Tiruppallandu 9 · verse 9 of the four thousand
uṭuttuk kaḷainta niṉ pītaka āṭaiuṭuttu kalattatu uṇṭutoṭutta tuḻāymalarcūṭik kaḷaintaṉacūṭum ittoṇṭarkaḷōmviṭutta ticaik karumam tiruttit tiruvōṇat tiruviḻavilpaṭutta pain nākaṉaip paḷḷi koṇṭāṉukkuppallāṇṭu kūṟutumē
Meaning
We are Your servants who wear the yellow silk You have worn and set aside, who eat what is left from Your plate, and who wear the tulasi garlands You have worn and taken off. Having duly done the tasks You sent us to do in every direction, on the holy Thiruvonam festival we sing pallandu to Him who lies on the hooded serpent as His bed.
Word by word
- uṭuttuk kaḷainta
- worn and then set aside
- pītaka āṭai
- the yellow silk garment
- kalattatu uṇṭu
- eating what is left on Your plate
- tuḻāymalarcūṭik kaḷaintaṉa
- tulasi flowers worn and then removed
- ittoṇṭarkaḷōm
- we, these servants
- viṭutta ticaik karumam tiruttit
- having duly done the tasks sent in every direction
- pain nākaṉaip
- the hooded serpent bed
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.