Tiruvaymozhi 6.7.1 · verse 3409 of the four thousand
Meaning
(The mother speaks of her daughter, who has slipped away to the Lord's town.) The rice she ate, the water she drank, the betel she chewed: all of it was 'Krishna, my Lord', she would say again and again, her eyes brimming with tears. She kept asking about His glory and about the town of the One most bountiful on earth. Surely the town my young doe is going to is Thirukkolur.
Word by word
- uṇṇum cōṟu parukum nīr
- the rice she eats, the water she drinks
- tiṉṉum veṟṟilaiyum
- the betel she chews
- kaṇṇaṉ em perumāṉ
- Krishna, my Lord
- avaṉ cīr
- His glory
- eṉ iḷamāṉ
- my young doe
- tirukkōḷūrē
- Thirukkolur, near the Tamraparni
Tiruvaymozhi 6.7.2 · verse 3410 of the four thousand
Meaning
She has made the town, the country and the whole world like herself, all babbling only His names and His garlands; she has kicked aside her great modesty. Will she reach Thirukkolur, with its fields rich in every good thing? Tell me, mynas, darlings of cruel me!
Word by word
- ūrum nāṭum ulakamum
- the town, the country and the world
- taṉṉaippōl
- like herself
- pērum tārkaḷumē pitaṟṟa
- babbling only His names and garlands
- kaṟpu vāṉ iṭaṟi
- kicking aside her great modesty
- paḻaṉat tirukkōḷūrkkē
- to Thirukkolur of the fields
- koṭiyēṉ koṭi pūvaikaḷē
- O mynas, darlings of cruel me
Tiruvaymozhi 6.7.3 · verse 3411 of the four thousand
Meaning
Her myna, her green parrots, her ball, her little toy pot, her flower baskets: she would call them all by the sacred names of Thirumal as she rose each day. Now my doll of a girl has gone off to Thirukkolur of the cool fields. With her lips red as kovai fruit quivering and her eyes raining tears, what will she do there?
Word by word
- pūvai paiṅkiḷikaḷ
- her myna and green parrots
- pantu tūtai pūm puṭṭilkaḷ
- ball, little toy pot, flower baskets
- tirumāl tirunāmaṅkaḷē
- only the sacred names of Thirumal
- eṉ pāvai
- my doll of a girl
- kōvai vāy tuṭippa
- lips red as kovai fruit quivering
- maḻaikkaṇṇoṭu
- with eyes raining tears
Tiruvaymozhi 6.7.4 · verse 3412 of the four thousand
Meaning
Will the gossiping women and the people of the next street call her wayward? Or will they say she is full of virtue? Alas! My young doe, her slender waist swaying, has set her heart on going to Thirukkolur, where He lies, abounding in wealth.
Word by word
- kollai eṉparkolō
- will they call her wayward?
- kuṇam mikkaṉaḷ eṉparkolō
- or say she is full of virtue?
- cillai vāyp peṇṭukaḷ
- gossiping women
- ayal cēri uḷḷārum
- the people of the next street
- ellē
- alas!
- avaṉkiṭanta
- where He lies
- mēl iṭai nuṭaṅka
- her slender waist swaying
Tiruvaymozhi 6.7.5 · verse 3413 of the four thousand
Meaning
She has no wish to play any more; she only melts and melts. Now my little goddess has gone to Thirukkolur of her Thirumal. When she sees the flowering groves, the pools and His temple there, how will she rejoice today, her soul cooled within?
Word by word
- naintu naintu
- melting again and again
- viḷaiyāṭaluṟāḷ
- she no longer cares to play
- eṉ ciṟut tēvi
- my little goddess
- pū iyal poḻilum taṭamum
- flowering groves and pools
- avaṉ kōyilum
- and His temple
- āvi uḷ kuḷira
- her soul cooled within
Tiruvaymozhi 6.7.6 · verse 3414 of the four thousand
Meaning
My young doe, who left me today with no thought of helping me, will now go to Thirukkolur, which is like the tilaka on the brow of the southern land. There, seeing the sacred eyes and red lips of her Thirumal, she will stand, and stand, and melt away, her long eyes filled with tears.
