Periyalwar Tirumozhi 3.10.1 · verse 318 of the four thousand
Meaning
(Hanuman speaks to Sita in Lanka, giving her signs that he comes from Rama.) O young lady with dark curling hair, hear the humble plea of your servant. He broke the bow of Janaka, who wore a crown thick with gems, and brought you home; and when the great ascetic who had weeded out the kings heard of it and stood in His way, He took that mighty bow and broke the power of his penance. That is one sign.
Word by word
- neṟinta karuṅkuḻal maṭavāy
- O young lady with dark curling hair
- niṉ aṭiyēṉ viṇṇappam
- the humble plea of your servant
- caṉakaṉ cilai iṟuttu
- breaking Janaka's bow
- aracu kaḷaikaṭṭa aruntavattōṉ
- the great ascetic who weeded out kings, Parasurama
- tavattaic citaittatum
- breaking the power of his penance
- ōr aṭaiyāḷam
- one sign, a token of recognition
Periyalwar Tirumozhi 3.10.2 · verse 319 of the four thousand
Meaning
O lady with a garland of lotus flowers, I bow at your feet and make my plea; listen graciously, O tender doe whose two eyes are like flowers. One evening, as you sat happily in a certain place, He playfully bound you there with a great garland of jasmine. That is one sign.
Word by word
- alliyampū malarkkōtāy
- O lady with a garland of lotus flowers
- aṭipaṇintēṉ
- I bow at your feet
- tuṇaimalark kaṇ maṭamāṉē
- O tender doe with twin flower-like eyes
- elliyam pōtu
- one evening
- mallikai mā mālaikoṇṭu
- with a great jasmine garland
- ārttatum
- bound you
Periyalwar Tirumozhi 3.10.3 · verse 320 of the four thousand
Meaning
When Kaikeyi, her heart stirred up, asked for her boons, and the king, his heart in turmoil, could not refuse them and gave Him leave, saying, 'Prince of our line, go and live in the forest', He went away there with Lakshmana. That is one sign.
Word by word
- kalakkiya mā maṉattaṉaḷāyk
- her heart stirred up
- kaikēci varam vēṇṭa
- when Kaikeyi asked for her boons
- malakkiya mā maṉattaṉaṉāy
- his heart in turmoil
- maṉṉavaṉum maṟātu oḻiyak
- and the king could not refuse
- kulakkumarā kāṭu uṟaiyap pō
- prince of our line, go and live in the forest
- ilakkumaṇaṉ taṉṉoṭum
- together with Lakshmana
Periyalwar Tirumozhi 3.10.4 · verse 321 of the four thousand
Meaning
O young lady, Vaidehi, here is my plea; listen graciously, great queen of the lord of Ayodhya, the city adorned with chariots. On the Ganga He made a glorious friendship with Guha, the master of the sharp spear. That is one sign.
Word by word
- vaitēvī
- O Vaidehi, princess of Videha, Sita
- tēr aṇinta ayōttiyarkōṉ
- the lord of Ayodhya adorned with chariots
- peruntēvī
- great queen
- kūr aṇinta vēl valavaṉ
- master of the sharp spear
- kukaṉōṭum kaṅkaitaṉṉiṟ
- with Guha, on the Ganga
- cīr aṇinta tōḻamai
- a glorious friendship
Periyalwar Tirumozhi 3.10.5 · verse 322 of the four thousand
Meaning
O Vaidehi, whose soft glance is like a deer's, here is my plea. When He went along the stony forest paths and lived in the woods, and was staying at Chitrakuta, with its slopes and its groves full of honey, then, O lady of milk-sweet speech, noble Bharata came and bowed down before Him. That is one sign.
