Moondram Tiruvandadi 21 · verse 2302 of the four thousand
Meaning
However much people speak of Him, His form is only as much as they can say. He wears a garland of fragrant tulasi flowers; He holds the radiant discus, the conch and the bow Sarnga; He killed the boastful Dantavakra. That is His form, and no one's words reach its end.
Word by word
- pēcuvār evvaḷavu pēcuvar
- however much those who speak may say
- vāca malart tuḻāy
- fragrant tulasi flowers
- tēcu uṭaiya cakkarattāṉ
- He who holds the radiant discus
- cārṅkattāṉ
- He who holds the bow Sarnga
- vakkaraṉaik koṉṟāṉ
- He who killed Dantavakra
- vaṭivu
- His form
Moondram Tiruvandadi 22 · verse 2303 of the four thousand
Meaning
The celestials bow their beautiful crowns every day and scatter fragrant flowers to see Him. O my heart, melt within with true sincerity, and long rightly to see Him as He truly is.
Word by word
- vaṭivu ār muṭi kōṭṭi
- bowing their beautiful crowns
- vāṉavarkaḷ
- the celestials
- kaṭi ār malar tūvi
- scattering fragrant flowers
- cemmaiyāl uḷ uruki
- melting within, in sincerity
- cevvaṉē
- rightly, in the proper way
- meymmaiyē kāṇa virumpu
- long to see Him truly
Moondram Tiruvandadi 23 · verse 2304 of the four thousand
Meaning
He gladly measured the sky and the earth. He wears a garland of wild tulasi, whose buds open as beautiful-winged bees enter their hollows and hum. To His lovely golden feet my mind comes searching, lost in love.
Word by word
- viṇ maṇ aḷanta
- who measured the sky and the earth
- añ ciṟaiya vaṇṭu
- bees with beautiful wings
- toḷaiyil ceṉṟu ūta
- entering the hollows and humming
- puṉan tuḻāy mālaiyāṉ
- He who wears a garland of wild tulasi
- poṉ am kaḻaṟkē
- to His lovely golden feet
- maṉam tuḻāy mālāy varum
- my mind comes searching, lost in love
Moondram Tiruvandadi 24 · verse 2305 of the four thousand
Meaning
He became the vast earth, the great sky, the wind, the close-pressing fire and the form of water. He holds the one radiant discus that so suits Him. O my heart, deep as the sea, follow His feet every day and worship them.
Word by word
- iru nilaṉum
- the vast earth
- māl vicumpum
- the great sky
- neruṅku tī
- the close-pressing fire
- cuṭar āḻi oṉṟu uṭaiyāṉ
- He who holds the one radiant discus
- cūḻ kaḻalē
- His feet
- toṭar āḻi neñcē
- follow, O heart deep as the sea
Moondram Tiruvandadi 25 · verse 2306 of the four thousand
Meaning
O my heart, can there be any loss in worshipping Him? Worship Him wholeheartedly: Him who swallowed the whole world of pure waters, whose mouth ate the fresh butter of the cowherd woman with thick tresses, who killed the seven great bulls, and who is far beyond even the celestials.
Word by word
- toḻutāl paḻutu uṇṭē
- can there be any loss in worshipping?
- tū nīr ulakam
- the world of pure waters
- moy kuḻalāḷ āycci
- the cowherd woman with thick tresses
- viḻutu uṇṭa vāyāṉai
- Him whose mouth ate the fresh butter
- māl viṭai ēḻ ceṟṟāṉai
- Him who killed the seven great bulls
- vāṉavarkkum cēyāṉai
- Him who is far even from the celestials
Moondram Tiruvandadi 26 · verse 2307 of the four thousand
Meaning
My mind, now made excellent; the red-eyed serpent Adisesha; the place where He dwells in great Kanchi, so full of glory; Thiruvenkatam, Thiruvehka and Thiruvelukkai: these places the Lord who wears cool tulasi will never leave.
Word by word
- ciṟanta eṉ cintaiyum
- my mind, made excellent
- ceṅkaṇ aravum
- the red-eyed serpent, Adisesha
- nīḷ kacciyuḷḷum
- within great Kanchi
- veḵkāvum
- Thiruvehka, in Kanchi
- vēḷukkaippāṭiyumē
- and Thiruvelukkai
- tām kaṭavār
- He will never leave
- taṇ tuḻāyār
- the Lord who wears cool tulasi
Moondram Tiruvandadi 27 · verse 2308 of the four thousand
Meaning
Who among His own has ever toiled in sorrow or met with grief, once they have reached Him day after day: Him who churned the dark ocean, heavy with clouds, with His own hands, who is the cause of all, and who has taken the waters for His bed?
Word by word
- ārē tuyar uḻantār
- who has ever toiled in sorrow?
- āṇṭaiyār
- those who belong to Him
- kārē malinta karuṅ kaṭalai
- the dark ocean, heavy with clouds
- kāraṇaṉai
- Him who is the cause of all
- nīr aṇaimēl paḷḷi
- His bed upon the waters
- nāḷum aṭaintu
- reaching Him every day
Moondram Tiruvandadi 28 · verse 2309 of the four thousand
Meaning
The Lord who drank the milk of the ghoul Putana with her shining fangs: He took the serpent for His bed; He once plunged into the fierce Bharata war for the five Pandavas; and yet, O mother, He ran away in fear before the churning rod of the cowherd woman!
Word by word
- aravu aṇaimēl
- on the serpent bed
- aivarkku āy
- for the five, the Pandavas
- pārata vem pōr
- the fierce Bharata war
- āyccipāl mattukkē
- before the churning rod of the cowherd woman
- ammaṉē
- O mother! (a cry of wonder)
- vāḷ eyiṟṟup pēycci
- the ghoul Putana with shining fangs
Moondram Tiruvandadi 29 · verse 2310 of the four thousand
Meaning
The cowherd woman Yashoda picked up the Lord who had drunk Putana's milk, held Him close, and gave Him her own breast without any fear: Him of the dark, beautiful body, with sweet coral-red lips and the babbling speech of a child.
Word by word
- pēycci pāl uṇṭa perumāṉai
- the Lord who drank Putana's milk
- pērntu eṭuttu
- lifting Him up
- añcātē
- without any fear
- iruḷ ār tirumēṉi
- His dark, beautiful body
- iṉ pavaḷac cevvāyt
- sweet lips, red as coral
- teruḷā moḻiyāṉaic
- Him of babbling, childlike speech
Moondram Tiruvandadi 30 · verse 2311 of the four thousand
Meaning
The places Thirumal has joined Himself to are these: the ocean, Thirukkudanthai, Thiruvenkatam, my mind that has given itself to Him, the full heaven above, Thiruppadagam praised by the Vedas, and Ananta the serpent. These are the dwellings of the Lord who wears a chaplet of rich tulasi.
Word by word
- cērnta tirumāl
- Thirumal, who has joined Himself to them
- kuṭantai
- Thirukkudanthai (Kumbakonam)
- nērnta eṉ cintai
- my mind, given over to Him
- niṟai vicumpu
- the full heaven, Paramapadam
- maṟai pāṭakam
- Thiruppadagam, praised by the Vedas
- vaṇ tuḻāyk kaṇṇi
- a chaplet of rich tulasi
- iṟaipāṭi
- the dwellings of the Lord
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.