Periyalwar Tirumozhi 1.6.1 · verse 75 of the four thousand
Meaning
(Yashoda asks her baby to clap His hands.) With Your jewelled ankle bells jingling, with the little bell of the finest refined gold at Your waist, with the pearls of Your coral mouth shining, clap Your hands, sappani, with the hands that long ago took the world as Your own! Little one with dark curls, sappani!
Word by word
- māṇikkak kiṇkiṇi ārppa
- jewelled ankle bells jingling
- āṇip poṉṉāṟ ceyta
- made of the finest gold
- pavaḷavāy muttuilaṅka
- the pearls (teeth) of the coral mouth shining
- kāṇi koṇṭa kaikaḷāl
- with the hands that took the land as Your own (as Vamana)
- cappāṇi
- clap your hands (a baby's game)
- karuṅkuḻaṟ kuṭṭaṉē
- O little one with dark curls
Periyalwar Tirumozhi 1.6.2 · verse 76 of the four thousand
Meaning
With the golden waist-string and the jewelled ankle bells swaying on Your waist, and the matchless pendant on Your forehead swinging low, climb down from my hip and clap Your hands sitting on the lap of the king of your cowherds! O wondrous one, clap Your hands, sappani!
Word by word
- poṉ araināṇoṭu
- with the golden waist-string
- taṉic cuṭṭi tāḻntu āṭa
- the matchless forehead pendant swinging low
- eṉ arai mēlniṉṟu iḻintu
- climbing down from my hip
- āyartam maṉ
- the king of the cowherds, Nandagopa
- koṭṭāy
- clap
- māyavaṉē
- O wondrous one
Periyalwar Tirumozhi 1.6.3 · verse 77 of the four thousand
Meaning
My sapphire-hued one, with Your shining golden ear-studs, as if set with many gems, pearls and sweet coral, and with the pearls of Your lovely mouth gleaming, clap Your hands for Your mother, sitting upon her! O You with the discus in Your beautiful hand, sappani!
Word by word
- pal maṇi muttu iṉpavaḷam
- many gems, pearls and sweet coral
- patittaṉṉa
- as if set together
- eṉ maṇivaṇṇaṉ
- my sapphire-hued one
- ilaṅku poṟ tōṭṭiṉ
- of the shining golden ear-studs
- niṉ maṇivāy muttu ilaṅka
- the pearls of Your lovely mouth gleaming
- āḻiyaṅ kaiyaṉē
- O You with the discus in Your lovely hand
Periyalwar Tirumozhi 1.6.4 · verse 78 of the four thousand
Meaning
You call out, "Moon of the sky, Ambuli, Chandra, come and play in our courtyard bright with pure moonlight!" So that the king of the cowherds, who stands there praising You, may glow with joy, clap Your hands! O You who lie at Thirukkudanthai, sappani!
Word by word
- tū nilāmuṟṟattē
- in the courtyard bright with pure moonlight
- vāṉ nilā ampulī cantirā
- moon of the sky, Ambuli, Chandra
- niṟ pukaḻāniṉṟa
- who stands there praising You
- āyartam kō
- the king of the cowherds
- nilāva
- so that he may glow with joy
- kuṭantaik kiṭantāṉē
- O You who lie at Thirukkudanthai
Periyalwar Tirumozhi 1.6.5 · verse 79 of the four thousand
Meaning
You bring mud and dust in a little basket and press it all down, then slip into the house without anyone knowing and eat the curd from the pot and the butter from the jar. O little stray calf, clap Your hands! Padmanabha, clap Your hands, sappani!
Word by word
- puṭṭiyiṟ cēṟum puḻutiyum
- mud and dust in a little basket
- aṭṭi amukki
- heaping it and pressing it down
- akam pukku aṟiyāmē
- entering the house unnoticed
- caṭṭit tayirum taṭāviṉil veṇṇeyum
- curd from the pot and butter from the jar
- paṭṭik kaṉṟē
- O little stray calf, who wanders into others' fields
- paṟpanāpā
- O Padmanabha, lotus-navelled one
Periyalwar Tirumozhi 1.6.6 · verse 80 of the four thousand
Meaning
The hundred brothers would not heed their father's word, and kings came pressing into the war, eager to rule the land. So that they all fell, You drove the chariot that day for the five Pandavas. With those hands that drove the chariot, clap Your hands! O lion cub of Devaki, sappani!
