Periya Tirumozhi 6.1.1 · verse 1448 of the four thousand
Meaning
Devotees and immortals alike, carrying woven garlands of fragrant flowers on which bees feed, bow at Your feet, praying, 'May our old karma be destroyed'; and there You stood and measured the heavens and the wide earth. O Lord who rules me, if You grant me the grace of seeing You, I will not want this household life, O You who dwell in Vinnagar!
Word by word
- vaṇṭu uṇum naṟu malar
- fragrant flowers on which bees feed
- iṇṭai
- a woven garland of flowers
- paṇṭai nam viṉai keṭa
- so that our old karma may end
- toṇṭarum amararum
- devotees and immortals
- aṇṭamoṭu akal-iṭam aḷantavaṉē
- O You who measured the heavens and the wide earth
- vēṇṭēṉ maṉaivāḻkkaiyai
- I do not want household life
- viṇṇakar mēyavaṉē
- O You who dwell in Thiruvinnagar (Oppiliappan Koil)
Periya Tirumozhi 6.1.2 · verse 1449 of the four thousand
Meaning
Taking the lead, You churned the wave-tossed sea, and there You watched the One with an eye on his forehead drink the poison. So that the gods could eat the nectar, You, my Lord, took for Yourself the Lady who rose from that nectar, herself a nectar. O Lord who rules me, if You grant me the grace of seeing You, I will not want this household life, O You who dwell in Vinnagar!
Word by word
- alai kaṭal kaṭaintu
- churning the wave-tossed sea
- kaṇṇutal
- the one with an eye on his forehead, Shiva
- nañcu uṇṇakkaṇṭavaṉē
- O You who watched him drink the poison
- viṇṇavar amutu uṇa
- so that the gods could eat the nectar
- peṇ amutu
- the Lady who is nectar, Lakshmi
- āṇṭāy
- O You who rule me
Periya Tirumozhi 6.1.3 · verse 1450 of the four thousand
Meaning
O You whose colour is that of dark tresses! When the fire-coloured one, who holds You as part of himself, bent the great mountain into a bow so that the cities of his enemies would fall, You there became the arrow, the colour of fire. O Lord who rules me, if You grant me the grace of seeing You, I will not want this household life, O You who dwell in Vinnagar!
Word by word
- kuḻal niṟa vaṇṇa
- O You with the colour of dark tresses
- niṉkūṟu koṇṭa
- who holds You as part of himself
- taḻal niṟa vaṇṇaṉ
- the fire-coloured one, Shiva
- naṇṇār nakaram
- the cities of his enemies, the three cities
- malai cilai
- the mountain as a bow
- aḻal niṟa ampu
- the fire-coloured arrow
Periya Tirumozhi 6.1.4 · verse 1451 of the four thousand
Meaning
Once You swallowed the two lights, the moon that sheds moonlight and the sun that sheds sunshine, along with the world and all its lives; then, taking the form of a little child, You lay on a banyan leaf on the wave-tossed sea. O Lord who rules me, if You grant me the grace of seeing You, I will not want this household life, O You who dwell in Vinnagar!
Word by word
- nilavoṭu veyil nilavu
- shedding moonlight and sunshine
- iru cuṭarum
- the two lights, moon and sun
- ulakamum uyirkaḷum
- the world and all lives
- kuḻaviyiṉ uruviṉai āy
- taking the form of a little child
- āl ilai vaḷarntavaṉē
- O You who lay on a banyan leaf
- aruḷ eṉakku aruḷutiyēl
- if You grant me that grace
Periya Tirumozhi 6.1.5 · verse 1452 of the four thousand
Meaning
You became the earth, the seven seas and the seven mountains; You held all these seven glorious worlds within Your belly, filled with them, and stood there; You are the one syllable and the one form. O Lord who rules me, if You grant me the grace of seeing You, I will not want this household life, O You who dwell in Vinnagar!
Word by word
- pār eḻu kaṭal eḻu malai eḻum
- the earth, seven seas, seven mountains
- cīr keḻum
- glorious
- vayiṟṟiṉil aṭakki
- holding them within Your belly
- ōr eḻuttu
- the one syllable, Om
- ōr uru
- the one form
- uṉaik kāṇpatu
- seeing You
Periya Tirumozhi 6.1.6 · verse 1453 of the four thousand
Meaning
You became the dark seas and the mountains, and the beautiful world too; You are that state which even the first among the gods cannot know; and You became the glorious four Vedas. O Lord who rules me, if You grant me the grace of seeing You, I will not want this household life, O You who dwell in Vinnagar!
Word by word
- kār keḻu kaṭalkaḷum
- the dark seas
- ēr keḻum ulakamum
- and the beautiful world
- aṟivu-arum nilaiyiṉai
- the state hard to know
- cīr keḻu nāṉmaṟai
- the glorious four Vedas
- maṉaivāḻkkaiyai
- household life
Periya Tirumozhi 6.1.7 · verse 1454 of the four thousand
Meaning
Brahmins steeped in the Rig Veda pour melted, fragrant ghee into the blazing fire at the twilight hours, so that the gods may abide in plenty. You are the sweet music within that Rig Veda. O Lord who rules me, if You grant me the grace of seeing You, I will not want this household life, O You who dwell in Vinnagar!
Word by word
- urukku uṟu naṟu ney
- melted, fragrant ghee
- ār aḻalil
- into the blazing fire
- irukku uṟum antaṇar
- Brahmins steeped in the Rig Veda
- cantiyiṉvāy
- at the twilight hours, sandhya
- irukkiṉil iṉ icai
- the sweet music in the Rig Veda
Periya Tirumozhi 6.1.8 · verse 1455 of the four thousand
Meaning
The suffering that comes from loving union with young women is karma, and it is something to fear. That is why I come close to Your feet, O Holy One, whose tall crown is decked with blossoming flowers. O Lord who rules me, if You grant me the grace of seeing You, I will not want this household life, O You who dwell in Vinnagar!
Word by word
- iḷaiyavar kalavi
- union with young women
- vētaṉai viṉai
- suffering, the fruit of karma
- veruvutal ām
- is something to fear
- uṉatu aṭi aṇukuvaṉ
- I come near Your feet
- pōtu alar neṭumuṭip
- the tall crown with blossoming flowers
- puṇṇiyaṉē
- O Holy One
Periya Tirumozhi 6.1.9 · verse 1456 of the four thousand
Meaning
I have no love for these things, dying and being born, and so I have reached Your anklet-feet. You became the four Vedas that are recited, and You took the three forms that hold sway among the gods above. O Lord who rules me, if You grant me the grace of seeing You, I will not want this household life, O You who dwell in Vinnagar!
Word by word
- cātalum piṟattalum
- dying and being born
- kātal ceyyātu
- not loving them
- kaḻal aṭaintēṉ
- I reached Your anklet-feet
- ōtal cey nāṉmaṟai
- the four Vedas that are recited
- mūvuru āṉavaṉē
- O You who took the three forms
Periya Tirumozhi 6.1.10 · verse 1457 of the four thousand
Meaning
Kalikanri, Thirumangai Alwar, of lovely renown, sang these Tamil verses, rich in poetry, on beautiful Vinnagar, with its groves full of flowers. Those who can sing them will reach the two feet of Vamana.
Word by word
- pū maru poḻil
- groves full of flowers
- aṇi viṇṇakar
- beautiful Thiruvinnagar
- kāmaru cīrk kalikaṉṟi
- Kalikanri of lovely renown
- pā maru tamiḻ
- Tamil rich in poetry
- vāmaṉaṉ aṭi-iṇai
- the two feet of Vamana
- maruvuvarē
- will reach
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.