Tiruvaymozhi 7.2.1 · verse 3464 of the four thousand
Meaning
(The mother speaks to the Lord of Srirangam about her daughter.) Night and day her eyes know no sleep. She bails out her tears with her hands. Saying 'Conch and discus!' she folds her hands in worship; saying 'Lotus eyes!' she grows faint. 'How can I bear to live apart from You?' she says, and sits groping the wide earth with her hands. O Lord of Srirangam, where red carp leap in the waters, what are You doing about her?
Word by word
- kaṇ tuyil aṟiyāḷ
- her eyes know no sleep
- kaṇṇa nīr kaikaḷāl iṟaikkum
- she bails out her tears with her hands
- tāmaraik kaṇ eṉṟē taḷarum
- saying 'lotus eyes' she grows faint
- eṅṅaṉē tarikkēṉ
- how can I bear to live?
- iru nilam kai tuḻā
- groping the wide earth with her hands
- ceṅkayal
- red carp
- tiruvaraṅkattāy
- O Lord of Srirangam
Tiruvaymozhi 7.2.2 · verse 3465 of the four thousand
Meaning
'What are You doing to me, my lotus-eyed Lord?' she says, and sits with her eyes brimming with tears. 'What shall I do, Lord of Srirangam of the surging waters?' she says, and she sighs hot breaths and melts. 'O deeds of my past, come out and face me!' she says. 'Cloud-hued Lord, is this fitting?' she says. O You who long ago made this world, swallowed it, brought it out and measured it, what end is coming for her?
Word by word
- eṉ tāmaraik kaṇṇā?
- my lotus-eyed Lord
- eṟi nīrt
- of surging, dashing waters
- vevvuyirttu uyirttu urukum
- sighs hot breaths and melts
- muṉ ceyta viṉaiyē
- O deeds of my past
- mukilvaṇṇā takuvatō?
- cloud-hued Lord, is this fitting?
- uṇṭu umiḻntu aḷantāy
- swallowed, brought out and measured (the world)
- eṉkolō muṭikiṉṟatu
- what end is coming?
Tiruvaymozhi 7.2.3 · verse 3466 of the four thousand
Meaning
She has not the least shame left. 'Sapphire-hued Lord!' she says, and she gazes only at the sky and swoons. 'O matchless One, who took the lives of all the fearsome asuras!' she says, and melts within. 'O You whom eyes cannot see, grant that I may see You! Kakutstha! Krishna!' she says. O Lord of Srirangam, ringed by strong walls hung with flags, what have You done to her?
Word by word
- vaṭku ilaḷ iṟaiyum
- she has not the least shame
- maṇivaṇṇā
- O sapphire-hued Lord
- vāṉamē nōkkum
- she gazes only at the sky
- uṭku uṭai acurar
- the fearsome asuras
- kaṭkilī
- O You whom eyes cannot see
- kākuttā
- Kakutstha: Rama, of Kakutstha's line
- tiṇ koṭi matiḷ
- strong walls with flags
Tiruvaymozhi 7.2.4 · verse 3467 of the four thousand
Meaning
She stays still, her legs and hands lying just where they fell. She gets up, wanders, faints, folds her hands. 'Love is a torment!' she says, and swoons. 'Ocean-hued Lord, see how cruel You are!' she says. 'O You with the round-edged discus in Your right hand!' she says. 'Come to me!' she says again and again, and grows faint. O noble One, Lord of Srirangam of rich waters, what have You in mind for her?
Word by word
- iṭṭa kāl iṭṭa kaiyaḷāy
- legs and hands lying where they fell
- eḻuntu ulāy mayaṅkum
- she rises, wanders, swoons
- kaṭṭamē kātal
- love is a torment
- kaṭiyaikāṇ
- see, You are cruel
- vaṭṭa vāy nēmi valaṅkaiyā
- You with the round-edged discus in Your right hand
- ciṭṭaṉē
- O noble, righteous One
- eṉ cintittāyē?
- what have You in mind?
Tiruvaymozhi 7.2.5 · verse 3468 of the four thousand
Meaning
She thinks of You; she turns toward the direction where You are and is comforted; she folds her hands. 'You who dwell in Srirangam!' she says, and bows down toward it, her rain-like eyes brimming with tears. 'Come to me!' she says again and again, and grows faint. O You who at dusk tore open the body of the asura; rare nectar churned from the wave-tossed sea! You have bewildered this girl, who had resolved to meet You and reach Your feet.
Word by word
- ticaikkum tēṟum
- turns toward Your direction and is comforted
- vantikkum
- she bows in worship
- maḻaikkaṇ nīr malka
- her rain-like eyes brimming
- antippōtu avuṇaṉ uṭal iṭantāṉē
- who at dusk tore the asura's body (as Narasimha)
- ār amutē
- rare nectar
- cārvatē valitta
- who had resolved to reach
- taiyalai maiyal ceytāṉē
- You bewildered this girl
Tiruvaymozhi 7.2.6 · verse 3469 of the four thousand
Meaning
'You who bewildered me and stole my heart!' she says. 'Great wondrous One!' she says. 'Gem with red lips!' she says. 'You who dwell in Srirangam ringed by cool waters!' she says. 'First of the heavenly ones, bearing the fierce sword, the mace, conch, discus and bow!' she says. O You who rest on the hooded serpent, show Your grace to her; to ask You this is all that is left for me, a sinner, to do.
