Tiruvaymozhi 7.1.1 · verse 3453 of the four thousand
Meaning
Through the five senses that dwell inside me You make me suffer, and still You plan to torment me further, so that I may never come near Your lotus feet? O wondrous One of countless glories, great Lord who owns the three worlds that the immortals praise, my nectar, my Father, You who rule me!
Word by word
- uḷ nilāviya aivarāl
- by the five who dwell within: the senses
- kumaitīṟṟi
- making me suffer, crushing me
- pātapaṅkayam
- lotus feet
- nalivāṉ iṉṉum eṇṇukiṉṟāy
- You still think of tormenting me more
- eṇ ilāp peṟu māyaṉē
- wondrous One of countless great deeds
- ulakam mūṉṟu uṭai
- who owns the three worlds
- eṉṉai āḷvāṉē
- You who rule me
Tiruvaymozhi 7.1.2 · verse 3454 of the four thousand
Meaning
You have set over me these five, harsh masters who rule me, and made them batter me night and day; and so You are keeping me from coming near You. See what You do! O my sugarcane, my nectar, Lord with the colour of a dark rain-cloud, holding the flashing discus that guards this sea-girt earth, You whom the Vedas reveal, the Lord of me, a sinner!
Word by word
- vaṉ kō ōr aintu
- five harsh masters: the senses
- irāppakal mōtuvittiṭṭu
- making them batter me night and day
- aṇukāvakai
- so that I cannot come near
- kaṉṉalē
- O sugarcane, sweetness itself
- kār mukil vaṇṇaṉē
- O Lord coloured like the dark rain-cloud
- miṉṉu nēmiyiṉāy
- You with the flashing discus
- vētiyaṉē
- O Lord revealed by the Vedas
Tiruvaymozhi 7.1.3 · verse 3455 of the four thousand
Meaning
You let the five who torment me batter me, a sinner, and You hold me back from reaching Your holy feet. What do You gain by this? Alas! You are the First cause: You made the wide world, swallowed it, brought it out again, strode across it and dug it up from the deep. O Lord of the tall, radiant crown, Madhusudana, Lord of me, Your servant!
Word by word
- vētiyāniṟkum aivarāl
- by the five who keep tormenting me
- cātiyāvakai
- so that I cannot attain
- eṉ peṟuti? antō!
- what do You gain? Alas!
- āti āki
- being the First cause
- paṭaittu uṇṭu
- made it and swallowed it
- cōti nīḷ muṭiyāy
- Lord with the tall radiant crown
- matucūtaṉaṉē
- Madhusudana, slayer of the demon Madhu
Tiruvaymozhi 7.1.4 · verse 3456 of the four thousand
Meaning
You whirl me about so that I cannot see through the trick, You show me the five, and so You keep me from coming near the flowers of Your feet. O Child who drew everything into Yourself, until nothing and no one remained outside, and lay on the long leaf of a banyan! You are the medicine that cures the karma of me, a sinner.
Word by word
- cūtu nāṉ aṟiyāvakai
- so that I do not see the trick
- cuḻaṟṟi
- whirling me about
- aṭip
- of Your feet
- pōtu
- flowers
- niṉ akampāl oṭukki
- drawing everything into Yourself
- āliṉ nīḷ ilai
- the long leaf of the banyan
- viṉaitīr maruntē
- medicine that cures karma
Tiruvaymozhi 7.1.5 · verse 3457 of the four thousand
Meaning
The five put me into the oil-press of the five ills, for which there is no cure, and turn me round and round. You seem like one who blocks a breach in the bank and then loosens it again, letting them loose on me. Who else can now be my cure? O Lord of those in heaven, who took up the mighty discus and cut away the strong race of asuras to the root! O!
Word by word
- tīr maruntu iṉṟi
- with no medicine to cure it
- cekkil iṭṭut
- putting me in the oil-press
- tirikkum aivarai
- the five who turn me round and round
- aṭaittu nekiḻppāṉ okkiṉṟāy
- You seem to block the breach, then loosen it
- ār maruntu iṉi ākuvār
- who else can now be my cure?
- aṭal āḻi
- the mighty discus
- viṇṇuḷār perumāṉē?
- O Lord of those in heaven
Tiruvaymozhi 7.1.6 · verse 3458 of the four thousand
Meaning
These five senses torment even those who serve the Lord of the heavenly ones. If they get hold of me here on earth, and You too let me go, what will they not do? You who dwell in music, in poetry, in devotion; supreme Lord, You who came and now dwell in my eyes, in my heart, in my words: say one word to me!
