Tiruchanda Viruttam 91 · verse 842 of the four thousand
Meaning
For the sake of the lady of soft words that flow like music, whose wide eyes are sharp as weapons, You crushed the countless demons with fire. I have no eye but You; I have no kin to cling to but You. O wondrous One of countless ways, never take Yourself out of me.
Word by word
- paṇ ulāvu meṉ moḻi
- soft words that flow like music
- paṭait taṭaṅkaṇāḷ
- the lady whose wide eyes are like weapons, Sita
- eṇ ilā arakkarai
- countless demons
- kaṇ alāl or kaṇ ilēṉ
- I have no eye but You
- kalanta cuṟṟam
- close kin
- eṉṉuḷ nīkkal
- do not leave me from within
Tiruchanda Viruttam 92 · verse 843 of the four thousand
Meaning
You subdued the seven bulls and embraced the fragrant shoulders of the girl with victorious, spear-like eyes, You who became a cowherd. You made the sea, dammed it, lie upon it, and long ago churned it. I have come to You for refuge. You must say to me, "Do not fear."
Word by word
- viṭaik kulaṅkaḷ ēḻ aṭarttu
- subduing the seven bulls
- veṉṟi vēṟ-kaṇ mātarār
- the girl with victorious, spear-like eyes, Nappinnai
- kāli āya
- who became a cowherd
- paṭaittu aṭaittu atil kiṭantu
- making it, damming it, lying in it
- aṭaikkalam pukunta eṉṉai
- me, who have come for refuge
- añcal eṉṉa vēṇṭumē
- You must say, Do not fear
Tiruchanda Viruttam 93 · verse 844 of the four thousand
Meaning
Have pity on me, who stand longing and bowing to Your feet, thick with cool tulasi in full bloom where the bees dance, O Lord who dwells at Srirangam! O lump of sugar from the cane! O Kanna who lies on the sea! O Rama with the bow, who loosed fierce arrows that crushed even the iron-hard!
Word by word
- curumpu araṅku
- where the bees dance
- tutaintu alarnta
- thick and in full bloom
- iraṅku araṅkavāṇaṉē
- have pity, O Lord who dwells at Srirangam
- karumpu irunta kaṭṭiyē
- O lump of sugar from the cane
- irumpu araṅka
- crushing even the iron-hard
- vil irāmaṉē
- O Rama with the bow
Tiruchanda Viruttam 94 · verse 845 of the four thousand
Meaning
You are the life that dwells in the body; You are sleep and You are waking. You are the five gifts of the cow, and You are the purity within them. You are the heavens and the earth, and the riches of the bountiful sea. I too am You; and more than that, You are my Lord. O Rama!
Word by word
- ūṉil mēya āvi nī
- You are the life in the body
- uṟakkamōṭu uṇarcci nī
- You are sleep and waking
- āṉil mēya aintum nī
- You are the five gifts of the cow
- tūymai nī
- You are the purity
- vaḷaṅ kaṭaṟ payaṉum nī
- You are the riches of the bountiful sea
- yāṉum nī
- I too am You
Tiruchanda Viruttam 95 · verse 846 of the four thousand
Meaning
I have curbed the five senses that are so hard to curb, cut the bonds that are my desires, and come to stand in Your service. Even if You should think of letting me go, not keep Your word, and stir up some great new desire in me, I have no eye but You, who lie on the sea, O my Lord.
Word by word
- aṭakku arum pulaṉkaḷ aintu
- the five senses so hard to curb
- toṭakku aṟuttu
- cutting the bonds
- niṉ toḻiṟkaṇ niṉṟa
- standing in Your service
- viṭak karuti
- thinking of letting go
- kaṭaṟ kiṭanta
- who lie on the sea
- or kaṇṇilēṉ
- I have no other eye
Tiruchanda Viruttam 96 · verse 847 of the four thousand
Meaning
O wondrous One, wonder without bounds! Even if all seven worlds truly praised You for ages without bounds, Your fame would still be without bounds. O lotus-eyed Lord who grants boons, cut away my many births without bounds, and grant that I may come and be joined to Your feet for good.
Word by word
- varampu ilāta māya
- O wondrous One without bounds
- vaiyam ēḻum
- all seven worlds
- varampu il ūḻi
- ages without bounds
- varampu ilāta kīrttiyāy
- You whose fame is without bounds
- pal piṟappu aṟuttu
- cutting away many births
- varamcey puṇṭarīkaṉē
- O lotus-eyed Lord who grants boons
Tiruchanda Viruttam 97 · verse 848 of the four thousand
Meaning
O Lord whose fine hands bear the fierce discus, the conch, the mace, the bow and the sword, and on whose chest the lady of the red lotus dwells! You must grant me the means to cut away the sickness of this body made of phlegm, to come and reach You, and be saved.
Word by word
- veyya āḻi
- the fierce discus
- ceyya pōtil mātu
- the lady of the red lotus, Lakshmi
- aiyil āya ākkai-nōy
- the sickness of this body made of phlegm
- niṉ aṭaintu
- reaching You
- uyvatu ōr upāyam
- a means to be saved
- nalka vēṇṭumē
- You must grant
Tiruchanda Viruttam 98 · verse 849 of the four thousand
Meaning
I have given up cruelty, put away deceit, and let go of the cravings of the five senses; I, a cur, have kept following my longing for You alone. O wondrous One, do not forget me: You must grant me the way to break free from the great whirlpool of suffering, of being born and dying.
Word by word
- maṟam tuṟantu
- giving up cruelty
- vañcam māṟṟi
- putting away deceit
- niṉkaṇ ācaiyē
- longing for You alone
- nāyiṉēṉ
- I, a cur
- pēr iṭarc cuḻikkaṇiṉṟu
- from the great whirlpool of suffering
- maṟantiṭātu
- without forgetting me
Tiruchanda Viruttam 99 · verse 850 of the four thousand
Meaning
I have heard it said that they will show me the fruit of the hard deeds I have done, pin my mind down, and mean to do me harm. But beyond what I have heard, I have bound my soul to You, O beloved of Pinnai. Do not cast me out from within You, O Lord coloured like the kaya flower.
Word by word
- valviṉaip payaṉtaṉāl
- by the fruit of hard deeds
- maṉantaṉai nāṭṭi vaittu
- pinning the mind down
- nalla-alla ceyya
- to do what is not good, to do harm
- piṉṉai kēḷva
- O beloved of Pinnai
- pūṭṭi vaitta
- bound fast
- pūvai vaṇṇaṉē
- O Lord coloured like the dark kaya flower
Tiruchanda Viruttam 100 · verse 851 of the four thousand
Meaning
To lift onto the shore lowly ones like me, whose knowledge has been let die, so that we may leave the great whirlpool of suffering and birth, there is a vessel: devotion to Your feet, so hard to gain. O wondrous One, so hard to reach, You must grant it to me.
Word by word
- pēr iṭarc cuḻikkaṇ
- the great whirlpool of suffering
- iṟappa vaitta ñāṉa nīcarai
- the lowly whose knowledge has been let die
- karaikkoṭu ēṟṟumā
- to lift onto the shore
- pāta-patti
- devotion to Your feet
- pācaṉam
- a vessel
- peṟaṟku ariya māyaṉē
- O wondrous One so hard to reach
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.