Tiruchanda Viruttam 81 · verse 832 of the four thousand
Meaning
He lies on the milk sea that He churned; He destroyed Kalanemi; He came as Rama to help the brother of Vali, who had fled broken, and loosed an arrow that brought down the seven crowded trees. Reach the feet of Mal, who has come to dwell at Thiruvenkatam, and be saved every day.
Word by word
- kaṭainta pāṟkaṭaṟ kiṭantu
- lying on the milk sea He churned
- kālanēmiyaik kaṭintu
- destroying Kalanemi
- irāmaṉāy
- as Rama
- miṭainta ēḻ maraṅkaḷum
- the seven crowded trees
- vēṅkaṭam aṭainta māla
- Mal who came to dwell at Thiruvenkatam
- nāḷum uymmiṉō
- be saved every day
Tiruchanda Viruttam 82 · verse 833 of the four thousand
Meaning
O You who make Yourself equal to all in every way, and yet rise higher and higher still; You who sleep on the serpent couch in the mighty sea of three waters! For those who stand before You with minds fixed firm in devotion and let go of every other tie, joy comes in every way, here, there and everywhere.
Word by word
- ettiṟattum ottu niṉṟu
- making Yourself equal to all in every way
- uyarntu uyarnta peṟṟiyōy
- yet rising higher and higher
- muttiṟattu mūri nīr
- the mighty sea of three waters
- pattu uṟutta cintaiyōṭu
- with minds fixed firm in devotion
- pācam viṭṭavarkku
- for those who let go of every tie
- iṅkum aṅkum eṅkum
- here, there and everywhere
Tiruchanda Viruttam 83 · verse 834 of the four thousand
Meaning
O Lord wearing the cool tulasi garland where honey flows! Even if I were to rise to heaven and reach the joy of Your golden feet, a joy that never leaves, could it be greater than this joy of love: binding my mind with the rope they call eight and two, and keeping it here with You, never letting it go?
Word by word
- maṭṭu ulāvu
- where honey flows
- polaṉ kaḻal
- golden feet
- viṭṭu vīḻvu ilāta pōkam
- a joy that never leaves or fails
- viṇṇil naṇṇi ēṟiṉum
- even if I rose to heaven
- eṭṭiṉōṭu iraṇṭu eṉum kayiṟṟiṉāl
- with the rope called eight and two
- kātal iṉpam
- the joy of love
Tiruchanda Viruttam 84 · verse 835 of the four thousand
Meaning
Has the Lord who bears the discus decided to let me be born yet again? Or has He already fixed the day when love for His feet will take firm hold in me? I am a cur with no love for Him and no understanding. What is it that my Lord has kept in His mind for me?
Word by word
- piṉ piṟakka vaittaṉaṉ kol
- has He decided I be born again?
- aṉpu uṟaikka
- for love to take firm hold
- āḻiyāṉ
- the Lord who bears the discus
- aṟivu ilāta nāyiṉēṉ
- I, a cur with no understanding
- eṉ tiṟattil
- concerning me
- kuṟippil vaittatē
- what He has kept in His mind
Tiruchanda Viruttam 85 · verse 836 of the four thousand
Meaning
O Lord who lies on the venomous serpent: my mind is set on Your flower feet, yet You are truly able even now to draw it away and make it leave them. So I know Your wondrous power. O wondrous One, do not push me into Your bewildering spell and confuse me.
Word by word
- naccu-arā aṇaikkiṭanta
- lying on the venomous serpent
- pāta-pōtiṉil
- on Your flower feet
- vaitta cintai
- the mind I have set
- vāṅkuvittu nīṅkuvikka
- to draw it away and make it leave
- aṟintaṉaṉ niṉ māyamē
- I know Your wondrous power
- mayakkal eṉṉai
- do not bewilder me
Tiruchanda Viruttam 86 · verse 837 of the four thousand
Meaning
O Lord whose foot smashed the cart! O Lord who danced on the strong neck of the swaying serpent in the troubled pool! If one thinks every day of the red feet of the One whose long hand holds the conch, why do You not truly make that one Yours in release? O Kanna, why is it so?
Word by word
- cāṭu cāṭu pātaṉē
- O Lord whose foot smashed the cart
- āṭu arāviṉ vaṉpiṭar
- the strong neck of the swaying serpent
- naṭam payiṉṟa nātaṉē
- O Lord who danced
- kōṭu nīṭu kaiya
- of the long hand that holds the conch
- nāḷum uḷḷiṉāl
- if one thinks of daily
- vīṭaṉāka
- as one granted release
Tiruchanda Viruttam 87 · verse 838 of the four thousand
Meaning
The one with an eye on his forehead, together with the Lord of heaven, and the Lord of good penance who sits upon the flower, and all the other gods, bow at Your feet in the ways they have learned. O Lord, O Veda! If I am to speak plainly, I have no refuge at all other than You.
Word by word
- neṟṟi peṟṟa kaṇṇaṉ
- the one with an eye on his forehead, Shiva
- viṇṇiṉ nātaṉōṭu
- with the Lord of heaven, Indra
- pōtiṉmēl naṟṟavattu nātaṉōṭu
- with the Lord of good penance on the flower, Brahma
- kaṟṟa peṟṟiyāl
- in the ways they have learned
- nāta vēta
- O Lord, O Veda
- niṉ paṟṟu alāl
- other than You as refuge
Tiruchanda Viruttam 88 · verse 839 of the four thousand
Meaning
He planted the mountain in the white sea, wound the white-fanged serpent around it, and churned until the waters turned to mire. That day He became a tortoise to bear the great mountain, and gave the gods the medicine that cures every inner ill. Apart from that generous Lord of mine, would I esteem any other god?
Word by word
- veḷḷai vēlai
- the white sea
- veṟpu nāṭṭi
- planting the mountain
- veḷ eyiṟṟu arāvu
- the white-fanged serpent
- aḷḷalāk kaṭainta
- churning until it turned to mire
- aruvaraikku ōr āmaiyāy
- a tortoise for the great mountain
- nōykaḷ tīr maruntu
- the medicine that cures ills, the nectar
- vaḷḷalārai
- the generous Lord
Tiruchanda Viruttam 89 · verse 840 of the four thousand
Meaning
Long ago, to remove the heavy burden weighing on the earth, You drove Arjuna's chariot, worked Your wonders, stood there and slew, gave heaven to the great charioteers who fought for victory, and made the world belong to the five brothers. Apart from You, so rich in glory, would I esteem any other god?
Word by word
- pār mikutta pāram
- the heavy burden on the earth
- aruccuṉaṉ tēr
- Arjuna's chariot
- māyam ākki
- working wonders
- māratarkku vāṉ koṭuttu
- giving heaven to the great charioteers
- vaiyam aivar pālatām
- making the world belong to the five, the Pandavas
- or teyvam nāṉ matippaṉē
- would I esteem any other god?
Tiruchanda Viruttam 90 · verse 841 of the four thousand
Meaning
I was not born in any of the four classes of birth; I have not learned any of the four good Vedas; I have not conquered the five senses; I have no good fortune at all. O pure One, I have no refuge but Your shining feet, O my Lord.
Word by word
- kulaṅkaḷāya īriraṇṭil
- in the four classes of birth
- naṟkalaikaḷ nālilum
- in the four good Vedas
- naviṉṟilēṉ
- I have not learned
- pulaṉkaḷ aintum veṉṟilēṉ
- I have not conquered the five senses
- poṟiyilēṉ
- I have no good fortune
- ilaṅku pātam
- shining feet
- paṟṟu ilēṉ
- I have no refuge
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.