Tiruvaymozhi 9.10.1 · verse 3772 of the four thousand
Meaning
Draw near to the Lord and worship Him, and rise, so that your karma is destroyed! Morning and evening, offer lotus flowers at the two feet of Him who once rested on a banyan leaf, and who dwells at Thirukkannapuram, ringed by walls the sea beats against.
Word by word
- mālai naṇṇit
- drawing near to the Lord
- toḻutu eḻumiṉō
- worship and rise
- viṉai keṭa
- so that karma is destroyed
- kālai mālai
- morning and evening
- vēlai mōtum matiḷ
- walls the sea beats against
- tiruk kaṇṇapurattu
- at Thirukkannapuram
- āliṉmēl āl amarntāṉ
- He who rested on a banyan leaf
Tiruvaymozhi 9.10.2 · verse 3773 of the four thousand
Meaning
Offer flowers dripping with honey, and bow down. O devotees, think every day of Thirukkannapuram, ringed by silver-bright walls beside the moats, among fields where crabs gather; worship it and rise.
Word by word
- kaḷ aviḻum malar
- flowers dripping with honey
- iṟaiñcumiṉ
- bow down
- naḷḷi cērum vayal
- fields where crabs gather
- kiṭaṅkiṉ puṭai
- beside the moats
- veḷḷi ēynta matiḷ
- silver-bright walls
- uḷḷi nāḷum
- thinking of it every day
Tiruvaymozhi 9.10.3 · verse 3774 of the four thousand
Meaning
O devotees, so that your sorrows may go, with a single mind offer fresh-blown, unwithering flowers, and bow down to the Lord of the universe, the Lord of the immortals, who dwells at Thirukkannapuram, ringed by groves where bees sing.
Word by word
- tuyar pōka
- so that your sorrows go
- ēkamāy
- with a single mind
- viṇṭu vāṭā malar
- fresh-blown, unwithering flowers
- vaṇṭu pāṭum poḻil
- groves where bees sing
- aṇṭa vāṇaṉ
- Lord of the universe
- amarar perumāṉaiyē
- the Lord of the immortals
Tiruvaymozhi 9.10.4 · verse 3775 of the four thousand
Meaning
He is the beloved of young Nappinnai, whose glance is like a doe's; He is honey itself. Offer Him unwithering flowers and bow down: the Lord who loves Thirukkannapuram, ringed by walls that thrust into the sky, will be your refuge.
Word by word
- māṉai nōkki
- she whose glance is like a doe's
- maṭap piṉṉai taṉ kēḷvaṉai
- the beloved of young Nappinnai
- tēṉai
- Him who is honey
- vāṉai untum matiḷ
- walls that thrust into the sky
- tāṉ nayanta perumāṉ
- the Lord who loves (this place)
- caraṇ ākumē
- will be your refuge
Tiruvaymozhi 9.10.5 · verse 3776 of the four thousand
Meaning
He is the refuge of all who reach His feet; He is the Lord who, when death comes, gives them Vaikuntam. The Ruler of the earth, at Thirukkannapuram ringed by walls built as a fortress, is love itself to those who love Him.
Word by word
- caraṇam ākum
- He is the refuge
- taṉa tāḷ aṭaintārkku
- for those who reach His feet
- maraṇam āṉāl
- when death comes
- vaikuntam koṭukkum pirāṉ
- the Lord who gives Vaikuntam
- araṇ amainta matiḷ
- walls built as a fortress
- taraṇiyāḷaṉ
- the Ruler of the earth
Tiruvaymozhi 9.10.6 · verse 3777 of the four thousand
Meaning
He becomes the loving friend of all who reach His feet. He tore apart the body of the asura whose chest was like red gold. The loving One of Thirukkannapuram, ringed by walls of fine gold, is ever true to those who are true to Him.
Word by word
- aṉpaṉ ākum
- He becomes their loving friend
- cem poṉ ākattu avuṇaṉ
- the asura of red-gold chest, Hiranya
- uṭal kīṇṭavaṉ
- He who tore apart the body
- naṉ poṉ ēynta matiḷ
- walls of fine gold
- meyyarkku meyyaṉē
- true to those who are true
Tiruvaymozhi 9.10.7 · verse 3778 of the four thousand
Meaning
He is true to all who worship Him with longing for Him; He is false and far to all who worship Him only outwardly, wanting other things. The Lord of Thirukkannapuram, where vaalai fish leap in the fields, is close to those who hold Him in their hearts.
Word by word
- virumpit toḻuvārkku
- to those who worship with longing
- poyyaṉ ākum
- He is false, out of reach
- puṟamē toḻuvārkku
- to those who worship only outwardly
- ceyyil vāḷai ukaḷum
- where vaalai fish leap in the fields
- ākattu aṇaippārkaṭku
- to those who hold Him in their hearts
- aṇiyaṉē
- He is close
Tiruvaymozhi 9.10.8 · verse 3779 of the four thousand
Meaning
He is close to all who reach His feet. No disease will come near them; He ends their births and takes them as His own. At Thirukkannapuram, ringed by walls set with gems and gold, bow every day to the feet of the Supreme One.
Word by word
- aṇiyaṉ ākum
- He is close
- piṇiyum cārā
- no disease comes near
- piṟavi keṭuttu āḷum
- ends births and takes them as His own
- maṇi poṉ ēynta matiḷ
- walls set with gems and gold
- paramēṭṭi
- the Supreme One
- paṇimiṉ nāḷum
- bow every day
Tiruvaymozhi 9.10.9 · verse 3780 of the four thousand
Meaning
As I bow to His feet every day, my sickness eases and no harm comes near; what can I lack now? For those who reach the First One at Thirukkannapuram, loved by those whose tongues carry the Vedas, there is no distress.
Word by word
- taṇiyum piṇi
- sickness eases
- ētam cārā
- no harm comes near
- iṉi eṉkuṟai
- what can I lack now?
- vēta nāvar
- those whose tongues carry the Vedas
- ātiyāṉai
- the First One
- allal illaiyē
- there is no distress
Tiruvaymozhi 9.10.10 · verse 3781 of the four thousand
Meaning
I have no distress; what can I lack now? He is the Lord on whose holy chest the Lady of the lotus dwells. As one speaks every day of Thirukkannapuram, ringed by walls of stone, sorrow and suffering will not come near.
Word by word
- illai allal
- there is no distress
- alli mātar
- the Lady of the lotus, Lakshmi
- amarum tirumārpiṉaṉ
- He on whose holy chest she dwells
- kallil ēynta matiḷ
- walls of stone
- colla nāḷum
- as one speaks of it every day
- tuyar pāṭu cārāvē
- sorrow and suffering will not come near
Tiruvaymozhi 9.10.11 · verse 3782 of the four thousand
Meaning
You who wish that suffering may never come near, and that karma be cut away with all its clinging: of the thousand Tamil songs sung by Sadagopan, Nammalwar, of Kurugur with its tall mansions, sing these ten, dance, and bow down at His feet.
Word by word
- pāṭu cārā
- that suffering never comes near
- viṉai paṟṟu aṟa
- karma cut away with its clinging
- māṭam nīṭu
- with tall mansions
- kurukūrc caṭakōpaṉ
- Sadagopan of Kurugur
- pāṭi āṭip
- singing and dancing
- paṇimiṉ avaṉ tāḷkaḷē
- bow down at His feet
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.