Naanmugan Tiruvandadi 91 · verse 2472 of the four thousand
Meaning
He is the One whom all hold as their own: the one on the lotus, the immortals, and the one who ties on the dancing serpent. The immortals lay lotus flowers at His feet and bow, saying, 'We shall reach the lotus feet of the dark-hued Lord.'
Word by word
- tamar āvār yāvarkkum
- kin to all
- tāmaraimēlāṟkum
- to the one on the lotus, Brahma
- āṭu aravu ārttāṟkum
- to the one who ties on the dancing serpent, Shiva
- tāmarai malarkaḷ iṭṭu
- laying lotus flowers
- māl vaṇṇaṉ
- the dark-hued Lord
- aṭaivōm
- we shall reach
Naanmugan Tiruvandadi 92 · verse 2473 of the four thousand
Meaning
Never at any time have I forgotten Him. Standing or sitting, I keep the tall Mal in my heart. Always, as servant to Sridhara, on whose chest Sri dwells, I have had Him as my protection from the day I lay in the womb.
Word by word
- eṉṟum maṟantaṟiyēṉ
- I have never forgotten
- niṉṟum iruntum
- standing or sitting
- tiru irunta mārpaṉ
- He on whose chest Sri dwells
- cirītaraṉukku āḷāy
- as servant to Sridhara
- karu irunta nāḷ mutalāk
- from the day I was in the womb
- kāppu
- protection
Naanmugan Tiruvandadi 93 · verse 2474 of the four thousand
Meaning
I have never forgotten that You are my protection; I stay calling, 'Krishna!' O King who gave bodies to the many lives and cared for them, so that their bondage might fall away; O One supreme in every good quality: those who see the truth clearly will never dare to leave You.
Word by word
- kāppu maṟantaṟiyēṉ
- I never forget the protection
- āppu aṅku oḻiyavum
- so that the bondage might fall away
- ākkai koṭuttu
- giving bodies
- kuṇapparaṉē
- O One supreme in good qualities
- viṭat tuṇiyār
- will not dare to leave
- mey teḷintār
- those clear about the truth
Naanmugan Tiruvandadi 94 · verse 2475 of the four thousand
Meaning
What will those who see the truth clearly not do? Those who set themselves apart from You were turned to ash, struck down on the field by the skill of Your hand. O You on the bed of the serpent with the gleaming hood, be gracious to me, Your servant, so that even bitter neem becomes a sweet dish.
Word by word
- eṉ ceyyār
- what will they not do?
- vēṟu āṉār
- those set apart, the hostile
- nīṟu āka
- turned to ash
- kaḷappaṭuttu
- felled on the battlefield
- pāmpiṉ aṇaiyāy
- You on the serpent bed
- vēmpum kaṟi ākum
- even neem becomes a dish
Naanmugan Tiruvandadi 95 · verse 2476 of the four thousand
Meaning
I have accepted servitude to You; I have stepped down out of the misery of birth; I have gained what even the immortals cannot gain. Leaving behind the land won by duty and this earth below, I go now to see the Land above.
Word by word
- ēṉṟēṉ aṭimai
- I have accepted servitude
- piṟappu iṭumpai
- the misery of birth
- amararkku amarāmai
- what even the immortals cannot attain
- kaṭaṉ nāṭum maṇ nāṭum
- the land won by duty and the earth
- kaiviṭṭu
- leaving behind
- mēlai iṭam nāṭu
- the Land above, Paramapadam
Naanmugan Tiruvandadi 96 · verse 2477 of the four thousand
Meaning
Now I know: You are the God of Isa and of Naanmukan. Now I know You, my Lord. Now I know: You are the Cause; You are all that has been learned and all that is yet to be learned; You are the good rite; You are Narayana. I have come to know it well.
Word by word
- iṉi aṟintēṉ
- now I know
- īcaṟkum nāṉmukaṟkum teyvam
- the God of Shiva and Brahma
- kāraṇaṉ nī
- You are the Cause
- kaṟṟavai nī kaṟpavai nī
- You are what is learned and to be learned
- nal kiricai
- the good rite, sacred action
- nāraṇaṉ nī
- You are Narayana
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.