2597. What I am going to ask you is not strange.
O lord, if some devotee of yours asks you for something
that you may not want to give,
you will not lose anything by giving that to him.
This is what I want to ask you.
Show me your form.
However you wish, show me your shining body.
Word by Word (WBW) meaning
(The words may be rearranged to facilitate poetry to prose conversion (Aṉvayam). Please read the meanings (in black) continiously to form the sentence and understand the simple meaning of those verse.)
iṛaiva — ŏh the supreme being!; odu — clinging (to samsāris); vazhakku anṛu — is not appropriate (for you); māṛu kol̤ vazhakku anṛu — expecting something in return (from them) is also not appropriate; adiyār vĕṇda — when followers beseeched; izhakkavum kāṇdum — we have seen (masters) losing (themselves and their possessions) while carrying out tasks (for their followers); izhappu uṇdĕ — could your followers lose?; āgilum — even if you have to obtain something from us; yān vĕṇda — as ī pray; em āl̤ koṇdu — making me as a servitor; en kaṇgal̤ thammāl — for these biological eyes of mine; un mĕni chāy — the beauty of your divine form; kāttu — please manifest