Tiruvaymozhi 9.7.1 · verse 3739 of the four thousand
Meaning
(The Alwar, as a girl parted from the Lord, sends birds as messengers.) O innocent stork with red legs, who seek your food in the backwater of our seaside grove and rest here happily: will you go as my messenger to our pot-dancer, whose crown wears honeyed tulasi flowers, who dwells at Thirumoozhikkalam? Will you and your kin then set your feet upon my head?
Word by word
- em kāṉal akam kaḻivāy
- in the backwater of our seaside grove
- ceṅkāla maṭa nārāy
- O innocent stork with red legs
- tirumūḻikkaḷattu uṟaiyum
- who dwells at Thirumoozhikkalam
- koṅku ār pūn tuḻāy muṭi
- crown of honeyed tulasi flowers
- kuṭakkūttarkku
- to the pot-dancer, Krishna
- num kālkaḷ eṉ talaimēl
- your feet upon my head
Tiruvaymozhi 9.7.2 · verse 3740 of the four thousand
Meaning
O flocks of herons, deep in love, never parting from your kin, you with your mates: go to Him who dwells at beautiful Moozhikkalam. Here I am blamed even by my own people and brought low because of Him. Am I not fit for Him who lives there among His own? Ask Him that!
Word by word
- numarōṭum piriyātē
- never parting from your kin
- amar kātal kuruku iṉaṅkāḷ
- O flocks of herons, deep in love
- emarālum paḻippuṇṭu
- blamed even by my own people
- iḻippuṇṭu
- brought low
- tamarōṭu aṅku uṟaivārkkut
- to Him who lives there among His own
- takkilamē
- am I not fit?
Tiruvaymozhi 9.7.3 · verse 3741 of the four thousand
Meaning
"Am I not fit?" Ask Him that, O flocks of egrets and herons who seek your food in the wide waters! Ask the Lord who dwells in cool Moozhikkalam, whose eyes, hands and feet are like red lotus blossoms, whose lips are like ripe red fruit, and whose holy body is like the lotus leaf.
Word by word
- kēḷīrkaḷ
- ask Him
- kokku iṉaṅkāḷ kuruku iṉaṅkāḷ
- O flocks of egrets and herons
- cekkamalattu alar pōlum
- like red lotus blossoms
- ceṅkaṉi vāy
- lips like ripe red fruit
- ak kamalattu ilaip pōlum
- like the leaf of that lotus
- tirumēṉi aṭikaḷukkē
- to the Lord of the holy body
Tiruvaymozhi 9.7.4 · verse 3742 of the four thousand
Meaning
O lovely clouds over the rich town of Thirumoozhikkalam, go as the messengers I, of cruel karma, send to the Lord of the holy body. If you say to Him, "Grant her the sight of Your holy form," will He take away the lustre you share with His holy body, and drive you out of the clear sky? Surely not.
Word by word
- tīviṉaiyēṉ viṭu tūtāy
- as messengers sent by me, of cruel karma
- ceḻu nakarvāy
- over the rich town
- aṇi mukilkāḷ
- O lovely clouds
- tirumēṉi avaṭku aruḷīr
- grant her (the sight of) Your holy form
- tirumēṉi oḷi akaṟṟi
- taking away the glow of His body (that you share)
- teḷi vicumpu kaṭiyumē
- will He drive you from the clear sky?
Tiruvaymozhi 9.7.5 · verse 3743 of the four thousand
Meaning
O bright clouds, racing across the clear sky, ringed with fire, where lightning flashes! Go to the shining Light who dwells at Thirumoozhikkalam, whose own holy land is the clear heaven, who dwells in the heart of me, of cruel karma, whose tresses drip with honey: and speak my message to Him.
Word by word
- kaṭitu ōṭi
- racing swiftly
- tī vaḷaittu miṉ ilakum
- ringed with fire, lightning flashing
- oṇcuṭarkku
- to the shining Light
- teḷi vicumpu tirunāṭāt
- whose holy land is the clear heaven
- tuḷi vār kaḷ kuḻalārkku
- to Him whose tresses drip with honey
- tūtu uraittal ceppumiṉē
- speak my message
Tiruvaymozhi 9.7.6 · verse 3744 of the four thousand
Meaning
Speak my message, O swarms of bees whose humming is pure speech! He dwells at Moozhikkalam, whose groves hum with bees drinking honey from the blossoms, and He keeps the Lady upon His chest. If you carry my words to Him as my message, my bright bangles and my garment will be mine again.