Word by word
- māṉ amarum meṉnōkki
- whose soft glance is like a deer's
- kal-atar pōyk
- going along stony paths
- tēṉ amarum poḻiṟ cāral
- slopes with groves full of honey
- cittirakūṭattu iruppap
- while staying at Chitrakuta
- pālmoḻiyāy
- O lady of milk-sweet speech
- paratanampi paṇintatum
- noble Bharata bowed down
Periyalwar Tirumozhi 3.10.6 · verse 323 of the four thousand
Meaning
While you were at Chitrakuta, a little crow pecked at your breast. He took up a weapon and loosed it, and the crow fled through all the worlds; at last it cried, 'O wise Rama, You are my refuge!', and the weapon then took only its eye. That is one sign.
Word by word
- ciṟukākkai mulai tīṇṭa
- a little crow pecked at your breast
- attiramē koṇṭu eṟiya
- taking up a weapon and loosing it
- aṉaittu ulakum tirintu ōṭi
- fleeing through all the worlds
- vittakaṉē irāmāvō
- O wise Rama
- niṉ apayam
- You are my refuge
- ataṉkaṇṇai aṟuttatum
- it took its eye
Periyalwar Tirumozhi 3.10.7 · verse 324 of the four thousand
Meaning
O lady with a waist as slender as lightning, here is the plea of your true servant. When a deer like gold came in and played sweetly before you, my Lord, following your loving wish, took up His bow and went after it; and later, Lakshmana too left you there. That is one sign.
Word by word
- miṉ otta nuṇ- iṭaiyāy
- O lady with a waist slender as lightning
- mey- aṭiyēṉ
- your true servant
- poṉ otta māṉ
- a deer like gold
- niṉ aṉpiṉ vaḻiniṉṟu
- following your loving wish
- cilai piṭittu empirāṉ ēkap
- my Lord took His bow and went
- ilakkumaṇaṉ pirintatum
- Lakshmana too left you
Periyalwar Tirumozhi 3.10.8 · verse 325 of the four thousand
Meaning
O Vaidehi, with tresses dark and full of fine flowers, here is my plea. The king of the monkeys, whose fame matches His, is with Him, searching for you. The lord of Ayodhya, so great in glory, told me these signs Himself. And in proof of all this, here is the very ring from His hand.
Word by word
- mait taku mā malarkkuḻalāy
- O lady with dark tresses full of fine flowers
- otta pukaḻ vāṉarakkōṉ
- the king of monkeys, of matching fame, Sugriva
- niṉait tēṭa
- searching for you
- aṭaiyāḷam ivai moḻintāṉ
- He told these signs
- avaṉ kaim mōtiramē
- the very ring from His hand
Periyalwar Tirumozhi 3.10.9 · verse 326 of the four thousand
Meaning
Seeing the ring of Him whose fame fills every direction, who broke the bow in the midst of the great assembly on the day He went to the fire-sacrifice, Sita of the flowered tresses said, 'Hanuman, the signs are true!' She placed it on her head and rejoiced.
Word by word
- tikku niṟai pukaḻāḷaṉ
- He whose fame fills every direction
- tī vēḷvic ceṉṟa nāḷ
- the day He went to the fire-sacrifice
- vil iṟuttāṉ mōtiram
- the ring of Him who broke the bow
- okkumāl aṭaiyāḷam
- the signs are true
- uccimēl vaittukkoṇṭu
- placing it on her head
- malarkkuḻalāḷ cītaiyumē
- Sita of the flowered tresses
Periyalwar Tirumozhi 3.10.10 · verse 327 of the four thousand
Meaning
These are the signs that glorious, mighty Hanuman told with understanding when he found the young lady Vaidehi. Pattarpiran, Periyalwar, of Puduvai, whose fame fills the earth, sang them. Those who master these songs will dwell in lovely Vaikuntha with the immortals.
Word by word
- vaitēvi taṉaik kaṇṭu
- finding Vaidehi
- cīr ārum tiṟal aṉumaṉ
- glorious, mighty Hanuman
- terintu uraitta aṭaiyāḷam
- the signs he told with understanding
- pār ārum pukaḻp putuvaip
- Puduvai, whose fame fills the earth
- ēr ārum vaikuntattu
- in lovely Vaikuntha
- imaiyavarōṭu
- with the unblinking ones, 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.