1815. O heart, do you realize that the body
made of sky where clouds float,
and of fire, water, earth and air
is not a fortress and that it will not save you?
Go to Thiruvallavazh and worship the lord
who stays with statue-like Lakshmi seated on a lotus,
her soft breasts smeared with sandal paste.
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.)