Naanmugan Tiruvandadi 61 · verse 2442 of the four thousand
Meaning
No sorrow of mind will come near those who take Madhusudana alone as their refuge. He who sent His command running through all seven worlds has today come to me and become one with me: such is the good fortune that has come and settled with me.
Word by word
- maṉak kētam cārā
- sorrow of mind will not come near
- matucūtaṉ
- Madhusudana, slayer of Madhu
- tañcamāk koḷḷil
- if one takes Him as refuge
- iṉṟu oṉṟi niṉṟu
- today becoming one with me
- ēḻ āṇai ōṭṭiṉāṉ
- He who sent His command through the seven worlds
- tiru
- good fortune, blessing
Naanmugan Tiruvandadi 62 · verse 2443 of the four thousand
Meaning
Some do not grasp that the side where Sri stands is the side of strength, and they preach to the unlearned, still bound to the womb. As for me, I have worn and borne the cool tulasi garland, humming with bees, of Sridhara, on whose chest Sri dwells.
Word by word
- tiru niṉṟa pakkam
- the side where Sri stands
- tiṟavitu
- is the strong side
- karu niṉṟa kallārkku
- to the unlearned bound to the womb
- cirītaraṉ
- Sridhara, who bears Sri
- vaṇṭu ulavu taṇ tuḻāyt
- cool tulasi where bees hover
- cūṭit tarittu
- wearing and bearing it
Naanmugan Tiruvandadi 63 · verse 2444 of the four thousand
Meaning
So I have sustained myself. You who lie on the fierce serpent: I have spent my days writing of You, reading and hearing of You, bowing to You, worshipping You and offering You puja.
Word by word
- tarittiruntēṉ
- I have sustained myself
- vem nākattu uṉṉait
- You on the fierce serpent
- terittu eḻuti
- writing of You clearly
- vācittum kēṭṭum
- reading and hearing
- pūcittum
- offering worship, puja
- pōkkiṉēṉ pōtu
- I have spent my time
Naanmugan Tiruvandadi 64 · verse 2445 of the four thousand
Meaning
Offer flowers, bow and praise Him: the One with golden makara earrings, the First Lord, the Master, the Good One, Narayana, Him whose name cuts away our seven births. To speak of Him is the winning secret.
Word by word
- pōtāṉa iṭṭu
- offering flowers
- poṉ makarak kātāṉai
- Him with golden fish-shaped earrings
- ātip perumāṉai
- the First Lord
- ēḻ piṟappu aṟukkum
- cuts away the seven births
- collāṉai
- Him whose name is spoken
- cūtu
- the winning secret, the clever way
Naanmugan Tiruvandadi 65 · verse 2446 of the four thousand
Meaning
This is the clever plan I have thought out in my heart: a garland of words. I ponder, as well as I am able, Malavan who has the Lady with Him, Madhavan. For one like me, is there no place in Vaikuntham? Tell me.
Word by word
- cūtu āvatu
- the clever plan
- col mālai
- a garland of words
- mātu āya mālavaṉai
- Mal who has the Lady, Lakshmi
- mātavaṉai
- Madhava, Lord of Sri
- cintittiruppēṟku
- for me who keeps pondering
- vaikuntattu illaiyō
- is there not, in Vaikuntham?
Naanmugan Tiruvandadi 66 · verse 2447 of the four thousand
Meaning
My heart is the dwelling place, now and from of old, of the tall Mal on the hooded serpent bed. I will not firmly set there the one who wears the moon, nor Ayan with him; I will not do them service, nor walk around them in worship.
Word by word
- iṭam āvatu eṉ neñcam
- my heart is His dwelling place
- paṭa nākaṇai
- hooded serpent bed
- neṭiya māṟku
- for the tall Lord
- maticūṭi
- the moon-wearer, Shiva
- ayaṉai
- Ayan, Brahma
- valam
- circling in worship
Naanmugan Tiruvandadi 67 · verse 2448 of the four thousand
Meaning
Whether one has strength or lacks it, whether one is of high birth or full of faults, the good lies in being able to praise Narayana, the Lord of speech, the Lord of knowledge, the glorious One.
Word by word
- valam āka
- be it strength
- māṭṭāmai tāṉ āka
- be it inability
- kulam āka
- be it high birth
- kuṟṟam tāṉ āka
- be it faults
- ñāṉap perumāṉai
- the Lord of knowledge
- ēttum tiṟam
- the way of praising
Naanmugan Tiruvandadi 68 · verse 2449 of the four thousand
Meaning
Do not swerve, see! Yama called his messengers close and said into their ears: 'Those who bear the name of the Lord and never, even by forgetting, worship any other: bow to them, and pass by them quietly as harmless ones.'
Word by word
- tiṟampēlmiṉ
- do not swerve
- tiruvaṭi taṉ nāmam
- the name of the Lord
- maṟantum puram toḻā
- who even in forgetting worship no other
- cātuvarāyp pōtumiṉkaḷ
- go by them as meek ones
- namaṉum
- Yama, lord of death
- tūtuvaraik kūvic
- calling his messengers
Naanmugan Tiruvandadi 69 · verse 2450 of the four thousand
Meaning
What is sweet to the ears is the name of red-eyed Mal; and that alone, see, is the support of the earth itself. I have come face to face with Him who stands as the full meaning of all poetry. If one looks closely, the meaning of the Vedas too is just this.
Word by word
- cevikku iṉpam
- sweetness to the ears
- ceṅkaṇ māl nāmam
- the name of red-eyed Mal
- puvikkum puvi
- the ground of the earth itself
- kavikku niṟai poruḷāy
- the full meaning of poetry
- nērpaṭṭēṉ
- I came face to face
- maṟaip poruḷum
- the meaning of the Vedas
Naanmugan Tiruvandadi 70 · verse 2451 of the four thousand
Meaning
That He, the One, became a boar like no other, dug the earth up from below and bore it on His tusk: I am not one who has learned this only today. I know Him, the young One who went there and brought the vast earth beneath His feet.
Word by word
- taraṇi iṭantu eṭuttu
- digging up and lifting the earth
- ēṉ oruvaṉāy
- as a boar like no other, Varaha
- eyiṟṟil tāṅkiyatum
- bearing it on His tusk
- iṉṟā aṟikiṉṟēṉ allēṉ
- I do not know it just today
- aṭippaṭutta
- brought beneath His feet
- cēy
- the young One
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.