Tiruchanda Viruttam 101 · verse 852 of the four thousand
Meaning
I have something to beg of You; long may You live, O Lord coloured like the sea! If in Your gracious mind You mean to grant me a boon, then You must will that my scattered mind becomes one and thinks without ceasing of Your lotus feet, of lasting glory.
Word by word
- irantu uraippatu uṇṭu
- I have something to beg of You
- varam tarum tirukkuṟippil
- in Your gracious mind to grant a boon
- paranta cintai
- my scattered mind
- oṉṟiniṉṟu
- becoming one, settled
- nirantaram niṉaippatāka
- to think of without ceasing
- nī niṉaikka vēṇṭumē
- You must will it
Tiruchanda Viruttam 102 · verse 853 of the four thousand
Meaning
With a love that never parts, I set my mind on Your shining flower feet and think of You. O wondrous One who rests on the roaring waters, O victorious hero who became a boar, O noble One who built a dam across the leaping waters with hills: speak one word, so that the sickness of my body may be ended.
Word by word
- viḷvu ilāta kātalāl
- with a love that never parts
- ūṉa nōy
- the sickness of the body
- teḻikku nīrp paḷḷi
- resting on the roaring waters
- paṉṟi āya veṉṟi vīra
- O victorious hero who became a boar
- tuḷḷunīr varampu ceyta
- who built a dam across the leaping waters
- oṉṟu colliṭē
- speak one word
Tiruchanda Viruttam 103 · verse 854 of the four thousand
Meaning
O God of the gods of gods, on whose chest Sri dwells, one with You! O spotless One, who stand as the right way taught by the Vedas with the Rig! O Lord whose form is a dark cloud heavy with rain! Tell me how I may speak Your names without ceasing, my whole being melting into them.
Word by word
- tiruk kalantu cērum mārpa
- O Lord on whose chest Sri dwells
- tēvatēva tēvaṉē
- O God of the gods of gods
- iruk kalanta vēta nīti
- the right way of the Vedas with the Rig
- karuk kalanta kāḷamēka
- a dark cloud heavy with rain
- uruk kalantu
- with my whole being melting
- oḻivilātu
- without ceasing
Tiruchanda Viruttam 104 · verse 855 of the four thousand
Meaning
O wondrous One, whose great hands hold many weapons, who tore apart the heads of fierce Kabandha, Vakra, Khara and Mura and cut them down! Whether I lie, sit, stand or move about, You must grant me an unbroken bond that follows Your golden feet and never turns back.
Word by word
- kaṭuṅ kavantaṉ
- the fierce Kabandha
- iṭantu kūṟu ceyta
- who tore apart and cut down
- pal paṭait taṭakkai māyaṉē
- O wondrous One whose great hands hold many weapons
- kiṭantu iruntu niṉṟu iyaṅku pōtum
- whether lying, sitting, standing or moving
- poṟkaḻal
- golden feet
- mīḷvu ilātatu or toṭarcci
- an unbroken bond that never turns back
Tiruchanda Viruttam 105 · verse 856 of the four thousand
Meaning
You swallowed the earth and brought it out again; then You begged for it and measured it, conquering it so that no part of the earth lay outside Your sight. O lotus-eyed Kanna, upon whom rest the breasts of the lady whose sweet words outdo music: I have nothing to think of except Your form.
Word by word
- maṇṇai uṇṭu umiḻntu
- swallowing the earth and bringing it out
- irantu koṇṭu aḷantu
- begging for it and measuring it
- paṇṇai veṉṟa iṉcol maṅkai
- the lady whose sweet words outdo music
- paṅkayak kaṇṇa
- O lotus-eyed Kanna
- niṉṉa vaṇṇam
- Your form
- eṇṇum vaṇṇamē
- anything to think of
Tiruchanda Viruttam 106 · verse 857 of the four thousand
Meaning
You bear the discus that once cut down Kalanemi, who came at You in fury, and sent him to join Death; You bear the conch, the mace, the bow and the sword. Long ago You held up the hill to end the harm that had come upon the herds. My heart has no love for anything but Your fame.
Word by word
- kaṟuttu etirnta
- who came against You in fury
- kālaṉōṭu kūṭa
- to join Death
- toṟuk kalanta ūṉam
- the harm that came upon the herds
- kuṉṟam muṉ poṟutta
- who long ago held up the hill
- pukaḻkku alāl
- except for Your fame
- nēcam illai neñcamē
- my heart has no other love
Tiruchanda Viruttam 107 · verse 858 of the four thousand
Meaning
The king of Kasi, burning with anger; Vakra; Paundraka; Mali and Sumali of great fury; Kesi and Dhenuka: Your feet took away their days, so that they perished and fell. Except at those feet of Yours, I will not place my bond of love anywhere at all, O my Lord.
Word by word
- kāci maṉṉaṉ
- the king of Kasi
- pavuṇṭiraṉ
- Paundraka
- kēci tēṉukaṉ
- Kesi and Dhenuka
- nāḷ kavarnta
- which took away their days
- nēca pācam
- the bond of love
- em īcaṉē
- O my Lord
Tiruchanda Viruttam 108 · verse 859 of the four thousand
Meaning
O You whose glory and boons never fail! Even if I were to reach the worlds of Brahma and Shiva, whose boons do fail, or the world of the thousand-eyed Indra, or even if I gained the joy of release and sat there enthroned, would I take into my heart anything but the longing to be joined with You?
Word by word
- kēṭu il cīr varattiṉāy
- O You whose glory and boons never fail
- keṭum varattu ayaṉ araṉ
- Brahma and Shiva, whose boons fail
- nāṭṭam-āyirattaṉ
- the thousand-eyed one, Indra
- vīṭatu āṉa pōkam
- the joy of release
- kūṭum ācai
- the longing to be joined with You
- kuṟippilē
- in my heart
Tiruchanda Viruttam 109 · verse 860 of the four thousand
Meaning
With no one to make You small, You made Yourself small; and, being small, with no one to make You great, You grew great. Such is Your nature! The hosts of sages, the Rig Veda on their lips, praise You as the God of gods who wiped away the evil ways of the arrogant; and with them, I too have praised You.
Word by word
- curukkuvārai iṉṟiyē
- with no one to make You small
- curuṅkiṉāy
- You made Yourself small, as Vamana
- perukka meytu
- growing great
- cerukkuvārkaḷ tīkkuṇaṅkaḷ
- the evil ways of the arrogant
- irukku vāy muṉik kaṇaṅkaḷ
- the hosts of sages with the Rig Veda on their lips
- yāṉum ēttiṉēṉ
- I too have praised
Tiruchanda Viruttam 110 · verse 861 of the four thousand
Meaning
Whether I am pure or not, all this, that I, a cur, bow to You and praise You, wondrous One wearing cool tulasi where the bees roam: You too, in Your gracious mind, bear with it and grant Your grace, O Lord coloured like the sea, who dwell on Your couch in the ocean and in the hearts of Your devotees.
Word by word
- tūyaṉāyum aṉṟiyum
- whether pure or not
- curumpu ulāvu taṇ tuḻāy
- cool tulasi where the bees roam
- niṉ kuṟippiṉiṟ poṟuttu
- bearing with it in Your gracious mind
- vēlai-nīrp pāyalōṭu
- with Your couch in the ocean
- pattar cittam mēya
- dwelling in the hearts of devotees
- vēlai vaṇṇaṉē
- O Lord coloured like the sea
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.