Tiruvaymozhi 8.9.1 · verse 3651 of the four thousand
Meaning
(Her friend speaks to the mothers.) Like forests of lotuses in gem-clear pools on a mountain of dark ruby are the holy chest, lips, eyes, hands, navel and feet of the Lord, and His garments too are red. He is Thirumal, our Lord, the rare and wondrous One of Thiruppuliyur in Kuttanadu, with its richly watered fields. Mothers, she speaks of nothing but His name! What shall I do about this?
Word by word
- karu māṇikka malaimēl
- on a mountain of dark ruby
- tāmaraik kāṭukaḷ pōl
- like forests of lotuses
- āṭaikaḷ ceyya pirāṉ
- the Lord whose garments too are red
- ceḻu nīr vayal
- richly watered fields
- tiruppuliyūr
- Thiruppuliyur, in Kuttanadu, Kerala
- pēr aṉṟip pēccu ilaḷ
- she speaks of nothing but His name
- aṉṉaimīr
- O mothers
Tiruvaymozhi 8.9.2 · verse 3652 of the four thousand
Meaning
Mothers, what shall I do about this? Like the radiant sun with its close ring of light moving over beautiful Meru, and many other lights besides, our Lord wears a shining tall crown, a necklace and many ornaments. Thiruppuliyur, ringed by lovely punnai groves, is all she praises.
Word by word
- aṇi mēruviṉ mītu
- over beautiful Mount Meru
- cuṭar ñāyiṟum
- the radiant sun
- pal cuṭarkaḷum pōl
- like many other lights
- miṉṉu nīḷ muṭi
- shining tall crown
- puṉṉai am poḻil
- lovely groves of punnai trees
- pukaḻum ivaḷē
- she praises
Tiruvaymozhi 8.9.3 · verse 3653 of the four thousand
Meaning
Day and night she stands praising the richness of Thiruppuliyur, with its tall mansions bright with gems. It belongs to Him who, as if the surging sea had caught fire and moved with flames blazing everywhere, took up His famed fighting weapons led by the bright-rayed discus, went into battle and destroyed the asuras.
Word by word
- irāppakal
- night and day
- kaṭal tīp paṭṭu
- as if the sea caught fire
- ceḻum katir āḻi
- the bright-rayed discus
- acuraraip poṉṟuvittāṉ
- destroyed the asuras
- maṇi neṭu māṭam
- tall mansions bright with gems
- tiruppuliyūr vaḷamē
- the richness of Thiruppuliyur
Tiruvaymozhi 8.9.4 · verse 3654 of the four thousand
Meaning
Thiruppuliyur in Kuttanadu is ringed by groves rich with the town's plenty, by sugarcane and tall red paddy, with cool fields rich in ploughs. Of the God and Lord there, who swallowed the three worlds of glorious plenty and brought them out again, this bejewelled girl today speaks nothing but the rich abundance of His names.
Word by word
- perum cennelum
- tall red paddy
- ēr vaḷam kiḷar
- rich in ploughs
- kuṭṭa nāṭṭut tiruppuliyūr
- Thiruppuliyur in Kuttanadu
- mūvulaku uṇṭu umiḻ
- who swallowed and brought out the three worlds
- pēr vaḷam
- the richness of His names
- puṉai iḻaiyē
- this bejewelled girl
Tiruvaymozhi 8.9.5 · verse 3655 of the four thousand
Meaning
The way she wears her ornaments and her clothes, and her fresh new bloom: none of this is her usual way. If you stop to think, she has plunged deep into the holy grace of the First One, Father and ruler of the three worlds, of cool Thiruppuliyur, where lotuses bloom in the wide springs.
Word by word
- puṉai iḻaikaḷ aṇivum
- the way she wears her ornaments
- putukkaṇippum
- her fresh new bloom
- niṉaiyum nīrmaiyatu aṉṟu
- not her usual way
- cuṉaiyiṉuḷ
- in the springs
- mūvulaku āḷi
- ruler of the three worlds
- tiru aruḷ mūḻkiṉaḷē
- she has plunged into His holy grace
Tiruvaymozhi 8.9.6 · verse 3656 of the four thousand
Meaning
Plunged daily in His holy grace, she bears clear signs that the graces of Kannan, the Lord coloured like deep water, have come to her. By His gracious will He went to dwell in cool Thiruppuliyur; and this tender girl's red lips are like the bright ripe fruit of its blessed areca palms.
