Periya Tirumadal 71 · verse 2783 of the four thousand
Meaning
He sat right in front of it and swiftly gobbled up every bit; and how, as the envoy of the kings, He went into the great hall where the kings were gathered,
Word by word
- muṉ iruntu
- sitting right before it
- muṟṟa tāṉ tuṟṟiya
- gobbling up all of it
- teṟṟeṉavum
- swiftly, plainly
- maṉṉar peruñ cavaiyuḷ
- in the great assembly of kings
- tūtaṉāyt
- as envoy, for the Pandavas
Periya Tirumadal 72 · verse 2784 of the four thousand
Meaning
where they spoke of Him with scorn: how He went there long ago and bore it; and how, while the drums beat on and the eyes of the young women shone with delight,
Word by word
- ikaḻntu uraippa
- as they spoke scornfully
- muṉa nāḷ ceṉṟatuvum
- how He went there long ago
- paṟai kaṟaṅka
- as the drums sounded
- maṅkaiyar tam kaṇ kaḷippa
- delighting the women's eyes
Periya Tirumadal 73 · verse 2785 of the four thousand
Meaning
He became a dancer, a bold and dazzling one, and danced the pot-dance yet again, so that people asked of Him, 'What sort of fellow is this?': that loss of His dignity;
Word by word
- kūttaṉāy
- as a dancer
- kuṭam āṭi
- dancing the pot-dance
- eṉ ivaṉ
- what sort of fellow is this?
- īṭaṟavum
- that loss of dignity
Periya Tirumadal 74 · verse 2786 of the four thousand
Meaning
and how she, the woman of southern Lanka, the doll of the rakshasa clan, the dear younger sister of King Ravana, she of the bright, sword-sharp teeth,
Word by word
- teṉ ilaṅkaiyāṭṭi
- the woman of southern Lanka
- arakkar kulap pāvai
- a doll of the rakshasa clan
- nal taṅkai
- dear younger sister
- vāḷ eyiṟṟut
- with sword-sharp, gleaming teeth
Periya Tirumadal 75 · verse 2787 of the four thousand
Meaning
she, Surpanakha, full of close-held, burning anger, grew faint with the desire that rose up in her; her skin turned pale as gold and she withered with longing, and so she rose and came before Him,
Word by word
- cuṭu ciṉattuc
- of burning anger
- cūrppaṇakā
- Surpanakha
- cōrvu eyti
- growing faint
- poṉ niṟam koṇṭu
- turning pale gold, the pallor of longing
- kāmattāl
- through desire
Periya Tirumadal 76 · verse 2788 of the four thousand
Meaning
and He, angered at her who desired Him, had her nose cut off: that firm resolve of His; and she who was like a towering mountain,
Word by word
- taṉṉai nayantāḷait
- her who desired Him
- tāṉ muṉintu
- He, in anger
- mūkku arintu
- cutting off the nose
- tiṇṇeṉavum
- that firmness
- malai pōlum
- like a mountain
Periya Tirumadal 77 · verse 2789 of the four thousand
Meaning
Tataka, who had no equal, He sent to the southern world of death for the sake of the great sage: that mighty strength of His. All these things
Word by word
- taṉ nikar oṉṟu illāta
- who had no equal
- tāṭakaiyai
- Tataka, the demoness
- mā muṉikkā
- for the great sage, Vishvamitra
- teṉ ulakam ēṟṟuvitta
- sent to the southern world, of death
- tiṇ tiṟalum
- that mighty strength
Periya Tirumadal 78 · verse 2790 of the four thousand
Meaning
I shall dwell on without end, and so that the whole world may know them, I myself shall ride the madal, made from the flowering palmyra that sprang up from the earth, grew and rose high, and spread its brightness all around.
Word by word
- uṉṉi
- dwelling on them
- ulavā
- without end
- ulaku aṟiya
- so that the world may know
- ūrvaṉa nāṉ
- I shall ride
- muḷaittu eḻuntu ōṅki
- sprouting, rising and growing tall
- pūm peṇṇai maṭal
- the madal of the flowering palmyra
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.