Periyalwar Tirumozhi 1.8.1 · verse 97 of the four thousand
Meaning
(Yashoda calls her child to come and hug her.) With golden ankle bells, and the forehead pendant tied at the back, their own sound going chalan-chalan, like a cloud lit with lightning rushing towards me, come running to my hip! Accho, accho! My Lord, come, accho, accho!
Word by word
- poṉ iyal kiṇkiṇi
- golden ankle bells
- cuṭṭi puṟaṅ kaṭṭit
- with the forehead pendant tied at the back
- calaṉ-calaṉ
- the jingling sound
- miṉ iyal mēkam
- a cloud lit with lightning
- eṉ iṭaikku ōṭṭarā
- come running to my hip
- accō accō
- come and hug me (a mother's call)
Periyalwar Tirumozhi 1.8.2 · verse 98 of the four thousand
Meaning
Like bees drinking honey in red lotus flowers, Your curls crowd around Your coral mouth. With Your lovely hands that bear the conch, the bow, the sword, the mace and the discus, come, accho, accho! Come and hug me close, accho, accho!
Word by word
- ceṅkamalap pūviṟ tēṉ uṇṇum vaṇṭē pōl
- like bees drinking honey in red lotus flowers
- paṅkikaḷ
- locks of hair, curls
- pavaḷavāy moyppa
- crowding around the coral mouth
- caṅku vil vāḷ taṇṭu cakkaram
- conch, bow, sword, mace and discus, His five weapons
- ārat taḻuvāy
- hug me close
Periyalwar Tirumozhi 1.8.3 · verse 99 of the four thousand
Meaning
You went as messenger for the five Pandavas and brought about the Bharata war. You entered the fine pool where the poison-spitting serpent lay, leapt onto its hoods till it cowered in fear, and then showed it mercy. O You with the colour of kohl, accho, accho! O Lord of the cowherds, accho, accho!
Word by word
- pañcavar tūtaṉāyp
- as messenger of the five Pandavas
- pāratam kaiceytu
- bringing about the Bharata war
- nañcu umiḻ nākam
- the poison-spitting serpent, Kaliya
- paṇattiṉmēl pāyntiṭṭu
- leaping onto its hoods
- aruḷceyta
- showed mercy
- āyar perumāṉē
- O Lord of the cowherds
Periyalwar Tirumozhi 1.8.4 · verse 100 of the four thousand
Meaning
When You said to her, "Give us a little of that fragrant sandal paste," she trusted You and smeared it on Your holy body. And that day You stroked her deep-set hunch so that it sank back inside and she stood up straight. Accho, accho! My Lord, come, accho, accho!
Word by word
- nāṟiya cāntam
- fragrant sandal paste
- iṟai nalku
- give a little
- tēṟi avaḷum
- she, trusting You (the hunchbacked woman of Mathura)
- ūṟiya kūṉiṉai
- the deep-set hunch
- uḷḷē oṭuṅka
- so that it sank back inside
- ēṟa uruviṉāy
- You stroked it straight
Periyalwar Tirumozhi 1.8.5 · verse 101 of the four thousand
Meaning
Duryodhana, full of crooked scheming, shone like the sun with warrior kings around him. He began to rise when You came, then sat back again and stared at You, and You looked at him with blazing eyes. Accho, accho! O You with the discus in Your lovely hand, accho, accho!
Word by word
- kaḻal maṉṉar cūḻak
- surrounded by kings wearing warrior anklets
- katir pōl viḷaṅki
- shining like the sun
- eḻaluṟṟu mīṇṭē iruntu
- beginning to rise, then sitting back again
- cuḻalai peritu uṭait
- full of crooked scheming
- tuccōtaṉaṉai
- Duryodhana
- aḻala viḻittāṉē
- You who glared with blazing eyes
Periyalwar Tirumozhi 1.8.6 · verse 102 of the four thousand
Meaning
To lift the burden from this earth, You brought the whole war about, and You drove the chariot well for Vijaya, Arjuna, who wore a rich garland. O dark Kannan with large eyes, whose body is like the rain cloud, come and hug me close, accho, accho! Fighting bull of the cowherds, accho, accho!
