Chapter 1
Āzhvār's request - (வாக்குத் தூய்மை)
தன் தகவின்மையை அறிவித்தல்
The mind, speech, and body should all be devoted to the Lord. The mind should seek only the Lord. Speech should always be about Him. The tongue should speak only of Him; it should recite the sacred mantra and praise Him. However, the tongue, distracted by taste, often leads to improper speech. Without thinking of its tendencies, we must restrain it + Read more
மனம், வாக்கு, உடல் ஆகிய திரிகரணங்களையும் பகவானிடம் ஈடுப்படுத்தவேண்டும். மனம் பகவானையே நாடவேண்டும். சொல் அவனைப் பற்றியதாகவே இருக்கவேண்டும். நாக்கு அவனையே கூறவேண்டும்; திருமந்திரத்தையே சொல்லவேண்டும்; அவனையே துதிக்கவேண்டும். ஆனால் நாக்கு அதற்கு இடம் கொடுக்காது, சுவையைக் காட்டித் தகாத + Read more
Verses: 433 to 442
Grammar: Eṇcīrk Kaḻinediladi Āsiriya Viruththam / எண்சீர்க் கழிநெடிலடி ஆசிரிய விருத்தம்
Recital benefits: Will go to Vaikuṇṭam and remain there always
- Verse 1:
433. O Mādhava, because I do not know how to say anything that is good I do not praise you but still my tongue says nothing but your names. I am afraid, nothing is under my control. You may be angry with me because you think I speak as someone ignorant, but I cannot stop my tongue. Great ones find meaningful things even in the calling of crows. You are the reason for everything, O lord, with an eagle banner. - Verse 2:
434. I compose worthless pāsurams with my useless tongue. You carry a conch and a discus in your hands. Is it not the duty of the great to forgive the mistaken words of their servants? My eyes can only see through your eyes and my mind will not think of any other god except you. I am like a deer— one more dot on its coat does not spoil its loveliness. Surely it is not too much for you to accept my mistakes. O lord, you swallowed all the seven worlds and spat them out. - Verse 3:
435. I do not know what is good or what is bad, all I know is to say, “Nāranā. ” Before, I said unworthy things about you but now I only praise you. See, O Thirumāl, I do not even know how to think of you. Always I say, ‘Namo Nārana, Namo Nārana. ” My only strength is that I am a Vaishanavan and live in your temple. - Verse 4:
436. You, the pure, tall god, measured this world with your body. Do not hesitate to make me your slave. Though I do not want any clothes or food I still have not became your slave and am wandering here and there. O lord, you killed the cruel Kamsan and cut the chains of Vasudevan, your father, when he was in prison and released him. - Verse 5:
437. I have placed all my property, wife, cattle, waterways, lands and wells and anything that I have under your golden feet without any worry. It is hard for me to deal with my villagers because they are jealous that I own so much. O lord, you who took the form of a boar, and dug up the earth to bring back the earth goddess and broke the tusk of the elephant and killed it, I need your help. - Verse 6:
438. O dear lord, dark colored creator of the four-headed Nānmuhan and the reason for everything, even if I, your devotee, do not eat, I do not get hungry because worshiping you takes my hunger away. If there is a day when I do not think of you, and do not always say, “Namo Nārana” and do not recite Rig and Sama Vedās and do not place fresh flowers on your feet, that will be the day I starve. - Verse 7:
439. You pretend to sleep on the white flood of ocean on a snake bed, but when I want to see you sleeping on the snake bed, my heart becomes weak and I sob with happiness, my hair stands on end, my eyes shed tears and I cannot rest at all. O tell me, how I can reach you. - Verse 8:
440. You lifted the huge beautiful Govardhanā mountain, used it as an umbrella and protected the cowherds and the cows from the storm. O Madhusudanan, Kannā, You released the elephant Gajendra from his suffering and killed the elephant Kuvalayāpeedam, You are the reason for the Universe You remove the troubles of your worshipers. You are so great that I do not have the words to praise you. O my dear lord, give me your grace so that I may approach you and worship you every day. - Verse 9:
441. You are my solace and Faith and the god of those who praise you with love. The god of the gods in the sky, You took the form of a man-lion, You measured all the seven worlds, and You are the apocalypse. You, the reason for everything, removed the suffering of the elephant Gajendra when he was caught by a crocodile and You churned the milky ocean with the gods in the sky. . Make me your devotee and protect me. I am weak—remove my suffering. - Verse 10:
442. He is Mādhavan and Madhusudanan, the emerald-colored father of Kama, a lion to his enemies who took the form of a dark-haired dwarf, dear to me. Vishnuchithan the chief of Puduvai that flourishes with goodness composed ten wonderful Tamil pāsurams on him. If devotees recite these pāsurams they will reach the world of Nāranan soon.