2635 maṉam āl̤um or aivar * vaṉ kuṟumpar tammai * ciṉam māl̤vittu or iṭatte certtu ** puṉam meya taṇ tuzhāyāṉ aṭiyait * tām kāṇum aḵtu aṉṟe * vaṇ tuzhām cīrārkku māṇpu? -51
Ragam
Senjurutti / செஞ்சுருட்டி
Thalam
Jambai / ஜம்பை
Bhavam
Self
Simple Translation
2635. The wicked five senses
control the mind, eyes, nose, mouth, ears and body.
The best thing for the devotees of the lord
adorned with a cool thulasi garland
is to control the feelings of the five senses
and worship the lord’s feet.
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.)
manam āl̤um — those who take control of the mind; van kuṛumbar — being powerful and indulging in mischief; ŏr aivar thammai — the unique five sensory perceptions; sinam āl̤viththu — removing anger (towards them); ŏr idaththe sĕrththu — engaging with the incomparable bhagavath vishayam (matters relating to emperumān); punam mĕya thaṇ thuzhāyān — one who has the cool, comfortable thul̤asai, which blossoms as if it were on its own land, such emperumān’s; adiyĕ thām kāṇum — the activity of worshipping the divine feet; ahdhanṛĕ — isn’t that; vaṇ thuzhām sīrārkku — for ṣrīvaishṇavas (devotees of emperumān), who are magnanimous and who have great qualities,; māṇbu — beautiful?