Tiruvaymozhi 5.7.1 · verse 3299 of the four thousand
Meaning
I have kept no vows or austerities, and I have no subtle knowledge. Even so, I can no longer bear to be apart from You for anything, Lord who lies on the serpent bed. My Father, seated in glory in the town of Sirivaramangai, where lotuses in the mud bloom among the red paddy: there, I am not one too many for You.
Word by word
- nōṟṟa nōṉpu ilēṉ
- I have kept no vows or austerities
- nuṇ aṟivu ilēṉ
- I have no subtle knowledge
- araviṉ aṇai ammāṉē
- Lord on the serpent bed
- cēṟṟut tāmarai
- lotuses growing in the mud
- cirīvaramaṅkala nakar
- the town of Sirivaramangai, Vanamamalai
- uṉakku mikai allēṉ
- I am not one too many for You
Tiruvaymozhi 5.7.2 · verse 3300 of the four thousand
Meaning
I have not reached You there, in Your heaven, and I am not at home here. Fallen into the longing to see You, I belong nowhere at all. Lord who destroyed Lanka! You with the conch and the discus, who dwell in Sirivaramangai with its tall jewelled mansions reaching to the moon: show Your grace to me, who am all alone.
Word by word
- aṅkuṟṟēṉ allēṉ iṅkuṟṟēṉ allēṉ
- I have not reached there, I am not at home here
- kāṇum avāvil vīḻntu
- fallen into the longing to see You
- ilaṅkai ceṟṟa ammāṉē
- Lord who destroyed Lanka
- tiṅkaḷ cēr maṇi māṭam
- jewelled mansions reaching the moon
- tamiyēṉukku aruḷāyē
- show grace to me, all alone
Tiruvaymozhi 5.7.3 · verse 3301 of the four thousand
Meaning
You with Garuda on Your banner and the discus as Your weapon, Lord of the heavenly land, my rain-cloud coloured One: I was nothing, and You made me something and took me as Your servant. You show Your grace to Sirivaramangai, where many live who master the four Vedas with clear understanding, and You dwell there. I know of nothing I can give in return.
Word by word
- karuḷap puḷ koṭi
- Garuda, the bird, on His banner
- vāṉa nāṭa
- Lord of the heavenly land
- poruḷ allāta eṉṉaip poruḷākki
- making me, who was nothing, into something
- aṭimaikoṇṭāy
- You took me as Your servant
- teruḷ koḷ nāṉmaṟai vallavar
- masters of the four Vedas, clear in understanding
- aṟiyēṉ oru kaimmāṟē
- I know no return I can make
Tiruvaymozhi 5.7.4 · verse 3302 of the four thousand
Meaning
My Father, who that day, for the sake of the five brothers, fought a war of wonders so that the hundred with their hostile armies perished, and turned them to ash! Lord who dug up the earth from the deep! You are seated in glory in Sirivaramangai, where those of clear knowledge never cease the Vedic sacrifices. How could I ever call out to You so as to reach You?
Word by word
- māṟu cēr paṭai nūṟṟuvar
- the hundred with their hostile armies
- ōr aivarkku āy
- for the sake of the five
- māyappōr paṇṇi
- fighting a war of wonders
- nilam kīṇṭa ammāṉē
- Lord who dug up the earth, as Varaha
- vēta vēḷvi aṟā
- where Vedic sacrifices never cease
- uṉṉai eṅku eytak kūvuvaṉē?
- how could I call out to reach You?
Tiruvaymozhi 5.7.5 · verse 3303 of the four thousand
Meaning
Is it even possible for me to call out and reach You? Dark-bodied Lord, You stand within each and every thing and play Your tricks. Yet You are there in Sirivaramangai, never empty of the holy ones of the earth who perform sacrifices, staying so that we may worship You with folded hands. That much I too have seen.
Word by word
- eytak kūvutal āvatē eṉakku?
- can I even call out to reach You?
- evva tevvattuḷ āyumāy niṉṟu
- standing within each and every thing
- kaitavaṅkaḷ ceyyum
- who plays His tricks
- vaiyattēvar
- the holy ones of the earth
- kaitoḻa iruntāy
- You stay to be worshipped with folded hands
- atu nāṉum kaṇṭēṉē
- that much I too have seen
Tiruvaymozhi 5.7.6 · verse 3304 of the four thousand
Meaning
My Father, who as the boar dug up the earth! Kanna! Lord of heaven who owns me forever! Radiant light of gems and rubies! Vanamamalai, great mountain of the sky, who dwells so that the people of cool Sirivaramangai, with its honey-filled mango groves, may worship You with folded hands: graciously come, so that I, Your servant, may worship You.
