Tiruvaymozhi 9.2.1 · verse 3684 of the four thousand
Meaning
Holding Your grace from days of old, and the grace of the Lady of the lotus, we have swept Your temple and served You, family after family down many generations. Grant Your grace to us, Your servants: open Your radiant lips and speak, and look on us with Your lotus eyes, O You who lie at Thiruppulingudi, girdled by the cool fields of the Porunal with its clear waves.
Word by word
- paṇṭai nāḷālē
- from days of old
- paṅkayattāḷ
- the Lady of the lotus, Lakshmi
- niṉ kōyil cīyttu
- sweeping Your temple
- kuṭikuṭi vaḻivantu
- coming down family after family
- cōti vāy tiṟantu
- opening Your radiant lips
- teṇ tiraip porunal
- the Porunal (Tamirabarani) of clear waves
- tiruppuḷiṅkuṭik kiṭantāṉē
- O You who lie at Thiruppulingudi
Tiruvaymozhi 9.2.2 · verse 3685 of the four thousand
Meaning
We have lived in Your household and tended it, doing the small services of pure servitude to You, never straying from Your golden feet, coming down in that line. Grant Your grace to us, Your servants: set on my head as an ornament the lotus feet You once stretched out to measure the whole earth, O You who lie at Thiruppulingudi, with its golden walls bearing flags, its groves and cool fields.
Word by word
- kuṭikkiṭantu
- living in Your household
- tīrtta
- pure
- kuṟṟēvalceytu
- doing small, intimate services
- aṭik kaṭavātē
- never straying beyond Your feet
- paṭikku aḷavāka nimirtta
- stretched out to measure the earth (Vamana)
- talaikku aṇiyāy
- make them an ornament for my head
Tiruvaymozhi 9.2.3 · verse 3686 of the four thousand
Meaning
You have lain as long as You have lain; how much longer will You keep Your holy body lying until it aches? Grant Your grace to us, Your servants, who come down in an ancient servitude doing small services without a break. Open Your wide lotus eyes, rise, and sit with Your Lady of the lotus, so that all three spacious worlds may worship You, O You who lie at Thiruppulingudi.
Word by word
- kiṭanta nāḷ kiṭantāy
- You have lain as long as You have lain
- tiruuṭampu acaiya
- till Your holy body aches
- tol aṭimai
- ancient servitude
- taṭam koḷ tāmaraik kaṇ
- wide lotus eyes
- tāmarai maṅkaiyum
- the Lady of the lotus, Lakshmi
- iruntaruḷāy
- graciously sit
Tiruvaymozhi 9.2.4 · verse 3687 of the four thousand
Meaning
You lie at Pulingudi, sit at Varagunamangai and stand at Srivaikuntam: never leave my clear heart, but rule me and grant me Your grace. So that the three cool, glorious worlds wonder, while we dance and stand and shout for joy, come before me, that I may see Your ripe lips glow red like coral set on a rain cloud full of clear water.
Word by word
- puḷiṅkuṭik kiṭantu
- lying at Thiruppulingudi
- varakuṇamaṅkai
- Varagunamangai, where He sits
- vaikuntattuḷ niṉṟu
- standing at Srivaikuntam
- teḷinta eṉ cintaiyakam
- my clear heart
- nāṅkaḷ kūttu āṭi
- we dancing for joy
- paḷiṅku nīr mukiliṉ
- of a cloud full of crystal-clear water
- nī kāṇa vārāyē
- come, that I may see You
Tiruvaymozhi 9.2.5 · verse 3688 of the four thousand
Meaning
Come, that I may see Your ripe coral lips glow red; smile, letting the rays of Your pearly teeth flow like moonlight, and stand before me in grace, Your lotus eyes shining. O You who lie at cool Thiruppulingudi on the Porunal, where conches dwell beneath the spreading coral; You who rode the bird of blazing anger, Garuda, to the pool to end the distress of the great elephant!
Word by word
- pal nilā muttam
- pearly teeth like moonlight
- muṟuval ceytu
- smiling
- tāmarai tayaṅka
- Your lotus eyes shining
- caṅku uṟai porunal
- the Porunal where conches dwell
- kavaḷa mā kaḷiṟṟiṉ
- of the great elephant fed on rice-balls, Gajendra
- kāy ciṉap paṟavai
- the bird of blazing anger, Garuda
Tiruvaymozhi 9.2.6 · verse 3689 of the four thousand
Meaning
Riding the bird of blazing anger, like a dark rain cloud on top of a golden mountain, You stood in front of them burning with wrath, so that Mali and Malyavan, fierce in their anger, fell there. O King of blazing wrath, wearing a radiant crown, Lord of Thiruppulingudi of the bustling fields, You who bear the fiery discus, the conch, the sword, the bow and the mace, and drive away our troubles!
