Tiruvaymozhi 5.8.1 · verse 3310 of the four thousand
Meaning
Nectar I can never have enough of! Towering Mal, You melt the body of me, Your servant, into love for You, so that it surges like water and dissolves away. In Thirukkudanthai of rich waters, where the fine red paddy sways like fanning chowries, You lie with Your beautiful form shining. I have seen You, my Lord!
Word by word
- ārā amutē
- nectar one never has enough of; Aravamudan
- nīrāy alaintu karaiya
- surging like water and dissolving
- neṭumālē
- O towering Lord
- cennel kavari vīcum
- red paddy fanning like chowries
- ceḻu nīrt tirukkuṭantai
- Thirukkudanthai of rich waters
- ēr ār kōlam tikaḻak kiṭantāy
- You lie with Your beautiful form shining
Tiruvaymozhi 5.8.2 · verse 3311 of the four thousand
Meaning
My Lord, my pure, white form, You who rule me! You take on any great form at all, just as You wish, my beautiful bull! In Thirukkudanthai, where great red lotuses bloom on the rich waters, You lie with Your lovely lotus eyes closed in sleep. What am I to do?
Word by word
- eṉ veḷḷai mūrtti
- my pure, white form
- eṉṉai āḷvāṉē
- You who rule me
- vēṇṭum āṟṟāl āvāy
- You become whatever You wish
- eḻil ēṟē
- beautiful bull
- cem mā kamalam
- great red lotuses
- malarkkaṇ vaḷarkiṉṟāṉē
- You sleep with Your flower-like eyes closed
Tiruvaymozhi 5.8.3 · verse 3312 of the four thousand
Meaning
What am I to do? Who is my support? What are You doing with me? Apart from You, I want nothing at all from anyone. You who lie in Kudanthai ringed by walls of stone: which is the day when this hard life of mine, Your servant, comes to its end? See to it that on that day I go holding fast to Your feet.
Word by word
- yārē kaḷaikaṇ?
- who is my support?
- eṉṉai eṉ ceykiṉṟāy?
- what are You doing with me?
- oṉṟum kuṟai vēṇṭēṉ
- I want nothing at all
- kaṉ ār matiḷ cūḻ
- ringed by walls of stone
- aru vāḻnāḷ
- this hard span of life
- uṉa tāḷ piṭittē celakkāṇē
- see that I go holding Your feet
Tiruvaymozhi 5.8.4 · verse 3313 of the four thousand
Meaning
Your fame reaches as far as any who can see are able to see, and beyond. You are endless, the one Lord who owns all the worlds, lying in Kudanthai, home of those rich in goodness. Longing to see You, I am distraught; I look up at the sky, I weep, and I fold my hands in worship.
Word by word
- cellum kīrttiyāy
- You whose fame spreads beyond
- ulappu ilāṉē
- O endless One
- ellā ulakum uṭaiya oru mūrtti
- the one Lord who owns all worlds
- nalattāl mikkār
- those rich in goodness
- alappu āy
- distraught
- ākācattai nōkki
- looking up at the sky
Tiruvaymozhi 5.8.5 · verse 3314 of the four thousand
Meaning
I weep, I worship, I dance to see You, I sing and cry aloud. Then, because of the strong deeds that cling to me, I look aside, ashamed, and hang my head. Red lotus-eyed Lord, lying in Kudanthai of rich, bright fields: see that You find a way for me, who worships You, to reach Your feet.
Word by word
- pāṭi alaṟṟuvaṉ
- I sing and cry aloud
- taḻu valviṉaiyāl
- because of strong deeds that cling
- nāṇik kaviḻntiruppaṉ
- ashamed, I hang my head
- ceḻu oṇ paḻaṉa
- rich, bright fields
- centāmaraik kaṇṇā
- red lotus-eyed Lord
- uṉa tāḷ cērumvakaiyē cūḻkaṇṭāy
- find a way for me to reach Your feet
Tiruvaymozhi 5.8.6 · verse 3315 of the four thousand
Meaning
Find the way, I beg You: I have seen that cutting away my ancient deeds and reaching Your feet is my lot, so how long must I stay apart, filling a pit that can never be filled? Lord lying in Kudanthai of lasting, ancient fame, King of the heavenly ones, music of the yazh, nectar, fruit of all knowledge, lion among lions!