Word by word
- aṭimai ceyvāraiyum
- even those who serve Him
- ceṟum aimpulaṉ
- the five senses that torment
- maṟṟu nīyum viṭṭāl?
- and if You too let me go?
- paṇṇuḷāy kavi taṉṉuḷāy
- You who dwell in music and in poetry
- pattiyiṉ uḷḷāy
- You who dwell in devotion
- paramīcaṉē
- O supreme Lord
- oṉṟu collāyē
- say one word to me
Tiruvaymozhi 7.1.7 · verse 3459 of the four thousand
Meaning
The five are cruel rogues who say one thing and never hold to anything. Without Your grace, when could I ever conquer them? My Lord, who long ago set a mountain in the wave-tossed sea, wound round with the serpent, for the gods and the asuras to pull! You are the sweet nectar that even I, a wicked one, may drink.
Word by word
- oruttiṉil niṟkilāta
- who never hold to anything
- vaṉ kayavarai
- the cruel rogues
- tiruvaruḷ illaiyēl?
- if Your grace is not there
- aravam aḷāvi
- winding the serpent round
- kuṉṟam vaitta entāy
- my Lord who set the mountain in the sea
- koṭiyēṉ paruku iṉ amutē
- sweet nectar that I, wicked one, drink
Tiruvaymozhi 7.1.8 · verse 3460 of the four thousand
Meaning
The five appear as sweet nectar and bewilder everyone; it is You who set this ancient delusion in place. Cut it all away, root and all, and grant me the grace to think of Your emblems and Your holy form, to praise You and worship You with folded hands. My Master, my Krishna, Source of the race of the immortals!
Word by word
- iṉ amutu eṉat tōṉṟi
- appearing like sweet nectar
- muṉṉam māyam
- the ancient delusion
- muḻu vēr arintu
- cutting it away, root and all
- ciṉṉamum tiru mūrttiyum
- Your emblems and Your holy form
- kaitoḻavē
- to worship with folded hands
- kulamutalē
- source of the race (of the immortals)
Tiruvaymozhi 7.1.9 · verse 3461 of the four thousand
Meaning
The five throw a man into the deep, cruel pit of evil deeds that ruin even his family at the root. Grant me the boon that destroys their strength at its source. You first made all things, the earth and every world beyond, things that stand still and things that move, many kinds of them. My Krishna, my supreme Light!
Word by word
- kulam mutal aṭum tīviṉaik
- evil deeds that ruin one's family at the root
- koṭu vaṉ kuḻiyiṉil
- into the cruel, deep pit
- valam mutal keṭukkum
- destroying their strength at its source
- varamē tantaruḷkaṇṭāy
- grant me that boon
- niṟpaṉa
- things that stand still
- celvaṉa
- things that move
- eṉ parañcuṭarē
- my supreme Light
Tiruvaymozhi 7.1.10 · verse 3462 of the four thousand
Meaning
I should be crying out to You, 'My supreme Light!', standing melted with love for Your two lotus feet. Let that be; instead You gave me a carrier's head-pad, this body, and the five load heavy burdens on it and drag me in every direction and batter me. O Lord who long ago churned the ocean and took out the nectar! O!
Word by word
- uṉṉai alaṟṟi
- crying out to You
- iṇait tāmaraikaṭku
- for Your two lotus feet
- aṉpu uruki
- melting with love
- cumaṭu tantāy
- You gave me a carrier's head-pad (this body)
- vaṉ paraṅkaḷ
- heavy burdens
- ticai ticai
- in every direction
- paravai kaṭaintu
- churning the ocean
Tiruvaymozhi 7.1.11 · verse 3463 of the four thousand
Meaning
He took form as the three, made the qualities of nature, and creates, protects and destroys; He is the Father who rests on the waters with a lotus at His navel. To Him alone Satakopan, Nammalwar, the servant of the servants of the servants of His servants, spoke a thousand verses. Those who can understand these ten among them and sing them will see their karma go, night and day.
Word by word
- ōr mūvarāyk
- as the three: creator, protector, destroyer
- kuṇaṅkaḷ paṭaittu
- making the qualities of nature
- puṇṭarīkak koppūḻp
- with the lotus at His navel
- puṉal paḷḷi appaṉukkē
- to the Father who rests on the waters
- toṇṭar toṇṭar toṇṭar toṇṭaṉ
- servant of the servants of the servants of His servants
- kaṇṭu pāṭa vallār
- those who can understand and sing
- kaṅkulum pakalē
- night and day
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.