Tiruchanda Viruttam 61 · verse 812 of the four thousand
Meaning
Did Your feet ache from all that walking? Did Your body, which as a boar dug up the earth until it trembled, ache from the strain? You lie at Thirukkudanthai on the bank of the wide Kaveri, whose stream has crossed the wild passes of the great shining mountains. O Kesava, rise up from where You lie and speak to me! May You live long!
Word by word
- naṭanta kālkaḷ nontavō
- did the feet that walked grow sore?
- ēṉamāy
- as a boar
- iṭanta mey kuluṅkavō
- did the body that dug up the earth ache?
- māl varaic curam
- wild passes of the great mountains
- kāvirik karaik kuṭantaiyuḷ
- at Thirukkudanthai on the Kaveri's bank
- eḻuntiruntu pēcu
- rise up and speak
- vāḻi kēcaṉē
- may You live long, O Kesava
Tiruchanda Viruttam 62 · verse 813 of the four thousand
Meaning
In the pool where the karandam birds play, a great black palm fruit tumbles down and falls in, and the valai fish leap up: O great One of Thirukkurungudi! The Lion who tore in two the raging chest of Hiranya, with his massive shoulders, and rejoiced: that Lion, they say, is You.
Word by word
- karaṇṭam āṭu poykaiyuḷ
- in the pool where karandam water birds play
- karum paṉaip perum paḻam
- the great black palm fruit
- vāḷai pāy
- where the valai fish leap
- neṭuntakāy
- O great One
- tiraṇṭa tōḷ-iraṇiyaṉ
- Hiranya of massive shoulders
- iraṇṭu kūṟu ceytu
- tearing in two
- ciṅkam
- the Lion, Narasimha
Tiruchanda Viruttam 63 · verse 814 of the four thousand
Meaning
O God of gods, You go and settle in the hearts of those who stay steady and attain the discipline of yoga, and You wipe away their evil deeds. You stand at Ooragam, You are seated at Padagam with its tall mansions like hills, and You lie at Thiruvehka. What is this way of Yours?
Word by word
- yōka nīti naṇṇuvārkaḷ
- those who attain the discipline of yoga
- cintaiyuḷ ceṉṟu iruntu
- going and settling in their hearts
- tīviṉaikaḷ tīrtta
- who wipes away evil deeds
- kuṉṟu irunta māṭam
- mansions like hills
- pāṭakattum ūrakattum
- at Padagam and Ooragam, in Kanchi
- veḵkaṇaik kiṭantatu
- lying at Thiruvehka
Tiruchanda Viruttam 64 · verse 815 of the four thousand
Meaning
My Father stood at Ooragam; my Father sat at Padagam; and that day He lay at Thiruvehka. All this was long before I came to be. In those days I was not yet born; but now that I am born, I have not forgotten. His standing, His sitting and His lying are all in my heart.
Word by word
- niṉṟatu entai ūrakattu
- my Father stood at Ooragam
- iruntatu entai pāṭakattu
- my Father sat at Padagam
- veḵkaṇaik kiṭantatu
- lay at Thiruvehka
- eṉ ilāta muṉṉelām
- all before I came to be
- piṟanta piṉ maṟantilēṉ
- once born, I have not forgotten
- eṉ neñcuḷē
- within my heart
Tiruchanda Viruttam 65 · verse 816 of the four thousand
Meaning
His standing on a mountain, His sitting in heaven, His lying in the good, great, wave-filled sea: all that was long before I came to be. Now the Wondrous One, who lies on Ananta, the First Being, Madhava, stands, sits and lies within my heart.
Word by word
- or veṟpakattu
- on a mountain, Thiruvenkatam
- naṟperun tiraik kaṭaluḷ
- in the good, great, wave-filled sea
- aṟputaṉ
- the Wondrous One
- aṉanta-cayaṉaṉ
- He who lies on Ananta
- ātipūtaṉ
- the First Being
- mātavaṉ
- Madhava, the Lord of Lakshmi
Tiruchanda Viruttam 66 · verse 817 of the four thousand
Meaning
They see that no one in this world lives on for ever; all die, some today, some a little later. Even so, what is it with these lowly people? Why do they not meditate on the flower feet that measured the earth that day, and so rise on and on above the heavens and dwell there among the gods?
Word by word
- iṉṟu cātal niṉṟu cātal
- dying today or dying a little later
- oṉṟi niṉṟu vāḻtal iṉmai
- that no one lives on for ever
- nīcar
- lowly people
- pār aḷanta pāta-pōtai
- the flower feet that measured the earth
- uṉṉi
- meditating on
- ceṉṟu ceṉṟu
- going on and on, higher and higher
Tiruchanda Viruttam 67 · verse 818 of the four thousand
Meaning
You who long to pass through the blazing orb of the sun, gain release, and there enjoy every day a bliss of love that never ends: take into your ears the holy fame of the Lord with lotus feet, drink it in, leave behind the sorrow of your heavy deeds, and be saved.
Word by word
- caṇṭa maṇṭalattiṉ ūṭu
- through the blazing orb of the sun
- vīṭu peṟṟu
- gaining release
- vīṭu ilāta kātal-iṉpam
- a bliss of love that never ends
- puṇṭarīka-pāta
- the Lord with lotus feet
- puṇya-kīrtti
- holy fame
- cevi maṭuttu uṇṭu
- taking it into your ears and drinking it in
- uymmiṉō
- be saved
Tiruchanda Viruttam 68 · verse 819 of the four thousand
Meaning
Of the three kinds of gain a soul may trade for, the lowly fasten on one of the two lesser ones; crazed and bewildered, they die in it and come round again. By no such path is there any way to be saved. If you would be saved, praise the good, cool tulasi garland of clustered blossoms, His garland, and live.
Word by word
- muttiṟattu vāṇiyattu
- in the threefold trade, three kinds of goal
- iraṇṭil oṉṟum
- one of the two lesser ones
- mattarāy mayaṅkukiṉṟatu
- crazed and bewildered
- upāyam illai
- there is no way
- tottu iṟutta
- with clustered blossoms
- vāḻtti vāḻmiṉō
- praise and live
Tiruchanda Viruttam 69 · verse 820 of the four thousand
Meaning
There are gods who are not fair to look upon, whose fame is not sweet to hear, and who, even if you serve them, have no strength to grant a boon. O foolish ones, who cling to them as your support and live so: can you not love my First Lord, and so cut away the tangle that is your birth?
Word by word
- urup polār
- not fair in form
- cevikku iṉāta kīrttiyār
- whose fame is not sweet to hear
- varantara miṭukku ilāta
- with no strength to grant boons
- āṇam eṉṟu
- as your support
- ātarkāḷ
- O foolish ones
- piṟappu eṉum piṇakku
- the tangle called birth
Tiruchanda Viruttam 70 · verse 821 of the four thousand
Meaning
Bana came with the gods who were bound to him, spreading out until they filled the sky, armed with lances, tridents, spears, javelins, maces and swords. On the day the Lord cut away Bana's thousand arms, only the immortals know the terror that struck them at each turn.
Word by word
- kuntamōṭu cūlam vēlkaḷ
- lances, tridents and spears
- tōmaraṅkaḷ
- javelins
- pantamāṉa tēvarkaḷ
- the gods bound to him
- vāṇaṉ īraiññūṟu tōḷkaḷai
- Bana's thousand arms
- tuṇitta nāḷ
- the day they were cut away
- anta anta ākulam
- the terror at each turn
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.