1494. As his guru, the Brahmin Sandipani
gave him the sacred thread and taught him the Vedās,
and when his son was drowning in the ocean,
our god saved him and brought him back.
He stays in beautiful Thirunaraiyur
where birds search for snails and pick them up from the freshwater ponds
and take them to feed their nestlings in the trees.
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.)