966. He, who is praised with a thousand names,
Destroys all sins for those who truly know and trust Him.
No harm shall ever touch those,
Who do not turn away from His feet.
Such is the grace, such is the greatness
Of our Lord who dwells in the sacred Himalayas,
Where blooming ashoka trees shine with fiery beauty,
And foolish bees, mistaking them for flame,
Shrink back in fear.
Go, O heart, and reach Thiruppirithi!
Word by Word (WBW) meaning
(The words may be rearranged to facilitate conversion from poetry to prose (Aṉvayam). Please read the meanings (in black) continuously to form the sentence and understand the simplified meaning based on the Divyārtha Dīpikai for the verse.)
The supremely illustrious Emperumān, our Lord of unparalleled renown, has graciously descended and taken up His residence in the sacred precinct of Himavān. His merciful intent is to ensure that the binding effects of sins, which would otherwise inevitably arise, never afflict those devoted souls who engage in the recitation of His thousand divine names and come to the