Word by word
- eṉakku utavātu akaṉṟa
- who left without helping me
- teṉ ticait tilatam aṉaiya
- like the tilaka of the southern land
- tirukkaṇṇum cevvāyum
- His sacred eyes and red lips
- niṉṟu niṉṟu naiyum
- she will stand and stand and melt
- neṭum kaṇkaḷ paṉi malkavē
- her long eyes filled with tears
Tiruvaymozhi 6.7.7 · verse 3415 of the four thousand
Meaning
With eyes full of tears and a bewildered mind, calling 'Nedumal!' through the night and the bright day, she has now gone. Faltering and faltering as she walks, how will she, drooping, ever enter Thirukkolur, where He lies, abounding in wealth?
Word by word
- malku nīrk kaṇṇoṭu
- with eyes full of tears
- maiyal uṟṟa maṉattiṉaḷāy
- with a bewildered mind
- allum naṉ pakalum
- night and bright day
- neṭumāl eṉṟu aḻaittu
- calling 'Nedumal!'
- olki olki naṭantu
- walking, faltering again and again
- ocintē
- drooping
Tiruvaymozhi 6.7.8 · verse 3416 of the four thousand
Meaning
With her hand on her slender, bending waist, aching and aching, her heart melting, will she go with tears spilling over to Thirukkolur of the Husband of Lakshmi, the lady of the bright flower? Our beauty, her heart melting, has left us.
Word by word
- ocinta nuṇ iṭaimēl
- on her slender, bending waist
- nontu nontu
- aching and aching
- kacinta neñciṉaḷāy
- with a melting heart
- kaṇṇa nīr tuḷumpa
- tears spilling over
- oṇ malarāḷ koḻunaṉ
- Husband of the lady of the bright flower, Lakshmi
- em kārikaiyē
- our beautiful girl
Tiruvaymozhi 6.7.9 · verse 3417 of the four thousand
Meaning
Whenever she saw anything good she would say, 'This is for my Krishna,' so tender was her heart. Leaving all this behind, she has now gone; while the whole street scatters loud blame, my jewelled girl has walked off to Thirukkolur. She did not think of us at all.
Word by word
- kāriyam nallaṉakaḷ
- good things
- eṉ kaṇṇaṉukku eṉṟu
- saying 'for my Krishna'
- īriyāy iruppāḷ
- she was tender-hearted
- cēri pal paḻi tūuy iraippa
- while the street scatters loud blame
- nēriḻai
- the girl with fine jewels
- niṉaintilaḷē
- she did not think of us
Tiruvaymozhi 6.7.10 · verse 3418 of the four thousand
Meaning
O gods, I cannot bear to think of it! My young doe with long eyes has now gone. She will not let go, even by a millet grain's measure, of Aravindalochana, the lotus-eyed One who owns all the worlds. Without a thought for the great shame to her home, she has set her mind on going to Thirukkolur, where He dwells.
Word by word
- niṉaikkilēṉ teyvaṅkāḷ
- O gods, I cannot think of it
- neṭum kaṇ iḷamāṉ
- the young doe with long eyes
- aravintalōcaṉaṉait
- Aravindalochana, the lotus-eyed Lord
- tiṉaittaṉaiyum viṭāḷ
- she will not let go even a millet grain's worth
- maṉaikku vāṉ paḻiyum
- the great shame to her home
- cella vaittaṉaḷē
- she has set her mind on going
Tiruvaymozhi 6.7.11 · verse 3419 of the four thousand
Meaning
Crying out to Madhusudana, who is the great Treasure laid by, Satakopan of Kurugur, ringed by groves of clustered blossoms, spoke a thousand verses. Those who recite these ten with their minds set on Thirukkolur, where He dwells, will rule the shining golden world.
Word by word
- vaitta mā nitiyām
- the great Treasure laid by, the Lord's name here
- matucūtaṉaiyē alaṟṟi
- crying out to Madhusudana alone
- kottu alar poḻil cūḻ
- ringed by groves of clustered blossoms
- cittam vaittu uraippār
- those who recite with their minds fixed
- tikaḻ poṉ ulaku āḷvārē
- will rule the shining golden world
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.