710. “Mothers from good families
keep their children on their laps and say,
‘You are my dear one,
you are the bright light of our family,
you are like a bull that has the color of a cloud. ’
When someone asked you, ‘Who is your father?’
you looked at Nandagopan out of the corner of your eyes
and pointed at him with your beautiful fingers.
Vasudevan, our chief, does not have the good fortune
of being your father. ”
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.)
Within this profoundly moving pāśuram, the blessed mother Devakī-pirāṭṭi continues her heart-rending lament, expressing a grief that extends beyond her own personal loss. She declares with immense sorrow that her own lack of puṇyam (spiritual merit) was so profound that it not only deprived her of the bliss of raising her divine child,