Periya Tirumozhi 6.3.1 · verse 1468 of the four thousand
Meaning
I am not one to let it go: never letting go the joy of You, I will never forget Your form; and never forgetting it, I do not think I will be born again in this world. I have won freedom from birth because I belong to You, O Lord of Thiruvinnagar!
Word by word
- tuṟappēṉ allēṉ
- I am not one to give it up
- niṉ uruvam
- Your form
- maṟappēṉ allēṉ
- I will never forget
- piṟavāmai peṟṟatu
- I have won freedom from birth
- niṉ tiṟattēṉ
- I belong to You
- tiruviṇṇakarāṉē
- O Lord of Thiruvinnagar
Periya Tirumozhi 6.3.2 · verse 1469 of the four thousand
Meaning
I have given up desire and anger and the ties of kin; and because I gave them up, I have found my true worth in service at Your feet, O Thirumal. You who move about as dharma itself, I have taken You into my heart, never to waver, O Lord of Thiruvinnagar!
Word by word
- ārvac ceṟṟac cuṟṟam
- desire, anger and the ties of kin
- tuṟantēṉ
- I have given up
- ciṟantēṉ niṉ aṭikkē aṭimai
- I found my worth in service at Your feet
- aṟam-tāṉ āyt tirivāy
- You who move about as dharma itself
- tiṟampāmal koṇṭēṉ
- I have held You, never wavering
Periya Tirumozhi 6.3.3 · verse 1470 of the four thousand
Meaning
Defeated by the arrows of the eyes that roam across the moon-like faces of lovely women with the glance of a doe, I fled and came to You. O King! O Beautiful One of Thirukkurungudi! O Honey of Thirunaraiyur! O Lord of Thiruvinnagar, ringed by flowing waters!
Word by word
- māṉ ēy nōkku nallār
- lovely women with a doe's glance
- matipōl mukattu
- on moon-like faces
- kaṇ vāḷikku uṭaintu
- defeated by the arrows of their eyes
- ōṭṭantu uṉ aṭaintēṉ
- I fled and came to You
- kuṟuṅkuṭiyuḷ kuḻakā
- O Beautiful One of Thirukkurungudi
- tirunaṟaiyūrt tēṉē
- O Honey of Thirunaraiyur
Periya Tirumozhi 6.3.4 · verse 1471 of the four thousand
Meaning
I sank deep in the flood of pleasure, embracing the broad shoulders of women with soft breasts smeared with sandal paste, and I earned the fruit of sinking into cruel hell. Now I have come, O Holy One; reaching You, I am rid of my evil deeds. I have come to You, O Lord of Thiruvinnagar!
Word by word
- cāntu ēntu meṉ mulaiyār
- women with soft breasts smeared with sandal
- iṉpa veḷḷattu āḻntēṉ
- I sank in a flood of pleasure
- aru narakattu aḻuntum
- sinking into cruel hell
- puṇṇiyaṉē
- O Holy One
- tīviṉaikaḷ tīrntēṉ
- I am rid of my evil deeds
Periya Tirumozhi 6.3.5 · verse 1472 of the four thousand
Meaning
I think of no other god. Placing You in my mind, I have gained something, and what I have gained is freedom from birth. My Lord! You destroyed Ravana of Lanka, ringed by the long sea that never runs dry, O Victorious One, O Lord of Thiruvinnagar!
Word by word
- maṟṟu ōr teyvam eṇṇēṉ
- I think of no other god
- eṉ maṉattu vaittup
- placing You in my mind
- piṟavāmai
- freedom from birth
- vaṟṟā nīḷ kaṭal
- the long sea that never runs dry
- irāvaṇaṉaic ceṟṟāy
- You destroyed Ravana
- koṟṟavaṉē
- O Victorious One
Periya Tirumozhi 6.3.6 · verse 1473 of the four thousand
Meaning
You are the dark, gleaming ocean, the earth, the jewelled mountains and the two red lights, the sun and the moon. I have come to know in my heart that You are the way to be saved. In truth, from now on I know no other god at all, O Lord of Thiruvinnagar!
Word by word
- mai oṇ karuṅ kaṭalum
- the dark, gleaming ocean
- maṇi varaiyum
- the jewelled mountains
- ceyya cuṭar iraṇṭum
- the two red lights, sun and moon
- uyyum vakai uṇarntēṉ
- I have known the way to be saved
- uṇmaiyāl
- in truth
- teyvam piṟitu aṟiyēṉ
- I know no other god
Periya Tirumozhi 6.3.7 · verse 1474 of the four thousand
Meaning
Your servant has one more thing to say. Do not ask me to spell it out at length; just take it into Your holy heart: I will never, in my heart, credit any other god with greatness, and I will trust in none but You, O Lord of Thiruvinnagar!
Word by word
- vēṟē kūṟuvatu uṇṭu
- there is one more thing to say
- virittu uraikkum āṟē
- the way of telling it at length
- niṉ tirumaṉattu
- into Your holy heart
- kuṇam koṇṭu
- crediting with good qualities
- tēṟēṉ uṉṉai allāl
- I trust none but You
Periya Tirumozhi 6.3.8 · verse 1475 of the four thousand
Meaning
I will not dwell on those who fell, like great trees broken and withered by a huge, strong elephant in a scorched and burning wilderness. With a mind melted in love and fixed on You, when will I, Your servant, reach the heavenly world with a clear mind, O Lord of Thiruvinnagar?
Word by word
- muḷintīnta vem kaṭattu
- in a scorched, burning wilderness
- mūrip peruṅ kaḷiṟṟāl
- by a huge, strong elephant
- mā marampōl
- like great trees
- vīḻntārai niṉaiyātē
- not dwelling on those who fell
- aḷintu ōrnta cintai
- a mind melted in love and fixed
- eṉṟu eytuvatu
- when will I reach
Periya Tirumozhi 6.3.9 · verse 1476 of the four thousand
Meaning
Tell me, O You with Sri on Your chest: assure me, O Nambi, that my karma will not torment me, a simple soul who has become Yours and given himself to Your service. O Mighty One who wrestled! O Dancer with the pots! O Madhusudana! O You whose good fame never fades in this world, Lord of Thiruvinnagar!
Word by word
- tiru mārvā
- O You with Sri on Your chest
- toṇṭu paṭṭa
- given to Your service
- viṉaikaḷ naliyāmai
- that karma will not torment me
- nampu-nampī
- assure me, O Nambi
- kuṭam āṭī
- O Dancer with the pots
- cellā nal icaiyāy
- O You of good fame that never fades
Periya Tirumozhi 6.3.10 · verse 1477 of the four thousand
Meaning
Kaliyan, Thirumangai Alwar, whose broad hands give like the dark rain cloud, sang this resounding garland on the Lord of Thiruvinnagar, with its long, splendid streets, set in cool woodlands ringed by ponds of lotus blossoms. Whoever can master these verses, sorrow will not stay with them.
Word by word
- malark kamalat taṭam
- ponds of lotus blossoms
- taṇ puṟavil
- in cool woodlands
- cīr ār neṭu maṟukiṉ
- with long, splendid streets
- kār ār puyal taṭak kaik
- broad hands generous as a dark rain cloud
- oli mālai
- resounding garland of verse
- allal nillāvē
- sorrow will not stay
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.