Periya Tirumozhi 3.5.1 · verse 1188 of the four thousand
Meaning
You came and entered the mind of me, Your servant; and having entered, You are sweet to my mind that bows to You. O my treasure, my precious life! O Lord of Thiruvali, where the young shoots of the asoka trees, lovely with tender leaves, mingle everywhere and glow like red flame.
Word by word
- aṭiyēṉ maṉam pukuntāy
- You entered the mind of me, Your servant
- cintaṉaikku iṉiyāy
- You who are sweet to my thoughts
- tiruvē
- O my treasure
- eṉ ār uyirē
- O my precious life
- acōkiṉ iḷan taḷirkaḷ
- young shoots of the asoka tree
- cen taḻal puraiyum
- glowing like red flame
- tiruvāli ammāṉē
- O Lord of Thiruvali
Periya Tirumozhi 3.5.2 · verse 1189 of the four thousand
Meaning
Like a great dark-blue mountain lying with its great gems shining, You lie on the serpent bed upon the sea; and You dwell in my mind, the mind of Your servant. O Lord of beautiful Ali, where flocks of peacocks dance in the groves as the fragrant smoke of the sugarcane mills rises everywhere like rain clouds.
Word by word
- nīlat taṭa varai
- a great dark-blue mountain
- mā maṇi nikaḻak
- with great gems shining
- aravu aṇai
- the serpent bed
- vēlaittalaik kiṭantāy
- You who lie on the sea
- kaṇa mā mayil naṭam āṭa
- flocks of peacocks dancing
- ālaip pukai
- smoke of the sugarcane mills
Periya Tirumozhi 3.5.3 · verse 1190 of the four thousand
Meaning
I did not think, again and again, that You would come and go, here yesterday and gone today; I believed that when You entered my mind, You came to stay for this life. O Lord of beautiful Ali, where in rich fields fed by tossing water the valai fish leaps up in the faces of the men reaping red paddy, crosses the ridge, and goes off to that good land of sugarcane.
Word by word
- neṉṉal pōy varum
- gone yesterday, coming again
- eṉ maṉattē pukuntatu
- that You entered my mind
- immaikku eṉṟu iruntēṉ
- I took it to be for this whole life
- cennel
- red paddy
- arivār mukattu eḻu vāḷai
- the valai fish leaping at the reapers' faces
- aṇi āli ammāṉē
- O Lord of beautiful Ali (Thiruvali)
Periya Tirumozhi 3.5.4 · verse 1191 of the four thousand
Meaning
You made me forget my thoughts of women with waists slender and swaying as lightning, and come to Your enduring red feet, and You set in me a mind that never forgets them. O Lord of beautiful Ali, with its rich groves of punnai and serunthi and its wide pools and fields where swans dwell everywhere.
Word by word
- miṉṉiṉ maṉṉum nuṭaṅku iṭai
- waists slender and swaying like lightning
- cintai maṟantu
- forgetting those thoughts
- maṉṉu cēvaṭikkē
- to Your enduring red feet
- maṟavāmai vaittāyāl
- You gave me a mind that never forgets
- puṉṉai maṉṉu cerunti
- punnai and serunthi trees
- aṉṉam maṉṉum vayal
- fields where swans dwell
Periya Tirumozhi 3.5.5 · verse 1192 of the four thousand
Meaning
My mind worships Your twin feet and praises them, offering long garlands of many flowers: do not think of letting it wither, O great One who shot through the trees! O Lord of beautiful Ali, where the sweet sound of songs and the call of conches spread everywhere, filled out by many drums, and the sound of dancing never ceases.
Word by word
- nīṭu pal malar mālai
- long garlands of many flowers
- iṇai-aṭi toḻutu ēttum
- worshipping and praising Your twin feet
- vāṭa nī niṉaiyēl
- do not think of letting it wither
- maram eyta
- who shot through the trees (as Rama)
- caṅkiṉ ōcai
- the call of conches
- āṭal ōcai aṟā
- where the sound of dance never ceases
Periya Tirumozhi 3.5.6 · verse 1193 of the four thousand
Meaning
Offering the eight fragrant great flowers, I rise each day folding my hands to Your lovely red feet; You have entered the mind of me whose thought is set on this, and I will not let You go. O Lord of beautiful Ali, never without brahmins who, from of old, keep the sandhya worship, the sacrifices and the rites, and recite the four Vedas and teach them.
