Periya Tirumozhi 6.4.1 · verse 1478 of the four thousand
Meaning
Before your eyes start to swim, and you gasp with rheum and phlegm, and women of sweet, melodious speech say, 'Walk slowly, old man,' rise, O my heart! Let us go and worship at Thirunaraiyur, where He who became the sky, the mountains, the Vedas and the sacrifices has come to dwell.
Word by word
- kaṇṇum cuḻaṉṟu
- the eyes swimming
- pīḷaiyōṭu īḷai
- rheum and phlegm
- paṇ iṉ moḻiyār
- women of sweet, melodious speech
- paiya naṭamiṉ
- walk slowly
- naṇṇum naṟaiyūr
- Thirunaraiyur, where He has come to dwell
- toḻutum eḻu neñcamē
- rise, O heart, let us worship
Periya Tirumozhi 6.4.2 · verse 1479 of the four thousand
Meaning
Before the women with honeyed tresses sit together and laugh and mock you, saying, 'What brings you here to us, coughing away?', rise, O my heart! Let us go and worship at our radiant Thirunaraiyur, the town of Him who is the moon, the fire, the wind and the red sun.
Word by word
- koṅku uṇ kuḻalār
- women with honeyed tresses
- irumi
- coughing
- ikaḻātamuṉ
- before they mock
- tiṅkaḷ eri kāl ceñ cuṭar
- the moon, fire, wind and red sun
- tēcu uṭai
- radiant
- naṅkaḷ naṟaiyūr
- our Thirunaraiyur
Periya Tirumozhi 6.4.3 · verse 1480 of the four thousand
Meaning
Before the women with fragrant hair sit together and laugh and say to you, 'Sir, with a look like yours, what more is there to see?', rise, O my heart! Let us go and worship at Thirunaraiyur of our King, the town that shines where a king of just sceptre bowed at His feet and praised Him.
Word by word
- koṅku ār kuḻalār
- women with fragrant hair
- em kōlam aiyā
- sir, this look of ours
- eṉ iṉik kāṇpatu
- what more is there to see?
- ceṅkōl valavaṉ
- a king of just sceptre
- tāḷ paṇintu ēttit
- bowing at His feet and praising
- nam kōṉ naṟaiyūr
- Thirunaraiyur of our King
Periya Tirumozhi 6.4.4 · verse 1481 of the four thousand
Meaning
Before the women with fragrant hair, whose slender, lovely waists outdo the twig, the serpent and the creeper, shut their doors on you and mock, rise, O my heart! Let us go and worship at Thirunaraiyur of our trusted Lord, surrounded by rich gardens where clusters of areca palms ripen red-gold.
Word by word
- kompum aravamum valliyum
- the twig, the serpent and the creeper
- nuṇ ēr iṭai
- slender, lovely waist
- vācal aṭaittu
- shutting the door
- cem poṉ kamuku-iṉam
- areca palms ripening red-gold
- ceḻum cōlai
- rich gardens
- nampaṉ naṟaiyūr
- Thirunaraiyur of our trusted Lord
Periya Tirumozhi 6.4.5 · verse 1482 of the four thousand
Meaning
Before the women, whose eyes outdo the deer, the carp, the spear and the bright blue lily, and whose words are full of guile, laugh and mock you, rise, O my heart! Let us go and worship at fair Thirunaraiyur, surrounded by fields where malangu, varal and valai fish leap.
Word by word
- vilaṅkum kayalum vēlum
- the deer, the carp and the spear
- oṇ kāviyum
- and the bright blue lily
- calam koṇṭa collār
- women whose words are full of guile
- malaṅkum varālum vāḷaiyum
- malangu, varal and valai fish
- nalam koḷ naṟaiyūr
- fair Thirunaraiyur
Periya Tirumozhi 6.4.6 · verse 1483 of the four thousand
Meaning
Before the women with waists slender as lightning, having put away their desire for you, mock you, saying, 'Why have you come to us, coughing?', rise, O my heart! Let us go and worship at Thirunaraiyur of good waters, the town of Him who had a monkey feed fire to ancient, sea-girt Lanka, throwing it into turmoil.
Word by word
- miṉ nēr iṭaiyār
- women with lightning-slender waists
- vēṭkaiyai māṟṟiyiruntu
- having put away their desire
- tol nīr ilaṅkai
- ancient Lanka ringed by sea
- vilaṅku eri ūṭṭiṉāṉ
- He had a beast, the monkey, feed it fire
- nal nīr naṟaiyūr
- Thirunaraiyur of good waters
Periya Tirumozhi 6.4.7 · verse 1484 of the four thousand
Meaning
Before you hear the women with bow-shaped brows, their desire for you gone, laughing and talking behind your back, 'He is a wretch, all wrinkled now,' rise, O my heart! Let us go and worship at Thirunaraiyur of good people, who live in this world reciting the four Vedas rich in sacred words.
Word by word
- vil ēr nutalār
- women with bow-shaped brows
- pollāṉ tiraintāṉ
- he is a wretch, he is wrinkled
- puṟaṉ -urai
- talk behind one's back
- col ār maṟai nāṉku
- the four Vedas rich in words
- nallār naṟaiyūr
- Thirunaraiyur of good people
Periya Tirumozhi 6.4.8 · verse 1485 of the four thousand
Meaning
Before the women with bright, sword-like eyes, who once called you the god of love himself, say, 'Listen, he is an old man gasping with phlegm,' rise, O my heart! Let us go and worship, every day, at Thirunaraiyur, the town where sacrifices and festivals never cease in its streets.
Word by word
- vāḷ oṇ kaṇ nallār
- women with bright, sword-like eyes
- mataṉaṉ
- Madana, the god of love
- īḷaiyōṭu ēṅku kiḻavaṉ
- an old man gasping with phlegm
- vēḷvum viḻavum
- sacrifices and festivals
- eṉṟum aṟāta ūr
- the town where they never cease
- nāḷum
- every day
Periya Tirumozhi 6.4.9 · verse 1486 of the four thousand
Meaning
Before the love of women with lovely lips like ripe fruit leaves you, and your body, bent double, weakens on a walking stick and wastes away, rise, O my heart! Let us go and worship at Thirunaraiyur, the abundant place of Him who freed the milk-white moon in the dewy sky from its affliction.
Word by word
- kaṉi cērntu ilaṅku nal vāyavar
- women with lips like ripe fruit
- kātaṉmai viṭṭiṭa
- as their love leaves you
- kōlil taḷarntu
- weakening on a stick
- paṉi cēr vicumpil
- in the dewy sky
- pālmati kōḷ viṭuttāṉ
- He who freed the milk-white moon from its affliction
Periya Tirumozhi 6.4.10 · verse 1487 of the four thousand
Meaning
'Before the women with crescent-moon foreheads stop caring for us, worship at Thirunaraiyur ringed by fragrant groves, O heart!' So said Kalikanri, Thirumangai Alwar, king of Mangai, with his long, stained spear. Those who recite these words without forgetting them will become beloved kings among the gods.
Word by word
- piṟai cēr nutalār
- women with crescent-moon foreheads
- pēṇutal nammai ilātamuṉ
- before they stop caring for us
- naṟai cēr poḻil
- fragrant groves
- kaṟai ār neṭu vēl
- the long, stained spear
- maṟavātu uraippavar
- those who recite without forgetting
- vāṉavarkku iṉ aracu
- beloved kings among the gods
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.