Periya Tirumozhi 5.6.1 · verse 1398 of the four thousand
Meaning
The young elephant with a mighty trunk; the dark gem lying in the ocean; the great emerald, dark as collyrium; Thirumal who spoke the Vedas; my Lord, ever sweet to me; the Lord who shielded His own from the cold: where I saw Him was in Thennarangam, Srirangam of the south, adorned by its waters.
Word by word
- kaim māṉa maḻa kaḷiṟṟai
- the young elephant with a mighty trunk
- kaṭal kiṭanta karumaṇiyai
- the dark gem lying in the ocean
- maim māṉa marakatattai
- the great emerald, dark as collyrium
- maṟai uraitta tirumālai
- Thirumal who spoke the Vedas
- eṉakku eṉṟum iṉiyāṉai
- Him who is ever sweet to me
- paṉi kātta
- who shielded from the cold
- yāṉ kaṇṭatu
- where I saw Him
Periya Tirumozhi 5.6.2 · verse 1399 of the four thousand
Meaning
The Lord of Thirupper; my Lord of Thirukkurungudi; He whose town is Thiruttankal; the Supreme One of Karambanur; He who swallowed the seven strong dark seas where pearls gleam, the seven mountains and these seven worlds, and stayed as though still not full: where I saw Him was in Thennarangam.
Word by word
- pērāṉai
- the Lord of Thirupper
- kuṟuṅkuṭi em perumāṉai
- my Lord of Thirukkurungudi
- tiruttaṇkāl ūrāṉai
- He whose town is Thiruttankal
- karampaṉūr uttamaṉai
- the Supreme One of Karambanur
- muttu ilaṅku
- where pearls gleam
- ārātu eṉṟu iruntāṉai
- Him who stayed as though not yet full
Periya Tirumozhi 5.6.3 · verse 1400 of the four thousand
Meaning
The Lord who became a boar and lifted the world long ago, and who is Himself the wide earth and the great sky; who shines as honey and nectar in the hearts of His devotees for ever; who once, gladly, became a cowherd among the cows: where I saw Him was in Thennarangam.
Word by word
- ēṉ āki
- becoming a boar
- ulaku iṭantu
- lifting up the world
- iru nilaṉum peru vicumpum
- the wide earth and the great sky
- aṭiyār maṉattu
- in the hearts of His devotees
- tēṉ āki amutu ākit
- as honey, as nectar
- āṉ-āyaṉ
- the cowherd
Periya Tirumozhi 5.6.4 · verse 1401 of the four thousand
Meaning
Him who reclines in the wide ocean; who kicked the cart that rolled about in a mighty form, so that it fell to pieces; who, unable to bear him, tore Hiranya apart; who long ago, one day, stretched out two steps and measured the great earth: where I saw Him was in Thennarangam, adorned by its waters.
Word by word
- vaḷarntavaṉait taṭaṅ kaṭaluḷ
- Him who reclines in the wide ocean
- tiri cakaṭam
- the rolling cart, a demon in disguise
- utaittavaṉai
- Him who kicked
- iraṇiyaṉaip piḷantavaṉai
- Him who tore Hiranya apart
- īr aṭi nīṭṭip
- stretching out two steps
- aṇi nīrt teṉ araṅkattē
- in Srirangam of the south, adorned by its waters
Periya Tirumozhi 5.6.5 · verse 1402 of the four thousand
Meaning
Him who stands as water and fire and the long earth; who once devoured the rakshasa's city with fire, so that those who had seen it would never see it again; who is the great fire and the great sky, and who then receives, through the blazing fire, the offerings made with the mantras of Vedic scholars: where I saw Him was in Thennarangam.
