Tiruvaymozhi 6.4.1 · verse 3376 of the four thousand
Meaning
How He joined hands with the cowherd girls in the kuravai dance, how He held up a hill, how He subdued the serpent in the pool of churning water, and many other deeds besides: I keep crying out the wondrous acts of the Lord who rests on the serpent bed, and I do not stop, by night or by bright day. What could I lack?
Word by word
- kuravai āycciyarōṭu kōttatum
- joining hands with the cowherd girls in the kuravai dance
- kuṉṟam oṉṟu ēntiyatum
- holding up a hill, Govardhana
- nākam kāyntatum
- subduing the serpent, Kaliya
- aravil paḷḷip pirāṉ
- the Lord who rests on the serpent
- māya viṉaikaḷaiyē alaṟṟi
- crying out His wondrous deeds
- eṉṉa kuṟai eṉakkē?
- what could I lack?
Tiruvaymozhi 6.4.2 · verse 3377 of the four thousand
Meaning
How He played sweet songs on His flute, how He grazed the herds, how He won and embraced the shoulders of Nappinnai, with bright eyes like the kendai fish and fragrant flowered hair, and many more: thinking of the deeds of the Lord of wondrous beauty, my heart melts, and my time passes in love. What world can equal me?
Word by word
- kēyat tīm kuḻal
- the flute's sweet songs
- nirai mēyttatum
- grazing the herds
- keṇṭai oṇ kaṇ
- bright eyes like the kendai fish
- piṉṉai tōḷkaḷ
- the shoulders of Nappinnai
- māyak kōlap pirāṉ
- the Lord of wondrous beauty
- maṉam kuḻaintu
- my heart melting
- ev ulakam nikarē?
- what world can equal me?
Tiruvaymozhi 6.4.3 · verse 3378 of the four thousand
Meaning
How He destroyed the matchless wrestlers, how He grazed the herds, how He killed the great elephant tall as a peak, with its long trunk, and other deeds like these and more: thinking of the deeds of the Lord of brilliant light, crying them out, I have been granted days spent enjoying them always. What can hurt me now?
Word by word
- nikar il mallaraic ceṟṟatum
- destroying the matchless wrestlers of Kamsa
- nīḷ neṭum kaic
- with a very long trunk
- cikara mā kaḷiṟu aṭṭatum
- killing the great elephant, tall as a peak
- pukarkoḷ cōtip pirāṉ
- the Lord of brilliant light
- pulampi
- crying out
- eṉ iṉi nōvatuvē?
- what can hurt me now?
Tiruvaymozhi 6.4.4 · verse 3379 of the four thousand
Meaning
How He grieved when the cowherd woman bound Him to the mortar so that it hurt, how He drank the milk so that the deceiving woman died, how He kicked the cart until it broke: thinking of the deeds of the Lord of divine beauty, my heart melting, I have spent my times close to them. What more do I need?
Word by word
- uralōṭu ārkka
- when she bound Him to the mortar
- vañcap peṇṇaic
- the deceiving woman, Putana
- cāvap pāl uṇṭatum
- drinking milk so that she died
- cakaṭam iṟac cāṭiyatum
- kicking the cart till it broke
- tēvak kōlap pirāṉ
- the Lord of divine beauty
- eṉ iṉi vēṇṭuvatē?
- what more do I need?
Tiruvaymozhi 6.4.5 · verse 3380 of the four thousand
Meaning
How He came and was born when the gods begged Him; how that night, wrapped in thick darkness, while His mother lamented, He went away and entered a cowherd clan; how He grew up unseen and schemed for Kamsa's end: I have been granted to cry out all this here. What trouble can there be for me?
Word by word
- tēvar irakka
- as the gods begged
- vīṅku iruḷvāy
- in the thick darkness
- aṉṉaip pulampa
- as His mother, Devaki, lamented
- āykkulam pukkatum
- entering the cowherd clan
- kañcaṉait tuñca
- for Kamsa to die
- eṉṉa ikal uḷatē?
- what trouble is there?
Tiruvaymozhi 6.4.6 · verse 3381 of the four thousand
Meaning
How He split apart the bird that came to fight, how He destroyed the humped bulls, how He broke the kurundu tree in the tall grove, and many more: day and night I am granted to praise the wonders of my Father, the wondrous One who measured the wide earth. What anguish of mind can I have?
