Tiruvaymozhi 8.7.1 · verse 3629 of the four thousand
Meaning
"He will, marvelling, seat me beneath His golden feet," I longed, and for so many days I called out to Him. To me who called, Vamana, ever fitting in His grace, came in Himself, took me as His own, and sat enthroned, close within my mind.
Word by word
- iruttum viyantu
- will seat me, marvelling
- poṉ aṭikkīḻ
- beneath His golden feet
- aruttittu
- longing
- pala nāḷ aḻaittēṟku
- to me who called for many days
- poruttam uṭai vāmaṉaṉ
- Vamana, ever fitting in His grace
- karuttai uṟa vīṟṟiruntāṉ
- sat enthroned close within my mind
Tiruvaymozhi 8.7.2 · verse 3630 of the four thousand
Meaning
He sat there, having taken me as His own, and settled firmly, wearing down to nothing the five unruly senses that rule my poor heart. He is the Lord who showed grace to the great-footed elephant. What more grace He may yet give, I cannot now imagine.
Word by word
- ēḻai neñcu
- my poor, helpless heart
- tiruntāta ōr aivarai
- the five unruly ones, the senses
- tēyntu aṟa
- worn down to nothing
- perum tāḷ kaḷiṟṟukku
- to the great-footed elephant, Gajendra
- iṉi yāṉ aṟiyēṉē
- now I cannot know
Tiruvaymozhi 8.7.3 · verse 3631 of the four thousand
Meaning
I cannot imagine any further grace: He has sat enthroned within me so that my inner darkness is gone. If one speaks of anything else as worth having, the three worlds are not worth it. Is this a delusion? Is it the bewilderment of some wondrous spell?
Word by word
- iruḷ tāṉ aṟa
- so that the darkness is gone
- vīṟṟiruntāṉ
- He sat enthroned
- mūvulakum poruḷ alla
- the three worlds are worth nothing
- maruḷ tāṉ ītō
- is this a delusion?
- māya mayakku
- the bewilderment of a wondrous spell
Tiruvaymozhi 8.7.4 · verse 3632 of the four thousand
Meaning
No, He will not trick and bewilder me with a spell of delusion. The cowherd, the lion among the immortals, my Lord, has placed His own pure, radiant light within me, granting me His sacred grace that shines with glory.
Word by word
- mayakkāṉ
- He will not bewilder me
- vañcittu
- by deceiving
- amararkku ariēṟu
- lion among the immortals
- tūya cuṭarccōti
- pure, radiant light
- eṉ uḷ vaittāṉ
- placed within me
- tiruvaruḷ ceytē
- granting His sacred grace
Tiruvaymozhi 8.7.5 · verse 3633 of the four thousand
Meaning
Granting His shining grace, He showed me that very glory of His which the people of the world praise, and stood within me like a single, shining mountain of gems. Is any other glory that people praise of any worth to me now?
Word by word
- tikaḻum taṉ tiruvaruḷ
- His shining, sacred grace
- ulakattār pukaḻum pukaḻ
- the glory the world praises
- kāṭṭit tantu
- showing it to me
- maṇik kuṉṟam
- a mountain of gems
- ōr poruḷē
- is it of any worth?
Tiruvaymozhi 8.7.6 · verse 3634 of the four thousand
Meaning
Is there anything for me more precious than Himself? If He were to give me some such thing, then to whom would He give Himself, He whose holy chest, feet, eyes, hands, red lips and navel are like lotuses blooming on a mountain of dark ruby?
Word by word
- taṉṉil cīrkka
- more precious than Himself
- yārkku avaṉ taṉṉaik koṭukkum
- to whom would He give Himself?
- karu māṇikkak kuṉṟattu
- on a mountain of dark ruby
- tāmaraipōl
- like lotuses
- cevvāy untiyāṉē
- He of the red lips and navel
Tiruvaymozhi 8.7.7 · verse 3635 of the four thousand
Meaning
With His red lips, His navel, His white teeth and His radiant earrings, as radiance from every side vies to be first to surround me, He sits in my heart with a smile on His red lips. Apart from that smiling mouth, I know no other grace.
Word by word
- veṇ pal
- white teeth
- cuṭark kuḻai
- radiant earrings
- tammil muṉ vaḷāykkoḷḷa
- vying to be first to surround
- cevvāy muṟuvalōṭu
- with a smile on His red lips
- avvāy aṉṟi
- apart from that mouth
- aṟiyēṉ maṟṟu aruḷē
- I know no other grace
Tiruvaymozhi 8.7.8 · verse 3636 of the four thousand
Meaning
I know no other grace. My Lord who rules me gives His grace for no reason at all, delighting in those He favours. Within the mind of lowly me, He stood and stayed, holding the three worlds in His belly, as is His way.
Word by word
- eṉṉai āḷum pirāṉār
- my Lord who rules me
- veṟitē aruḷceyvar
- gives grace for no reason
- ciṟiyēṉuṭaic cintaiyuḷ
- within the mind of lowly me
- neṟiyā vayiṟṟil koṇṭu
- holding them in His belly, as is His way
- niṉṟoḻintārē
- stood there and stayed
Tiruvaymozhi 8.7.9 · verse 3637 of the four thousand
Meaning
All who hold anything within themselves, whoever they may be, He holds within His belly; the three worlds too He holds within His belly; Mal stands just so. And I, by my understanding, have taken that Mal within me and set Him there to stay for ever.
Word by word
- vayiṟṟil koṇṭu
- holding within the belly
- oru mūvulakum
- the three worlds
- niṉṟavaṇṇam niṉṟa mālai
- Mal, who stands just so
- maṉṉa vaittēṉ
- I set Him there to stay
- matiyālē
- by my understanding
Tiruvaymozhi 8.7.10 · verse 3638 of the four thousand
Meaning
By my understanding I have placed within my heart our Supreme One, who rests on the radiant serpent with spreading hoods in the cool Milk Ocean, where the crowding waves dash. I will never grow weary and let Him go, never, at any time.
Word by word
- eṉatu uḷḷattu akattē
- within my heart
- eyttē oḻivēṉ allēṉ
- I will not grow weary and give up
- eṉṟum eppōtum
- ever, at any time
- tirai mōtu
- where waves dash
- paittu ēy cuṭarp pāmpu aṇai
- radiant serpent bed with spreading hoods
- nam paraṉaiyē
- our Supreme One
Tiruvaymozhi 8.7.11 · verse 3639 of the four thousand
Meaning
To find the way to reach the feet of Thirumal, our Supreme One who rests on the radiant serpent, Satakopan (Nammalwar) of bountiful Kurugur sang a thousand verses. On those who sing these ten among them, the Lord will look with eyes reddened with love, so that birth wears away and leaves them for good.
Word by word
- cuṭarp pāmpu aṇai
- the radiant serpent bed
- aṭic cērvakai
- the way to reach His feet
- muṭippāṉ
- to bring it about
- caṉmam
- birth
- tēyntu aṟa
- wearing away completely
- taṉ kaṇkaḷ civantē
- His eyes reddened with love
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.