1318. My daughter says, “He is Kannan, the king
whose body has the color of a dark cloud or a kuvalai flower,
who broke the tusks of the elephant that eats balls of rice
and he stays in Nāngai where tall palaces are studded with pearls. ”
My innocent daughter's mouth, as precious as coral,
sings the praises of his Pārthanpalli temple
where he abides with Lakshmi, his beloved wife.
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.)
My daughter, whose lips are as beautiful as coral, incessantly speaks of her Lord. She rapturously describes Him as "the glorious Kṛṣṇa who shattered the mighty tusks of the elephant Kuvalayāpīḍam, an immense creature which consumed great mouthfuls of food." In the next moment, she proclaims, "My Lord is Himself a majestic elephant of boundless strength, who has assumed