Word by word
- tollai viṉaiyai aṟuttu
- cutting away my ancient deeds
- tūrākkuḻi tūrttu
- filling a pit that can never be filled
- eṉai nāḷ akaṉṟu iruppaṉ?
- how long must I stay apart?
- vāṉōr kōmāṉē
- King of the heavenly ones
- yāḻiṉ icaiyē
- music of the yazh, the Tamil harp
- aṟiviṉ payaṉē
- fruit of all knowledge
- ariēṟē
- lion among lions
Tiruvaymozhi 5.8.7 · verse 3316 of the four thousand
Meaning
Lion among lions, my lovely golden light, red-eyed dark cloud, coral mountain glowing like fire, my four-shouldered Father! By Your grace You took me into a service that never parts from You, Thirumal of Kudanthai. I cannot bear it any more: give me Your feet as refuge and put an end to my births.
Word by word
- am poṉ cuṭarē
- lovely golden light
- ceṅkaṇ karu mukilē
- red-eyed dark cloud
- eri ēy pavaḷak kuṉṟē
- coral mountain glowing like fire
- piriyā aṭimai
- service that never parts from You
- tariyēṉ iṉi
- I cannot bear it any more
- caṉmam kaḷaiyāyē
- put an end to my births
Tiruvaymozhi 5.8.8 · verse 3317 of the four thousand
Meaning
Whether You remove my sorrow or leave it, I have no other support. You who bear the discus with its curved edge, great Wonder lying in Kudanthai: when this body grows weak and my life slips away, grant that, without flagging, I may go holding both Your feet together.
Word by word
- kaḷaivāy tuṉpam kaḷaiyātu oḻivāy
- whether You remove my sorrow or not
- kaḷaikaṇ maṟṟu ilēṉ
- I have no other support
- vaḷai vāy nēmip paṭaiyāy
- bearing the discus with curved edge
- mā māyā
- great Wonder
- āvi carintu pōmpōtu
- when my life slips away
- tāḷ oruṅkap piṭittu
- holding both feet together
Tiruvaymozhi 5.8.9 · verse 3318 of the four thousand
Meaning
Lord who makes me willing and keeps me beneath Your twin feet! Chief of the chiefs of the steadfast immortals, first great Being! In Thirukkudanthai, where rich great gems cast rainbows in every direction, You lie so that the whole unwavering world may praise You. Come, so that I may see You!
Word by word
- icaivittu
- making me willing
- tāḷ iṇaikkīḻ iruttum
- keeping me beneath Your twin feet
- acaivu il amarar talaivar talaivā
- chief of the chiefs of the steadfast immortals
- ātip peru mūrtti
- first great Being
- ticai vil vīcum
- casting rainbows in every direction
- kāṇa vārāyē
- come, so that I may see You
Tiruvaymozhi 5.8.10 · verse 3319 of the four thousand
Meaning
My Wonder, who comes to me though beyond all reach, unseen; You of wondrous form; nectar I never tire of, sweet within the very soul of me, Your servant! You took me as Yours so that my endless deeds might end. You whose town is Thirukkudanthai: now that I have become Your servant, must I still go on suffering?
Word by word
- vārā aruvāy varum
- who comes though unreachable and unseen
- māyā mūrttiyāy
- You of wondrous form
- āvi akamē tittippāy
- sweet within my very soul
- tīrā viṉaikaḷ tīra
- so that endless deeds might end
- uṉakku āḷ paṭṭum
- even after becoming Your servant
- iṉṉam uḻalvēṉō?
- must I still suffer?
Tiruvaymozhi 5.8.11 · verse 3320 of the four thousand
Meaning
He drank the life of the demoness Putana through her breast. Sadagopan, Nammalwar of Kurugur, who held His feet alone as his refuge, sang a thousand verses sweeter than the flute. Those who master these ten so well that every halting word is gone will be beloved of lovely women whose eyes are like a doe's.
Word by word
- pēycci mulaiyūṭu
- through the demoness's breast
- avaḷai uyir uṇṭāṉ
- who drank her life
- kaḻalkaḷ avaiyē caraṇ āka
- His feet alone as refuge
- kuḻaliṉ maliya
- sweeter than the flute
- maḻalai tīra
- so that every halting word is gone
- māṉ ēy nōkkiyarkkē
- to women whose eyes are like a doe's
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.