Word by word
- tū moḻi vāy vaṇṭu iṉaṅkāḷ
- O swarms of bees whose humming is pure speech
- pōtu iraittu matu nukarum
- humming at blossoms and drinking honey
- mātarait tam mārvakattē
- the Lady upon His chest
- eṉ vāy māṟṟam
- the words of my mouth
- cuṭar vaḷaiyum kalaiyumē
- my bright bangles and my garment
Tiruvaymozhi 9.7.7 · verse 3745 of the four thousand
Meaning
He of spreading fame took my bright bangles and my garment, and left the shoulders of me, of hard karma. He dwells at Thirumoozhikkalam, the lotus-eyed One with lips of radiant coral. O flocks of herons in the spreading groves, see Him one day, and bring me one pure word from Him.
Word by word
- tōḷ tuṟanta
- who left my shoulders, my embrace
- paṭar pukaḻāṉ
- He of spreading fame
- paṅkayakkaṇ
- lotus eyes
- cuṭar pavaḷa vāyaṉaik
- Him with lips of radiant coral
- ōr tūy māṟṟam
- one pure word
- paṇiyīrē
- tell me
Tiruvaymozhi 9.7.8 · verse 3746 of the four thousand
Meaning
Speak one word for me, O swarms of bees and dragonflies, who seek your food in the great groves and stay there to your heart's delight! Speak it to Him who dwells at Thirumoozhikkalam, ringed by strong, mighty walls, whose body is dark as the kaya flowers of the fields, who wears a crown of flowering tulasi.
Word by word
- eṉakku oṉṟu paṇiyīrkaḷ
- speak one word for me
- maṉakku iṉpam paṭa mēvum
- staying there to your heart's delight
- vaṇṭu iṉaṅkāḷ tumpikāḷ
- O swarms of bees and dragonflies
- kaṉakkoḷ tiṇ matiḷ
- strong, mighty walls
- kāyā mēṉip
- body dark as the kaya flower
- pūn tuḻāy muṭiyārkkē
- to Him with a crown of flowering tulasi
Tiruvaymozhi 9.7.9 · verse 3747 of the four thousand
Meaning
O young heron of the brimming waters, tell Him who wears the crown of flowering tulasi, who holds the golden discus in His hand, who dwells at Thirumoozhikkalam: "Her breasts, decked with ornaments, have turned pale, and her two flower-like eyes brim with tears. It is not right for You to take Yourself away from her."
Word by word
- poṉ āḻik kaiyārukku
- to Him with the golden discus in hand
- ēntu nīr iḷam kurukē
- O young heron of the brimming waters
- pūṇ mulai payantu
- ornamented breasts turned pale
- iṇai malark kaṇ nīr tatumpa
- two flower-eyes brimming with tears
- tām tammaikkoṇṭu akaltal
- to take Himself away
- takavu aṉṟu
- it is not right
Tiruvaymozhi 9.7.10 · verse 3748 of the four thousand
Meaning
Tell Him, "It is not right," O swans of stately gait, who seek your food in the wide waters and stay there in great joy! Tell it to Him of Thirumoozhikkalam, before my body wastes away, before my girdle loses its place, before my inner self is gone.
Word by word
- takavu aṉṟu eṉṟu uraiyīrkaḷ
- tell Him "it is not right"
- mēl naṭaiya aṉṉaṅkāḷ
- O swans of stately gait
- mēṉi melivu eyti
- my body wasting away
- mēkalaiyum īṭu aḻintu
- my girdle losing its place
- akamēṉi oḻiyāmē
- before my inner self is gone
Tiruvaymozhi 9.7.11 · verse 3749 of the four thousand
Meaning
These are the words cried out to the shining Light who dwells unceasingly at Thirumoozhikkalam by the girl whose lovely, lisping speech is like a parrot's, and Sadagopan, Nammalwar, of rich Kurugur, flawless, spoke them fittingly. These ten of his imperishable thousand will cut away all sorrow.
Word by word
- oḻivu iṉṟit
- unceasingly
- oṇcuṭarai
- the shining Light
- aṇi maḻalaik kiḷimoḻiyāḷ
- she of lovely, lisping, parrot-like speech
- alaṟṟiya col
- the words she cried out
- vaḻu illā
- flawless
- nōy aṟukkumē
- will cut away sorrow
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.