Tiruvaymozhi 7.9.1 · verse 3541 of the four thousand
Meaning
He saved me and took me up for all time. On that very day He made me His own, and through me He sang Himself in sweet Tamil: He is the Lord, my Light, who stands as the First cause of all. What can I say of Him?
Word by word
- eṉṟaikkum
- for all time
- uyyakkoṇṭu
- saving me and taking me up
- eṉṉait taṉṉākki
- making me His own
- eṉṉāl taṉṉai
- Himself, through me
- iṉ tamiḻ pāṭiya īcaṉai
- the Lord who sang in sweet Tamil
- ātiyāy niṉṟa
- who stands as the First cause
- eṉ colli niṟpaṉō?
- what can I say?
Tiruvaymozhi 7.9.2 · verse 3542 of the four thousand
Meaning
What can I say? Today He became one with my sweet life; the sweet verses I spoke He made to come forth in my own words, and yet in His words He praised Himself. He is the wondrous Lord, my First Lord, of whom it was told of old that He is the three forms.
Word by word
- eṉ iṉ uyir iṉṟu oṉṟāy
- becoming one with my sweet life today
- eṉ collāl
- in my words
- iṉ kavi
- sweet verses
- taṉ collāl tāṉ taṉṉaik kīrttitta
- praised Himself in His own words
- mūvuruvām mutalvaṉē?
- the First Lord, who is the three forms
Tiruvaymozhi 7.9.3 · verse 3543 of the four thousand
Meaning
He made me sure that He is the First of all, came in and entered at the tip of my tongue, and told of Himself in good, sweet verses for the pure, foremost devotees. He is my Father, the very source of my speech: how could I ever forget Him?
Word by word
- ām mutalvaṉ ivaṉ
- He is the First of all
- taṉ tēṟṟi
- making me sure of Himself
- nā mutal vantu pukuntu
- came and entered at the tip of my tongue
- tū mutal pattarkkut
- for the pure, foremost devotees
- vāy mutal appaṉai
- my Father, the source of my speech
- eṉṟu maṟappaṉō?
- how could I ever forget?
Tiruvaymozhi 7.9.4 · verse 3544 of the four thousand
Meaning
How could I ever forget my Father, having seen His goodness? He became me and spoke the verses on Himself without a single flaw; He saved me, a sinner without equal; and He goes about putting everything right for me.
Word by word
- eṉ ākiyē
- becoming me
- tapputal iṉṟi
- without a single flaw
- taṉaik kavi tāṉ colli
- speaking the verses on Himself
- oppilāt tīviṉaiyēṉai
- me, a sinner without equal
- ceppamē ceytu tirikiṉṟa
- goes about putting everything right
- cīrkaṇṭē?
- having seen His goodness
Tiruvaymozhi 7.9.5 · verse 3545 of the four thousand
Meaning
I had no power to see His glories and tell them truly in polished, good, sweet verses. So the Supreme One made me, who had no worth at all, His own, and through me He sings sweet verses on Himself that the whole world praises.
Word by word
- cīr kaṇṭukoṇṭu
- seeing His glories
- tiruntu nal iṉkavi
- polished, good, sweet verses
- nīrmai ilāmaiyil
- since I had no power
- ērvu ilā eṉṉait
- me, without any worth
- pār paravu iṉ kavi
- sweet verses the world praises
- paramarē
- the Supreme One
Tiruvaymozhi 7.9.6 · verse 3546 of the four thousand
Meaning
My Lord of Vaikuntha did not have His praise sung by the great poets who sing sweet verses. Today He came to me kindly, made me one with Him, and through me He sings strong verses on Himself.
Word by word
- param kavikaḷāl
- by great poets
- pāṭuviyātu
- without having them sing
- naṉku vantu
- coming kindly
- eṉṉuṭaṉ ākki
- making me one with Him
- vaṉ kavi
- strong verses
- vaikunta nātaṉē
- the Lord of Vaikuntha
Tiruvaymozhi 7.9.7 · verse 3547 of the four thousand
Meaning
So that I might call Him 'Lord of Vaikuntha', He made my strong karma perish completely; He made me His own, and through me He made rich, sweet verses that praise Him as the Lord of Vaikuntha. On what day will I ever think of Him enough to be satisfied?
Word by word
- vaikunta nātaṉ eṉa
- so that I call Him Lord of Vaikuntha
- valviṉai māyntu aṟac
- my strong karma perishing completely
- eṉ ākki
- making me His own
- vaṇ tīm kavi
- rich, sweet verses
- en nāḷ cintittu ārvaṉō?
- when will I think of Him enough to be satisfied?
Tiruvaymozhi 7.9.8 · verse 3548 of the four thousand
Meaning
Even if I mixed earth, sky and water all together and drank them up as the praise of my Lord with the discus in His lovely hand, would I have my fill, when I think of what He did? He made me, worthless as I was, His own, and through me He spoke sweet verses so that His glory might shine.
Word by word
- ārvaṉō
- would I have my fill?
- āḻi aṅkai em pirāṉ
- my Lord with the discus in His lovely hand
- pār viṇ nīr
- earth, sky and water
- kalantu parukilum
- even if I mixed them and drank
- cīrpeṟa iṉ kavi
- sweet verses so that His glory shines
- tiṟattukkē?
- for what He did
Tiruvaymozhi 7.9.9 · verse 3549 of the four thousand
Meaning
Even if I drank in the pure glories of Tirumal, so fitting to His nature, through all time past and to come, would I have my fill, when I think of His help? He made me His own, free from all forgetting, and through me He spoke many sweet verses that fit Him closely.
Word by word
- tuppuravu ām
- pure
- tirumāliṉ cīr
- the glories of Tirumal, Lord of Sri
- iṟappu etir kālam
- all time past and to come
- maṟappu ilā eṉṉait
- me, free from forgetting
- uṟap pala iṉ kavi
- many sweet verses that fit Him closely
- utavikkē?
- for His help
Tiruvaymozhi 7.9.10 · verse 3550 of the four thousand
Meaning
If I think hard and say, 'In return for His help I will give my life', that too is His, and His alone. He is the Father who sang Himself through me in sweet, well-measured verses. To Him there is nothing at all that I can do in return, here or there.
Word by word
- utavik kaimmāṟu
- a return for His help
- eṉ uyir eṉṉa
- if I say 'my life'
- atuvum maṟṟu āṅkavaṉ taṉṉatu
- that too is His alone
- pataviya iṉ kavi
- sweet, well-measured verses
- etuvum oṉṟum illai ceyvatu
- there is nothing at all I can do
- iṅkum aṅkē
- here or there
Tiruvaymozhi 7.9.11 · verse 3551 of the four thousand
Meaning
Seeing that, here and there, there is nothing but Tirumal, Satakopan of rich Kurugur spoke in just this way. These ten of the thousand he spoke, however one recites them, will bring joy.
Word by word
- tirumāl aṉṟi iṉmai kaṇṭu
- seeing there is nothing but Tirumal
- vaṇ kurukūrc caṭakōpaṉ
- Satakopan of rich Kurugur, Nammalwar
- iṅṅaṉē coṉṉa
- spoke in just this way
- eṅṅaṉē colliṉum
- however one recites them
- iṉpam payakkumē
- will bring joy
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.