Periya Tirumadal 51 · verse 2763 of the four thousand
Meaning
laid him across His own lap, tore open his golden chest with strong claws, and won great fame: the hero whose great hand bears the discus flashing like lightning. When the vast and ancient waters swallowed this wide earth,
Word by word
- tāḷmēl kiṭātti
- laying him across His lap
- vaḷ ukirāl pōḻntu
- tearing with strong claws
- āḻip paṭait
- with the discus weapon
- vīraṉai
- the hero
- akal iṭattai
- the wide earth
- mā mutu nīr
- the great, ancient waters
Periya Tirumadal 52 · verse 2764 of the four thousand
Meaning
He went in as a boar and lifted it up on His curved tusks, sharp-pointed as killing spears: the wondrous Dancer. With the great northern mountain as the churning staff and the serpent as the rope, while the shining sun and moon, the sky and all bright radiance
Word by word
- ēṉamāyp pukku
- entering as a boar, Varaha
- vaḷai maruppil
- on curved tusks
- kūttaṉai
- the Dancer, the wondrous One
- vaṭa malaiyai mattāka
- the northern mountain as churning staff
- mācuṇattāl
- with the great serpent
- iru cuṭarum
- the two lights, sun and moon
Periya Tirumadal 53 · verse 2765 of the four thousand
Meaning
whirled along with it, He turned the mountain and fed the gods the sweet nectar, and ended their long-standing sorrow: the Generous One. And besides that, letting no one at all know His true form, there He,
Word by word
- malai tirittu
- turning the mountain
- iṉ amutam
- the sweet nectar
- vāṉavarai ūṭṭi
- feeding the gods
- tuyar kaṭinta
- who ended the sorrow
- vaḷḷalai
- the Generous One
- taṉ uruvam ārum aṟiyāmal
- with no one knowing His true form
Periya Tirumadal 54 · verse 2766 of the four thousand
Meaning
in the form of a dwarf, a young brahmin student, entered Mahabali's golden sacrifice and sat there; to win the heart of that king of warrior kings, He beguiled him, melted his heart, and said: 'Three steps of land, measured by my own feet,
Word by word
- kuṟaḷ uruvil
- in a dwarf's form
- māṇiyāy
- as a young brahmin student
- vēḷvikkaṇ
- at the sacrifice
- vañcittu
- beguiling him
- neñcu urukki
- melting his heart
- mūvaṭi maṇ
- three steps of land
Periya Tirumadal 55 · verse 2767 of the four thousand
Meaning
O king, give me!' So He opened His mouth to ask. And the moment the king said, 'It is given by me,' in that very instant His gem crown, bright as lightning, rose to brush the sky, and His golden foot with its ringing anklet, lifted high, went beyond all seven worlds,
Word by word
- maṉṉā taruka
- O king, give!
- eṉṉāl tarappaṭṭatu
- it is given by me
- attuṇaikkaṇ
- in that very instant
- maṇi muṭi
- the gem crown
- viṇ taṭava
- brushing the sky
- kaṉai kaḻal kāl
- the foot with ringing anklet
Periya Tirumadal 56 · verse 2768 of the four thousand
Meaning
stretching on while the hostile asuras trembled; and so, beguiling Mahabali, He made this wide earth His own world: He of that great foot. The Lord of her whose waist is lightning and who sits on the lotus; the golden mountain in Vinnagar;
Word by word
- oṉṟā acurar tuḷaṅka
- as the hostile asuras trembled
- taṉ ulakam ākkuvitta
- made it His own world
- tāḷaṉai
- Him of that foot
- miṉ iṭaiyāḷ nāyakaṉai
- Lord of the lightning-waisted Lady, Lakshmi
- viṇ nakaruḷ
- in Thiruvinnagar
- poṉ malaiyai
- the golden mountain
Periya Tirumadal 57 · verse 2769 of the four thousand
Meaning
the battle-bull of flowering Kudanthai, where the Ponni washes up gems; the red coral hill at Kurungudi in the Pandya land; the Generous One of cool, abiding Cherai; and at Ali, with lovely watered fields where swans sleep upon great flowers,
Word by word
- poṉṉi maṇi koḻikkum
- where the Kaveri washes up gems
- pūṅ kuṭantaip
- of flowering Thirukkudanthai
- pōr viṭaiyai
- the battle-bull
- kuṟuṅkuṭiyuḷ
- in Thirukkurungudi
- cem pavaḷak kuṉṟiṉai
- the red coral hill
- cēṟai
- Thirucherai
- vayal āli
- Thiruvali of the fields
Periya Tirumadal 58 · verse 2770 of the four thousand
Meaning
my own sweet nectar; the great mountain of Evvul; the wish-granting kalpaka tree of Kanamangai, ringed by walls never breached; the lightning; the two great lights; at Vellarai, upon the rocky hill, the gold, the emerald; at Putkuzhi, our battle-bull;
Word by word
- iṉ amutai
- the sweet nectar
- evvuḷ
- Thiruvevvul, Thiruvallur
- kaṉṉi matiḷ
- walls never breached
- kaṇamaṅkaik kaṟpakattai
- the kalpaka tree of Thirukkannamangai
- veḷḷaṟaiyuḷ
- at Thiruvellarai
- kal aṟaimēl
- on the rocky hill
- puṭkuḻi
- Thiruputkuzhi
- pōr ēṟṟai
- the battle-bull
Periya Tirumadal 59 · verse 2771 of the four thousand
Meaning
our great gem in abiding Arangam; the bridegroom of Pinnai at Vallavazh; at Per, the One who is never born; the bright flame of an unpierced gem who lies in the ancient ocean; the Mal who dwells in my heart; the Lord of Idavendhai;
Word by word
- araṅkattu
- at Srirangam
- vallavāḻp
- Thiruvallavazh, Thiruvalla
- piṉṉai maṇāḷaṉai
- bridegroom of Nappinnai
- pēril
- at Thirupper
- piṟappiliyai
- the One without birth
- tōḷā maṇic cuṭarai
- the flame of an unpierced gem
- iṭaventai īcaṉai
- Lord of Thiruvidanthai
Periya Tirumadal 60 · verse 2772 of the four thousand
Meaning
the wondrous One of abiding Kadalmallai; the gem-flame on the heads of the gods; the strong might at Thankal; the Truth whom no other can know; the pearl; the Swan, the Fish, the Lion; the rare Veda;
Word by word
- kaṭalmallai māyavaṉai
- the wondrous One of Mallai by the sea
- ceṉṉi maṇic cuṭarai
- the gem-flame on their heads
- taṇkāl
- Thiruthankal
- tattuvattai
- the Truth, the Real
- aṉṉattai mīṉai
- the Swan and the Fish, forms He took
- aru maṟaiyai
- the rare Veda
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.