Periya Tirumozhi 8.10.1 · verse 1738 of the four thousand
Meaning
O You who enjoy the loving glance of the Lady of the great flower where the bees swarm! I have loved You again and again and have become a servant to You alone. What will You do for me? Tell me, You who gave us the four Vedas, O Lord who dwells in Kannapuram.
Word by word
- mā malar maṅkai
- the Lady of the great flower, Lakshmi
- maṇa nōkkam uṇṭāṉē!
- You who enjoy her loving glance
- ukantu ukantu
- loving again and again
- uṉ taṉakkē toṇṭu āṉēṟku
- to me, who became a servant to You alone
- eṉ ceykiṉṟāy?
- what will You do?
- nālvētam kaṇṭāṉē
- You who gave the four Vedas
- kaṇṇapurattu uṟai ammāṉē
- O Lord who dwells in Kannapuram
Periya Tirumozhi 8.10.2 · verse 1739 of the four thousand
Meaning
At the end of an age You took into Yourself, all at once, the great waters, the sky, the mountains and the seven worlds. Apart from You, I do not hold in my mind, even for a moment, that there are any other gods who come and go. O Lord who dwells in Kannapuram.
Word by word
- peru nīrum viṇṇum
- the great waters and the sky
- oru tārā
- all at once, together
- niṉṉuḷ oṭukkiya
- drew them into Yourself
- varu tēvar
- gods who come and go
- iṟaiyum karutēṉ
- I do not think, even slightly
Periya Tirumozhi 8.10.3 · verse 1740 of the four thousand
Meaning
I have not kept company with those who hold that there is some other god. What I have taken up is servitude to Your devotees. Whatever else I may speak of, I have learned Your sacred eight syllables, O Lord who dwells in Kannapuram.
Word by word
- maṟṟum ōr teyvam uḷatu
- that there is some other god
- uṟṟilēṉ
- I have not kept company
- uṉ aṭiyārkku aṭimai
- servitude to Your devotees
- niṉ tiru eṭṭu eḻuttum
- Your sacred eight syllables, the Ashtakshara mantra
- kaṟṟu nāṉ
- I have learned
Periya Tirumozhi 8.10.4 · verse 1741 of the four thousand
Meaning
She came as a woman, and from her large young breast You drank with delight the poison no one could drink, fierce as blazing fire. You are the One I delight in. O Ruler of the earth! O Beloved of the Lady of the honeyed flower, whose eyes are long and bright as swords! O Lord who dwells in Kannapuram.
Word by word
- peṇ āṉāḷ
- she who came as a woman, Putana
- ār aḻalpōl
- like blazing fire
- uṇṇā nañcu
- poison no one could drink
- maṇ āḷā
- O Ruler of the earth
- vāḷ neṭuṅ kaṇṇi
- she whose eyes are long and bright as swords
- matu malarāḷ
- the Lady of the honeyed flower, Lakshmi
- kaṇṇāḷā
- O Beloved
Periya Tirumozhi 8.10.5 · verse 1742 of the four thousand
Meaning
Parents, relatives: I do not cling to these. I have no other support at all, and so I have come to You. Hold me in Your heart as one who is Your own, and be gracious to me, O Lord who dwells in Kannapuram, where the learned gather.
Word by word
- peṟṟārum cuṟṟamum
- parents and relatives
- pēṇēṉ nāṉ
- I do not cling to
- maṟṟu ārum paṟṟu ilēṉ
- I have no other support
- niṉ aṭaintēṉ
- I have come to You
- uṟṟāṉ eṉṟu
- as one who is Your own
- kaṟṟār cēr
- where the learned gather
Periya Tirumozhi 8.10.6 · verse 1743 of the four thousand
Meaning
There are those who praise You and keep Your red feet in their thoughts. Yama's servants watch them, but they do not seize them; they say, "We bow to you; we are afraid," and never touch them. It is You, it seems, who guards them so, O Lord who dwells in Kannapuram.
Word by word
- uṉ cēvaṭi eṇṇi
- thinking of Your red feet
- namaṉ tamar
- Yama's servants
- paṟṟātu
- do not seize them
- cōttam
- a word of salutation, "we bow to you"
- nām añcutum
- we are afraid
- kāttipōl
- You guard them, it seems
Periya Tirumozhi 8.10.7 · verse 1744 of the four thousand
Meaning
O great Lord who sleeps softly on the serpent bed laid on the white flood of the Milk Ocean with its leaping waves! O generous One! Before Your people, Yama's servants always slink about like thieves, O Lord who dwells in Kannapuram.
Word by word
- veḷḷai nīr veḷḷattu
- on the white flood, the Milk Ocean
- aravu aṇaimēl
- on the serpent bed
- meḷḷat tuyiṉṟa
- who sleeps softly
- vaḷḷalē
- O generous One
- uṉ tamarkku
- before Your people
- kaḷḷarpōl
- like thieves, skulking in fear
Periya Tirumozhi 8.10.8 · verse 1745 of the four thousand
Meaning
You became a young brahmin boy and measured the earth; You tore open the ornamented chest of the asura with the sword. Here I have been thinking on these deeds, and now, though I was a man of hard deeds who cared for nothing, I can see none of my troubles left, O Lord who dwells in Kannapuram.
Word by word
- māṇ āki
- becoming a young brahmin boy, Vamana
- vaiyam aḷantatuvum
- how You measured the earth
- vāḷ avuṇaṉ
- the asura with the sword, Hiranya
- pūṇ ākam kīṇṭatuvum
- how You tore his ornamented chest
- pēṇāta valviṉaiyēṉ
- I, of hard deeds, who cared for nothing
- iṭar ettaṉaiyum kāṇēṉ
- I see none of my troubles
Periya Tirumozhi 8.10.9 · verse 1746 of the four thousand
Meaning
Long ago You set me firm as Your servant. With that alone I have put an end to my hard deeds. And through these songs You have shown me that You dwell in my heart, O Lord who dwells in Kannapuram.
Word by word
- nāṭṭiṉāy eṉṉai
- You set me firm
- uṉakku muṉ toṇṭu āka
- as Your servant, long ago
- māṭṭiṉēṉ
- I have put an end to
- eṉ valviṉaiyai
- my hard deeds, my karma
- pāṭṭiṉāl
- through these songs
- eṉ neñcattu iruntamai kāṭṭiṉāy
- You showed that You dwell in my heart
Periya Tirumozhi 8.10.10 · verse 1747 of the four thousand
Meaning
Kaliyan, Thirumangai Alwar, the servant rich in the glory of service, made this garland of sound on the Lord who dwells in Kannapuram, whose glories all have seen. Devotees who sing it, holding it as their treasure, will always rule beyond this universe. This we know.
Word by word
- kaṇṭa cīrk
- whose glories all have seen
- koṇṭa cīrt toṇṭaṉ
- the servant rich in glory
- kaliyaṉ
- Kaliyan, Thirumangai Alwar
- oli mālai
- garland of sound
- paṇṭamāyp pāṭum
- who sing it as their treasure
- aṇṭam pōy āṭci
- rule beyond the universe, in Vaikuntha
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.