Moondram Tiruvandadi 1 · verse 2282 of the four thousand
Meaning
I saw Thiru! I saw His golden form, I saw His beautiful colour, like the shining sun; I saw the golden discus that blazes in battle, and the spiral conch in His hand, today, in my Lord whose colour is the ocean's.
Word by word
- tiruk
- Sri, Mahalakshmi, Thayar
- poṉ mēṉi
- golden form
- arukkaṉ aṇi niṟamum
- beautiful colour like the sun's
- ceruk kiḷarum
- that blazes in battle
- poṉ āḻi
- the golden discus
- puri caṅkam
- the spiral conch
- eṉ āḻi vaṇṇaṉpāl
- my Lord whose colour is the ocean's
- iṉṟu
- today
Moondram Tiruvandadi 2 · verse 2283 of the four thousand
Meaning
Today I have seen Your feet, and I have cut away all seven births. O Thirumal, who long ago looked upon Thiru, Lakshmi, as she came to rest on Your chest, broad as a mountain and golden, where the fresh tulasi lies! My mind has sought You out and found You.
Word by word
- iṉṟē kaḻal kaṇṭēṉ
- today I have seen Your feet
- ēḻ piṟappum yāṉ aṟuttēṉ
- I have cut away all seven births
- poṉ tōy varai mārpil
- on the golden chest, broad as a mountain
- pūn tuḻāy
- fresh, flowering tulasi
- tiruk kaṇṭu koṇṭa tirumālē
- O Thirumal, who saw and took Lakshmi to Himself
- marukkaṇṭukoṇṭu
- having sought out and found (You)
Moondram Tiruvandadi 3 · verse 2284 of the four thousand
Meaning
He dwells in my mind; He dwells in the waters of the great sea; He dwells on the bosom of the Lady of the lotus. He wears cool tulasi on His chest. In His anger He crushed His foes until they perished, and rejoiced; His colour is the colour of the brimming sea. He is the medicine that cures the hell that would otherwise come.
Word by word
- maṉattu uḷḷāṉ
- He dwells in my mind
- mā kaṭal nīr uḷḷāṉ
- He dwells in the waters of the great sea
- malarāḷ
- the Lady of the lotus, Lakshmi
- taṇ tuḻāy mārpaṉ
- He who wears cool tulasi on His chest
- tēṅku ōta vaṇṇaṉ
- He whose colour is the brimming sea
- varu narakam tīrkkum maruntu
- the medicine that cures the hell to come
Moondram Tiruvandadi 4 · verse 2285 of the four thousand
Meaning
The medicine, the wealth and the nectar are none other than the feet of the red-eyed Mal, perfect in every way: the feet of Him who stood close to the world and swallowed it and brought it out again, who received the gift of water and that day strode across the worlds in three steps.
Word by word
- maruntum poruḷum amutamum
- the medicine, the wealth and the nectar
- tiruntiya ceṅ kaṇ māl
- the red-eyed Mal, perfect in all things
- ulakam uṇṭu umiḻntu
- swallowed the world and brought it out again
- nīr ēṟṟu
- receiving the water poured to seal the gift
- mūvaṭiyāl
- with three steps
- tāyōṉ aṭi
- the feet of Him who strode across
Moondram Tiruvandadi 5 · verse 2286 of the four thousand
Meaning
The colour of His feet is the lotus. The colour of the body of Him who strode across the worlds that day is the colour of the sea that rings the earth. The colour of His crown is the blaze of the sun who rides a one-wheeled chariot. Is not all this the beauty of Him who holds the full, sharp discus?
Word by word
- aṭi vaṇṇam tāmarai
- the colour of His feet is the lotus
- paṭi vaṇṇam
- the colour of His body
- pārk kaṭal nīr vaṇṇam
- the colour of the sea around the earth
- muṭi vaṇṇam
- the colour of His crown
- ōr āḻi veyyōṉ
- the sun, whose chariot has a single wheel
- ār āḻi koṇṭāṟku
- for Him who holds the full, sharp discus
Moondram Tiruvandadi 6 · verse 2287 of the four thousand
Meaning
Is not the colour of the ocean's water a beauty on Him who holds the discus? Is not His striding beyond the bounds of the universe a beauty? And when He who received the water in His palm stretched out His foot, and Brahma who sits on the flower washed it, that foot poured forth the waters of the Ganga: is not that foot a beauty too?
Word by word
- āḻiyāṟku
- for Him who holds the discus
- āḻi nīr vaṇṇam
- the colour of the ocean's water
- aṇṭam kaṭattal
- striding beyond the universe
- aṅkai nīr ēṟṟāṟku
- for Him who received the water in His palm
- alar mēlōṉ
- the one seated on the flower, Brahma
- kaṅkai nīr kāṉṟa kaḻal
- the foot that poured forth the Ganga
Moondram Tiruvandadi 7 · verse 2288 of the four thousand
Meaning
Come, my heart, let us worship His feet: the feet of the glorious Lord who rides the bird Garuda, who measured the land bounded by the waters of the dark sea; whose beauty no one can measure or count; who is far beyond all things, and hard to draw near to. Let us worship Him.
Word by word
- kaḻal toḻutum vā neñcē
- come, my heart, let us worship His feet
- kārk kaṭal nīr vēlaip
- bounded by the waters of the dark sea
- puḷ ūrtic celvaṉ
- the glorious Lord who rides the bird, Garuda
- eṇṇaṟku ariyāṉai
- Him who is beyond counting
- ep poruṭkum cēyāṉai
- Him who is far beyond all things
- naṇṇaṟku ariyāṉai
- Him who is hard to draw near to
Moondram Tiruvandadi 8 · verse 2289 of the four thousand
Meaning
Saying His many names, crying "Narayana!", let us worship with folded palms. Come, my good heart, draw close to Him. Let our eyes see only Kannan, Krishna, who swallowed the world and brought it out again, and who wears cool tulasi where the bees hum.
Word by word
- nāmam pala colli
- saying His many names
- nārāyaṇā eṉṟu
- crying "Narayana!"
- aṅkaiyāl toḻutum
- let us worship with folded palms
- nal neñcē
- O my good heart
- vaṇṭu aṟaiyum taṇ tuḻāy
- cool tulasi where the bees hum
- kāṇka nam kaṇ
- let our eyes see
Moondram Tiruvandadi 9 · verse 2290 of the four thousand
Meaning
His eyes are lotuses; His hands too are lotuses; and the feet that measured the earth are lotuses as well. If you think about it, such is the splendour of Him whose colour is the great dark rain cloud, whose colour is the water of the dark sea, whose colour is a beautiful great sapphire.
Word by word
- kaṇṇum kamalam
- His eyes are lotuses
- kaittalamum
- His hands too
- maṇ aḷanta pātamum
- and the feet that measured the earth
- karu mā mukil vaṇṇaṉ
- He whose colour is the great dark rain cloud
- tiru mā maṇi vaṇṇaṉ
- He whose colour is a beautiful great gem
- tēcu
- splendour, radiance
Moondram Tiruvandadi 10 · verse 2291 of the four thousand
Meaning
Radiance, strength, prosperity, beauty of form, birth in a spotless family, and every other good thing one could name: all of these come on their own, seeking out the good of those who recite the names of Him who holds the great white conch that curls to the right.
Word by word
- tēcum tiṟalum
- radiance and strength
- tiruvum uruvamum
- prosperity and beauty of form
- mācu il kuṭippiṟappum
- birth in a spotless family
- valam purinta vāṉ caṅkam
- the great conch that curls to the right
- pēr ōta
- when one recites His names
- ceṉṟu aṭaiyum
- will come and reach them
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.