Tiruvaymozhi 6.8.1 · verse 3420 of the four thousand
Meaning
(The Alwar, as a girl parted from her Lord, sends birds as messengers.) Would you like to rule the golden heaven? Would you like to rule the whole earth? O good and lovely birds, I, weighed down by my deeds, beg you: go and tell my state to the Lord who took away all my beauty, the cloud-hued Krishna who long ago created all the worlds.
Word by word
- poṉ ulaku āḷīrō
- would you rule the golden heaven?
- puvaṉi muḻutu āḷīrō
- would you rule the whole earth?
- nal nalap puḷḷiṉaṅkāḷ
- O good and lovely birds
- viṉaiyāṭṭiyēṉ
- I, weighed down by my deeds
- mukilvaṇṇaṉ kaṇṇaṉ
- Krishna, the cloud-hued
- eṉ nalam koṇṭa pirāṉ
- the Lord who took my beauty
- eṉ nilaimai uraittē
- telling my state
Tiruvaymozhi 6.8.2 · verse 3421 of the four thousand
Meaning
Would you not like to eat every day from my own hand, before the girls with long, sword-like, kohl-lined eyes, sweet rice soaked in ghee, with milk? Then, O parrots, go and see my Lord with fruit-red lips and the discus resting in His hand, tell Him of the love that fills my whole body, and come running back quickly.
Word by word
- mai amar vāḷ neṭum kaṇ
- long, sword-like, kohl-lined eyes
- eṉ kai iruntu
- from my own hand
- ney amar iṉ aṭicil
- sweet rice soaked in ghee
- kai amar cakkarattu
- with the discus resting in His hand
- mey amar kātal
- the love that fills my body
- kiḷikāḷ
- O parrots
- viraintu ōṭivantē
- come running back quickly
Tiruvaymozhi 6.8.3 · verse 3422 of the four thousand
Meaning
O swarms of bees gathered here, will you not come running and hum over the bright, great flowers in my hair, with your mouths full of the pure honey you drank from the cool tulasi worn by the Lord? For the five who owned the Kuru land, He crushed the great army of tall, swaying chariots to dust.
Word by word
- eṉ kuḻalmēl
- on my hair
- oḷi mā malar ūtīrō
- will you not hum over the bright great flowers?
- kurunāṭu uṭai aivarkaṭku
- for the five who owned the Kuru land, the Pandavas
- neṭum tērppaṭai nīṟu eḻac ceṟṟa
- who crushed the army of tall chariots to dust
- cūṭiya taṇ tuḷavam
- the cool tulasi He wore
- tū matu vāykaḷ
- mouths full of pure honey
Tiruvaymozhi 6.8.4 · verse 3423 of the four thousand
Meaning
O bumblebees, you who come with your pure honeyed mouths to drink the flower honey on my jasmines: if you go there, see the King of the gods, whose crown of cool tulasi drips with rich honey, who deceived me, sinner that I am, and went away. You must ask Him, 'Is this how You should treat us?' That much is yours to do.
Word by word
- tū matu vāykaḷ
- pure honeyed mouths
- eṉ mullaikaḷmēl tumpikāḷ
- O bumblebees on my jasmines
- poyceytu akaṉṟa
- who deceived me and went away
- mā matu vār taṇ tuḻāy muṭi
- crown of cool tulasi dripping rich honey
- vāṉavar kōṉaik
- the King of the gods
- ituvō takkavāṟu
- is this the right way?
Tiruvaymozhi 6.8.5 · verse 3424 of the four thousand
Meaning
Come, parrots I have raised, I will tell you. He came riding the fierce-eyed bird and stole the heart of sinful me: that red-eyed dark cloud, that rich wish-granting tree with red lips. Wherever He has gone, find Him, and say: 'Is this right?'
Word by word
- yāṉ vaḷartta kiḷikāḷ
- O parrots I have raised
- vem kaṇ puḷ ūrntu
- riding the fierce-eyed bird, Garuda
- neñcam kavarnta
- who stole my heart
- ceṅkaṇ karumukilai
- the red-eyed dark cloud
- ceḻuṅ kaṟpakattai
- the rich wish-granting tree
- eṅkuc ceṉṟākilum
- wherever He has gone
Tiruvaymozhi 6.8.6 · verse 3425 of the four thousand
Meaning
My Lord with the gleaming sacred thread on His chest, my great dark Lord, my Krishna: the cool tulasi on His everlasting long feet He will give to none but us. Little mynas, raised by me, a great sinner, go and say to Him these very words I taught you when I said, 'Learn them.'
