748. Rāma who reached Ayodhya filled with gold
and beautiful diamond-studded palaces,
heard his own story
from the mouths, red as coral, of his two sons
born to Sita, the princess of Mithila, to save the world.
If we hear and drink in the story of Rāma
of Thiruchitrakudam in Thillai
we have no need of sweet nectar.
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.)
In this profoundly moving pāśuram, the Āzhvār reveals the supreme object of his devotion and contemplation. He declares with unshakable conviction that for a soul who has once tasted the nectar of the history of the Lord Śrī Rāma, no other attainment holds any value. The Āzhvār focuses his meditation upon that specific period in the Lord's