Moondram Tiruvandadi 61 · verse 2342 of the four thousand
Meaning
Long ago He took Thiruvenkatam, the milk ocean and Vaikuntha as His homes and dwelt in them. Like temples for Him, there is also the Vinnagar of the young Lord at Kadikai, rich in flowers, with its long groves teeming with bees.
Word by word
- paṇṭu ellām
- long ago, through all time
- vēṅkaṭam pāṟkaṭal vaikuntam
- Thiruvenkatam, the milk ocean and Vaikuntha
- kōyil pōl
- like temples
- vaṇṭu vaḷam kiḷarum
- teeming with bees
- nīḷ cōlai
- long groves
- pūṅ kaṭikai
- flowery Kadikai (Sholingur)
- iḷaṅ kumaraṉ taṉ viṇṇakar
- the Vinnagar of the young Lord
Moondram Tiruvandadi 62 · verse 2343 of the four thousand
Meaning
Vinnagaram, Thiruvehka, Thiruvenkatam with its spreading waters, Thiruvelukkai, a city of great mansions on this earth, southern Thirukkudanthai here on earth, Srirangam full of honey, and southern Thirukkottiyur: these are the places where He who received the water in His cupped hand comes down to dwell.
Word by word
- viṇṇakaram
- Vinnagaram
- veḵkā
- Thiruvehka, in Kanchi
- mā māṭa vēḷukkai
- Thiruvelukkai of great mansions
- teṉ kuṭantai
- southern Thirukkudanthai
- tēṉ ār tiruvaraṅkam
- Srirangam, full of honey
- teṉkōṭṭi
- southern Thirukkottiyur
- kuṭaṅkai nīr ēṟṟāṉ
- He who received the water in His cupped hand
- tāḻvu
- where He comes down to dwell
Moondram Tiruvandadi 63 · verse 2344 of the four thousand
Meaning
Hanging matted locks and a tall crown; a bright axe and the discus; a serpent coiled about Him and a golden cord: all these appear together on my Father, on the holy mountain where waterfalls gather and pour on every side. There His two forms are joined as one.
Word by word
- tāḻ caṭaiyum
- hanging matted locks
- nīḷ muṭiyum
- and a tall crown
- oṇ maḻuvum cakkaramum
- a bright axe and the discus
- cūḻ aravum poṉ nāṇum
- a coiled serpent and a golden cord
- tirumalaimēl entaikku
- for my Father on the holy mountain, Tirumala
- iraṇṭu uruvum oṉṟāy
- the two forms as one
Moondram Tiruvandadi 64 · verse 2345 of the four thousand
Meaning
Is it the weariness of that churning, when He toiled with the serpent, the mountain and the ocean, all brought together there until the nectar rose, that makes Him lie down, sit and stand at Thiruvehka in Kanchi?
Word by word
- icainta aravamum
- the serpent, brought to the task
- veṟpum kaṭalum
- the mountain and the ocean
- amutu paṭuppa
- until the nectar rose
- kaṭainta varuttamō
- is it the weariness of churning?
- kacci veḵkāvil
- at Thiruvehka in Kanchi
- kiṭantu iruntu niṉṟatuvum
- His lying, sitting and standing
Moondram Tiruvandadi 65 · verse 2346 of the four thousand
Meaning
So that no harm would come to the boy Prahlada, at the hour of dusk the Lord surged up in the form of the lion Narasimha and tore open the chest of Hiranya, and he perished. He it is who, in His anger, broke the tusk of the elephant.
Word by word
- aṅkaṟku iṭar iṉṟi
- so that no harm came to the son, Prahlada
- antip poḻutattu
- at the hour of dusk
- iraṇiyaṉatu ākattai
- the chest of Hiranya
- ari uruvamāyp piḷanta
- tore open in the form of the lion
- kari uruvam kompu ocittāṉ
- He broke the tusk of the elephant
- kāyntu
- in anger
Moondram Tiruvandadi 66 · verse 2347 of the four thousand
Meaning
Burning away the darkness with the rays of the great gems set on his hoods, the serpent Adisesha breathed out fiery breath; and Madhu and Kaitabha, who had come against the Lord, perished there, their bellies melting. That was their ruin and their end.
Word by word
- iruḷai māṟṟi
- driving away the darkness
- katir ilaku mā maṇikaḷ
- great gems shining with rays
- paṇak katirmēl
- on his radiant hoods
- vevvuyirppa
- breathing fiery breath
- matu kaiṭaparum
- the demons Madhu and Kaitabha
- avarkku iṟuti
- their end
Moondram Tiruvandadi 67 · verse 2348 of the four thousand
Meaning
There the bright bud of the tall lotus rising from His navel opens and closes again: it sees the discus in His hand and takes it for the sun, and sees the white conch and takes it for the moon shining in the sky.
Word by word
- malarum kuviyumāl
- opens and closes
- untivāy
- at His navel
- ōṅku kamalattiṉ
- of the tall lotus
- oṇ pōtu
- the bright bud
- tikiri cuṭar eṉṟum
- taking the discus for the sun
- veṇ caṅkam
- the white conch
- pakarum mati eṉṟum
- taking it for the shining moon
Moondram Tiruvandadi 68 · verse 2349 of the four thousand
Meaning
A male monkey looks into a mountain pool, sees his own reflection, takes it for another monkey and starts back, then reaches out his hand for the dark kalam fruit. That Thiruvenkatam is the hill of Him who long ago flung the calf at the wood-apple fruit.
Word by word
- pārtta kaṭuvaṉ
- the male monkey who looked
- cuṉai nīr niḻal kaṇṭu
- seeing his reflection in the pool
- ōr kaṭuvaṉ eṉa
- taking it for another monkey
- kaḷaṅ kaṉikkuk kai nīṭṭum
- reaches out for the kalam fruit
- viḷaṅ kaṉikkuk kaṉṟu eṟintāṉ
- He who flung the calf at the wood-apple
- veṟpu
- the hill
Moondram Tiruvandadi 69 · verse 2350 of the four thousand
Meaning
(Of a girl who loves the Lord.) When she says "the mountain", it is Thiruvenkatam she sings of. On her dark tresses she wears broad tulasi as though it were her very virtue. And on every day she has vowed, she goes to bathe in the waters of the long sea where Mal lies, whose long arms destroyed the wrestlers.
Word by word
- veṟpu eṉṟu vēṅkaṭam pāṭum
- she sings of Thiruvenkatam as "the mountain"
- viyaṉ tuḻāy
- broad tulasi
- kaṟpu eṉṟu cūṭum
- wears it as her very virtue
- karuṅ kuḻalmēl
- on her dark tresses
- mal poṉṟa
- destroying the wrestlers
- nīḷ kaṭal nīr āṭuvāṉ
- to bathe in the waters of the long sea
Moondram Tiruvandadi 70 · verse 2351 of the four thousand
Meaning
An elephant smears its mouth with the ichor that flows down to it, washes its feet with the ichor that pours down like a waterfall, takes in its trunk a flower burst open with heady honey, and, seeing the mighty Lord of Thiruvenkatam, worships Him.
Word by word
- puku matattāl vāy pūci
- smearing its mouth with the flowing ichor
- aruvi uku matattāl
- with ichor pouring like a waterfall
- kāl kaḻuvi
- washing its feet
- viṇṭa malar
- a flower burst open
- viṟal vēṅkaṭavaṉaiyē
- the mighty Lord of Thiruvenkatam
- kaṇṭu vaṇaṅkum kaḷiṟu
- the elephant sees Him and worships
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.