Periya Tirumozhi 4.9.1 · verse 1328 of the four thousand
Meaning
We have worshipped You; we, Your servants, who live doing Your service, have had our joy in this life! O my Father, You of Indalur! If You would only grant us what we long for, quickly, take pity on us crying "Ah, ah!", show Yourself to us just once and walk before us, would we not be saved?
Word by word
- nummait toḻutōm
- we have worshipped You
- num tam paṇiceytu irukkum
- who live doing Your service
- immaikku iṉpam peṟṟōm
- we have had our joy in this life (said in reproach)
- intaḷūrīrē
- O You of Thiruvindalur
- ā ā eṉṟu iraṅki
- taking pity with "Ah, ah!"
- nammai orukāl kāṭṭi
- showing Yourself to us once
- nāṅkaḷ uyyōmē
- would we not be saved?
Periya Tirumozhi 4.9.2 · verse 1329 of the four thousand
Meaning
O my Treasure, who stays in my heart and never leaves! O Youth, so sweet to be near! O Mal, loving Lord of lovely, cool Ali! O young Elephant of the groves! O Flame of the lamp that never goes out! O Perfect One who stands at Naraiyur! O my Father of Indalur, have even a little pity on me, Your servant.
Word by word
- cintai taṉṉuḷ nīṅkātu irunta tiruvē
- O Treasure who stays in my heart and never leaves
- maruviṉiya maintā
- O Youth, sweet to be near
- am taṇ āli mālē
- O loving Lord of lovely, cool Thiruvali
- cōlai maḻa kaḷiṟē
- O young Elephant of the groves
- nantā viḷakkiṉ cuṭarē
- O Flame of the lamp that never goes out
- naṟaiyūr niṉṟa nampī
- O Perfect One standing at Thirunaraiyur
- iṟaiyum iraṅkāyē
- have even a little pity
Periya Tirumozhi 4.9.3 · verse 1330 of the four thousand
Meaning
This is all we have to say: O You who measured the world with two steps, You whose crown wears a garland where the bees swarm and hum! We have fallen into the sea called longing to see You, and here we lie fainting. And see, this is what even strangers mock us for, O You of Indalur.
Word by word
- pēcukiṉṟatu ituvē
- this is all we have to say
- vaiyam īr aṭiyāl aḷanta
- who measured the world with two steps
- mūci vaṇṭu muralum kaṇṇi
- a garland where bees swarm and hum
- ācai eṉṉum kaṭalil vīḻntu
- falling into the sea called longing
- ayarttōm
- we lie fainting
- ayalārum ēcukiṉṟatu
- what even strangers mock us for
Periya Tirumozhi 4.9.4 · verse 1331 of the four thousand
Meaning
We praise You with a longing that never wavers, and yet here it has turned to shame for us. We wander about as Your servants, Yours alone, for the whole land to see, and still You will not show us Your form that shines like the gleam of gold. O our Lord, You are skilled at playing favourites, You of Indalur! Well then, may You live long and happy!
Word by word
- ācai vaḻuvātu ēttum
- praising with longing that never wavers
- iḻukkāyttu
- it has turned to shame
- tēcam aṟiya
- for the whole land to see
- kāciṉ oḷiyil tikaḻum vaṇṇam
- a form shining like the gleam of gold
- vāci vallīr
- You are skilled at playing favourites
- vāḻntē pōm nīrē
- well then, live long and happy! (said in loving reproach)
Periya Tirumozhi 4.9.5 · verse 1332 of the four thousand
Meaning
Fire is our Lord, water is our Lord; our Lord has become the directions and the great earth. But when our Lord stands as all these, we, Your servants, cannot see You! O our Lord, You are mother, father and father's father to us; are You not our own Lord, to us Your servants, O You of Indalur?
Word by word
- tī em perumāṉ nīr em perumāṉ
- fire is our Lord, water is our Lord
- ticaiyum iru nilaṉum
- the directions and the great earth
- aṭiyōm kāṇōmāl
- we, Your servants, cannot see You
- tāy em perumāṉ
- our Lord is our mother
- tantai tantai āvīr
- You are father and father's father
- em perumāṉ allīrō nīr
- are You not our own Lord?