Word by word
- nīr aḻal āy
- as water and fire
- arakkaṉ-ūr
- the rakshasa's city, Lanka
- kaṇṭār piṉ kāṇāmē
- so that those who saw it never saw it again
- pēr aḻal āy
- as the great fire
- maṟaiyōr mantirattiṉ
- with the mantras of Vedic scholars
- ār aḻalāl uṇṭāṉaik
- Him who receives offerings through the blazing fire
Periya Tirumozhi 5.6.6 · verse 1403 of the four thousand
Meaning
Him who is the way of tapas for those who give up their anger and come to Him; who, unable to bear him, killed Kamsa; the wish-granting tree, who once swallowed the world and brought it out again; the Rider of the bird with beautiful wings, who shook the swift form of a fierce and cruel foe: where I saw Him was in Thennarangam.
Word by word
- tam ciṉattait tavirttu aṭaintār
- those who give up their anger and come to Him
- tava neṟiyai
- the path of tapas, devotion's way
- kañcaṉaik koṉṟu
- killing Kamsa
- uṇṭu umiḻnta
- swallowed and brought out again
- kaṟpakattai
- the wish-granting tree
- am ciṟaip puḷ pākaṉai
- the Rider of Garuda with lovely wings
Periya Tirumozhi 5.6.7 · verse 1404 of the four thousand
Meaning
The One I hold in my thought; the way of tapas; Thirumal; the Northern Mountain, Thiruvenkatam, who came into my mind and stays there, never parting; the pure One who at Thirukkovalur, with its groves where striped bees swarm on flower clusters, stretched out His foot to measure the world: where I saw Him was in Thennarangam, adorned by its waters.
Word by word
- cintaṉaiyai
- Him whom I hold in thought
- piriyātu
- never parting
- vaṭamalaiyai
- the Northern Mountain, Thiruvenkatam
- vari vaṇṭu
- striped bees
- poḻil kōval
- Thirukkovalur with its groves
- aṭi nimirtta
- who stretched out His foot
- antaṇaṉai
- the pure One
Periya Tirumozhi 5.6.8 · verse 1405 of the four thousand
Meaning
He is the Gracious One who grants no grace there to those in dyed robes, nor to the Jains who lack purity; He is the Lord of my people who have come to Him, of me His servant, of my father and my mother, and of the immortals: where I saw Him was in Thennarangam.
Word by word
- tuvaritta uṭaiyavarkkum
- to those in ochre-dyed robes
- aruḷ illā aruḷāṉai
- the Gracious One who gives them no grace
- taṉ aṭainta emarkaṭkum
- for my people who have come to Him
- emmāṟkum em aṉaikkum
- for my father and my mother
- amararkkum pirāṉāraik
- the Lord of the immortals too
Periya Tirumozhi 5.6.9 · verse 1406 of the four thousand
Meaning
The wise One who stands as truth for those who drive falsehood from their minds, set the five senses in their place and meditate on what is true; Him whose colour is dark as collyrium, gleaming like a dark rain cloud, of the very hue of emerald: where I saw Him was in Thennarangam.
Word by word
- poy vaṇṇam maṉattu akaṟṟi
- driving falsehood out of the mind
- pulaṉ aintum
- the five senses
- meyn niṉṟa vittakaṉai
- the wise One who stands as truth
- mai vaṇṇam
- colour of collyrium
- karu mukilpōl
- like a dark rain cloud
- marakatattiṉ
- of emerald
Periya Tirumozhi 5.6.10 · verse 1407 of the four thousand
Meaning
Kalikanri, Thirumangai Alwar, of lovely renown, sang this Tamil garland, rich in praise and dear to the tongue, on the Lord of beautiful Arangam, who once went with the cows and grazed the herds. Those who take these ten to heart and master them: evil deeds will never come near them.
Word by word
- ā maruvi nirai mēytta
- who went with the cows and grazed the herds
- aṇi araṅkattu ammāṉaik
- the Lord of beautiful Srirangam
- kāmaru cīrk
- of lovely renown
- nā maruvu tamiḻ-mālai
- a Tamil garland dear to the tongue
- nāl iraṇṭōṭu iraṇṭiṉaiyum
- eight and two, the ten verses
- cārā tīviṉai
- evil deeds will not approach
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.