Word by word
- nūṟṟuvar
- the hundred, the Kauravas
- tantai coṟ koḷḷātu
- not heeding their father's word
- pōr uyttu
- pushing on to war
- maṇ āḷap pāritta maṉṉar
- kings eager to rule the land
- pañcavarkku
- for the five, the Pandavas
- tēr uytta kaikaḷāl
- with the hands that drove the chariot
- tēvaki ciṅkamē
- O lion cub of Devaki
Periyalwar Tirumozhi 1.6.7 · verse 81 of the four thousand
Meaning
When You, as Rama, begged the vast, deep sea that lay spread before You, its dashing waves struck the very hands that begged, and the sea stayed hidden. With the hands that then took up the arrow until the sea was churned in fear, clap Your hands! O You with the Sarnga bow in Your hand, sappani!
Word by word
- paṭukaṭal taṉṉai
- the deep sea
- irantiṭṭa kaimmēl
- on the hands that begged
- eṟitirai mōtak
- the dashing waves striking
- karantiṭṭu niṉṟa
- that stayed hidden
- kaṭalaik kalaṅkac
- so that the sea was churned in fear
- caran toṭṭa kaikaḷāl
- with the hands that took up the arrow
- cārṅka viṟkaiyaṉē
- O You with the Sarnga bow in hand
Periyalwar Tirumozhi 1.6.8 · verse 82 of the four thousand
Meaning
With the monkey hosts You pressed back the roaring sea and built the bridge, and with Your killing arrows You pressed hard on the rakshasas of Lanka, girt by vast waters, until they perished. With those hands clap Your hands! O You with the discus in Your lovely hand, sappani!
Word by word
- kurakku iṉattālē
- with the monkey hosts
- kuraikaṭal
- the roaring sea
- aṇai kaṭṭi
- building the bridge
- nīḷ nīr ilaṅkai
- Lanka, girt by vast waters
- arakkar aviya
- so that the rakshasas perished
- aṭu kaṇaiyālē
- with killing arrows
- nēmiyaṅ kaiyaṉē
- O You with the discus in Your lovely hand
Periyalwar Tirumozhi 1.6.9 · verse 83 of the four thousand
Meaning
When Hiranya struck the pillar he had picked out, You grew right there in the form of a lion with sword-sharp claws, and with Your hands You reached his heart and split open his wide, broad chest. With those hands clap Your hands! O You who drank at the demoness's breast, sappani!
Word by word
- aḷantu iṭṭa tūṇai
- the pillar he had picked out
- avaṉ taṭṭa
- as he struck it
- vāḷ ukirc ciṅka uruvāy
- in the form of a lion with sword-sharp claws
- uḷan toṭṭu
- reaching his heart
- oṇmārvu akalam
- the broad, wide chest
- pēy mulai uṇṭāṉē
- O You who drank at the demoness's breast
Periyalwar Tirumozhi 1.6.10 · verse 84 of the four thousand
Meaning
When the immortals came to You for help, You pressed into the deep sea, set Mandara mountain in it as the churning rod, wound Vasuki round it as the strong rope, and churned. With the hands that churned clap Your hands! O You with the colour of the dark rain cloud, sappani!
Word by word
- aṭaintiṭṭu amararkaḷ
- the immortals coming to You
- mantaram mattāka nāṭṭi
- setting Mandara as the churning rod
- vācuki vaṉkayiṟu ākak
- Vasuki, the serpent, as the strong rope
- kaṭaintiṭṭa kaikaḷāl
- with the hands that churned
- kārmukil vaṇṇaṉē
- O You with the colour of the rain cloud
Periyalwar Tirumozhi 1.6.11 · verse 85 of the four thousand
Meaning
He appeared as king of the cowherds to take us into His service. Pattan of Villiputhur, with its groves of flowers fragrant every day, sang with longing these twice five verses asking Him to clap His hands. Those who recite them with longing will see their karma leave them.
Word by word
- āṭkoḷḷat tōṉṟiya
- who appeared to take us into His service
- nāṭkamaḻ pūmpoḻil
- flower groves fragrant every day
- villiputtūrp paṭṭaṉ
- Pattan of Srivilliputhur, Periyalwar
- vēṭkaiyāl
- with longing
- īraintum
- twice five, all ten
- viṉai pōtumē
- karma will leave
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.