Word by word
- ceḻu nīr niṟak kaṇṇa pirāṉ
- Lord Kanna, coloured like deep water
- tirunta uḷa
- are clearly there
- kamuku oṇ paḻattatu
- like the bright fruit of the areca palm
- melliyal
- the tender girl
- cevvitaḻē
- red lips
Tiruvaymozhi 8.9.7 · verse 3657 of the four thousand
Meaning
Where rich, tender-leaved betel vines cling to the swelling young stems of the areca, where bananas with strong leaves and sheaths bear ripe fruit all around, filling the air with fragrance, and the breeze wanders through the coconut palms: in cool Thiruppuliyur, this young girl has reached the feet of Kannan, rich in lovely abundance.
Word by word
- mel ilaic celva vaṇ koṭi
- rich, tender-leaved vines
- iḷam tāḷ kamukiṉ
- of the young-stemmed areca
- maṭal vāḻai
- bananas with broad sheaths
- teṅkiṉūṭu kāl ulavum
- the breeze wanders through the coconuts
- tāḷ aṭaintāḷ
- she has reached His feet
- im maṭavaralē
- this young girl
Tiruvaymozhi 8.9.8 · verse 3658 of the four thousand
Meaning
What can I say to the mothers of this young girl? In cool Thiruppuliyur, the smoke from the ghee-fed fires in the sacrifices of the prosperous Vedic scholars rises into the firm sky and hides the land of the immortals. She praises nothing but the name of the Lord who lies on the hooded serpent.
Word by word
- vaṭamoḻi maṟaivāṇar
- scholars living by the Sanskrit Vedas
- vēḷviyuḷ ney aḻal
- ghee-fed sacrificial fires
- amarar nāṭṭai maṟaikkum
- hides the land of the immortals
- paṭa aravu aṇaiyāṉ
- the Lord who lies on the hooded serpent
- nāmam allāl
- nothing but His name
- paravāḷ ivaḷē
- she praises nothing else
Tiruvaymozhi 8.9.9 · verse 3659 of the four thousand
Meaning
Day and night she praises nothing but the glory of Thiruppuliyur, home of Lord Kanna, coloured like cool water: where the chanting of the Vedic scholars, rich with music, resounds like the sea; where the lotuses in every pond bloom like lamps; and where fertile fields lie all around.
Word by word
- paṉi nīr niṟak kaṇṇa pirāṉ
- Lord Kanna, coloured like cool water
- icai maṟai vētiyar oli
- the chanting of the Vedic scholars
- vēlaiyiṉ
- like the sea
- tīvikai niṉṟu alarum
- bloom like lamps
- puravu ār kaḻaṉikaḷ
- rich, fertile fields
- pukaḻ aṉṟi maṟṟē
- nothing but its glory
Tiruvaymozhi 8.9.10 · verse 3660 of the four thousand
Meaning
What other proof do you need? That she is fragrant with lovely, cool tulasi: has not the grace of the wondrous Lord come upon her, the Lord who stands in Thiruppuliyur in Kuttanadu, the tilaka-mark of the south, crowded with lovely clusters of mansions and halls, great with gems and tall as hills?
Word by word
- maṟṟōr upāyam
- any other means, any other proof
- taṇ tuḻāy kamaḻtal
- being fragrant with cool tulasi
- kuṉṟa mā maṇi māṭa māḷikai
- mansions and halls tall as hills, great with gems
- teṉ ticait tilatam
- the tilaka-mark of the south
- māyap pirāṉ tiruvaruḷām
- it is the grace of the wondrous Lord
- nērpaṭṭatē
- has come upon her
Tiruvaymozhi 8.9.11 · verse 3661 of the four thousand
Meaning
Satakopan (Nammalwar), servant of the servants of the servants of the servants who have rightly entered the service of the Lord of all the three worlds, sang this fitting Tamil garland of a thousand. Those who rightly master these ten among them are the ones rightly fit to serve Netumal, the Lord.
Word by word
- mūvulakukkum nāyakaṉ
- the Lord of the three worlds
- toṇṭar toṇṭar toṇṭar toṇṭaṉ
- servant of the servants of the servants of the servants
- nērpaṭṭa tamiḻ mālai
- a fitting garland of Tamil
- nērpaṭṭār
- they are rightly fit
- neṭumāṟku aṭimai ceyyavē
- to serve Netumal, the great Lord
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.