Periya Tirumozhi 4.9.6 · verse 1333 of the four thousand
Meaning
I cannot keep from saying it, in the plain words I know: You have reckoned me, Your servant, as just one among all Your devotees. You know who is good, You know who is bad; You know everything for us in this world. This one thing alone You do not know, O You of Indalur.
Word by word
- collātu oḻiyakillēṉ
- I cannot keep from saying it
- ellārōṭum okka eṇṇiyiruntīr
- You have reckoned (me) as one among all
- nallār aṟivīr tīyār aṟivīr
- You know the good, You know the bad
- ellām aṟivīr
- You know everything
- ītē aṟiyīr
- this alone You do not know
- intaḷūrīrē
- O You of Thiruvindalur
Periya Tirumozhi 4.9.7 · verse 1334 of the four thousand
Meaning
You will no longer accept our service, and You have cast aside us, who know no other service; we have told You so plainly, O You of Indalur. You will not show us Your feet. Yet if You did show them, would not we, who came to this land of Yours and became Your servants, be saved?
Word by word
- māṭṭīr āṉīr paṇi nīr koḷḷa
- You will no longer accept our service
- paṇi aṟiyā
- who know no other service
- vēṟē coṉṉōm
- we have told You plainly
- kāṭṭīr āṉīr num tam aṭikkaḷ
- You will not show us Your feet
- toṇṭar āṉa nāṅkaḷ
- we who became Your servants
- uyyōmē
- would we not be saved?
Periya Tirumozhi 4.9.8 · verse 1335 of the four thousand
Meaning
Your colour in the first age was the colour of milk; Your colour later, which has stayed in full, is the colour of the rain cloud; and when one counts Your colours, Your sacred body is like gold and like a gem. Show us, "This is how it looks," O You of Indalur!
Word by word
- muṉṉai vaṇṇam pāliṉ vaṇṇam
- Your first colour, the colour of milk
- piṉṉai vaṇṇam koṇṭal vaṇṇam
- Your later colour, the colour of the rain cloud
- vaṇṇam eṇṇuṅkāl
- when one counts Your colours
- poṉṉiṉ vaṇṇam maṇiyiṉ vaṇṇam
- the colour of gold, the colour of a gem
- puraiyum tirumēṉi
- the sacred body that resembles them
- iṉṉa vaṇṇam eṉṟu kāṭṭīr
- show us, "This is how it looks"
Periya Tirumozhi 4.9.9 · verse 1336 of the four thousand
Meaning
We are servants who have come and stood before You for seven generations of our people, calling You again and again "my Father, my father's Lord, our Master"; and with us You are skilled at playing favourites! You stand first in our thoughts, yet You will not show us even a little, "This is how My sacred body looks," O You of Indalur.
Word by word
- entai tantai tammāṉ
- my Father, my father's Lord, our Master
- emar ēḻ aḷavum
- for seven generations of our people
- vāci vallīrāl
- You are skilled at playing favourites
- cintai taṉṉuḷ munti niṟṟir
- You stand first in our thoughts
- ciṟitum tirumēṉi
- even a little of Your sacred body
- inta vaṇṇam eṉṟu kāṭṭīr
- You will not show us how it looks
Periya Tirumozhi 4.9.10 · verse 1337 of the four thousand
Meaning
Kaliyan, Thirumangai Alwar, king of Mangai with its cloud-covered woodlands, sang this garland of glorious, sweet words on my Father and Lord in Indalur, ringed by beautiful groves. Whoever learns it and goes about in this world, whoever they may be, will be honoured as immortals even by the immortals, forever.
Word by word
- ēr ār poḻil cūḻ
- ringed by beautiful groves
- entai perumāṉai
- my Father and Lord
- kār ār puṟaviṉ
- with its cloud-covered woodlands
- maṅkai vēntaṉ kaliyaṉ
- Kaliyan, king of Thirumangai
- cīr ār iṉ col mālai
- a garland of glorious, sweet words
- amararkku eṉṟum amarar āvārē
- will be immortals even to the immortals forever
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.