Periya Tirumozhi 11.8.1 · verse 2022 of the four thousand
Meaning
Even if You have an answer for me, I will still speak. I am afraid that You may yet make me appear again in the pit of human birth, and I tremble like a tree living on a river bank, waiting to be swept away. O Nambi, perfect Lord, You who are fragrance, taste, touch and sound!
Word by word
- māṟṟam uḷa ākilum
- even if You have an answer
- makkaḷ tōṟṟak kuḻi
- the pit of human birth
- tōṟṟuvippāykol
- will You make me appear again?
- āṟṟaṅkarai vāḻ marampōl
- like a tree on a river bank
- nāṟṟam cuvai ūṟu oli
- fragrance, taste, touch and sound
- nampī
- O Nambi, perfect Lord
Periya Tirumozhi 11.8.2 · verse 2023 of the four thousand
Meaning
Even if You grow angry, I will still say it. Afraid that You may make me be born again in the pit of human birth, I tremble terribly, like the minds of sailors caught in a storm at sea, O You who hold the discus in Your right hand.
Word by word
- cīṟṟam uḷa ākilum
- even if You grow angry
- ceppuvaṉ
- I will say it
- kāṟṟattiṭaippaṭṭa kalavar maṉampōl
- like the minds of sailors caught in a storm
- āṟṟat tuḷaṅkā niṟpaṉ
- I tremble terribly
- āḻi valavā
- O You with the discus in Your right hand
Periya Tirumozhi 11.8.3 · verse 2024 of the four thousand
Meaning
I think You may put me back into these heavy births and not draw me out again, and I am afraid of it. Like someone living under one roof with a snake, my heart cannot bear it and is thrown into turmoil, O my lotus-eyed Lord.
Word by word
- tūṅku ār piṟavikkaṇ
- into these heavy births
- vāṅkāy
- You will not draw me out
- pāmpōṭu oru kūraiyilē payiṉṟālpōl
- like living under one roof with a snake
- tāṅkātu uḷḷam
- my heart cannot bear it
- tamaraikkaṇṇā
- O lotus-eyed One
Periya Tirumozhi 11.8.4 · verse 2025 of the four thousand
Meaning
Afraid that You are thinking, "Let him be put back into births full of bodies and wander," my heart melts like an ant caught inside a firebrand that burns at both ends, O First One of the ages.
Word by word
- uru ār piṟavikkaṇ
- into births full of bodies
- tirivāy
- you shall wander
- iru pāṭu eri koḷḷiyiṉuḷ
- inside a firebrand burning at both ends
- eṟumpēpōl
- like an ant
- ūḻi mutalvā
- O First One of the ages
Periya Tirumozhi 11.8.5 · verse 2026 of the four thousand
Meaning
Afraid that You may push me down into the pit of suffering that never grows less however much one draws from it, my heart trembles like a pack of jackals caught in a flood, O First One of the ages.
Word by word
- koḷḷak kuṟaiyāta
- never growing less however much is taken
- iṭumpaik kuḻiyil
- into the pit of suffering
- veḷḷattiṭaippaṭṭa nari iṉampōlē
- like a pack of jackals caught in a flood
- uḷḷam tuḷaṅkāniṟpaṉ
- my heart trembles
Periya Tirumozhi 11.8.6 · verse 2027 of the four thousand
Meaning
O Bridegroom of Thiruvali, whose fields are full of clustered fresh lotuses and lovely blue lilies blooming by the sluices! Do not leave me like a tree half-lopped by a shepherd for his flock. Grant me Your grace in full.
Word by word
- paintāmaraiyōṭu aṇi nīlam
- fresh lotuses and lovely blue lilies
- maṭai niṉṟu alarum
- blooming by the sluices
- vayal āli maṇāḷā
- O Bridegroom of Thiruvali of the fields
- iṭaiyaṉ eṟinta maramē ottu
- like a tree lopped by a shepherd
- aṭaiya aruḷāy
- grant in full
Periya Tirumozhi 11.8.7 · verse 2028 of the four thousand
Meaning
The worm born in the neem tree eats nothing but neem; so I, Your servant, will desire nothing but Your red feet. You freed the young moon from its wasting curse, and You recline on the five-hooded serpent bed, O Supreme Light!
Word by word
- vēmpiṉ puḻu
- the worm born in the neem tree
- uṉ cēvaṭi aṉṟi nayavēṉ
- I will desire nothing but Your red feet
- tēmpal iḷan tiṅkaḷ ciṟaiviṭuttu
- freed the young moon from its wasting curse
- aivāyp pāmpiṉ aṇaip
- the bed of the five-hooded serpent
- parañcōtī
- O Supreme Light
Periya Tirumozhi 11.8.8 · verse 2029 of the four thousand
Meaning
O Father, who dwells in the city of Srirangam ringed by beautiful groves! From now on I will rely on nothing for myself but Your grace. My gem, my beautiful ruby, Madhusudana! Show me the way to be saved, O Supreme Light.
Word by word
- araṅka nakar appā
- O Father of Srirangam
- tuṇiyēṉ iṉi
- I will rely on nothing now
- niṉ aruḷ allatu
- but Your grace
- maṇi māṇikkamē
- my beautiful ruby
- matucūtā
- Madhusudana, slayer of Madhu
- uyyum vakai
- the way to be saved
Periya Tirumozhi 11.8.9 · verse 2030 of the four thousand
Meaning
My Father, every day You show sweet grace to those who have become Your devotees, so that they do not sink into unending hell. O Lord of those who chant the Sama Veda, lotus-eyed One! Alas, grant Your grace to me, Your servant.
Word by word
- nantā narakattu
- into unending hell
- toṇṭar āṉavarkku
- to those who became Your devotees
- cantōkā talaivaṉē
- Lord of the chanters of the Sama Veda
- tāmaraik kaṇṇā
- lotus-eyed One
- antō
- alas
Periya Tirumozhi 11.8.10 · verse 2031 of the four thousand
Meaning
These are the words of Kalikanri, Thirumangai Alwar, king of Mangai, whose fame fills the assemblies, about the Lord who lifted the hill and protected the herds of cows. On those who master these ten verses, karma will never fall.
Word by word
- kuṉṟam eṭuttu
- lifted the hill, Govardhana
- ā-nirai kāttavaṉ
- who protected the herds of cows
- maṅkai maṉ kalikaṉṟi
- Kalikanri, king of Mangai, Thirumangai Alwar
- oṉṟu niṉṟa oṉpatum
- the one and the nine, these ten
- viṉai āyiṉa cārakillāvē
- karma will never come near
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.