi 5.5.3 · verse 3279 of the four thousand
Meaning
"She stands still, then turns to every direction and pines," you say, mothers, and scold me. Ever since I saw Nambi of Thirukkurungudi, with its mountain-like mansions, His victorious bow, mace and sword, His discus and conch stand and shine before me. They never leave my eyes; they never leave my heart.
Word by word
- ticaikkum naiyum
- turns to every direction and pines
- kuṉṟa māṭa
- with mansions like mountains
- veṉṟi villum
- the victorious bow
- taṇṭum vāḷum
- the mace and the sword
- kaṇṇuḷ nīṅkā
- never leave my eyes
- neñcuḷḷum nīṅkāvē
- never leave my heart
Tiruvaymozhi 5.5.4 · verse 3280 of the four thousand
Meaning
"Her tears never stop," you say, mothers, and scold me. Ever since I saw Nambi of Thirukkurungudi, with its honey-filled groves, His cool tulasi in a cool garland of flowers, His golden crown, His form, the silk He wears and the waist-cord shown so finely: all these stay at my side, sinner that I am.
Word by word
- nīṅka nillā kaṇṇa nīrkaḷ
- tears that never stop
- tēṉ koḷ cōlai
- honey-filled groves
- pūn taṇ mālait taṇ tuḻāyum
- cool tulasi in a cool flower garland
- poṉ muṭiyum
- the golden crown
- paṭṭum nāṇum
- the silk and the waist-cord
- pāviyēṉ pakkattavē
- are at my side, sinner that I am
Tiruvaymozhi 5.5.5 · verse 3281 of the four thousand
Meaning
"She stands looking aside and pines," you say, mothers, and scold me. Ever since I saw Nambi of Thirukkurungudi, of fitting fame, His lips red as the tondai fruit and full of gathered light, His long brows and His fitting lotus eyes rest upon my very life, sinner that I am.
Word by word
- pakkam nōkki niṟkum
- stands looking aside
- takka kīrtti
- fitting fame
- tokka cōtit toṇṭai vāyum
- lips red as tondai fruit, full of light
- nīṇṭa puruvaṅkaḷum
- His long brows
- āviyiṉ mēlaṉavē
- rest upon my very life
Tiruvaymozhi 5.5.6 · verse 3282 of the four thousand
Meaning
"She is one more heavy disgrace for our family," says my mother, and she will not let me go to see Him. But ever since I saw Nambi of cool Thirukkurungudi ringed by groves, His lovely long nose like a slender creeper, His lotus eyes, His fruit-red lips, His blue body and His four shoulders have filled my heart.
Word by word
- vaṉ paḻi nam kuṭikku
- a heavy disgrace for our family
- aṉṉai kāṇakkoṭāḷ
- mother will not let me see Him
- kōla nīḷ koṭi mūkkum
- the lovely long nose, like a creeper
- kaṉi vāyum
- fruit-red lips
- nīla mēṉiyum
- the blue body
- eṉ neñcam niṟaintaṉavē
- have filled my heart
Tiruvaymozhi 5.5.7 · verse 3283 of the four thousand
Meaning
"She is a full, heavy disgrace for our family," says my mother, and she will not let me go to see Him. But ever since I saw Nambi of Thirukkurungudi, of surpassing fame, He has filled me and stayed within me for good, with His tall golden form ringed by a full flood of light, and the discus in His lovely hand is there too.
Word by word
- ciṟanta kīrtti
- surpassing fame
- cōti veḷḷam cūḻnta
- ringed by a flood of light
- nīṇṭa poṉ mēṉiyoṭum
- with His tall golden form
- eṉ uḷḷē niṉṟoḻintāṉ
- has stayed within me for good
- nēmi aṅkai uḷatē
- the discus in His lovely hand is there too
Tiruvaymozhi 5.5.8 · verse 3284 of the four thousand
Meaning
"She rests her lovely face in her hand and pines," you say, mothers, and scold me. Ever since I saw Nambi of Thirukkurungudi, with its cloud-touched mansions, His red lotus eyes, His hips, His slender waist and His form, and His shoulders where His thick long hair falls, stand before me, sinner that I am.
Word by word
- kaiyuḷ naṉ mukam vaikkum
- rests her lovely face in her hand
- mai koḷ māṭa
- mansions touched by dark clouds
- ciṟṟiṭaiyum
- the slender waist
- moyya nīḷ kuḻal
- thick, long hair
- tāḻnta tōḷkaḷum
- the shoulders where it falls
- pāviyēṉ muṉ niṟkumē
- stand before me, sinner that I am
Tiruvaymozhi 5.5.9 · verse 3285 of the four thousand
Meaning
"You have put yourself forward," say my friends and my mothers, scolding me. Ever since I saw Nambi of Thirukkurungudi, with its lasting mansions, He, adorned with endless ornaments beginning with the tall crown on His head, has come to me as sugarcane, milk and nectar, and will not leave my heart.
Word by word
- muṉ niṉṟāy
- you have put yourself forward
- tōḻimārkaḷum
- my friends too
- ceṉṉi nīḷ muṭi
- the tall crown on His head
- ulappu il aṇikalattaṉ
- He of endless ornaments
- kaṉṉal pāl amutu āki
- as sugarcane, milk and nectar
- neñcam kaḻiyāṉē
- will not leave my heart
Tiruvaymozhi 5.5.10 · verse 3286 of the four thousand
Meaning
"Her love has gone beyond all bounds," says my mother, and she will not let me go to see Him. But ever since I saw Nambi of Thirukkurungudi, of flawless fame, a form that rises in a flood of light, while hosts of gods gather and worship with folded hands, rises in my heart. It is beyond anyone's knowing.
Word by word
- kaḻiya mikkatu ōr kātalaḷ
- one whose love has gone beyond bounds
- vaḻu il kīrtti
- flawless fame
- tēvar kuḻāṅkaḷ kaitoḻa
- hosts of gods worshipping with folded hands
- cōti veḷḷattiṉuḷḷē
- within a flood of light
- eṉ neñcuḷ eḻum
- rises in my heart
- ārkkum aṟivu aritē
- beyond anyone's knowing
Tiruvaymozhi 5.5.11 · verse 3287 of the four thousand
Meaning
Crying out to the Lord who is hard to know, to Him with the discus in His beautiful hand, and seeking fine, fragrant flowers for Him, Sadagopan, Nammalwar of good Kurugur, sang a thousand verses true to their aim. Those who learn these ten, on Thirukkurungudi, with understanding, and master them, are the true Vaishnavas in this world ringed by the deep sea.
Word by word
- aṟivu ariya pirāṉai
- the Lord who is hard to know
- alaṟṟi
- crying out
- naṟiya naṉ malar nāṭi
- seeking fine, fragrant flowers
- kuṟi koḷ āyirattuḷ
- among the thousand verses true to their aim
- aṟiyak kaṟṟu vallār
- those who learn with understanding and master them
- vaiṭṭavar
- Vaishnavas, true devotees of Vishnu
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.