Word by word
- ikal koḷ puḷḷaip piḷantatum
- splitting the bird that came to fight
- imil ēṟukaḷ
- humped bulls
- kuruntu ocittatum
- breaking the kurundu tree
- akal koḷ vaiyam aḷanta
- who measured the wide earth
- pakal irāp paravap peṟṟēṉ
- I am granted to praise day and night
- maṉap parippē
- anguish of mind
Tiruvaymozhi 6.4.7 · verse 3382 of the four thousand
Meaning
He was born among human beings, a race full of anguish and impurity; He takes whatever form He wishes, and brings His righteous anger to its end. He wears a crown of wild tulasi and a garland on His chest. I have a heart that thinks of the wonders of this, my Father. Who on this wide earth can equal me now?
Word by word
- maṉap parippōṭu aḻukku
- with anguish of mind and impurity
- māṉiṭa cātiyil
- in the human race
- taṉakku vēṇṭu urukkoṇṭu
- taking the form He wished
- cīṟṟattiṉai muṭikkum
- fulfils His anger
- puṉat tuḻāy muṭi
- crown of wild tulasi
- niṉaikkum neñcu uṭaiyēṉ
- I who have a heart that thinks of them
Tiruvaymozhi 6.4.8 · verse 3383 of the four thousand
Meaning
How He fought great battles that made the wide earth and the sky wonder, how He cut off the thousand arms of Bana, and many more: I have a heart that sees the wonders of my Father, the wondrous One who came as a brahmachari boy and took the earth. What confusion can there be for me now?
Word by word
- nīḷ nilattoṭu vāṉ viyappa
- making the wide earth and the sky wonder
- vāṇaṉ āyiram tōḷ tuṇittatum
- cutting off Bana's thousand arms
- māṇi āy
- as a brahmachari boy, Vamana
- nilam koṇṭa
- who took the earth
- kāṇum neñcu uṭaiyēṉ
- I who have a heart that sees them
- kalakkam
- confusion
Tiruvaymozhi 6.4.9 · verse 3384 of the four thousand
Meaning
The wonder of how He drove His chariot onward till the seven seas, the seven mountains and the seven worlds were shaken and left behind, and many more besides: I have a tongue that babbles in wonder of the dark-hued Lord, who holds the discus in His right hand and the conch in His left. Is there anyone on this earth to match me?
Word by word
- ēḻ kaṭal ēḻ malai ulaku ēḻum
- seven seas, seven mountains, seven worlds
- tērkoṭu ceṉṟa māyamum
- the wonder of going with the chariot
- valakkai āḻi iṭakkaic caṅkam
- discus in the right hand, conch in the left
- mālvaṇṇaṉai
- the dark-hued Lord
- malakkum nā uṭaiyēṟku
- to me, whose tongue babbles in wonder
- māṟu uḷatō
- is there any match?
Tiruvaymozhi 6.4.10 · verse 3385 of the four thousand
Meaning
To remove the great burden on the earth, He brought about the great Bharata war; He worked His wonders, ground the armies down to ruin, and then went to enter His own abode in the sky. I have been granted to reach the feet of that Radiance and worship them. Who else can be a master to me?
Word by word
- maṇmicaip perum pāram nīṅka
- to remove the great burden on the earth
- pārata mā perum pōr
- the great Bharata war
- cēṉaiyaip pāḻpaṭa
- so the armies were ruined
- taṉa tāmamē puka
- to enter His own abode
- cōti taṉ tāḷ
- the feet of the Radiance
- ār piṟar nāyakarē?
- who else could be my master?
Tiruvaymozhi 6.4.11 · verse 3386 of the four thousand
Meaning
Kesava is the Master of all the seven worlds; He put all seven worlds into His mouth and brought them out again; He is them, and He is also other than them. At His pair of feet Satakopan of Kurugur spoke a pure thousand. Through these ten, those who learn them will become devotees, without any wavering.
Word by word
- nāyakaṉ muḻu ēḻ ulakukkum
- Master of all the seven worlds
- vāyakam puka vaittu umiḻntu
- placing them in His mouth and bringing them out
- kēcavaṉ
- Kesava
- tūya āyirattu
- of the pure thousand
- pattar āvar
- will become devotees
- tuvaḷ iṉṟiyē
- without any wavering
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.