Moondram Tiruvandadi 91 · verse 2372 of the four thousand
Meaning
He had swallowed the earth and sucked the ghoul's breast, and still He was not satisfied, so He gulped down the butter. The cowherd woman Yashoda, angry, tied Him with a knotted rope, and He let Himself stay bound: this son whose belly could never be filled.
Word by word
- maṇ uṇṭum
- having swallowed the earth
- pēycci mulai uṇṭum
- having sucked the ghoul's breast
- veṇṇey viḻuṅka
- when He gulped down the butter
- kaṇṇik kayiṟṟiṉāl
- with a knotted rope
- kaṭṭuṇṭiruntāṉ
- He let Himself stay bound
- vayiṟṟiṉōṭu āṟṟā makaṉ
- the son whose belly could never be filled
Moondram Tiruvandadi 92 · verse 2373 of the four thousand
Meaning
The wondrous Lord of the great form, who is no one's son, became a son. Bana imprisoned the beloved son of His son, and He crushed Bana's arms. O my heart, think of His feet alone, steadily and in fullness.
Word by word
- makaṉ oruvarkku allāta
- who is no one's son
- mā mēṉi māyaṉ
- the wondrous Lord of the great form
- makaṉ ām
- became a son
- kātal makaṉaic
- the beloved son, Aniruddha
- vāṇaṉ tōḷ ceṟṟāṉ
- He who crushed Bana's arms
- niṟaiceytu
- steadily, in fullness
Moondram Tiruvandadi 93 · verse 2374 of the four thousand
Meaning
Who in this world can come to know the tall Thirumal clearly just by thinking? He held all the worlds within Himself and slept softly as a little child on a banyan leaf, in the roaring, surging flood. O my heart, bring Him in and keep Him within you.
Word by word
- ār teḷivār
- who can know clearly?
- nīṇṭa tirumāl
- the tall Thirumal
- aṉaittu ulakum uḷ oṭukki
- holding all the worlds within Himself
- kaṉaittu ulavu veḷḷattu
- in the roaring, surging flood
- meḷḷat tuyiṉṟāṉai
- Him who slept softly
- uḷḷattē vai
- keep Him within you
Moondram Tiruvandadi 94 · verse 2375 of the four thousand
Meaning
I lit the bright lamp called discerning knowledge, set it down, searched for Him, and caught Him in my net. Gently, the wondrous Lord came into my heart, never to leave, and there He stood, He sat, and He lay down.
Word by word
- uyttu uṇarvu eṉṉum
- called discerning knowledge
- oḷi koḷ viḷakku ēṟṟi
- lighting the bright lamp
- nāṭi valaippaṭuttēṉ
- I searched and caught Him in my net
- metteṉavē
- gently
- niṉṟāṉ iruntāṉ kiṭantāṉ
- He stood, He sat, He lay down
- poṉṟāmai
- never to leave
Moondram Tiruvandadi 95 · verse 2376 of the four thousand
Meaning
Bursting forth at the glowing hour of dusk as the lion, He tore open the chest of Hiranya, who had scorned Him, and scattered it everywhere. O my heart, bow down to the holy feet of Thirumal and praise them.
Word by word
- antip poḻutattu
- at the hour of dusk
- ariyāy
- as the lion, Narasimha
- ikaḻnta iraṇiyaṉatu
- of Hiranya, who had scorned Him
- eṅkum cintap piḷanta
- tore open and scattered everywhere
- tirumāl tiruvaṭiyē
- the holy feet of Thirumal
- vantittu
- bowing down
Moondram Tiruvandadi 96 · verse 2377 of the four thousand
Meaning
When the celestials, their mouths full of praise, bow their jewelled crowns to worship Him, will His feet not be scarred? For the lotus feet of the Bridegroom of the Lady seated on the red lotus flower are as tender as a blossom just opening.
Word by word
- vāḻttiya vāyarāy
- with mouths full of praise
- vāṉōr maṇi makuṭam
- the jewelled crowns of the celestials
- taḻumpāmē
- will they not be scarred?
- kēḻtta
- red, bright-hued
- maṅkai maṇāḷaṉ
- the Bridegroom of the Lady, Lakshmi
- ām alar
- a blossom just opening
Moondram Tiruvandadi 97 · verse 2378 of the four thousand
Meaning
From His navel rose a flower; the wondrous Lord's great body is as lovely as a blossom; His colour is the colour of a flower. Could Brahma on the great lotus, or Shiva of the long matted hair, think of Him truly even for the blink of an eye?
Word by word
- alar eṭutta untiyāṉ
- He from whose navel a flower rose
- mā mēṉi māyaṉ
- the wondrous Lord of the great body
- alar eṭutta vaṇṇattāṉ
- He whose colour is a flower's
- mā malarāṉ
- the one on the great lotus, Brahma
- vār caṭaiyāṉ
- the one with long matted hair, Shiva
- eṇṇattāṉ āmō imai
- could they think of Him even for a blink?
Moondram Tiruvandadi 98 · verse 2379 of the four thousand
Meaning
The snow-clad mountains, the vast sky and the wind: He shines through and appears in all of them, filling them completely. He who touched the horse and tore open its mouth will guard us, so that we never come near the hell ruled by Yama.
Word by word
- imam cūḻ malaiyum
- the snow-clad mountains
- iru vicumpum
- the vast sky
- aṟa viḷaṅkit tōṉṟum
- shines through and appears completely
- namaṉ cūḻ narakattu
- the hell ruled by Yama
- naṇukāmal kāppāṉ
- will guard us from coming near
- turakattai vāy piḷantāṉ
- He who tore open the horse's mouth (Kesi)
Moondram Tiruvandadi 99 · verse 2380 of the four thousand
Meaning
He holds eight weapons and His victory never fails. He is the Lord of Ashtabhujakaram, the eight-armed one. That day He took aim and hurled the discus, so that the crocodile that had seized the elephant in the pool died. His feet, before all else, are our refuge.
Word by word
- toṭṭa paṭai eṭṭum
- the eight weapons He holds
- tōlāta veṉṟiyāṉ
- He whose victory never fails
- aṭṭapuyakarattāṉ
- the Lord of Ashtabhujakaram in Kanchi
- kōḷ mutalai
- the seizing crocodile
- kuṟittu eṟinta cakkarattāṉ
- He who took aim and hurled the discus
- tāḷ mutalē naṅkaṭkuc cārvu
- His feet, before all, are our refuge
Moondram Tiruvandadi 100 · verse 2381 of the four thousand
Meaning
Our refuge for ever is He who holds the discus, on whose mountain-like chest the garland of cool tulasi lives. Thiru, Lakshmi, embraces Him: she who dwells on the honey-filled lotus, whose long eyes are like rich lotuses, and who flashes like lightning that lives in the cloud-filled sky.
Word by word
- cārvu namakku eṉṟum
- our refuge for ever
- cakkarattāṉ
- He who holds the discus
- tār vāḻ varai mārpaṉ
- He of the mountain-like chest where the garland lives
- tāṉ muyaṅkum
- whom she embraces
- miṉ imaikkum
- flashing like lightning
- tēṉ amarum pūmēl tiru
- Thiru, Lakshmi, who dwells on the honey-filled lotus
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.