Word by word
- ip pūmippoṟai tīrppāṉ
- to lift the burden from this earth
- tēr okka ūrntāy
- You drove the chariot well
- ceḻuntār vicayaṟkāy
- for Vijaya (Arjuna), with the rich garland
- kār okku mēṉik
- with a body like the rain cloud
- karum peruṅ kaṇṇaṉē
- O dark Kannan with large eyes
- āyarkaḷ pōrēṟē
- O fighting bull of the cowherds
Periyalwar Tirumozhi 1.8.7 · verse 103 of the four thousand
Meaning
At the sacrifice of Mahabali, whose fame was very great, Sukra said, "This is not right," and tried to stop the gift. You, with the discus in Your hand, poked his eye with a blade of grass. Accho, accho! O You with the conch on Your left, accho, accho!
Word by word
- mikka perumpukaḻ māvali
- Mahabali of very great fame
- takkatu itu aṉṟu
- this is not right
- tāṉam vilakkiya
- who tried to stop the gift
- cukkiraṉ
- Sukra, Mahabali's guru
- turumpāṟ kiḷaṟiya
- poked with a blade of grass
- caṅkam iṭattāṉē
- O You with the conch on Your left
Periyalwar Tirumozhi 1.8.8 · verse 104 of the four thousand
Meaning
Namuchi said stubbornly, "What trickery is this? My father did not know who You were! Measure the land in the form You had before!" You whirled him round in the sky, You with the shining crown. Accho, accho! O You who dwell on Thiruvenkatam, accho, accho!
Word by word
- eṉ itu māyam
- what trickery is this?
- eṉ appaṉ aṟintilaṉ
- my father did not know
- muṉṉaiya vaṇṇamē koṇṭu aḷavāy
- measure in the form You had before
- namuciyai
- Namuchi, Mahabali's son
- vāṉiṟ cuḻaṟṟiya
- who whirled him in the sky
- vēṅkaṭavāṇaṉē
- O You who dwell on Thiruvenkatam
Periyalwar Tirumozhi 1.8.9 · verse 105 of the four thousand
Meaning
"The oceans, the mountains and the seven worlds that I have seen are not enough to fill this skull! O cloud-hued Lord!" So cried Shiva, with flower-wreathed matted hair, begging for alms, and You filled his skull bowl. Accho, accho! O You with the mark of Sri on Your chest, accho, accho!
Word by word
- muṇṭattukku āṟṟā
- not enough to fill the skull
- mukilvaṇṇā
- O cloud-hued Lord
- iṇṭaic caṭaimuṭi īcaṉ
- Shiva, with flower-wreathed matted hair
- irakkoḷḷa
- begging for alms
- maṇṭai niṟaittāṉē
- You who filled the skull bowl
- mārvil maṟuvaṉē
- O You with the mark (Srivatsa) on Your chest
Periyalwar Tirumozhi 1.8.10 · verse 106 of the four thousand
Meaning
When a thick, great darkness closed round and covered the world, and the four eternal Vedas were all lost to sight, then, to drive that great darkness from this world, You became the swan. Accho, accho! O You who gave back the precious Vedas, accho, accho!
Word by word
- tuṉṉiya pēriruḷ
- thick, great darkness
- maṉṉiya nāṉmaṟai
- the four eternal Vedas
- muṟṟum maṟaintiṭap
- all lost to sight
- aṉṉamatu āṉāṉē
- You who became the swan (Hamsa)
- arumaṟai tantāṉē
- You who gave the precious Vedas
Periyalwar Tirumozhi 1.8.11 · verse 107 of the four thousand
Meaning
Narayana stands before those who long for Him, and the cowherd woman called Him, "Accho, come!" Pattan, lord of Puduvai with its many-storeyed mansions, told it in these words. Those who sing them every day will rule the vast heaven.
Word by word
- naccuvār muṉ niṟkum
- who stands before those who long for Him
- accō varuka
- come and hug me!
- maccu aṇi māṭap
- with many-storeyed mansions
- putuvaikkōṉ paṭṭaṉ
- Pattan, lord of Puduvai, Periyalwar
- niccalum
- every day
- nīḷ vicumpu āḷvarē
- will rule the vast heaven
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.