Periyalwar Tirumozhi 5.4.1 · verse 463 of the four thousand
Meaning
You who own cool Thiruvenkatam with its towering peaks! Nambi, who stand there so that the world may live! Damodara, gracious and clever One! I have had myself and all that is mine stamped with the seal of Your discus, and I live seeking only Your grace. What is Your holy will now?
Word by word
- ceṉṉi ōṅku
- with towering peaks
- ulaku taṉṉai vāḻa niṉṟa nampī
- Nambi, who stands so the world may live
- tāmōtarā catirā
- Damodara, clever One
- eṉ uṭaimaiyaiyum
- all that is mine
- cakkarap poṟi oṟṟikkoṇṭu
- stamped with the seal of the discus
- iṉi eṉ tirukkuṟippē?
- what is Your holy will now?
Periyalwar Tirumozhi 5.4.2 · verse 464 of the four thousand
Meaning
Supreme Person who rides the bird! Ever since You took me as Your own, the ocean called birth is drying up into firm ground; the forest of sin that brings death has caught fire and is burning away; and the river of nectar called knowledge has risen from its source and is flowing to the brim.
Word by word
- paṟavai ēṟu paramapuruṭā
- Supreme Person who rides the bird, Garuda
- kaikkoṇṭapiṉ
- since You took me as Your own
- piṟavi eṉṉum kaṭalum vaṟṟip
- the ocean called birth drying up
- iṟavu ceyyum pāvak kāṭu
- the forest of sin that brings death
- aṟivai eṉṉum amuta-āṟu
- the river of nectar called knowledge
Periyalwar Tirumozhi 5.4.3 · verse 465 of the four thousand
Meaning
My Master, my family's God, my Lord! The good I have gained by being Yours, who else in this world could gain? All the sins in the land, which throw a man down and crush him as Yama does, have let go of me without a sound, run away, and leapt into the bushes to hide.
Word by word
- emmaṉā
- my Master
- eṉ kulateyvamē
- my family's God
- niṉṉuḷēṉāyp peṟṟa naṉmai
- the good gained by being Yours
- nammaṉ pōlē
- like Yama
- cummeṉātē
- without a sound
- tūṟukaḷ pāyntaṉavē
- leapt into the bushes
Periyalwar Tirumozhi 5.4.4 · verse 466 of the four thousand
Meaning
As they churned the ocean, took the nectar and filled a pot with it, so, my body melting, my mouth wide open, I have drunk You in and filled myself with You. Even cruel Death can no longer come within reach of my staff. O You whose shoulders are like great mountains, You who hold the discus, valiant bearer of the bow Sarnga!
Word by word
- kaṭal kaṭaintu amutam koṇṭu
- churning the ocean and taking the nectar
- uṭal uruki
- my body melting
- uṉṉai niṟaittukkoṇṭēṉ
- I filled myself with You
- koṭumai ceyyum kūṟṟamum
- even cruel Death
- kuṟukap peṟā
- cannot come near
- cakkarapāṇī
- You who hold the discus
- cārṅka viṟ cēvakaṉē
- valiant bearer of the bow Sarnga
Periyalwar Tirumozhi 5.4.5 · verse 467 of the four thousand
Meaning
As gold is rubbed on the touchstone until its true colour shows, I have rubbed You on my tongue, with no trace of alloy. I have taken You and placed You within me, and I have placed myself in You as well. My Father, my Hrishikesa, guardian of my life!
Word by word
- uraikal mītē
- on the touchstone
- niṟam eḻa uraittāṟ pōl
- as one rubs it till the colour shows
- māṟṟiṉṟi
- with no trace of alloy
- uṉṉaik koṇṭu eṉṉuḷ vaittēṉ
- I took You and placed You within me
- eṉṉaiyum uṉṉil iṭṭēṉ
- I placed myself in You too
- eṉ uyirk kāvalaṉē
- guardian of my life
Periyalwar Tirumozhi 5.4.6 · verse 468 of the four thousand
Meaning
All Your valiant deeds, not one left out, I have painted along the walls of my heart. O Rama Nambi, who took the axe in Your right hand so that the kings were brought low! My Lord, now that You have come to me, where could You go?
Word by word
- uṉṉuṭaiya vikkiramam
- Your valiant deeds
- oṉṟu oḻiyāmal
- not one left out
- cuvarvaḻi eḻutikkoṇṭēṉ
- I have painted along the walls
- maṉ aṭaṅka
- so that the kings were brought low
- maḻu valaṅkaik
- the axe in the right hand, as Parasurama
- iṉi eṅkup pōkiṉṟatē?