Word by word
- kanta mā malar eṭṭum
- the eight fragrant great flowers
- kāmar cēvaṭi
- lovely red feet
- pōkaloṭṭēṉ
- I will not let You go
- canti vēḷvi caṭaṅku
- sandhya worship, sacrifices and rites
- ōti ōtuvittu
- reciting and teaching
- antaṇāḷar aṟā
- never without brahmins
Periya Tirumozhi 3.5.7 · verse 1194 of the four thousand
Meaning
Lying on the sea of rolling waves, You came and entered the mind of me, Your servant, O wise One, O Holy One; now that You have entered, I will not let You go. O Lord of beautiful Ali, where in the shade of punnai trees with moon-bright flowers and nazhal trees, crabs sleep on cool lotus blossoms.
Word by word
- ulavu tiraik kaṭal
- the sea of rolling waves
- pulava puṇṇiyaṉē
- O wise One, O Holy One
- pukuntāyaip pōkaloṭṭēṉ
- You have entered; I will not let You go
- nilavu malarp puṉṉai
- punnai with moon-bright flowers
- alavaṉ kaṇpaṭukkum
- where crabs sleep
Periya Tirumozhi 3.5.8 · verse 1195 of the four thousand
Meaning
You who lie in Kadalmallai by the wide sea where conches dwell, You graciously came here and entered into me; if You leave now, I will cry out against it! O Lord of Thiruvali, where sweet young bees cling to fragrant shenbagam and jasmine blossoms, and then go off to stir the pollen of the young coconut palms.
Word by word
- caṅku taṅku taṭaṅ kaṭal
- the wide sea where conches dwell
- kaṭal mallaiyuḷ kiṭantāy
- You who lie in Kadalmallai (Mamallapuram)
- iṅku eṉṉuḷ pukuntāy
- You entered into me here
- iṉip pōyiṉāl aṟaiyō
- if You leave now, I cry foul!
- ceṇpakam mallikai
- shenbagam and jasmine
- iḷan teṅkiṉ tātu
- pollen of young coconut palms
Periya Tirumozhi 3.5.9 · verse 1196 of the four thousand
Meaning
Reciting Your thousand names, bowing and praising, I have come to You: O Lord of the Vedas, O King, my Father, speak one word to me, tell me one thing. O Lord of beautiful Ali, You made Yourself known to the great sages of the Veda, men of righteousness, and You remain the First of all others too.
Word by word
- āyiram nāmamum
- Your thousand names
- niṉ aṭaintēṟku
- to me who have come to You
- vētiyā araiyā
- O Lord of the Vedas, O King
- uraiyāy oru māṟṟam
- speak one word
- nīti ākiya vēta mā muṉi
- the great sages of the Veda who are righteousness itself
- āti āy iruntāy
- You remain the First
Periya Tirumozhi 3.5.10 · verse 1197 of the four thousand
Meaning
On the wondrous Lord who dwells in southern Ali, ringed on every side by groves where bees cling and hum, Kaliyan, Thirumangai Alwar, of shoulders firm as rock, made this good garland of sweet music. Those who learn these four, five and one, and can recite them together, will have the heavenly world as their home.
Word by word
- pulli vaṇṭu aṟaiyum
- where bees cling and hum
- teṉ āli irunta māyaṉai
- the wondrous Lord who dwells in southern Ali
- kalliṉ maṉṉu tiṇ tōḷ
- shoulders firm as rock
- iṉ icai mālai
- garland of sweet music
- nālum ōr aintum oṉṟum
- four, five and one: the ten verses
- vāṉ ulakē
- the heavenly world
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.