it resembled a creeper —

and it becomes more and more shining and strong —

flourishes more and more —

 sprouts —

leader —

my daughter who is like a slender creeper —

being the head —

and who is the head —

ālso can be said as head (shoot, blossoming tip of a tree). With the clan/group as the root, and emperumānār as the top part, like how if there is any dryness in the root then the shoots would first dry up, if there is any danger to this (ṣrīvaishṇava) clan, then it is emperumānār who would be having his divine face go dull. —

for nappinnaip pirātti (who is like a crown jewel) —