Tiruppallandu 5 · verse 5 of the four thousand
aṇṭak kulattukku atipati ākiacurar irākkataraiiṇṭak kulattai eṭuttuk kaḷaintairuṭikēcaṉ taṉakkutoṇṭak kulattil uḷḷīr vantu aṭitoḻutuāyira nāmam collippaṇṭaik kulattait tavirntu pallāṇṭu pallāyirattāṇṭu eṉmiṉē
Meaning
He became the Lord of all the worlds, and He rooted out the tangled clan of asuras and rakshasas like a thicket. You who belong to the clan of His servants, come to Hrishikesa, worship His feet and say His thousand names. Leave behind your old ways and say "Many years, many thousands of years!"
Word by word
- aṇṭak kulattukku atipati
- Lord of the whole race of worlds
- iṇṭak kulattai
- the clan, tangled like a thorny thicket
- eṭuttuk kaḷainta
- pulled up and cleared away
- iruṭikēcaṉ
- Hrishikesa, Lord of the senses
- toṇṭak kulattil uḷḷīr
- you who belong to the clan of servants
- āyira nāmam
- the thousand names
- paṇṭaik kulattait tavirntu
- leaving behind your former ways
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.