Tiruvaymozhi 9.4.1 · verse 3706 of the four thousand
Meaning
O Thirumal, on whose holy chest dwells the Lady of dark, kohl-lined eyes, who glows red upon the lotus flower! O You whose hands bear the blazing, radiant discus and the spiralled conch! My eyes long to see You.
Word by word
- mai ār karuṅkaṇṇi
- she of dark eyes lined with kohl
- kamala malarmēl ceyyāḷ
- the red-hued Lady on the lotus, Lakshmi
- tirumārviṉil cēr
- who dwells on Your holy chest
- tirumālē
- O Thirumal, Lord of Sri
- veyyār cuṭar āḻi
- the blazing, radiant discus
- curi caṅkam
- the spiralled conch
- kāṇak karutum eṉ kaṇṇē
- my eyes long to see
Tiruvaymozhi 9.4.2 · verse 3707 of the four thousand
Meaning
O my Eye! Longing to see You, my heart stands with a mind that holds only that one thought, and cries it aloud. You are forever hard to see, even for the gods and sages; yet I call out, "I will not stop until I reach You."
Word by word
- kaṇṇē
- O my eye, dearest one
- eṇṇē koṇṭa cintaiyatāy
- a mind holding only that thought
- iyampum
- cries aloud
- kāṇpu ariyāyai
- You who are hard to see
- naṇṇātoḻiyēṉ
- I will not stop until I reach You
- nāṉ aḻaippaṉē
- I call out
Tiruvaymozhi 9.4.3 · verse 3708 of the four thousand
Meaning
As I call, I, a dog of a servant, find my heart melting and fawning, like a dog wagging its stumpy tail. O You who once lifted the hill against the rain and saved the herds of cattle! "Your grace is slipping away from me," I cry, and I am bewildered.
Word by word
- aṭināyēṉ
- I, a dog of a servant
- kūḻai vālāl
- with its stumpy tail
- uḷḷam kuḻaiyum
- my heart melts and fawns
- kuṉṟam eṭuttu ānirai kāttāy
- You lifted the hill and saved the cattle
- piḻaikkiṉṟatu aruḷ
- Your grace is failing me
- pētuṟuvaṉē
- I am bewildered
Tiruvaymozhi 9.4.4 · verse 3709 of the four thousand
Meaning
Thinking "This is what is right for me," I became Your servant; yet my foolish heart is troubled, asking, "What shall I gain from You, and when?" O Lord, O Hari, ever hard to know for the gods and for the danavas alike!
Word by word
- uṟuvatu itu
- this is what is fitting
- uṉakku āḷ paṭṭu
- becoming Your servant
- pētaiyēṉ neñcam
- my foolish heart
- maṟukal ceyyum
- is troubled, restless
- vāṉavar tāṉavarkku
- for the gods and the danavas
- ariyāya ammāṉē
- O Lord who is Hari
Tiruvaymozhi 9.4.5 · verse 3710 of the four thousand
Meaning
My heart's one intent is to see the feet of the dark One who reclines on the bed of the striped, gleaming serpent: the Lord who is Hari, the Lord of the immortals, the Great One, who long ago created Brahma.
Word by word
- amarar pirāṉai
- the Lord of the immortals
- periyāṉai
- the Great One
- piramaṉai muṉ paṭaittāṉai
- who created Brahma long ago
- vari vāḷ araviṉ
- of the striped, gleaming serpent
- kariyāṉ kaḻal
- the feet of the dark One
- karutum karuttē
- my mind's intent
Tiruvaymozhi 9.4.6 · verse 3711 of the four thousand
Meaning
O You who are my every thought! Longing to see You, I have seated You firmly in my heart. O Ancient One of all the gods, O Unique One high above in shining, radiant light: my heart thinks of You with joy.
Word by word
- karuttē
- O You who are my thought
- iruttāka iruttiṉēṉ
- I have seated You firmly
- viruttā
- O Ancient One, Elder
- viḷaṅkum cuṭarccōti
- shining, radiant light
- oruttā
- O Unique One
- uḷḷam ukantē
- my heart, with joy
Tiruvaymozhi 9.4.7 · verse 3712 of the four thousand
Meaning
O Pure One, You have gladly come into my heart, which thinks of You, and settled there, making it Your home! O You who took the form of Narasimha and with Your nails tore in two the broad chest of the overbearing danava!
Word by word
- uḷḷattu akampāl
- deep within my heart
- iṭam koṇṭa amalā
- O Pure One who made it Your home
- mikum tāṉavaṉ
- the overbearing danava, Hiranya
- mārvu akalam iru kūṟā
- his broad chest into two
- nakantāy
- You tore with Your nails
- naraciṅkam atu āya uruvē
- O form that became Narasimha
Tiruvaymozhi 9.4.8 · verse 3713 of the four thousand
Meaning
He stood as the adversary of all six schools of belief that took shape in the world. He is the First One, the subtle inner self of all things; He is Krishna, the source of all the gods. Him I have seen!
Word by word
- āṟu camayaṅkaṭku
- to the six schools of belief
- poru āki niṉṟāṉ
- He stood as their adversary
- aru ākiya ātiyai
- the First One, the subtle inner self
- karu ākiya kaṇṇaṉai
- Krishna, the source
- kaṇṭukoṇṭēṉē
- I have seen Him
Tiruvaymozhi 9.4.9 · verse 3714 of the four thousand
Meaning
I have seen Him, and my two eyes rejoiced till they were full. Cutting away my old karma together with its attachments, I sang garlands of words for His servants to feast on like nectar: I, the servant of the Lord of the immortals of all the worlds.
Word by word
- kaṇ iṇai ārak kaḷittu
- my two eyes rejoicing to the full
- paṇṭai viṉaiyāyiṉa
- the old karma
- paṟṟōṭu aṟuttu
- cutting away along with attachments
- toṇṭarkku amutu uṇṇa
- for the servants to feast as on nectar
- col mālaikaḷ
- garlands of words
- aṇṭattu amarar perumāṉ
- the Lord of the immortals of the worlds
Tiruvaymozhi 9.4.10 · verse 3715 of the four thousand
Meaning
"This one is My servant," said the Tall One, and showered His full grace on me. He of complete glory, whose banner bears the bird of beautiful wings, Garuda; He whose feet measured the whole world, leaving nothing out. I, His servant, have reached Him: oh, how I have been saved!
Word by word
- aṭiyāṉ ivaṉ
- this one is My servant
- ār aruḷ ceyyum
- who showers full grace
- neṭiyāṉai
- the Tall One
- am ciṟaip puḷḷiṉ koṭiyāṉai
- He whose banner bears the bird of lovely wings
- kuṉṟāmal ulakam aḷanta
- who measured the world leaving nothing out
- uyntavāṟē
- oh, how I have been saved!
Tiruvaymozhi 9.4.11 · verse 3716 of the four thousand
Meaning
Sadagopan, Nammalwar, of southern Kurugur with its muddy fields, sang of Him who crushed the elephant whose rage never cooled. These ten among the thousand he sang will bring high honour, making those who recite them dear as life to the immortals.
Word by word
- āṟā matayāṉai
- the elephant whose rut and rage never cooled
- aṭarttavaṉ taṉṉai
- Him who crushed it
- cēṟu ār vayal
- fields rich with mud
- teṉ kurukūrc caṭakōpaṉ
- Sadagopan of southern Kurugur
- ēṟē tarum
- will grant high honour
- vāṉavar tam iṉ uyirkkē
- to be the dear life of the immortals
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.