Word by word
- miṉṉu nūl mārvaṉ
- He with the gleaming thread on His chest
- eṉ karum perumāṉ
- my great dark Lord
- maṉṉu nīḷ kaḻalmēl
- on His everlasting long feet
- namakku aṉṟi nalkāṉ
- He will give to none but us
- kaṟpiyāvaitta māṟṟam
- the words I taught you
- ciṟu pūvaikaḷē
- O little mynas
Tiruvaymozhi 6.8.7 · verse 3426 of the four thousand
Meaning
His colour is like the kaya blossoms, His eyes are like lotuses; He is the wondrous One who stands as all things and all beings, my Lord of the discus. Take my word to Madhusudana, who split the strong mouth of the horse. My pretty ones, will you not end the pallor of love-sickness that has come over me, burdened with my deeds?
Word by word
- pūvaikaḷ pōl niṟattaṉ
- His colour like the kaya blossoms
- puṇṭarīkaṅkaḷ pōlum kaṇṇaṉ
- He whose eyes are like lotuses
- yāvaiyum yāvarum āy niṉṟa
- who stands as all things and all beings
- māvai val vāy piḷanta
- who split the strong mouth of the horse, Kesi
- eṉ māṟṟam colli
- telling Him my word
- pācaṟavē
- the pallor of love-sickness
Tiruvaymozhi 6.8.8 · verse 3427 of the four thousand
Meaning
Grown pale like this now, for how many ages must I, a sinner, waste away? O white heron with flawless feathers, be kind: go one day and see the King of the gods, whose crown glows with spotless blue radiance, and tell Him. For apart from you, blameless bird, she has no one else to turn to.
Word by word
- eṉai ūḻi naivēṉ
- for how many ages shall I waste away?
- ācu aṟu tūvi veḷḷaik kurukē
- O white heron with flawless feathers
- aruḷceytu
- being kind
- mācu aṟu nīlac cuṭar muṭi
- the crown of spotless blue radiance
- ēcu aṟum nummai allāl
- apart from you, beyond all blame
- maṟunōkku ilaḷ
- she has no one else to look to
Tiruvaymozhi 6.8.9 · verse 3428 of the four thousand
Meaning
I, burdened with my deeds, have no other protector at all. O flocks of puda birds, wandering over the waves of the water in search of food: go and see Krishna, like a great massed dark rain-cloud, the King of the heavenly ones, and kindly bring back His words; come every day, stay with me, and tell me.
Word by word
- kaḷaikaṇ
- protector, refuge
- nīrt tiraimēl ulavi
- wandering over the waves
- irai tērum
- seeking food
- putā iṉaṅkāḷ
- O flocks of puda water-birds
- kārt tiraḷ mā mukil pōl
- like a great massed dark cloud
- vārttaikaḷ koṇṭu aruḷi
- kindly bringing His words
Tiruvaymozhi 6.8.10 · verse 3429 of the four thousand
Meaning
O swans, who come and stay here, swaying on the blossoms, you and your jewel-like mates, never apart for a moment! Go to my Lord, who bears Lakshmi on His chest, and say to Him, 'See her, this is how she is.' Tell Him this one thing quietly, as in secret counsel, and bring back His reply.
Word by word
- maṇic cēvalum
- your jewel-like mates
- antaram oṉṟum iṉṟi
- without any separation
- alarmēl acaiyum aṉṉaṅkāḷ
- O swans swaying on the blossoms
- eṉ tiru mārvaṟku
- to my Lord with Sri on His chest
- iṉṉavāṟu ivaḷ kāṇmiṉ
- see, this is how she is
- mantirattu
- in secret, as in counsel
- maṟumāṟṟaṅkaḷē
- His reply
Tiruvaymozhi 6.8.11 · verse 3430 of the four thousand
Meaning
Choosing his words with care, Satakopan of Kurugur, ringed by fragrant flowering groves, spoke a thousand verses at the feet of Lord Madhusudana. Those who can recite these ten from among them will keep melting into water, like the fine sand at the mouth of a spring.
Word by word
- māṟṟaṅkaḷ āyntukoṇṭu
- choosing his words with care
- matucūta pirāṉ aṭimēl
- at the feet of Lord Madhusudana
- nāṟṟaṅkoḷ pūm poḻil
- fragrant flowering groves
- tōṟṟaṅkaḷ āyirattuḷ
- among the thousand
- ūṟṟiṉkaṇ nuṇ maṇal pōl
- like fine sand at a spring
- urukāniṟpar nīrāyē
- will keep melting into water
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.