Mudhal Tiruvandadi 51 · verse 2132 of the four thousand
Meaning
So that I may see His two feet with ease, my heart grows clear, perfectly clear. Think, then, on the holy name of Him who, to fight the one who in his pride would not submit, Hiranya, stayed in the form of a lion.
Word by word
- iraṇṭu aṭiyum kāṇpataṟku
- to see His two feet
- teḷiya teḷintoḻiyum
- becomes clear, wholly clear
- kaḷiyil poruntātavaṉai
- the one who in his pride would not submit
- ariyāy iruntāṉ
- He who stayed in the form of a lion, Narasimha
- tirunāmam eṇ
- think on His holy name
Mudhal Tiruvandadi 52 · verse 2133 of the four thousand
Meaning
The eight, the eleven, the twice six and the two, the gods of the heavens, come every day bearing bright flowers, praise Him with one garland of praise, and, without ever ceasing, at all times go and worship Thirumal with folded hands.
Word by word
- eṇmar patiṉoruvar
- the eight Vasus, the eleven Rudras
- īr-aṟuvar ōr iruvar
- the twelve Adityas and the two Asvins
- vaṇṇa malar ēnti
- bearing bright flowers
- oru mālaiyāl paravi
- praising with one garland
- ōvātu eppōtum
- without ceasing, always
- tirumālaik kaitoḻuvar
- worship Thirumal with folded hands
Mudhal Tiruvandadi 53 · verse 2134 of the four thousand
Meaning
When He goes, the serpent is His umbrella; when He sits, it is His throne; when He stands, it is His sandals; in the vast ocean it is always His raft; it is His jewelled lamp, His fine silk, and the bed He rests on. For Thirumal, the serpent Adisesha is everything.
Word by word
- ceṉṟāl kuṭai ām
- when He goes, an umbrella
- iruntāl ciṅkācaṉam ām
- when He sits, a throne
- niṉṟāl maravaṭi ām
- when He stands, His sandals
- puṇai ām
- a raft, a float
- maṇi viḷakku ām
- a jewelled lamp
- pulkum aṇai ām
- the bed He rests on
- aravu
- the serpent, Adisesha
Mudhal Tiruvandadi 54 · verse 2135 of the four thousand
Meaning
The serpent He let go; the mighty elephant's tusk He broke; the cows He grazed; the kurundam tree He snapped; the bird-demon's beak He tore; in the kuravai dance He linked hands; with the pots He danced; the breast He drank; the wrestlers He slew; the hill He lifted, and all openly, without deceit. That is the red-eyed One.
Word by word
- aravam
- the serpent Kaliya
- aṭal vēḻam
- the mighty elephant
- kuravai
- the kuravai, a dance with linked hands
- kuṭam
- the pots, in the pot dance
- karavu iṉṟi
- without deceit, openly
- ceṅkaṇ avaṉ
- He of the red eyes
Mudhal Tiruvandadi 55 · verse 2136 of the four thousand
Meaning
Whatever deeds His devotees may have done, Yama only says, "They belong to Him, my lord," and lets them be. See: those who have become servants of the great Cowherd on the serpent bed have never known even their names to be examined by Yama's messengers.
Word by word
- ev viṉaiyar ākilum
- whatever their deeds may be
- avaṉ tamarē
- they are His own people
- namaṉ tamarāl
- by Yama's messengers
- ārāyappaṭṭu aṟiyār
- have never known being examined
- aravu aṇaimēl pēr āyaṟku
- to the great Cowherd on the serpent bed
- āṭpaṭṭār
- those who have become servants
Mudhal Tiruvandadi 56 · verse 2137 of the four thousand
Meaning
Beyond babbling His names as they come to the tongue, who can truly know my Lord? Let that be. Even Brahma, seated right in the fragrant lotus that rises from Him, cannot see the lotus feet of Kannan, Krishna.
Word by word
- pērē varap pitaṟṟal
- babbling His names as they come
- eṉ pemmāṉai
- my Lord
- ārē aṟivār
- who can know?
- kaṭik kamalattuḷ iruntum
- though seated in the fragrant lotus
- aṭikkamalam
- the lotus feet
- ayaṉ
- Brahma
Mudhal Tiruvandadi 57 · verse 2138 of the four thousand
Meaning
I was afraid of the strong karma that stands close beside me. In that fear, so that I might be saved and reach Your holy feet, I took a fine and lovely garland, worshipped You, and learned the garland of words "Namo Narayana".
Word by word
- ayal niṉṟa val viṉaiyai
- the strong karma standing close by
- añciṉēṉ
- I was afraid
- uya
- so as to be saved
- niṉ tiruvaṭiyē cērvāṉ
- to reach Your holy feet alone
- namō nāraṇā
- Namo Narayana, "salutations to Narayana"
- col mālai kaṟṟēṉ
- I learned the garland of words
Mudhal Tiruvandadi 58 · verse 2139 of the four thousand
Meaning
Worship, take flowers, carry incense in your hand, and let us rise, rise up! Long may you live, my heart. Learning the mantras without flaw is good too; but for one who worships the feet of Mal with folded hands, there is no harm at all. Reach Him.
Word by word
- tūpam kai ēnti
- carrying incense in the hand
- eḻutum eḻu
- let us rise, rise up
- vāḻi neñcē
- long may you live, my heart
- paḻutu iṉṟi mantiraṅkaḷ
- the mantras, without flaw
- māl aṭiyē kaitoḻuvāṉ
- one who worships the feet of Mal
- antaram oṉṟu illai
- there is no harm at all
Mudhal Tiruvandadi 59 · verse 2140 of the four thousand
Meaning
If you want the hard karma that has come upon you, with all the sorrow, disease and sin crowding in, to turn back and be gone, take as your refuge Him who long ago, to crush the might of the one who held the slender-waisted Sita in Lanka, took His bow in His lovely hand.
Word by word
- aru viṉaiyōṭu
- with the hard karma
- allal nōy pāvam
- sorrow, disease and sin
- mīṇṭu oḻiya
- to turn back and be gone
- nuṭaṅku iṭaiyai
- the one with the slender waist, Sita
- muraṇ aḻiya
- to crush his might
- vil aṅkai vaittāṉ caraṇ
- the refuge of Him who held the bow in His lovely hand
Mudhal Tiruvandadi 60 · verse 2141 of the four thousand
Meaning
For all living beings who are bound to death, Brahma of the lotus too, who brought forth the Vedas as a refuge, the only shelter is the Lord who holds the great discus. This world, girdled by the one ocean, knows no other.
Word by word
- caraṇā maṟai payanta
- who gave the Vedas as a refuge
- tāmaraiyāṉōṭu
- together with Brahma of the lotus
- maraṇ āya maṉ uyirkaṭku
- for living beings subject to death
- araṇ āya
- who is the fortress, the shelter
- pēr āḻi koṇṭa pirāṉ
- the Lord who holds the great discus
- ōr āḻi cūḻnta ulaku
- the world girdled by the one ocean
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.