Moondram Tiruvandadi 31 · verse 2312 of the four thousand
Meaning
These are His temples: His, who took the form of the lion Narasimha and tore open the chest of Hiranya; who lies on the serpent that has no ears to be seen; who dwells within the four Vedas; who has Shiva at His side; and who rests in the milk ocean.
Word by word
- ivai avaṉ kōyil
- these are His temples
- iraṇiyaṉatu ākam
- the chest of Hiranya
- ari uruvam āṉāṉ
- He who took the lion's form, Narasimha
- cevi teriyā nākattāṉ
- He of the serpent whose ears cannot be seen
- nāl vētattu uḷḷāṉ
- He who dwells in the four Vedas
- pāṟkaṭal uḷāṉ
- He who rests in the milk ocean
Moondram Tiruvandadi 32 · verse 2313 of the four thousand
Meaning
The milk ocean, Thiruvenkatam, the serpent Adisesha, the cool heaven, the ocean of scriptures, and the minds of those who, as the subtle scriptures teach, are settled rightly on Him in the lotus of the heart: all these the cowherd who broke the kurundu tree has taken as His dwelling places.
Word by word
- paṉi vicumpum
- the cool heaven
- nūl kaṭalum
- the ocean of scriptures
- nuṇ nūla
- as the subtle scriptures teach
- iruntār maṉamum
- the minds of those settled in Him
- iṭamākak koṇṭāṉ
- took as His dwelling
- kuruntu ocitta kōpālakaṉ
- the cowherd who broke the kurundu tree
Moondram Tiruvandadi 33 · verse 2314 of the four thousand
Meaning
O You who once, as a little child lying on a banyan leaf, gently swallowed all the worlds! Truly, O Malavan, it was You who that day churned the great watery ocean with Mount Mandara and gave the heavenly nectar to the gods in the sky.
Word by word
- pālakaṉāy āl ilaimēl
- as a child on a banyan leaf
- paiya
- gently, softly
- meymmaiyē
- truly
- mantarattāl
- with Mount Mandara as the churning rod
- vāṉ amutam
- the heavenly nectar
- antarattārkku īntāy
- You gave to those of the sky, the gods
Moondram Tiruvandadi 34 · verse 2315 of the four thousand
Meaning
Is it the weariness of having measured this world that day, that He now stands, and sits, and lies down in Thiruvelukkai and in the great city? O my heart, see Him: Him of unfailing glory, who long ago overcame Kamsa.
Word by word
- acaivēkol
- is it weariness?
- niṉṟu iruntu
- standing and sitting
- vēḷukkai
- Thiruvelukkai, in Kanchi
- kēṭu il cīrāṉai
- Him of unfailing glory
- kañcaik kaṭantāṉai
- Him who overcame Kamsa
- neñcamē! kāṇ
- O my heart, see!
Moondram Tiruvandadi 35 · verse 2316 of the four thousand
Meaning
My eyes keep longing, crying "See! See!", for His golden body and His broad chest, with its gleaming jewels and garland. His hanging garland hums with bees, like bards singing His deeds. Singing of His feet of red gold, we worship Him with our hands.
Word by word
- kāṇ kāṇ eṉa virumpum
- longing and crying "See! See!"
- katir ilaku pūṇ
- gleaming, radiant jewels
- poṉ mēṉi
- His golden body
- pāṇkaṇ
- like bards
- vaṇṭu aṟaiyum toṅkalāṉ
- He whose hanging garland hums with bees
- cempoṉ kaḻal
- feet of red gold
Moondram Tiruvandadi 36 · verse 2317 of the four thousand
Meaning
In His hands are the fiery discus and the white conch born of the dark sea, the fierce mace, the bow Sarnga and the blazing sword: these are His fine weapons, and the ocean is His couch. This is the wondrous Lord who measured with His feet the world of cool waters.
Word by word
- kaiya kaṉal āḻi
- the fiery discus in His hand
- veṇ caṅkam
- the white conch
- veyya katai
- the fierce mace
- vem cuṭar vāḷ
- the blazing sword
- paṭai paravai pāḻi
- His weapons; the ocean His couch
- aṭi aḷanta māyaṉ
- the wondrous Lord who measured with His feet
Moondram Tiruvandadi 37 · verse 2318 of the four thousand
Meaning
To Him I have become a servant: He who is within and without, who dwells in the waters of the salt, dark sea, He whose sacred chest shines with the Lady of the lotus, with lips red as coral, and with a necklace of many gems.
Word by word
- avaṟku aṭimaip paṭṭēṉ
- to Him I have become a servant
- akattāṉ puṟattāṉ
- He who is within and without
- uvarkkum karuṅ kaṭal
- the salt, dark sea
- pavaḷa vāyp pūmakaḷum
- the Lady of the lotus, with coral lips
- pal maṇip pūṇ āram
- a necklace of many gems
- tirumārpaṉ
- He of the sacred chest
Moondram Tiruvandadi 38 · verse 2319 of the four thousand
Meaning
He alone is His own likeness; every form is His form. He Himself is the form of penance, and the stars too. He is the Lord who became the blazing fire, the great mountains, the eight directions, and the two lights of the universe, the sun and the moon.
Word by word
- tāṉē taṉakku uvamaṉ
- He alone is His own likeness
- taṉ uruvē ev uruvum
- every form is His form
- tava uruvum
- the form of penance
- tārakaiyum
- the stars
- eri cuṭarum māl varaiyum
- the blazing fire and the great mountains
- iru cuṭarum
- the two lights, sun and moon
Moondram Tiruvandadi 39 · verse 2320 of the four thousand
Meaning
He is the Lord; He became the earth and all eight directions; He is the Vedas and the meaning of the Vedas; He is the sky. He who dwells at Thiruvenkatam, where bright, resounding waterfalls pour down from heights that touch the crescent moon, dwells within my heart.
Word by word
- iṟai āy
- being the Lord
- maṟai āy maṟaip poruḷ āy
- being the Vedas and their meaning
- piṟai vāynta
- reaching up to the crescent moon
- veḷḷattu aruvi
- the flooding waterfalls
- vēṅkaṭattāṉ
- He who dwells at Thiruvenkatam
- uḷḷattiṉ uḷḷē uḷaṉ
- He is within my heart
Moondram Tiruvandadi 40 · verse 2321 of the four thousand
Meaning
Know this, my good heart: He is there, the highest of all. Know that He is always there. Know that He is there in the hearts of those who think of Him: the Lord of Thiruvenkatam, whose peaks rise until the sky seems to shrink, with swelling waterfalls; the King who measured the earth until it shrank beneath His foot.
Word by word
- uḷaṉ kaṇṭāy
- know that He is there
- uttamaṉ
- the highest of all
- uḷḷuvār uḷḷattu
- in the hearts of those who think of Him
- viṇ oṭuṅkak kōṭu uyarum
- peaks rising until the sky seems to shrink
- vīṅku aruvi
- swelling waterfalls
- maṇ oṭuṅka
- until the earth shrank beneath Him
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.