Word by word
- maṉam kavarntāṉē
- You who stole my heart
- mā māyaṉē
- great wondrous One
- ceyya vāy maṇiyē
- gem with red lips
- veyya vāḷ taṇṭu caṅku cakkaram vil
- fierce sword, mace, conch, discus and bow
- viṇṇōr mutal
- first of the heavenly ones
- pai koḷ pāmpu aṇaiyāy
- You who rest on the hooded serpent
- pāviyēṉ ceyaṟpālatuvē
- that is all I, a sinner, can do
Tiruvaymozhi 7.2.7 · verse 3470 of the four thousand
Meaning
'You who made the sorrows and joys of this world! You who stand as the refuge of those who have no refuge! You who hold the discus that rules time! Sea-hued Lord who made the ocean Your home! Krishna!' she says. 'Lord of Srirangam, ringed by cool waters full of fish!' she says. 'My Holy One, who makes us pure!' she says. And she sits, her lovely, large, rain-like eyes brimming with tears: my tender young shoot!
Word by word
- tuṉpaṅkaḷ iṉpaṅkaḷ paṭaittāy
- You who made sorrows and joys
- paṟṟilār paṟṟa niṉṟāṉē
- refuge of those who have no refuge
- kāla cakkarattāy
- You with the discus that rules time
- kaṭal iṭam koṇṭa
- who made the ocean His home
- cēl koḷ
- full of fish
- tīrttaṉē
- Holy One who purifies
- kōmaḷak koḻuntē
- my tender young shoot
Tiruvaymozhi 7.2.8 · verse 3471 of the four thousand
Meaning
'The crown and chief of the heavenly ones!' she says. 'He who held up the hill and protected the herds of cows!' she says. She weeps, she worships, she breathes hot sighs as though her life were on fire. 'Lord with the colour of collyrium!' she says. She rises, looks upward and sits without blinking. 'How shall I ever see You?' she says. O Lord of Srirangam, ringed by rich, wide waters, what shall I do for my daughter, precious as Lakshmi herself?
Word by word
- koḻuntu vāṉavarkaṭku
- chief, the crowning shoot, of the gods
- kuṉṟu ēnti
- holding up the hill (Govardhana)
- kō nirai kāttavaṉ
- He who protected the herds of cows
- āvi aṉala
- her life burning
- añcaṉa vaṇṇaṉē
- Lord coloured like collyrium
- imaippilaḷ irukkum
- sits without blinking
- eṉ tirumakaṭkē?
- for my daughter, precious as Lakshmi
Tiruvaymozhi 7.2.9 · verse 3472 of the four thousand
Meaning
'O You on whose chest my Lady Lakshmi dwells!' she says. 'My very life!' she says. 'Husband of the Earth goddess, whom You lifted up on Your holy tusk and made Your own!' she says. 'Beloved of the cowherd girl, whom You won that day by grappling with the seven bulls!' she says. O You who took Srirangam in the south as Your temple, I cannot see clearly what end awaits her.
Word by word
- tirumakaḷ cēr mārvaṉē
- You on whose chest Lakshmi dwells
- eṉṉuṭai āviyē
- my very life
- tiru eyiṟṟāl iṭantu
- lifting her up on Your holy tusk
- nilamakaḷ kēḷvaṉē
- husband of the Earth goddess, Bhudevi
- uru ēḻum taḻuvi
- grappling with the seven bulls
- āymakaḷ aṉpaṉē
- beloved of the cowherd girl, Nappinnai
- teḷikilēṉ muṭivu
- I cannot see clearly the end
Tiruvaymozhi 7.2.10 · verse 3473 of the four thousand
Meaning
'I do not know what end awaits this one,' she says. 'Ruler of the three worlds!' she says. 'You with matted locks fragrant with konrai flowers!' she says. 'Four-faced god!' she says. 'Leader of the radiant gods!' she says. 'Bountiful Lord of Srirangam!' she says. Though she seemed one who would never reach His feet, she drew near and reached the feet of the cloud-hued Lord. She calls Him by the names of Shiva, Brahma and Indra because all of them are His body and He is their inner Self.
Word by word
- aṟikilēṉ
- I do not know
- mūvulaku āḷiyē
- ruler of the three worlds
- koṉṟaic caṭaiyaṉē
- You with matted locks wearing konrai (Shiva)
- nāṉmukak kaṭavuḷē
- four-faced god (Brahma)
- vāṉōr talaivaṉē
- leader of the gods (Indra)
- aṭi aṭaiyātāḷ pōl
- like one who would never reach His feet
- mukilvaṇṇaṉ aṭiyē
- the feet of the cloud-hued Lord
Tiruvaymozhi 7.2.11 · verse 3474 of the four thousand
Meaning
Satakopan of rich Kurugur, ringed by lush groves, lord of the shore of the Porunai whose pure waters gleam like fine cloth, reached the feet of the cloud-hued Lord, wore His grace on his head and was saved. He sang a garland of words on the feet of that cloud-hued Lord. Those who can sing these ten of the thousand will dwell in a flood of great bliss in the cloud-coloured sky, surrounded by the immortals.
Word by word
- aruḷ cūṭi
- wearing His grace on his head
- moy puṉal porunal
- the Porunai (Tamirabarani) of abundant waters
- tukil vaṇṇat tū nīrc cērppaṉ
- lord of the shore whose pure waters gleam like cloth
- vaṇ kurukūrc caṭakōpaṉ
- Satakopan of rich Kurugur, Nammalwar
- col mālai
- garland of words
- imaiyavar cūḻa
- surrounded by the immortals
- pēriṉpa veḷḷattē
- in the flood of great bliss
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.