Mudhal Tiruvandadi 71 · verse 2152 of the four thousand
Meaning
Even if I were free of sickness and old age, and stood for four ages ruling the whole earth well, O my deep heart, never let go of your love for Him who holds the mighty discus. See, this is what I ask of you.
Word by word
- piṇi mūppuk kaiyakaṟṟi
- putting away sickness and old age
- nāṉku ūḻi niṉṟu
- standing for four ages
- nilam muḻutum āṇṭālum
- even if ruling the whole earth
- viṭal āḻi neñcamē
- do not let go, O deep heart
- vēṇṭiṉēṉ kaṇṭāy
- see, I have asked this of you
- aṭal āḻi koṇṭāṉmāṭṭu aṉpu
- love for Him who holds the mighty discus
Mudhal Tiruvandadi 72 · verse 2153 of the four thousand
Meaning
My love says, "Go near the Lord of the discus." My tongue says, "Praise His nature and His shoulders that bear the discus." My eyes say, "See Him, the ancient One who has seen the ages pass." My ears say, "Hear the glory of Him who wears the jewelled necklace."
Word by word
- aṉpu āḻiyāṉai aṇuku
- love says: go near the Lord of the discus
- paṇpu
- His nature, His goodness
- āḻit tōḷ
- shoulders bearing the discus
- muṉpu ūḻi kāṇāṉai
- the ancient One who has seen the ages
- cevi kēḷ eṉṉum
- the ear says: hear
- pūṇ āram pūṇṭāṉ pukaḻ
- the glory of Him who wears the jewelled necklace
Mudhal Tiruvandadi 73 · verse 2154 of the four thousand
Meaning
O heart, whether you praise or blame the Lord who wears flowering tulasi, whether you scorn Him or hold Him dear, He is the One who has taken upon Himself the sea with its shining waters, the mountains, the vast sky, the wind, and every body and every life.
Word by word
- pukaḻvāy paḻippāy
- whether you praise or blame
- pūn tuḻāyāṉai
- the Lord who wears flowering tulasi
- ikaḻvāy karutuvāy
- whether you scorn or cherish
- tikaḻ nīrk kaṭalum
- the sea with its shining waters
- uṭalum uyirum
- body and life
- ēṟṟāṉ
- He has taken upon Himself
Mudhal Tiruvandadi 74 · verse 2155 of the four thousand
Meaning
One rides the bull, the Other rides the bird; one burned the walled cities, the Other tore open a chest; one is smeared with ash, the Other has the hue of a cool, shaded gem; one has a woman as half his body, the Other has the Lady of the lotus; one has long matted hair, the Other a tall crown; one bears the Ganga, the Other strides on long feet. And He is the protection of all.
Word by word
- ēṟṟāṉ puḷ ūrntāṉ
- he who rides the bull, He who rides the bird
- eyil erittāṉ mārvu iṭantāṉ
- who burned the forts; who tore a chest
- nīṟṟāṉ
- he who is smeared with ash, Shiva
- niḻal maṇi vaṇṇattāṉ
- He of the hue of a cool gem
- vār caṭaiyāṉ nīḷ muṭiyāṉ
- long matted hair; tall crown
- kaṅkaiyāṉ nīḷ kaḻalāṉ
- who bears Ganga; who has long feet
- kāppu
- protection
Mudhal Tiruvandadi 75 · verse 2156 of the four thousand
Meaning
You are our protection. When we think of You, our hard karmas pass away; when we think of You, the bonds that hold us loosen and fall away. Old age does not touch those who meditate on You, O Thirumal. Those who bow down to Your feet will see the way.
Word by word
- kāppu
- protection, our refuge
- uṉṉai uṉṉa
- when we think of You
- kaḻiyum aru viṉaikaḷ
- hard karmas pass away
- āppu
- the bonds, the fetters
- aviḻntoḻiyum
- loosen and fall away
- vantippār kāṇpar vaḻi
- those who bow will see the way
Mudhal Tiruvandadi 76 · verse 2157 of the four thousand
Meaning
Those who keep to the path and worship You become noble beings who stand firm in the word that never fails. Thiruvenkatam, the hill of Him whose glory measured the earth, gives them heaven in such a way that no flaw ever comes near.
Word by word
- vaḻi niṉṟu
- keeping to the path
- vaḻuvā moḻi
- the word that never fails
- mūrttiyarē āvar
- become noble beings
- paḻutu oṉṟum vārātavaṇṇamē
- so that no flaw at all can come
- viṇ koṭukkum
- gives heaven
- maṇ aḷanta cīrāṉ
- He whose glory measured the earth
Mudhal Tiruvandadi 77 · verse 2158 of the four thousand
Meaning
Venkatam, Vinnagar, Vehka, and the golden town of long Kovalur with its flower-filled moat that never runs dry: in these four places He stood, He sat, He lay, He walked. Say this, and troubles perish.
Word by word
- vēṅkaṭamum
- Venkatam, Tirumala
- viṇṇakarum
- Vinnagar, Thiruvinnagar
- veḵkāvum
- Vehka, in Kanchi
- aḵkāta pūṅ kiṭaṅkiṉ
- with a flowered moat that never dwindles
- nīḷ kōval poṉ nakarum
- the golden town of Thirukkovalur
- niṉṟāṉ iruntāṉ kiṭantāṉ naṭantāṉē
- He stood, He sat, He lay, He walked
- keṭumām iṭar
- troubles perish
Mudhal Tiruvandadi 78 · verse 2159 of the four thousand
Meaning
Who will suffer sorrow now? Rise, my heart! Taking freshly picked naga blossoms, let us worship with folded hands the very feet of Him who rests on the green, hooded serpent, Him who came for the elephant seized by the strong and cruel crocodile.
Word by word
- iṭar ār paṭuvār
- who will suffer sorrow?
- eḻu neñcē
- rise, my heart
- koṭu mutalai
- the cruel crocodile
- pain nākap paḷḷiyāṉ
- He who rests on the green serpent
- pātamē kaitoḻutum
- let us worship only His feet
- koyn nākap pūm pōtu
- freshly picked naga blossoms
Mudhal Tiruvandadi 79 · verse 2160 of the four thousand
Meaning
Who blames the giver rather than the one who takes? You begged of Mahabali, "Give me land," and when the bright stream of water touched Your lovely palm, did You not at once rise up so high that Your hands touched the stars strung across the vast sky?
Word by word
- koṇṭāṉai allāl
- rather than the one who takes
- maṇ tā eṉa irantu
- begging, "Give me land"
- oṇ tārai nīr
- the bright stream of water
- aṅkai tōya
- touching the lovely palm
- nimirntilaiyē
- did You not rise up?
- nīḷ vicumpil
- in the vast sky
Mudhal Tiruvandadi 80 · verse 2161 of the four thousand
Meaning
The venomous serpent cried, "I cannot withstand the fierce foe who has come upon me," ran, and coiled itself around His great couch; and the wondrous One of the great dark form gave it into the hands of the mighty one. Could anyone be servants of any but Him?
Word by word
- kaṭum pakaiñaṟku āṟṟēṉ
- I cannot withstand the fierce foe
- paṭutta perum pāḻi
- the great couch laid out
- viṭattu aravai
- the venomous serpent
- vallāḷaṉ kaikkoṭutta
- gave into the hands of the mighty one
- mā mēṉi māyavaṉukku
- the wondrous One of great form
- āḷ
- servants
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.