Tiruvaymozhi 6.9.1 · verse 3431 of the four thousand
Meaning
You became water, earth, fire, wind and the vast sky; You became the two glorious lights, the sun and the moon; You became Shiva and Brahma. Holding Your sharp discus and Your white conch, come one day to me, cruel as I am, so that earth and heaven may both rejoice.
Word by word
- nīr āy nilaṉ āy tī āy kāl āy
- becoming water, earth, fire and wind
- neṭu vāṉ āy
- becoming the vast sky
- cīr ār cuṭarkaḷ iraṇṭu āy
- becoming the two glorious lights
- kūr ār āḻi veṇ caṅku
- the sharp discus and the white conch
- koṭiyēṉpāl vārāy
- come to cruel me
- maṇṇum viṇṇum makiḻavē
- so that earth and heaven may rejoice
Tiruvaymozhi 6.9.2 · verse 3432 of the four thousand
Meaning
O wondrous Lord, who, so that earth and heaven might rejoice, became a Dwarf, showed Your might, and took both earth and heaven! Come one day and walk here on this earth, so that I may draw near, see You, rejoice and dance.
Word by word
- kuṟaḷ āy
- becoming the Dwarf, Vamana
- valam kāṭṭi
- showing Your might
- maṇṇum viṇṇum koṇṭa
- who took earth and heaven
- māya ammāṉē
- O wondrous Lord
- kaṇṭu ukantu kūttāṭa
- to see, rejoice and dance
- ñālattūṭē naṭavāyē
- walk here on this earth
Tiruvaymozhi 6.9.3 · verse 3433 of the four thousand
Meaning
Walking, standing, lying and sitting in this world, You protect all living beings age after age, through countless days. Without coming to You, who are with the beautiful, great Lakshmi, must I, Your servant, still languish for countless days?
Word by word
- naṭantum niṉṟum kiṭantu iruntum
- walking, standing, lying and sitting
- ukamtōṟu
- age after age
- uyirkaḷ kāppāṉē
- O Protector of all beings
- kōlat tiru mā makaḷōṭu
- with the beautiful, great Lakshmi
- kūṭātē
- without reaching You
- taḷarvēṉō?
- must I languish?
Tiruvaymozhi 6.9.4 · verse 3434 of the four thousand
Meaning
O Lord whose sacred foot did its work, so that the cart-demon's body fell slack, broke, split apart and perished! Come one day into the sky, so that I may see You shining there, with Brahma, Shiva, Indra and the gods of heaven rising eagerly around You.
Word by word
- taḷarntum muṟintum
- falling slack and breaking
- cakaṭa acurar
- the cart-demon, Sakatasura
- tirukkāl āṇṭa
- whose sacred foot did its work
- kiḷarntu
- rising eagerly
- piramaṉ civaṉ intiraṉ
- Brahma, Shiva, Indra
- kāṇa vārāy viṇmītē
- come into the sky so that I may see You
Tiruvaymozhi 6.9.5 · verse 3435 of the four thousand
Meaning
You sit in heaven, You stand on the hill, You recline on the sea, You move about on the earth; and in all of these You dwell hidden. You are in the outer worlds beyond all reckoning. Will You dance upon my very soul and still hide, never showing me Your form?
Word by word
- viṇmītu iruppāy
- You sit in heaven
- malaimēl niṟpāy
- You stand on the hill
- kaṭal cērppāy
- You recline on the sea
- maṇmītu uḻalvāy
- You move about on earth
- maṟaintu uṟaivāy
- You dwell hidden
- uruk kāṭṭātē oḷippāyō?
- will You hide without showing Your form?
Tiruvaymozhi 6.9.6 · verse 3436 of the four thousand
Meaning
You leapt, set down one foot, and beneath it took all the earth with its seas; with Your other foot You strode across and covered all the worlds. O wondrous One, must I wander this world every day, aching to see You, like wax set beside a fire?
Word by word
- pāy ōr aṭi vaittu
- leaping, setting down one foot
- paravai nilam ellām
- all the earth with its seas
- ellā ulakum taṭavanta
- who covered all the worlds
- kāṇpāṉ varunti
- aching to see You
- tīyōṭu uṭaṉcēr meḻukāy
- like wax set beside a fire
- ulakil tirivēṉō?
- must I wander the world?
Tiruvaymozhi 6.9.7 · verse 3437 of the four thousand
Meaning
You are the course of karma by which beings wander through the world; You are the world, and You are the one life within the world. O formless One, You are the ten directions shining without limit in the outer worlds! Be gracious to me, whose ignorance has no limit.
Word by word
- karuma kati āy
- being the course of karma
- ulakukkē ōr uyirum āṉāy
- You became the one life of the world
- ticai pattu āya
- who became the ten directions
- aruvēyō
- O formless One
- aṟivilēṉukku aruḷāyē
- be gracious to me, who knows nothing
Tiruvaymozhi 6.9.8 · verse 3438 of the four thousand
Meaning
Be gracious to me who know nothing, You who are the very life of those who know! O form of fragrant radiance, my Nedumal, Lord of this servant! Will You still play a trick, cast me outside, and ruin me, so that the soul of Your servant, who knows nothing but You, is lost in bewilderment?
Word by word
- aṟivār uyir āṉāy
- You who are the life of those who know
- veṟi koḷ cōti mūrtti
- form of fragrant radiance
- kiṟiceytu
- playing a trick
- puṟattiṭṭu
- casting me outside
- piṟitu oṉṟu aṟiyā
- who knows nothing else
- āvi tikaikkavē
- so that my soul is bewildered
Tiruvaymozhi 6.9.9 · verse 3439 of the four thousand
Meaning
Will You torment sinful me by showing me so many petty pleasures, through which the five senses crush me until my soul is bewildered? Will the time not come soon when You call me and take me to Your great lotus feet, which leapt across and took the world?
Word by word
- aivar kumaikkum
- by which the five senses crush me
- ciṟṟiṉpam
- petty pleasures
- paṭuppāyō?
- will You torment me?
- tāvi vaiyam koṇṭa
- which leapt and took the world
- taṭam tāmarai kaṭkē
- to Your great lotus feet
- kūvik koḷḷum kālam
- the time when You call me and take me
Tiruvaymozhi 6.9.10 · verse 3440 of the four thousand
Meaning
Suppose one gained a bliss without measure, that never shrinks or stretches, never comes to an end, never lessens or grows, for ages without number. Would it equal even the briefest moment of being Your servant alone, wondrous One, never to turn back? Alas, if only one understood!
Word by word
- kuṟukā nīḷā
- never shrinking, never stretching
- iṟutikūṭā
- never coming to an end
- aḷavu il iṉpam
- bliss without measure
- maṟu kāl iṉṟi
- never to turn back
- uṉakkē āḷākum
- being servant to You alone
- ciṟu kālattai uṟumō
- would it equal a brief moment?
Tiruvaymozhi 6.9.11 · verse 3441 of the four thousand
Meaning
Thirumal cannot be grasped, cannot be imagined, cannot be reckoned. Satakopan, the servant of the servants of the servants who belong to Him, spoke a thousand verses clearly. These ten among them will make those who learn them true servants of the One who swallowed the world.
Word by word
- terital niṉaital eṇṇal ākāt
- beyond knowing, thinking or reckoning
- toṇṭar toṇṭar toṇṭaṉ
- servant of the servants of His servants
- teriyac coṉṉa
- spoke clearly
- uriya toṇṭar ākkum
- will make them true servants
- ulakam uṇṭāṟkē
- of the One who swallowed the 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.