Tiruvaymozhi 5.9.1 · verse 3321 of the four thousand
Meaning
(The Alwar speaks as a girl in love, to her friends.) O fair ones with the glance of a doe! While I, burdened with deeds, waste away day after day, when will I, His servant, reach the feet of the King who dwells in Thiruvallavazh, ringed by honey-filled groves where tall, rich areca palms reach the sky and honeyed jasmine spreads its scent?
Word by word
- māṉ ēy nōkku nallīr
- fair ones with the glance of a doe
- viṉaiyēṉ meliya
- as I, burdened with deeds, waste away
- vāṉ ār vaṇ kamukum
- rich areca palms reaching the sky
- matu mallikai
- honeyed jasmine
- tiruvallavāḻ
- Thiruvallavazh, Thiruvalla in Kerala
- kōṉārai
- the King, the Lord
- aṭikūṭuvatu eṉṟukolō?
- when will I reach His feet?
Tiruvaymozhi 5.9.2 · verse 3322 of the four thousand
Meaning
Friends, what have you gained by tormenting us? When will we, His servants, take and wear on our heads the dust from the feet of the Lord who stands in the town of Thiruvallavazh, where the southern breeze, passing over the bright punnai, the makizh and the fresh madhavi blossoms, carries their fragrance?
Word by word
- tōḻimīrkāḷ
- O friends
- nalintu eṉ ceytīrō?
- what have you gained by tormenting?
- poṉtikaḻ puṉṉai makiḻ
- the bright punnai and makizh trees
- putu mātavi
- fresh madhavi creeper
- teṉṟal maṇam kamaḻum
- the southern breeze spreads fragrance
- aṭinīṟu
- the dust of His feet
Tiruvaymozhi 5.9.3 · verse 3323 of the four thousand
Meaning
You with flowers in your hair! While I, steeped in sorrow, waste away, shall we ever see, every day, the feet of the Lord who dwells forever in cool Thiruvallavazh, where the sound of the good Vedas being chanted roars like the waves of the sea, and the smoke of the sacred fires rises high and spreads its fragrance?
Word by word
- cūṭu malarkkuḻalīr
- you with flowers in your hair
- tuyarāṭṭiyēṉ
- I, steeped in sorrow
- nal vēta oli
- the sound of the good Vedas
- paravait tirai pōl muḻaṅka
- roaring like the waves of the sea
- ōmap pukai kamaḻum
- smoke of the sacred fires spreads fragrance
- niccalumē
- every day
Tiruvaymozhi 5.9.4 · verse 3324 of the four thousand
Meaning
Friends, what have you gained by tormenting us every day? What holds me is the rare goodness of our Lord, who lies on the venomous serpent bed in cool Thiruvallavazh, where tall green-leaved areca palms, jack trees, coconuts and plantains rise above the ornamented, many-storeyed mansions.
Word by word
- paccilai nīḷ kamukum
- tall green-leaved areca palms
- palavum teṅkum vāḻaikaḷum
- jack, coconut and plantain
- maccu aṇi māṭaṅkaḷ
- ornamented, many-storeyed mansions
- naccu araviṉ aṇaimēl
- on the venomous serpent bed
- nal nalamē
- rare goodness and beauty
Tiruvaymozhi 5.9.5 · verse 3325 of the four thousand
Meaning
My good friends! In cool Thiruvallavazh, the smoke of the good brahmins' sacrifices, rich and dark, rises and hides the high sky. When will my eyes see Him there: a sweet lump of sugarcane, ripe fruit, sweet nectar, the radiant One who took away all my bloom?
Word by word
- nalla antaṇar vēḷvip pukai
- smoke of the good brahmins' sacrifices
- uyar viṇ maṟaikkum
- hides the high sky
- kaṉṉal am kaṭṭi
- a sweet lump of sugarcane
- eṉ nalam koḷ cuṭarai
- the radiant One who took my bloom
- eṉṟukol kaṇkaḷ kāṇpatuvē?
- when will my eyes see Him?
Tiruvaymozhi 5.9.6 · verse 3326 of the four thousand
Meaning
Young friends with fruit-red lips! When will I, burdened with deeds, see the lotus-flower feet of the Lord of glorious dwarf form, in Thiruvallavazh with its rich groves of tall trees with far-reaching branches, where everywhere there are bees humming like singing bards, and the fresh southern breeze?
