Naanmugan Tiruvandadi 51 · verse 2432 of the four thousand
Meaning
Who is there for me but One? My Lord alone is His own equal; there is no other. O You with the hue of the kaya flower of the fields, others do not know You. And for this understanding of mine, would all of heaven be price enough?
Word by word
- eṉakku āvār ār
- who is there for me?
- taṉakku āvāṉ tāṉē
- He alone is His own equal
- puṉak kāyā vaṇṇaṉē
- O You with the hue of the field's kaya flower
- piṟar aṟiyār
- others do not know
- eṉ matikku
- for my understanding
- viṇ ellām uṇṭō vilai
- is all heaven its price?
Naanmugan Tiruvandadi 52 · verse 2433 of the four thousand
Meaning
They hire themselves out for a price; they roam about offering men in sacrifice. Those who do not praise, as the One alone, the worthy King who drank the poison at the breast are the unlearned, sunk in debt.
Word by word
- vilaikku āṭpaṭuvar
- they become servants for a price
- āṭpali
- human sacrifice
- mulaikkāl viṭam uṇṭa
- who drank the poison at the breast
- vēntaṉaiyē
- the King alone
- kaṭam uṇṭār
- those sunk in debt
- kallātavar
- the unlearned
Naanmugan Tiruvandadi 53 · verse 2434 of the four thousand
Meaning
I have no god other than the Kakutstha who destroyed the safety of Lanka, the city of the unlearned. Do not put your trust in base gods, in those who are no gods, in gods without Sri: do not trust in them as God.
Word by word
- kallātavar ilaṅkai
- Lanka of the unlearned
- kaṭṭaḻitta
- who destroyed its defences
- kākuttaṉ
- the Kakutstha, Rama
- pollāta tēvarai
- base gods
- tiru illāt
- without Sri, Lakshmi
- tēṟēlmiṉ
- do not trust
Naanmugan Tiruvandadi 54 · verse 2435 of the four thousand
Meaning
The gods who stand as gods, the ancient arrangement of the three among those gods, and everyone and everything that stands: all of it is the tall Mal. Whatever learning those who do not grasp this may gain is worthless.
Word by word
- tēvarāy niṟkum
- standing as gods
- mūvarāy niṟkum
- standing as the three
- mutu puṇarppum
- the ancient arrangement
- neṭumāl
- the tall Lord
- ōrātār
- those who do not grasp
- kaṭai
- worthless, the lowest
Naanmugan Tiruvandadi 55 · verse 2436 of the four thousand
Meaning
The immortals stand at Your gate and worship Your anklets every day, and they gain only a middling joy. O tall Mal, whose form is like the surging waters all around: who is there who can truly sing of Your feet?
Word by word
- kaṭai niṉṟu
- standing at the gate
- amarar kaḻal toḻutu
- the immortals worship Your anklets
- iṭainiṉṟa iṉpattar
- people of middling joy
- nīr ōta mēṉi
- form like surging waters
- neṭumālē
- O tall Lord
- yār ōta vallār
- who is able to sing?
Naanmugan Tiruvandadi 56 · verse 2437 of the four thousand
Meaning
There is no talk of this one or that one: for the father of Kama there is no rival at all, see! The one who drank the poison of the salt sea stood with Bana as if it were his duty, and was defeated along with him.
Word by word
- avar ivar eṉṟu illai
- no 'this one or that one'
- aṉaṅkavēḷ tātaikku
- for the father of Kama
- evarum etir illai
- no one is a rival
- kaṭal nañcam uṇṭāṉ
- he who drank the sea's poison, Shiva
- vāṇaṟku
- for Bana, the asura
- tōṟṟāṉ oruṅku
- was defeated along with him
Naanmugan Tiruvandadi 57 · verse 2438 of the four thousand
Meaning
He is both the good karma and the bad gathered together. If one speaks of Him, He is the One who toppled the great kurundu tree. The gods all around, the demons, the stars: what is there that is not He, who has become my very heart?
Word by word
- nal viṉaiyum tīviṉaiyum
- good karma and bad
- perum kuruntam cāyttavaṉē
- He who toppled the great kurundu tree
- vāṉavar tām tāṉavar tām
- the gods, the demons
- tārakai
- the stars
- eṉ neñcam āṉavar
- He who has become my heart
- allātatu eṉ
- what is not He?
Naanmugan Tiruvandadi 58 · verse 2439 of the four thousand
Meaning
My Lord dwells in my heart, having driven its darkness away; He is the One who, long ago, measured the earth so that kings trembled. To the Cowherd who dwells in my heart, I have given my love, and my cruel karma is ended.
Word by word
- eṉ neñcam mēyāṉ
- He who dwells in my heart
- iruḷ nīkki
- driving away the darkness
- maṉ añca
- so that kings feared
- maṇ aḷantāṉ
- He who measured the earth
- vevviṉai
- cruel karma
- āyāṉukku ākkiṉēṉ aṉpu
- I have given my love to the Cowherd
Naanmugan Tiruvandadi 59 · verse 2440 of the four thousand
Meaning
You are love, You are rare nectar, You are joy to me, Your servant; You are everything. O Consort of the golden doll, Lakshmi, my Kesava of rising radiance: to You who rule me without fail, I, Your servant, am Your servant.
Word by word
- aṉpu āvāy
- You are love
- ār amutam
- rare nectar
- poṉ pāvai kēḷvā
- O Consort of the golden doll, Lakshmi
- kiḷar oḷi
- rising radiance
- kēcavaṉē
- O Kesava
- aṭiyēṉ nāṉ āḷ
- I, Your servant, am Yours
Naanmugan Tiruvandadi 60 · verse 2441 of the four thousand
Meaning
You wander about looking for those You may make Your own; see, I too wander always, looking for Your feet: that is my nature. O Arangan, who stand as a rare treasure to those who seek You, my mind will never cease to love You.
Word by word
- āḷ pārttu
- looking for those to make Your own
- uḻitaruvāy
- You wander
- tāḷpārttu
- looking for Your feet
- arum poruḷāy
- as a rare treasure
- araṅkaṉē
- O Lord of Srirangam
- viḷḷēṉ maṉam
- my mind will not let go
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.