- where could You go now?
Periyalwar Tirumozhi 5.4.7 · verse 469 of the four thousand
Meaning
Like the Pandya lord of his clan, who carved the fish emblem on the mountain, You have carved Your red feet, full of beauty, on my head. My tongue has grown beautiful with ever saying Your words, You broke the tusk! You crushed the wrestlers! and You have made me wholly Yours.
Word by word
- paruppatattuk kayal poṟitta
- who carved the fish emblem on the mountain
- pāṇṭiyar kulapati pōl
- like the Pandya lord of the clan
- tirup polinta cēvaṭi
- red feet full of beauty
- ceṉṉiyiṉ mēl poṟittāy
- You carved on my head
- maruppu ocittāy mal aṭarttāy
- You broke the tusk, You crushed the wrestlers
- uṉakku urittu ākkiṉaiyē
- You made me wholly Yours
Periyalwar Tirumozhi 5.4.8 · verse 470 of the four thousand
Meaning
Setting Ananta and Garuda lightly aside, You came into my mind, settled there, and made me live, my Lord. Standing within me, thinking of You, melting, my eyes welling over with tears, just by thinking of You I have had all my weariness end, O tall One who holds the discus.
Word by word
- aṉantaṉpālum karuṭaṉpālum
- with Ananta and with Garuda
- aitu noytāka vaittu
- setting them lightly aside
- maṉantaṉuḷḷē vantu vaiki
- coming and settling in my mind
- kaṇkaḷ acumpu oḻuka
- eyes welling over with tears
- ciramam tīrntēṉ
- my weariness has ended
- nēmi neṭiyavaṉē
- tall One who holds the discus
Periyalwar Tirumozhi 5.4.9 · verse 471 of the four thousand
Meaning
Wondrous Bridegroom, Nambi! You gave up Your old habit of lying on the cool ocean and came running to live in the ocean of my mind. Calling You again and again, peerless Ocean, peerless Light, peerless World, I am to be Your dwelling place: so You have made me wholly Yours.
Word by word
- paṉik kaṭalil paḷḷi- kōḷaip
- lying on the cool ocean
- paḻakaviṭṭu ōṭivantu
- giving up that habit and running here
- maṉak kaṭalil
- in the ocean of my mind
- māya maṇāḷa nampī
- wondrous Bridegroom, Nambi
- taṉik kaṭalē taṉic cuṭarē
- peerless Ocean, peerless Light
- uṉakku iṭamāy irukka
- to be Your dwelling place
Periyalwar Tirumozhi 5.4.10 · verse 472 of the four thousand
Meaning
Like a long white banner fluttering and flashing on a great mountain, You appear within my heart as a blaze of light, my radiant Nambi! Your great seat in the north, Vaikuntha, and walled Dwaraka: You have made light of all these dwelling places, and taken Your dwelling in me.
Word by word
- taṭa varaivāy
- on a great mountain
- tavaḷa neṭuṅkoṭi pōl
- like a long white banner
- eṉ cōti nampī
- my radiant Nambi
- matiṟ tuvarāpatiyum
- and walled Dwaraka
- iṭa vakaikaḷ ikaḻntiṭṭu
- making light of those dwelling places
- eṉpāl iṭavakai koṇṭaṉaiyē
- You have taken Your dwelling in me
Periyalwar Tirumozhi 5.4.11 · verse 473 of the four thousand
Meaning
Vishnuchitta, Periyalwar, born in the clan of the Veyar, sang of the Cowherd who has made His temple in his mind: the Lord the colour of a rich, cool cloud, the bull of the cowherds, King of the gods, the nectar of the Vedic seers. Those who can sing of Him, keeping close to Him like His shadow, will themselves be among His intimate attendants.
Word by word
- vēyar taṅkaḷ kulattu utitta
- born in the clan of the Veyar
- kōyilkoṇṭa kōvalaṉaik
- the Cowherd who made His temple there
- koḻuṅkuḷir mukilvaṇṇaṉai
- the Lord the colour of a rich, cool cloud
- antaṇartam amutattiṉaic
- the nectar of the Vedic seers
- cāyai pōlap
- like a shadow
- aṇukkarkaḷē
- His intimate attendants
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.