Tiruvaymozhi 5.6.1 · verse 3288 of the four thousand
Meaning
(The mother speaks of her daughter, who talks as if she were the Lord Himself.) "I made the sea-girt earth," she says. "I am the sea-girt earth. I took the earth in my strides. I dug the earth up from the deep. I swallowed the earth." Has the Lord of the sea-girt earth come and entered into her? People of this sea-girt world, what can I tell you about these things my daughter is learning?
Word by word
- kaṭal ñālam ceytēṉum yāṉē
- I am the one who made the sea-girt earth
- kaṭal ñālam koṇṭēṉum
- I who took the earth, as Vamana
- kaṭal ñālam kīṇṭēṉum
- I who dug up the earth, as Varaha
- kaṭal ñālam uṇṭēṉum
- I who swallowed the earth
- īcaṉ vantu ēṟakkolō?
- has the Lord come and entered her?
- eṉ makaḷ kaṟkiṉṟavē
- what my daughter is learning
Tiruvaymozhi 5.6.2 · verse 3289 of the four thousand
Meaning
"There is no limit to the learning I have," she says. "I am all the learning that is learnt. I am the one who makes learning. I am the one who brings learning to its end. I am the very essence of learning." Has the Lord of all learning come and entered into her? You learned ones, what can I tell you about the learning my daughter now shows?
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- kalvikku ellai ilaṉē
- I have no limit to my learning
- kalvi āvēṉum yāṉē
- I am learning itself
- kalvi tīrppēṉum
- I who bring learning to its end
- kalvic cāramum
- the essence of learning
- kalvi nātaṉ
- the Lord of all learning
Tiruvaymozhi 5.6.3 · verse 3290 of the four thousand
Meaning
"All the land you see, I am," she says. "All the sky you see, I am. All the hot fire you see, I am. All this wind you feel, I am. All the sea you see, I am." Has the ocean-hued Lord whom we see come and entered into her? People of this world we see, what can I tell you about what my lovely girl is doing?
Word by word
- kāṇkiṉṟa nilam ellām
- all the land you see
- vicumpu
- the sky
- vem tī
- the hot fire
- kāṇkiṉṟa kaṭalvaṇṇaṉ
- the ocean-hued Lord we see
- eṉ kārikai
- my lovely girl
Tiruvaymozhi 5.6.4 · verse 3291 of the four thousand
Meaning
"All the deeds being done now, I am," she says. "The deeds still to be done, I am. The deeds done and gone before, I am. I am the one who enjoys the fruit of every act. I am the one who makes the doers act." Has red lotus-eyed Kannan come and entered into her? Good people of the world, what can I tell you about my young doe with lips red as fruit?
Word by word
- ceykiṉṟa kiti ellām
- all the deeds being done
- ceytu muṉ iṟantavum
- the deeds done and past
- ceykaip payaṉ uṇpēṉum
- I who enjoy the fruit of acts
- ceyvārkaḷaic ceyvēṉum
- I who make the doers act
- ceyya kamalakkaṇṇaṉ
- the Lord with red lotus eyes
- iḷa māṉ
- young doe, the daughter
Tiruvaymozhi 5.6.5 · verse 3292 of the four thousand
Meaning
"Without fail I protect the earth," she says. "Without fail I lifted the mountain. Without fail I killed the asuras. Showing my power, that day I protected the five brothers. Without fail I churned the ocean." Has the never-failing, ocean-hued Lord come and entered into her? People of this unchanging world, what can I tell you about what has surely come upon my daughter, my little Lakshmi?
Word by word
- tiṟampāmal maṇ kākkiṉṟēṉ
- without fail I protect the earth
- malai eṭuttēṉē
- I lifted the mountain
- aṉṟu aivaraik kāttēṉē
- that day I protected the five Pandavas
- kaṭal kaṭaintēṉē
- I churned the ocean
- tiṟampāta kaṭalvaṇṇaṉ
- the never-failing ocean-hued Lord
- eṉ tirumakaḷ
- my daughter, my little Lakshmi
Tiruvaymozhi 5.6.6 · verse 3293 of the four thousand
Meaning
"I held up the mountain of clustered bamboo," she says. "I killed the bulls together. I grazed the calves of the herds. I guarded the herds of cattle. I am the chief of the cowherd clans." Has the Chief of all the hosts of gods come and entered into her? You fair women with eyes like spears, what can I tell you about what has come upon my daughter, whose eyes are like a pair of spears?
