Tiruvaymozhi 8.6.1 · verse 3618 of the four thousand
Meaning
So that we may rise thinking of Him, night and morning, He graciously gives good graces to us, to us alone. The town of our Father, whose crown bears lovely, cool tulasi with its petals, is Thirukkadithanam, where people rich in His grace live.
Word by word
- elliyum kālaiyum
- night and morning
- taṉṉai niṉaintu eḻa
- to rise thinking of Him
- nalla aruḷkaḷ namakkē
- good graces to us alone
- alli am taṇ am tuḻāy muṭi
- crown with lovely, cool, petalled tulasi
- celvarkaḷ vāḻum
- where the rich in grace live
- tirukkaṭittāṉamē
- Thirukkadithanam, a divya desam in Kerala
Tiruvaymozhi 8.6.2 · verse 3619 of the four thousand
Meaning
See, the Lord who dwells within Thirukkadithanam and within my heart alike, treating both as one, is the matchless One who, long ago, rained down arrows on the rakshasas, who raged in battle and then stood bewildered, till their forms were destroyed.
Word by word
- eṉṉuṭaiyac cintaiyum
- and my heart too
- orukkaṭuttu
- alike, treating both as one
- uḷḷē uṟaiyum pirāṉ
- the Lord who dwells within
- ceruk kaṭuttu
- raging in battle
- tikaitta arakkarai
- the bewildered rakshasas
- vāḷi poḻinta oruvaṉē
- the matchless One who rained arrows
Tiruvaymozhi 8.6.3 · verse 3620 of the four thousand
Meaning
Appearing as one, as two, as three, hiding His true form, He grows sweeter every time I think of Him. He is the One on whose chest Sri dwells, the wondrous Lord who dwells at Thirukkadithanam and will not leave it.
Word by word
- oruvar iruvar ōr mūvar
- as one, as two, as three
- uruvu karantu
- hiding His true form
- uḷḷumtōṟum tittippāṉ
- grows sweeter each time I think of Him
- tiru amar mārvaṉ
- He on whose chest Sri dwells
- maruvi uṟaikiṉṟa
- who dwells there, clinging to it
- māyap pirāṉē
- the wondrous Lord
Tiruvaymozhi 8.6.4 · verse 3621 of the four thousand
Meaning
As I called Him "wondrous Lord," my strong past deeds perished utterly; and out of love He took my heart as His own land and settled there. He has also made Thirukkadithanam, with its fragrant groves, His abiding temple.
Word by word
- valviṉai māyntu aṟa
- strong past deeds perishing utterly
- nēcattiṉāl
- out of love
- neñcam nāṭu kuṭikoṇṭāṉ
- settled in my heart as His own land
- vācap poḻil
- fragrant groves
- maṉṉu kōyil koṇṭāṉē
- took it as His abiding temple
Tiruvaymozhi 8.6.5 · verse 3622 of the four thousand
Meaning
He took His Thirukkadithanam as His temple, and along with it He took my heart as His temple too: He, the Lord who danced with the pots, who took Vaikuntham as His temple, so that every god who has a temple of his own might worship Him.
Word by word
- kōyil koṇṭāṉ
- He took as His temple
- ataṉōṭum eṉ neñcakam
- and with it, my heart
- kōyilkoḷ teyvam ellām toḻa
- so all gods who have temples might worship
- vaikuntam
- Vaikuntham, His supreme abode
- kuṭakkūtta ammāṉē
- the Lord who danced with the pots
Tiruvaymozhi 8.6.6 · verse 3623 of the four thousand
Meaning
The Dancer Lord, the Lord who wiped out every one of my sorrows, wicked one that I am, the Lord Madhusudana, dwells in cool Thirukkadithanam with its blossoming groves. Mark this well: when you praise that place, sorrows will not stay.
Word by word
- kūtta ammāṉ
- the Dancer Lord
- iṭar muṟṟavum māytta
- who wiped out every sorrow
- matucūta ammāṉ
- Lord Madhusudana, slayer of Madhu
- pūtta poḻil
- blossoming groves
- ētta nillā
- will not stay when you praise it
- kuṟikkoḷmiṉ
- mark this well
Tiruvaymozhi 8.6.7 · verse 3624 of the four thousand
Meaning
So that your sorrows may end, hold in your heart the bright lotus feet of Govinda, which measured all the earth and the heavens. The town of Thirukkadithanam is where the people of the earth worship Him and the gods of heaven come and draw near.
Word by word
- iṭar keṭa
- so that sorrows end
- uḷḷattu kōvintaṉ
- Govinda, held in the heart
- maṇ viṇ muḻutum aḷanta
- which measured all earth and heaven
- oṇ tāmarai
- the bright lotus feet
- maṇṇavar tām toḻa
- as people of the earth worship
- vāṉavar tām vantu naṇṇu
- where the gods come and draw near
Tiruvaymozhi 8.6.8 · verse 3625 of the four thousand
Meaning
His towns of abode are excellent everywhere; the sky, this earth and the sea all belong wholly to my wondrous Lord. Even so, my heart and the town of Thirukkadithanam are His own inherited homes.
Word by word
- tāṉa nakarkaḷ
- His towns of abode
- talaicciṟantu
- excellent, foremost
- vāṉ in nilam kaṭal
- the sky, this earth and the sea
- em māyaṟkē
- to my wondrous Lord
- eṉ neñcum
- my heart too
- tāyap patiyē
- inherited home, ancestral seat
Tiruvaymozhi 8.6.9 · verse 3626 of the four thousand
Meaning
Though His inherited homes are excellent everywhere, the One who by His wonder sits enthroned in all of them for ever dwells within Thirukkadithanam. He is the Lord of the cowherds, the Marvel Himself.
Word by word
- tāyap patikaḷ
- inherited homes
- māyattiṉāl
- by His wondrous power
- maṉṉi vīṟṟiruntāṉ
- who sits enthroned for ever
- āyarkku atipati
- Lord of the cowherds
- aṟputaṉ tāṉē
- the Marvel Himself
Tiruvaymozhi 8.6.10 · verse 3627 of the four thousand
Meaning
The places where the Marvel, Narayana, Hari, Vamana, stands and gladly stays are my heart, and Thirukkadithanam with its groves of wish-granting kalpaka trees, where the four Vedas of the Vedic scholars of good fame resound without pause.
Word by word
- aṟputaṉ nārāyaṇaṉ ari vāmaṉaṉ
- the Marvel, Narayana, Hari, Vamana
- niṟpatu mēvi iruppatu
- where He stands and gladly stays
- nal pukaḻ vētiyar
- Vedic scholars of good fame
- nāṉmaṟai niṉṟu atir
- where the four Vedas resound without pause
- kaṟpakac cōlai
- groves of wish-granting kalpaka trees
Tiruvaymozhi 8.6.11 · verse 3628 of the four thousand
Meaning
Of Thirumal, who dwells at Thirukkadithanam of the groves, Satakopan (Nammalwar) of walled Kurugur sang a thousand verses, sweet as milk mixed with nectar. These ten among them will, marvelling, seat those who sing them in Vaikuntham on high.
Word by word
- cōlait tirukkaṭittāṉattu
- Thirukkadithanam of the groves
- matiḷ kurukūr
- walled Thirukkurugur
- pālōṭu amutu aṉṉa
- like milk mixed with nectar
- mēlai vaikuntattu
- in Vaikuntham on high
- iruttum viyantē
- will seat them, marvelling
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.