மாயனை மன்னு வடமதுரை மைந்தனைத்
தூய பெருநீர் யமுனைத் துறைவனை
ஆயர் குலத்தினில் தோன்றும் அணிவிளக்கைத்
தாயைக் குடல்விளக்கம் செய்த தாமோதரனைத்
தூயோமாய் வந்துநாம் தூமலர் தூவித்தொழுது
வாயினால் பாடி மனத்தினால் சிந்திக்கப்
போய பிழையும் புகுதருவான் நின்றனவும்
தீயினில் தூசாகும் செப்பேலோர் எம்பாவாய்
मायऩै मऩ्ऩु वडमदुरै मैन्दऩैत्
तूय पॆरुनीर् यमुऩैत् तुऱैवऩै
आयर् कुलत्तिऩिल् तोऩ्ऱुम् अणिविळक्कैत्
तायैक् कुडल्विळक्कम् सॆय्द तामोदरऩैत्
तूयोमाय् वन्दुनाम् तूमलर् तूवित्तॊऴुदु
वायिऩाल् पाडि मऩत्तिऩाल् सिन्दिक्कप्
पोय पिऴैयुम् पुगुदरुवाऩ् निऩ्ऱऩवुम्
तीयिऩिल् तूसागुम् सॆप्पेलोर् ऎम्बावाय्
māyaṉai maṉṉu vaḍamadurai maindaṉait
tūya perunīr yamuṉait tuṟaivaṉai
āyar kulattiṉil tōṉṟum aṇiviḷakkait
tāyaik kuḍalviḷakkam seyda tāmōdaraṉait
tūyōmāy vandunām tūmalar tūvittoḻudu
vāyiṉāl pāḍi maṉattiṉāl sindikkap
pōya piḻaiyum pugudaruvāṉ niṉṟaṉavum
tīyiṉil tūsāgum seppēlōr embāvāy
Meaning
The Lord of wonders, the son of ever-abiding northern Mathura, the lord of the banks of the pure, broad Yamuna, the jewelled lamp that shone in the cowherd clan, Damodara who brought glory to the womb of his mother: if we come to him pure, scatter fresh flowers and bow, sing him with our lips and hold him in our minds, then the faults already gone and those still to come will burn like cotton in a fire. Say it, our Pavai.
About this bhajan
Andal names Krishna by his places, Mathura where he was born and the Yamuna where he played, and then by the rope: Damodara, the child Yashoda tied to the mortar. The second half carries the teaching the Sri Vaishnava Acharyas drew from it. Worship with body, speech and mind, and sins past and future are burnt away. Commentators read “those still to come” as the faults a devotee may slip into after surrender, which Bhagwan does not let cling. The verse is often sung alone at the close of a home puja.
Nalayira Divya Prabandham, Tiruppavai 5 (prabandham no. 478), Project Madurai e-text pm0005_02