Tiruvaymozhi 7.6.1 · verse 3508 of the four thousand
Meaning
O Padmanabha, from whose navel-lotus came the three wide worlds! O Lord with lotus feet, who measured the three wide worlds! O lotus-eyed One! O sole Master of me, who am all alone! O Lord with lotus hands! When will I ever reach You?
Word by word
- pā maru mūvulakum
- the three wide worlds
- paṟpanāpā
- Padmanabha, Lord with the lotus at His navel
- paṟpa pātā
- Lord with lotus feet
- taṉiyēṉ taṉi āḷā
- sole Master of me, who am alone
- tāmaraik kaiyā
- Lord with lotus hands
- eṉṟukol cērvatuvē?
- when will I reach You?
Tiruvaymozhi 7.6.2 · verse 3509 of the four thousand
Meaning
When, alas, shall I reach Your red holy feet, which Shiva and Brahma praise? My Lord, who stands as all things, beginning with earth, water, fire, wind, sky and living beings! O my wonderful Dancer, who lifted the hill, grazed the herds of cows and guarded them!
Word by word
- antō!
- alas
- araṉ nāṉmukaṉ ēttum
- praised by Shiva and Brahma
- ceyya niṉ tiruppātattai
- Your red holy feet
- muṟṟum āy niṉṟa entāy
- my Lord who stands as all things
- kuṉṟu eṭuttu
- lifting the hill
- em kūttā
- my wonderful Dancer
Tiruvaymozhi 7.6.3 · verse 3510 of the four thousand
Meaning
O my Dancer, who guarded them by holding up the hill against the storm of hail! You who wear a crown of cool tulasi blossoms; You with lovely red matted locks adorned with konrai flowers; my Brahma who has come to me! Since You have come and become my precious life, O You whose glory is beyond all praise, where shall I meet You? He is the inner Self of Shiva and Brahma, so the Alwar calls Him by their forms.
Word by word
- kal māri
- the storm of hail
- pūt taṇ tuḻāy muṭiyāy
- You with a crown of cool tulasi blossoms
- puṉai koṉṟai am ceñcaṭaiyāy
- You with red matted locks adorned with konrai
- vāytta eṉ nāṉmukaṉē
- my Brahma who has come to me
- eṉ ār uyir nī āṉāl
- since You have become my precious life
- ēttu arum kīrttiyiṉāy!
- You whose glory is beyond praise
- eṅkut talaippeyvaṉē?
- where shall I meet You?
Tiruvaymozhi 7.6.4 · verse 3511 of the four thousand
Meaning
Where shall I meet You? You are the three beautiful worlds. You are the three-eyed lord, exalted there, and Lord Brahma too. You are Indra, with the thunderbolt of fierce rays in his hand, and all the other gods. O my Cowherd, wearing a crown of cool, lovely tulasi, blossoming with fragrance!
Word by word
- eḻil mūvulakum nīyē
- You are the three beautiful worlds
- mukkaṇ pirāṉ
- the three-eyed lord, Shiva
- pirama perumāṉ
- Lord Brahma
- vaccirak kai intiraṉ
- Indra with the thunderbolt in his hand
- koṅku alar
- blossoming with fragrance
- eṉṉuṭaik kōvalaṉē?
- my Cowherd
Tiruvaymozhi 7.6.5 · verse 3512 of the four thousand
Meaning
My Cowherd, my dark ruby that no hand has ever pierced! From the flower of Your navel the three worlds spread out. How will my precious life come and reach You, seeing You there within the flood of Your own radiance?
Word by word
- pollāk karumāṇikkamē
- dark ruby that no hand has pierced
- unti malar
- the flower of Your navel
- cōtiveḷḷattu
- in the flood of Your radiance
- ār uyirār
- my precious life
- eṅṅaṉēkol vantu eytuvarē?
- how will it come and reach You?
Tiruvaymozhi 7.6.6 · verse 3513 of the four thousand
Meaning
I do not know how to come and reach Him, my Lord with Sri on His chest. He is like one great ruby where a rich blue radiance spreads and red flames blossom; with red silk upon Him, He dwells there sending forth a red, radiant light from His feet, His navel, His hands, His chest, His eyes and His lips.
