Naanmugan Tiruvandadi 41 · verse 2422 of the four thousand
Meaning
O Venkata, who came lovingly and entered my heart: I long to go to Thiruvenkatam itself and see it, where waterfalls on the rocks scatter pearls and the sound of the Onam festival rings and echoes.
Word by word
- kāṇal uṟukiṉṟēṉ
- I long to see
- kal aruvi muttu utira
- rock waterfalls scattering pearls
- ōṇa viḻavil
- at the Onam festival
- oli atira
- as the sound resounds
- vēṅkaṭavā
- O Lord of Venkatam
- eṉ uḷḷam pukuntāy
- You entered my heart
Naanmugan Tiruvandadi 42 · verse 2423 of the four thousand
Meaning
Go and worship at Venkatam that rises high into the distance, for its nature is to stand and destroy our karma. There, always, the four-faced one of the fragrant lotus and the three-eyed one lay lotus flowers at His feet and praise Him.
Word by word
- ceṉṟu vaṇaṅkumiṉō
- go and worship
- cēṇ uyar
- rising high and far
- viṉai keṭukkum nīrmaiyāl
- by its nature of destroying karma
- kaṭik kamala nāṉmukaṉum
- the four-faced one of the fragrant lotus
- kaṇmūṉṟattāṉum
- and the three-eyed one, Shiva
- aṭik kamalam
- lotus feet
Naanmugan Tiruvandadi 43 · verse 2424 of the four thousand
Meaning
To the Lord of northern Venkatam, whose peaks touch the clouds, they came by night to perform the rite of protection: the one who set the moon upon his matted hair and the one who sits on the lotus, their hands joined and raised high above their heads.
Word by word
- maṅkul tōy ceṉṉi
- peaks touching the clouds
- vaṭa vēṅkaṭattāṉai
- the Lord of northern Venkatam
- kaṅkul pukuntārkaḷ
- they came in by night
- kāppu aṇivāṉ
- to perform the protective rite
- tiṅkaḷ caṭai ēṟa vaittāṉum
- he who set the moon on his hair, Shiva
- tāmaraimēlāṉum
- the one on the lotus, Brahma
- kuvittuk koṇṭu
- joining their hands
Naanmugan Tiruvandadi 44 · verse 2425 of the four thousand
Meaning
You young ones who are setting out: go with all your heart to the hill of Venkatam with its groves, where He stands, the Youth who long ago, as a child set upon a lap, counted with His foot the heads of the cruel Rakshasa.
Word by word
- kuṭaṅkāl mēl vaitta
- placed upon the lap
- kuḻaviyāy
- as a child
- taṇṭa arakkaṉ
- the cruel Rakshasa
- talai tāḷāl
- the heads, with His foot
- poḻil vēṅkaṭamalaikkē
- to the grove-filled hill of Venkatam
- pōm kumararuḷḷīr
- O you young ones who go
- purintu
- with longing, wholeheartedly
Naanmugan Tiruvandadi 45 · verse 2426 of the four thousand
Meaning
Lovingly they lay flowers at His lotus feet and lie prostrate like a felled forest; and He stands towering, seen clearly from everywhere. Venkatam of the cool waterfalls is the treasure laid up for the gods and for those on earth alike.
Word by word
- puṇṭarikap pātam
- lotus feet
- parintu
- lovingly
- paṭukāṭu niṟpa
- lying fallen like a felled forest
- tāṉ ōṅki niṟkiṉṟāṉ
- He stands towering
- taṇ aruvi vēṅkaṭamē
- Venkatam of the cool waterfalls
- vaippu
- a treasure laid up
Naanmugan Tiruvandadi 46 · verse 2427 of the four thousand
Meaning
On Venkatam an elephant keeps stretching out its trunk to the great moon, thinking to set it up as a gem-lamp for Mal; and the hunters close in on it from every side while the Kuravas take up their bows. How good it would be if we could go around that land and dance there!
Word by word
- maṇi viḷakkā
- as a jewelled lamp
- mā matiyai
- the great moon
- kai nīṭṭum yāṉaiyai
- the elephant that stretches out its trunk
- vēṭu vaḷaikkak
- as the hunters surround it
- kuṟavar vil eṭukkum
- the hill-folk, Kuravas, take up bows
- nāṭu vaḷaittu āṭutumēl
- if we go round that land and dance
Naanmugan Tiruvandadi 47 · verse 2428 of the four thousand
Meaning
Venkatam is the home of the Lord with the hue of a fine gem. It holds yalis and mighty lions, gold and gems and pearls, flowering trees, forests where streams roll along carrying many gems and dash against the banks, monkeys and hunters.
Word by word
- naṉmaṇi vaṇṇaṉ ūr
- the town of the Lord with a fine gem's hue
- āḷiyum
- yalis, mythic lion-like beasts
- kōḷariyum
- and mighty lions
- pū maramum
- flowering trees
- porutu uruḷum kāṉamum
- forests where streams roll and dash
- vāṉaramum
- monkeys
Naanmugan Tiruvandadi 48 · verse 2429 of the four thousand
Meaning
It is Venkatam that the celestials worship. In truth, it is Venkatam that cures the disease of the body's karma. Venkatam is the hill of Him who takes up His discus so that the demons fall, and guards the gods.
Word by word
- viṇṇōr toḻuvatuvum
- what the celestials worship
- meymmaiyāl
- in truth
- viṉai nōy tīrppatuvum
- what cures the disease of karma
- tāṉavarai vīḻat
- so that the demons fall
- āḻip paṭai toṭṭu
- taking up the discus weapon
- vāṉavaraik kāppāṉ malai
- the hill of the protector of the gods
Naanmugan Tiruvandadi 49 · verse 2430 of the four thousand
Meaning
He set the mountain upon the Tortoise, wound Vasuki around it, and Himself held it at the top with one hand; and so, without let-up, the great Lord churned the ocean till it was torn apart. For everyone, the one thing worth speaking is His holy name.
Word by word
- malai āmaimēl vaittu
- setting the mountain on the tortoise
- vācukiyaic cuṟṟi
- winding Vasuki, the serpent, around it
- oru kai paṟṟi
- holding with one hand
- pīṟak kaṭainta
- churned till it was torn open
- tiru nāmam
- holy name
- kūṟuvatē
- to speak it alone
Naanmugan Tiruvandadi 50 · verse 2431 of the four thousand
Meaning
I have learned the way that keeps death from coming near, keeps cruel karma from coming near, keeps evil words from coming near: in my heart lie the words of Krishna who lies on the river bank, of the Wondrous One who lies on the ocean.
Word by word
- kūṟṟamum cārā
- death will not come near
- koṭu viṉaiyum
- cruel karma
- tī māṟṟamum
- evil words
- vakai aṟintēṉ
- I have learned the way
- karaik kiṭakkum kaṇṇaṉ
- Krishna who lies on the bank
- kaṭal kiṭakkum māyaṉ
- the Wondrous One who lies on the sea
- uraik kiṭakkum uḷḷattu
- in the heart where His words lie
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.