875. When Kstrabandu suffered from bad karmā,
he worshipped the god,
recited the three syllables of the word “Govinda”
and received Mokshā
but even after having Rangan,
the crazy god who gave his grace to devotees like Ksatrabandu,
these samsAris continue to indulge in activities,
which sink them deeper into the quagmire of repeated births,
instead of getting out of it by reciting the divine names.
Velukkudi Sri. U. Ve. Krishnan Swami’s Upanyasam
TM.4
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.)
Moyththa – Sins incessantly besiege the jīvātma, clamoring "I am the foremost," akin to bees swarming a hive or ants flocking to a pot of ghee. This vivid imagery is drawn from Periyāzhvār's pāsuram (5-2-1), "neykkudatthaip paṟṟiyēṟum eṟumbugazh." Similarly, when the army of monkeys reached the shores of Laṅkā, their cries of "It is for me" echoed, fueled by the anticipation