Tiruchanda Viruttam 51 · verse 802 of the four thousand
Meaning
He loosed His arrows, bent His bow, and cut off the ten heads of the king of Lanka and scattered them. The golden place where that glorious Lord dwells for ever, they say, is Srirangam, where the long river spreads wide, carries gold along, pushes on and beats with its waves: the temple where four-faced Brahma bowed down in worship.
Word by word
- caraṅkaḷait turantu
- loosing arrows
- ilaṅkai maṉṉavaṉ
- the king of Lanka, Ravana
- ciraṅkaḷ pattu aṟuttu utirtta
- who cut off the ten heads and scattered them
- poṉ-iṭam
- the golden place
- poṉ nirantu nunti
- carrying gold along
- nāṉmukattu ayaṉ
- four-faced Brahma
Tiruchanda Viruttam 52 · verse 803 of the four thousand
Meaning
When a full-grown elephant from the hills came at Him to fight, He seized it, closed in, and broke off its tusk, this mahout of the elephant. His town is Srirangam of beautiful cool waters, where ascetics free of all attachment, bearing the threefold staff of mature bamboo with its small notches, gather around and live.
Word by word
- muṟṟal yāṉai
- a full-grown elephant
- maruppu ocitta pākaṉ ūr
- the town of the mahout who broke its tusk
- muṟṟal mūṅkil
- mature bamboo
- mūṉṟu taṇṭar
- bearers of the threefold staff, ascetics
- aṟṟa paṟṟar
- those free of all attachment
- cuṟṟi vāḻum
- who live all around
Tiruchanda Viruttam 53 · verse 804 of the four thousand
Meaning
The three-eyed one came with Durga, with his sons and his gathered army, and pressed into fierce battle, only to be put to shame and driven to flight; and the first Lord, Mal, cut away Bana's thousand arms. His glorious temple is the one that bears the name Srirangam, where the waters gather.
Word by word
- mukkaṇāṉ
- the three-eyed one, Shiva
- kūṭu cēṉai makkaḷōṭu
- with his gathered army and his sons
- veñcamattu
- in fierce battle
- vāṇaṉ āyiram karaṅ kaḻitta
- who cut away Bana's thousand arms
- āti māl
- the first Lord, Mal
- pīṭu kōyil
- the glorious temple
Tiruchanda Viruttam 54 · verse 805 of the four thousand
Meaning
O Lord who loosed leaf-tipped arrows and destroyed the defences of Lanka, You dwell at Srirangam, where the Kaveri, born on the mountain top, comes rushing down, sweeping sandalwood along, shaking and tossing it, breaking it and flinging it aside, and flows on, dashing with saffron paste.
Word by word
- ilait talaic caram
- leaf-tipped arrows
- ilaṅkai kaṭṭaḻittavaṉ
- who destroyed the defences of Lanka
- malait talaip piṟantu
- born on the mountain top
- cantaṉam
- sandalwood
- kuṅkumak kuḻampiṉōṭu
- with saffron paste
- araṅkam mēya aṇṇalē
- O Lord who dwells at Srirangam
Tiruchanda Viruttam 55 · verse 806 of the four thousand
Meaning
You are the beloved of the lady of the great, ever-fresh lotus, and of the maiden Earth. More than that, You took in marriage the shoulders of Pinnai of the cowherds. And You graciously made my mind rest firm on Your feet, as if to say, "These are your feet." Are You not the lotus-eyed One who dwells at Srirangam, encircled by the Ponni?
Word by word
- mā malark kiḻatti
- the lady of the great lotus, Lakshmi
- vaiya maṅkai
- the maiden Earth, Bhumi
- āyar piṉṉai
- Pinnai of the cowherds
- cintai maṉṉa vaittu
- making my mind rest firm
- poṉṉi cūḻ araṅkam
- Srirangam encircled by the Ponni, the Kaveri
- puṇṭarīkaṉ
- the lotus-eyed One
Tiruchanda Viruttam 56 · verse 807 of the four thousand
Meaning
O hero who went that day and slew the king of Lanka, so that his ten fresh heads fell scattered on the ground, and won the victory! Are You not Mal, who lies at Thirukkudanthai, which is circled in worship by those who wear the sacred thread across, who chant the Vedas and are learned in right understanding?
