Tiruppalliyezhuchi 2

Tiruppalliyezhuchi 2 · verse 918 of the four thousand

Meaning

Here is the east wind, blowing strong, after brushing the rich blossoms of the lush jasmine creeper. The swans asleep on their beds of flowers have risen, shaking off their great wings soaked in the falling dew. You ended the bitter agony of the elephant that cried out in pain, faint from the poison, as the white teeth of the crocodile's cave-like gaping mouth sank into it. O Lord of Srirangam, graciously rise from Your sleep!

Word by word

koḻuṅkoṭi mullaiyiṉ

of the lush jasmine creeper

kuṇa-ticai mārutam

the east wind

malar aṇaip paḷḷikoḷ aṉṉam

swans sleeping on beds of flowers

īṉpaṇi naṉainta

soaked in the falling dew

mutalaiyiṉ

of the crocodile

pilam purai pēḻvāy

gaping mouth like a cave

āṉaiyiṉ aruntuyar keṭutta

who ended the elephant Gajendra's bitter agony