Tiruppalliyezhuchi 10
by Thondaradippodi Alwar · verse 926 of the four thousand
Tiruppalliyezhuchi 10 · verse 926 of the four thousand
Meaning
Are these the fragrant lotuses that have bloomed? Is this the sun, risen from the roaring sea? Women with waists slender as the tudi drum have wrung out and shaken their curling hair, put on their clothes and come up from the bath, O Arangan, ringed by waters! I am a servant called Thondaradippodi, whose shoulder shines with the well-strung tulasi and the flower basket. You graciously took me as one to be pitied and made me a servant of Your servants. Graciously rise from Your sleep!
Word by word
- kaṭi-malark kamalaṅkaḷ
- fragrant lotus flowers
- kaṉaikaṭal muḷaittaṉaṉ
- has risen from the roaring sea
- tuṭiyiṭaiyār
- women with waists slender like the tudi drum
- cūḻ puṉal araṅkā
- O Arangan, ringed by waters
- tuḷavamum kūṭaiyum
- the tulasi and the flower basket
- toṇṭaraṭippoṭi
- Thondaradippodi, "dust at the feet of the devotees"
- aḷiyaṉ eṉṟu aruḷi
- graciously deeming me one to be pitied
- uṉ aṭiyārkku āṭpaṭuttāy
- You made me a servant of Your servants
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.