Word by word
- aintoṭu aintu paintalai
- five and five fresh heads, the ten heads
- veṉṟi koṇṭa vīraṉē
- O hero who won the victory
- vilaṅku nūlar
- those who wear the sacred thread across
- vēta nāvar
- those who chant the Vedas
- valaṅ koḷak
- circling in worship
- kuṭantaiyuḷ kiṭanta mālum
- Mal who lies at Thirukkudanthai
Tiruchanda Viruttam 57 · verse 808 of the four thousand
Meaning
He who rests upon the breast of the Lady whose forearm bears conch bangles; the bearer of the discus who went that day and struck down His foe so that his limbs withered: He is the lotus-eyed One who lies at cool Thirukkudanthai, whose brimming waters are stirred by the young women with long, fragrant hair who bathe there.
Word by word
- caṅku taṅku muṉ kai naṅkai
- the Lady whose forearm bears conch bangles
- taṅkal uṟṟavaṉ
- He who rests
- aṅkam maṅka
- so that the limbs withered
- āḻiyāṉ
- the bearer of the discus
- koṅku taṅku vār kuḻal
- long, fragrant hair
- taṇ kuṭantaiyuḷ kiṭanta
- who lies at cool Thirukkudanthai
Tiruchanda Viruttam 58 · verse 809 of the four thousand
Meaning
O noble One, who walked between the trees so that they fell, struck the frenzied elephant's head so its strength was gone, and gladly broke off one of its tusks! You tore apart the horse's mouth, and Your feet measured the earth. Are You not Mal, who lies at Thirukkudanthai, where the Vedic brahmins receive their boons?
Word by word
- maram keṭa naṭantu
- walking so that the trees fell
- matta yāṉai mattakattu
- on the frenzied elephant's head
- uttamā
- O noble One
- turaṅkam vāy piḷantu
- tearing apart the horse's mouth, Kesi
- vētiyar
- Vedic brahmins
- varam koḷak
- receiving boons
Tiruchanda Viruttam 59 · verse 810 of the four thousand
Meaning
O Cowherd, who dwells at cool Thirukkudanthai, with its fences of paddy, its cool fields, its wide moats, its flowering groves and its tall, beautiful mansions! O hero with the bow in hand, who bent Your bow so that the heads of Kalanemi, Vakra, Khara and Mura went to join Death!
Word by word
- cāli vēli
- fenced by paddy
- taṭaṅkiṭaṅku
- wide moats
- kōla māṭam
- beautiful mansions
- kuṭantai mēya kōvalā
- O Cowherd who dwells at Thirukkudanthai
- kālaṉōṭu kūṭa
- to join Death
- vil-kai vīraṉē
- O hero with the bow in hand
Tiruchanda Viruttam 60 · verse 811 of the four thousand
Meaning
At Thiruvenkatam, the bamboo grows tall under rich, heavy dew, bends and falls, dries, and rises again to strike the sky. You stand there; You rise and are seated; and are You not Mal who lies at Thirukkudanthai, with its rich, wide pools and lush flowering groves full of honey?
Word by word
- perumpaṉi poḻintiṭa
- as heavy dew pours down
- uyarnta vēy
- the tall bamboo
- viṇ puṭaikkum
- strikes the sky
- vēṅkaṭattuḷ niṉṟu
- standing at Thiruvenkatam
- eḻuntiruntu
- rising and being seated
- ceḻun taṭaṅ kuṭantaiyuḷ
- at Thirukkudanthai of rich, wide pools
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.