Word by word
- poṉ malaiyiṉ
- of a golden mountain (Garuda)
- mīmicaik kār mukil pōla
- like a dark cloud on its summit
- māli mālimāṉ
- the demons Mali and Malyavan
- katir muṭiyāṉē
- O You of the radiant crown
- kali vayal
- bustling, flourishing fields
- em iṭar kaṭivāṉē
- You who drive away our troubles
Tiruvaymozhi 9.2.7 · verse 3690 of the four thousand
Meaning
You who drive away our troubles and rule me here, and are the same to the gods up there; O You who lie at cool Thiruppulingudi, among ponds where red-petalled lotuses bloom: so that Your devotees see the joyful stir and are glad, so that we rejoice and our hearts overflow with goodness, and so that the foolish people of this world may see, one day sit here before our eyes.
Word by word
- imaiyavar tamakkum
- to the unblinking gods as well
- cem maṭal malarun tāmaraip
- lotuses opening red petals
- kavvaikaṇṭu ukantu
- seeing the joyful stir and rejoicing
- uḷam nalam kūra
- our hearts overflowing with goodness
- im maṭa ulakar
- the foolish people of this world
- iruntiṭāy
- sit (before us)
Tiruvaymozhi 9.2.8 · verse 3691 of the four thousand
Meaning
Before our eyes, let all the people of the world worship Your two feet, rise and bow, and adore You till their love is full, each surpassing the other by the power of their words. O You of Thiruppulingudi, whose mansions touch the moon; You who are in Vaikuntam, O God: here in this great world as well, one day, take Your majestic seat and sit among us.
Word by word
- iṇai aṭi toḻutu
- worshipping Your two feet
- aṉpu āra
- till their love is full
- col valattāl
- by the power of their words
- talaittalaic ciṟantu
- each surpassing the other
- tiṅkaḷ cēr māṭat
- with mansions touching the moon
- vīṟṟu iṭam koṇṭē
- taking a majestic, distinguished seat
Tiruvaymozhi 9.2.9 · verse 3692 of the four thousand
Meaning
Taking Your majestic seat, sit here in this vast, great world, so that we Your servants may praise You without ceasing, our two eyes may grow cool, and we may drink in Your chest, fresh as a new flower. O You of Thiruppulingudi with its lush palms, where young vaalai fish leap from the mud among the red paddy; You who, as death itself, cut down the asura clans at the root, master of fearsome weapons!
Word by word
- pōṟṟi ōvātē
- praising without ceasing
- kaṇ iṇai kuḷira
- so that our two eyes grow cool
- putu malar ākattaip paruka
- to drink in Your chest, fresh as a flower
- cēṟṟu iḷa vāḷai
- young vaalai fish in the mud
- kūṟṟamāy
- as death itself
- koṭuviṉaip paṭaikaḷ vallāṉē
- master of fearsome weapons
Tiruvaymozhi 9.2.10 · verse 3693 of the four thousand
Meaning
Master of fearsome weapons, You who are deadly poison to the asuras, bringing them harm so that the gods' distress may end; You who are my nectar, Lord of Thiruppulingudi of the bustling fields! Your soft feet are pressed by the Lady of the flower, whose beauty has no equal, and by the other, the Lady of the Earth. So that even I, of cruel deeds, may press them too, one day will You not call me, or come to me?
Word by word
- kaṭu viṉai nañcē
- O deadly poison (to the asuras)
- eṉṉuṭai amutē
- O my nectar
- vaṭivu iṇai illā malarmakaḷ
- the Lady of the flower, of matchless beauty
- nilamakaḷ
- the Lady of the Earth, Bhudevi
- piṭikkum mel aṭiyaik
- the soft feet they press
- koṭuviṉaiyēṉum
- even I, of cruel deeds
- kūvutal varutal
- calling me, or coming to me
Tiruvaymozhi 9.2.11 · verse 3694 of the four thousand
Meaning
"Call me, or come to me," pleaded Sadagopan, Nammalwar, lord of the Vazhuthi land on the Porunal of wide waters, who drew near to Him who churned the roaring sea and rested well in Him. Those who can sing these ten among his thousand songs shaped by the tongue will, without ceasing, hold in their hearts the two feet of Him who measured the three worlds.
Word by word
- kurai kaṭal kaṭaintavaṉ
- He who churned the roaring sea
- mēvi naṉku amarnta
- who drew near and rested well in Him
- vaḻuti nāṭaṉ
- lord of the Vazhuthi, Pandya, land
- nā iyal pāṭal
- songs shaped by the tongue
- ōvutal iṉṟi
- without ceasing
- ulakam mūṉṟu aḷantāṉ
- He who measured the three worlds
- uḷḷattu ōrvārē
- will hold in their hearts
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.