Word by word
- kaṉivāy maṭavīr
- young ones with fruit-red lips
- pāṇ kural vaṇṭiṉoṭu
- with bees that hum like singing bards
- pacun teṉṟalum
- the fresh southern breeze
- cēṇ ciṉai ōṅku mara
- tall trees with far-reaching branches
- māṇ kuṟaḷ kōlap pirāṉ
- the Lord of glorious dwarf form, Vamana
- malart tāmaraip pātaṅkaḷē
- lotus-flower feet
Tiruvaymozhi 5.9.7 · verse 3327 of the four thousand
Meaning
Fair ones, lovely as dolls! Shall we be able, day after day, to worship with beautiful flowers laid on the feet of the Master of Thiruvallavazh, where in long, deep pools tall lotuses and red water lilies take on the bright faces and eyes of women: our Lord, who swallowed this world?
Word by word
- pāvai nallīr
- fair ones, lovely as dolls
- ōta neṭun taṭattuḷ
- in long, deep pools
- ceṅkaḻunīr
- red water lilies
- mātarkaḷ vāḷ mukamum kaṇṇum
- the bright faces and eyes of women
- iñ ñālam uṇṭa
- who swallowed this world
- nāḷtoṟumē
- day after day
Tiruvaymozhi 5.9.8 · verse 3328 of the four thousand
Meaning
You with fine foreheads! Shall we be able to worship, every day without a break, the long feet that strode over the earth, of the Lord who dwells forever in cool Thiruvallavazh, ringed by fields with flowering ponds close by, where everywhere grow sweet sugarcane ready for the press and ripening red paddy?
Word by word
- vīṭu iṉṟiyē
- without a break
- nal nutalīr
- you with fine foreheads
- āṭu uṟu tīṅ karumpum
- sweet sugarcane ready for the press
- viḷai cennelum
- ripening red paddy
- pūn taṭam
- flowering ponds
- nilam tāviya nīḷ kaḻalē
- the long feet that strode over the earth
Tiruvaymozhi 5.9.9 · verse 3329 of the four thousand
Meaning
Shall we see and worship with folded hands, so that our slipping bangles fit tight again, the ancient grace of the great Lord with the whirling discus, in Thiruvallavazh, where striped bees, having drunk honey in the cool groves, sing in lisping tones like the flute and the yazh?
Word by word
- kaḻal vaḷai pūrippa
- so slipping bangles fit tight again
- kuḻal eṉṉa yāḻum eṉṉa
- like the flute, like the yazh
- maḻalai vari vaṇṭukaḷ
- striped bees with lisping hum
- cuḻaliṉ mali cakkara
- the whirling discus
- tol aruḷē
- ancient grace
Tiruvaymozhi 5.9.10 · verse 3330 of the four thousand
Meaning
Friends, will our good fortune let us speak the names of our Lord of good grace, Narayana, of Thiruvallavazh? It is the sacred city where He stands so that earth and heaven worship His ancient grace, a city whose goodness is upheld by a thousand holy ones of good grace.
Word by word
- nal viṉaiyāl
- by good fortune
- colak kūṭuṅkol
- will we be able to speak
- maṇṇum viṇṇum toḻa
- so that earth and heaven worship
- tirunakaram
- the sacred city
- nal aruḷ āyiravar
- a thousand holy ones of good grace
- nārāyaṇaṉ nāmaṅkaḷē
- the names of Narayana
Tiruvaymozhi 5.9.11 · verse 3331 of the four thousand
Meaning
Sadagopan, Nammalwar of safe southern Kurugur, sang with care, at the feet of our Lord who has a thousand names, a thousand verses that are His names. Those who recite these ten among them, on the safe southern city of Thiruvallavazh, have made their birth worthwhile and stand above all.
Word by word
- nāmaṅkaḷ āyiram uṭaiya
- who has a thousand names
- aṭimēl
- at His feet
- cēmam koḷ
- holding safety, secure
- terintu uraitta
- sang with care and discernment
- ceppuvār
- those who recite
- ciṟantār piṟantē
- born, they stand above all
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.