Word by word
- vantu eytumāṟu aṟiyēṉ
- I do not know how to come and reach
- nīlac cuṭar taḻaippa
- blue radiance spreading
- oru māṇikkam
- one great ruby
- cempaṭṭōṭu
- with red silk
- aṭi unti kai mārpu kaṇ vāy
- feet, navel, hands, chest, eyes, lips
- eṉ tirumārpaṉaiyē
- my Lord with Sri on His chest
Tiruvaymozhi 7.6.7 · verse 3514 of the four thousand
Meaning
Shall I not see Him? He is my Lord with Sri on His chest. He is the one who shares himself with the mountain's daughter; the four-faced one who keeps the goddess of speech always within; the lord of Sachi standing in his place; He who split open the earth; the one who burned the three cities; the ruler of the sky who conquered and drove away the senses. All of these are His body, and He is in them all.
Word by word
- malaimakaḷ kūṟaṉ
- who shares himself with the mountain's daughter, Parvati
- nāmakaḷai akampāl koṇṭa
- keeping Saraswati, goddess of speech, within
- cacipatiyai
- the lord of Sachi, Indra
- nilam kīṇṭu
- splitting open the earth
- eyil mūṉṟu eritta
- who burned the three cities
- vicumpu āḷiyai
- the ruler of the sky
- kāṇēṉō?
- shall I not see?
Tiruvaymozhi 7.6.8 · verse 3515 of the four thousand
Meaning
Like horses that have seen a yali, like jackals that have seen a lion, the rakshasas once howled, fled across Lanka and hid themselves in the caverns below. He rode His mighty, lovely bird against them, killed the valiant Mali, and then crushed them, heaping hills higher than men. Shall we see Him too?
Word by word
- āḷiyaik kāṇ pariyāy
- like horses that have seen a yali, a fierce beast
- ari kāṇ nariyāy
- like jackals that have seen a lion
- ūḷai iṭṭu
- howling
- pilam pukku oḷippa
- hiding in the caverns below
- mīḷi am puḷḷaik kaṭāy
- riding the mighty, lovely bird, Garuda
- viṟal māliyaik koṉṟu
- killing the valiant Mali
- kāṇṭumkolō?
- shall we see?
Tiruvaymozhi 7.6.9 · verse 3516 of the four thousand
Meaning
O heart, shall we see Him, the lion among the immortals? He cut down the clan of the rakshasa, mighty, valiant and strong, who strove only at cruel deeds; then He gave Lanka with its wide waters to that rakshasa's younger brother, ruled the land, and entered His own radiance again.
Word by word
- neñcamē!
- O heart
- kaṭiya viṉaiyē muyalum
- who strove only at cruel deeds
- arakkaṉ kulattait taṭintu
- cutting down the rakshasa's clan
- avaṉ tampikkē
- to his younger brother, Vibhishana
- taṉ cōti pukka
- entered His own radiance
- amarar ariyēṟṟiṉaiyē?
- the lion among the immortals
Tiruvaymozhi 7.6.10 · verse 3517 of the four thousand
Meaning
He will grant us Vaikuntha, so hard to reach: the Lion who entered the cowherd clan as a newborn child, worked wonder after wonder, killed Kamsa who was like Death himself, cut down the cruel army for the sake of the five, and, mighty beyond all, entered again the great supreme Light.
Word by word
- ēṟṟu arum vaikuntattai
- Vaikuntha, so hard to reach
- īṟṟu iḷam piḷḷai
- a newborn child
- kūṟṟu iyal kañcaṉaik
- Kamsa, who was like Death
- aivarkku āy
- for the sake of the five Pandavas
- āṟṟal mikkāṉ
- mighty beyond all
- periya parañcōti pukka ariyē
- the Lion who entered the great supreme Light
Tiruvaymozhi 7.6.11 · verse 3518 of the four thousand
Meaning
He took the form of a lion, tore open the asura's body and rejoiced: He is the Lord of the discus. Of the excellent thousand verses that Satakopan of Kurugur sang on Him, those who can sing these ten will be greeted by maidens who gather around them, sing 'Long may you live!' and fan them with fly-whisks.
Word by word
- ari uru āy
- taking the form of a lion
- avuṇaṉ uṭal kīṇṭu ukanta
- tore open the asura's body and rejoiced
- cakkarac celvaṉ
- the Lord of the discus
- mikka ōr āyirattuḷ
- among the excellent thousand
- tokku pallāṇṭu icaittu
- gathering and singing 'Long may you live!'
- kavariceyvar
- will fan them with fly-whisks
- ēḻaiyarē
- maidens
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.