Word by word
- iṉa vēy malai ēntiṉēṉ
- I held up the mountain of clustered bamboo
- iṉa ēṟukaḷ ceṟṟēṉum
- I who killed the bulls together
- iṉa ā nirai kāttēṉum
- I who guarded the herds
- iṉa āyar talaivaṉum
- the chief of the cowherd clans
- iṉat tēvar talaivaṉ
- the Chief of the hosts of gods
- iṉa vēl kaṇṇi
- she whose eyes are like a pair of spears
Tiruvaymozhi 5.6.7 · verse 3294 of the four thousand
Meaning
"I have no kin at all," she says. "Everyone here is my kin. I am the one who makes kinships. I am the one who ends them. I am the true kin of those who hold to me." Has the wondrous One who has no kin above Him come and entered into her? My kin, how can I put into words what my innocent girl is saying?
Word by word
- uṟṟārkaḷ eṉakku illai yārum
- I have no kin at all
- uṟṟārkaḷ eṉakku iṅku ellārum
- everyone here is my kin
- uṟṟārkaḷukku uṟṟēṉum
- I am kin to those who hold to me
- uṟṟār ili māyaṉ
- the wondrous One who needs no kin
- eṉṉuṭaip pētai
- my innocent girl
Tiruvaymozhi 5.6.8 · verse 3295 of the four thousand
Meaning
"I am the three-eyed Lord of whom all speak," she says. "I am the four-faced Brahma they speak of. I am the immortals they speak of. I am the King of the immortals. I am the sages they speak of." Has the cloud-hued Lord whom all speak of come and entered into her? People of this talking world, what can I tell you about my tender, bright creeper of a girl who speaks so?
Word by word
- mukkaṇ pirāṉ
- the three-eyed Lord, Shiva
- ticaimukaṉ
- the four-faced one, Brahma
- amarar kōṉ
- King of the immortals, Indra
- muṉivarum
- the sages
- mukilvaṇṇaṉ
- the cloud-hued Lord
- kōmaḷa oṇ koṭikkē
- my tender, bright creeper of a girl
Tiruvaymozhi 5.6.9 · verse 3296 of the four thousand
Meaning
"No cruel karma touches me," she says. "I am cruel karma itself. I am the one who deals out its harsh fruit. I am the one who ends cruel karma. I destroyed Lanka of the cruel one." Has the Lord who rides the fierce bird Garuda come and entered into her? People of this cruel world, what can I tell you about the ways of my creeper-like daughter, cruel one that I am?
Word by word
- koṭiya viṉai yātum ilaṉē
- no cruel karma touches me
- koṭiya viṉai āvēṉum
- I am cruel karma itself
- koṭiya viṉai tīrppēṉum
- I who end cruel karma
- koṭiyāṉ ilaṅkai
- Lanka of the cruel one, Ravana
- koṭiya puḷ uṭaiyavaṉ
- He who owns the fierce bird Garuda
- kōlaṅkaḷē
- her ways, her state
Tiruvaymozhi 5.6.10 · verse 3297 of the four thousand
Meaning
"I am lovely heaven," she says. "I am hell, which has no loveliness. I am shining liberation. I am all the beautiful souls. I am the beautiful, one and only First Cause." Has the beautiful, cloud-hued Lord come and entered into her? People of this beautiful world, what can I tell you about my girl with the bright garland in her hair?
Word by word
- kōlam koḷ cuvarkkamum
- lovely heaven
- kōlam il narakamum
- hell, which has no loveliness
- kōlam tikaḻ mōkkamum
- shining liberation, moksha
- kōlam koḷ uyirkaḷum
- all the beautiful souls
- taṉimutal
- the one and only First Cause
- kōlam tikaḻ kōtai
- bright, shining garland
Tiruvaymozhi 5.6.11 · verse 3298 of the four thousand
Meaning
Sadagopan, Nammalwar of everlasting Kurugur, lord of the rich land of the Pandyas, did close and loving service to the Lord who is husband of Lakshmi with flowers in her hair, of the Earth goddess, and of the tender shoot of the cowherd clan, and made a garland of a thousand refined Tamil verses. Those in the world who master these ten will have great and lasting wealth, and are the ones blessed to worship the devotees of Thirumal.
Word by word
- kūntal malar maṅkaikkum
- to Lakshmi, the flower lady with lovely hair
- maṇ maṭantaikkum
- to the Earth goddess
- kula āyar koḻuntukkum
- to the tender shoot of the cowherd clan, Nappinnai
- vaḻuti vaḷa nāṭaṉ
- lord of the rich Pandya land
- kuṟṟēval ceytu
- doing close, loving service
- aṭiyārkaḷaip pūcikka nōṟṟārkaḷē
- are blessed to worship His devotees
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.