Tiruvaymozhi 9.3.1 · verse 3695 of the four thousand
Meaning
He has a greatness all His own: a thousand names, each opening into a thousand more, that protect the seven worlds. His fine body is dark as the rain clouds. He is Narayana; He is our Lord.
Word by word
- ōr āyiramāy
- each becoming a thousand
- ulaku ēḻ aḷikkum
- that protect the seven worlds
- pēr āyiram
- a thousand names
- pīṭu uṭaiyaṉ
- He has greatness
- kār āyiṉa kāḷa nal mēṉiyiṉaṉ
- His fine dark body, like rain clouds
- nārayaṇaṉ
- Narayana
- naṅkaḷ pirāṉ
- our Lord
Tiruvaymozhi 9.3.2 · verse 3696 of the four thousand
Meaning
He alone created the wide earth and lifted it up from the deep; He alone swallowed it, brought it out again, and measured it. He alone is this one, and that one, and the one beyond; we have come to know that He alone is everything else as well.
Word by word
- akal ñālam paṭaittu iṭantāṉ
- created the wide earth and dug it up (Varaha)
- uṇṭu umiḻntāṉ
- swallowed it and brought it out again
- aḷantāṉ
- measured it (Vamana)
- avaṉum avaṉum avaṉum
- this one, that one and the one beyond
- maṟṟu ellāmum
- everything else too
- aṟintaṉamē
- we have come to know
Tiruvaymozhi 9.3.3 · verse 3697 of the four thousand
Meaning
The Vedas and the books of deep meaning know this: take it from them that He is the rare treasure they speak of. All who knew worshipped Hari; they knew Him as the medicine that cuts away every disease.
Word by word
- vēta arum poruḷ nūlkaḷ
- the Vedas and books of deep meaning
- aṟintaṉa koḷka
- accept what they know
- arum poruḷ
- the rare treasure, the hard-won truth
- ariyai vaṇaṅki
- worshipping Hari
- nōykaḷ aṟukkum maruntē
- the medicine that cuts away diseases (of birth)
Tiruvaymozhi 9.3.4 · verse 3698 of the four thousand
Meaning
"Our medicine! Our joy and our delight!" So the great hosts of gods babble about this Lord. He is the dark God, my master, Krishna, the God who grants the heavenly world. O my mind, see that you never let go of Him!
Word by word
- maruntē
- our medicine
- pōka makiḻccikku
- for our joy and delight
- perum tēvar kuḻāṅkaḷ
- the great hosts of gods
- pitaṟṟum pirāṉ
- the Lord of whom they babble
- viṇ ulakam tarum tēvaṉaic
- the God who grants the heavenly world
- cōrēl kaṇṭāy maṉamē
- see, O mind, never let go
Tiruvaymozhi 9.3.5 · verse 3699 of the four thousand
Meaning
O my mind, I of strong karma beg you, and I tell you this weighty word: see that you never slacken in this, in reaching Him who has no equal, who wears a garland of cool, flowering tulasi from the fields.
Word by word
- valviṉaiyēṉ
- I of strong karma
- irantu
- begging
- kaṉamē colliṉēṉ
- I have told you a weighty word
- pūn taṇ tuḻāy alaṅkal
- a garland of cool, flowering tulasi
- iṉam ētum ilāṉai
- Him who has no equal
- aṭaivatumē
- reaching Him
Tiruvaymozhi 9.3.6 · verse 3700 of the four thousand
Meaning
What He reaches for is the shoulders of the beautiful Lady of the flower; what He plunges into is fierce battle against the asuras; what He churns is the nectar in the sea; and my mind melts entirely, all of it for Him alone.
Word by word
- aṇi ār malar maṅkaitōḷ
- the shoulders of the lovely Lady of the flower, Lakshmi
- miṭaivatum
- what He plunges into
- vem pōrkaḷē
- fierce battles
- kaṭaivatum kaṭaluḷ amutam
- what He churns is the nectar in the sea
- eṉ maṉam uṭaivatum
- my mind melting
- oruṅkākavē
- wholly, all together
Tiruvaymozhi 9.3.7 · verse 3701 of the four thousand
Meaning
He became Narasimha, lion and man joined in one body, and with His sharp claws split open the chest of one. My mind thinks of one thing only, with no night and no day: to see the lofty Vaikuntam where He dwells.
Word by word
- ākam cēr naraciṅkam
- Narasimha, man and lion in one body
- vaḷ ukirāl piḷantāṉ
- split open with sharp claws
- māka vaikuntam
- lofty Vaikuntam, high as the sky
- ēkam eṇṇum
- thinks of that one thing
- irāppakal iṉṟiyē
- with no night and day
Tiruvaymozhi 9.3.8 · verse 3702 of the four thousand
Meaning
He destroys both kinds of karma, good and bad, so that they are gone, and saves us so that we never again enter a body. Thiruvenkatam, where He stands, is right here on this wide earth; the gods go there and worship Him with folded hands.
Word by word
- iruviṉaiyum keṭuttu
- destroying both kinds of karma
- yākkai pukāmai
- so that we never enter a body again
- uyyakkoḷvāṉ
- He who saves
- niṉṟa vēṅkaṭam
- Thiruvenkatam, where He stands
- nīḷ nilattu uḷḷatu
- is here on this wide earth
- kaitoḻuvārkaḷē
- worship with folded hands
Tiruvaymozhi 9.3.9 · verse 3703 of the four thousand
Meaning
To worship You, bringing great flowers, water, a lamp and incense, even to say "Let us rise and go": all this seems too much for me. And so, O You who rest on the serpent bed, of flawless, ancient fame, I do not know how I may embrace Your feet.
Word by word
- mā malar nīr cuṭar tūpam
- great flowers, water, lamp and incense
- eḻutum eṉṉum itu
- even saying "let us rise and go"
- mikai ātaliṉ
- since it is too much
- pāmpu aṇaip paḷḷiyāy
- O You who rest on the serpent bed
- taḻuvumāṟu aṟiyēṉ
- I do not know how to embrace
- uṉa tāḷkaḷē
- Your feet
Tiruvaymozhi 9.3.10 · verse 3704 of the four thousand
Meaning
Brahma, seated on the lotus with its stalk, lives in Your navel; Shiva, who wields the long, bright axe, lives in Your body. The immortals worship You as Your servants. How can I praise, day after day, Your gracious nature, that You keep them all so close?
Word by word
- tāḷa tāmaraiyāṉ
- he of the long-stalked lotus, Brahma
- uṉatu untiyāṉ
- lives in Your navel
- vāḷ koḷ nīḷ maḻu āḷi
- he who wields the long bright axe, Shiva
- uṉ ākattāṉ
- lives in Your body
- āḷarāyt toḻuvārum
- those who worship as servants
- cīlamē
- gracious nature, mingling freely with lesser ones
Tiruvaymozhi 9.3.11 · verse 3705 of the four thousand
Meaning
Sadagopan, Nammalwar, of long Kurugur, is an ornament at the feet of the Lord whose gracious nature has no limit. Of his garland of a thousand verses, for those who belong to these ten, ascending to Vaikuntam is their natural portion.
Word by word
- cīlam ellai ilāṉ
- He whose gracious nature has no limit
- aṭimēl aṇi
- an ornament at His feet
- kurukūrc caṭakōpaṉ
- Sadagopan of Kurugur, Nammalwar
- mālai āyirattuḷ
- of the garland of a thousand
- vaikuntam ēṟutal
- ascending to Vaikuntam
- pāṉmaiyē
- their natural portion
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.