Word by word
- ēṉam āy nilam kīṇṭa
- who as the boar dug up the earth
- eṉṉai āḷuṭai vāṉa nāyakaṉē
- Lord of heaven who owns me
- maṇi māṇikkaccuṭarē
- radiant light of gems and rubies
- tēṉa māmpoḻil
- honey-filled mango groves
- vāṉamāmalaiyē
- Vanamamalai, the Lord there, great mountain of the sky
- aṭiyēṉ toḻa vantaruḷē
- come, so that I, Your servant, may worship
Tiruvaymozhi 5.7.7 · verse 3305 of the four thousand
Meaning
You graciously came and made my heart Your home, crown of the heavenly ones! You are the first mother and father of the world, You who swallowed all the seven worlds whole. Lord of endless fame in Sirivaramangai, where those of upright deeds never cease the Vedic sacrifices: do not push me, Your servant, away.
Word by word
- eṉ neñcu iṭam koṇṭa
- who made my heart Your home
- vāṉavar koḻuntē
- crown of the heavenly ones
- muntait tāy tantaiyē
- the first mother and father
- muḻu ēḻ ulakum uṇṭāy
- You who swallowed all seven worlds
- antam il pukaḻāy
- Lord of endless fame
- aṭiyēṉai akaṟṟēlē
- do not push me, Your servant, away
Tiruvaymozhi 5.7.8 · verse 3306 of the four thousand
Meaning
The five strong, deceiving senses that You set in me to keep me from You: I know them well now. See, You have pushed me away and thrown me into deep mire. O Lord who dwells in Sirivaramangai, with its tall jewelled mansions bright as the midday sun, my Father, ever hard to reach, You who split the bird demon's beak!
Word by word
- māya val aimpulaṉkaḷām
- the five strong, deceiving senses
- naṉku aṟintaṉaṉ
- I know them well
- arum cēṟṟil vīḻttikaṇṭāy
- see, You have thrown me into deep mire
- pakal katir maṇi māṭam
- jewelled mansions bright as the midday sun
- pukaṟku ariya entāy
- my Father, hard to reach
- puḷḷiṉ vāy piḷantāṉē
- You who split the bird demon's beak
Tiruvaymozhi 5.7.9 · verse 3307 of the four thousand
Meaning
You who split the bird demon's beak, who went between the marudu trees, who subdued the seven bulls, my thieving, wondrous One, radiant dark gem! My Father, dwelling in cool Sirivaramangai, full of clear-minded masters of the sacred four Vedas: show me Your grace, a way for me to be saved.
Word by word
- marutu iṭai pōyiṉāy
- You who went between the marudu trees
- erutu ēḻ aṭartta
- who subdued the seven bulls
- kaḷḷa māyavaṉē
- thieving, wondrous One
- karumāṇikkac cuṭarē
- radiant dark gem
- teḷḷiyār
- the clear-minded
- aruḷāy uyyumāṟu eṉakkē
- show me a way to be saved
Tiruvaymozhi 5.7.10 · verse 3308 of the four thousand
Meaning
As my only way, You have given me Your feet alone as my refuge. I have nothing at all to give You in return; even my life is Yours. Lord of the gods, wearing a crown of cool, fragrant, flowering tulasi, in cool Sirivaramangai, rich with sugarcane in the wet fields and tall red paddy! Here the Alwar surrenders, holding the Lord's feet as his one means.
Word by word
- āṟu eṉakku
- as my way, my means
- niṉ pātamē caraṇ āka
- Your feet alone as refuge
- kaim māṟu nāṉ oṉṟu ilēṉ
- I have nothing to give in return
- eṉatu āviyum uṉatē
- even my life is Yours
- nāṟu pūn taṇ tuḻāy muṭiyāy
- You crowned with cool, fragrant tulasi
- teyva nāyakaṉē
- Lord of the gods
Tiruvaymozhi 5.7.11 · verse 3309 of the four thousand
Meaning
Sadagopan, Nammalwar of Kurugur ringed by groves full of flowers to pluck, made a thousand verses at the twin feet of the Lord of the gods, Narayana, Trivikrama. Those who can sing every day these ten, on cool Sirivaramangai where He lives, will be nectar that never cloys for the heavenly ones.
Word by word
- teyva nāyakaṉ nāraṇaṉ
- Lord of the gods, Narayana
- tirivikkiramaṉ aṭi iṇaimicai
- at the twin feet of Trivikrama
- koy koḷ pūm poḻil
- groves full of flowers to pluck
- vaikal pāṭa vallār
- those who can sing them every day
- vāṉōrkku ārā amutē
- nectar that never cloys for the heavenly ones
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.