TVM 1.10.5

O Heart! You Too Have Seen the One Who Took Three Paces!

நெஞ்சே! மூவடி கொண்டானை நீயும் கண்டாயே!

2894 கண்டாயேநெஞ்சே! கருமங்கள்வாய்க்கின்று * ஓர்
எண்டானுமின்றியே வந்தியலுமாறு *
உண்டானை உலகேழும்ஓர்மூவடி
கொண்டானை * கண்டுகொண்டனைநீயுமே.

TVM.1.10.5

2894 kaṇṭāye nĕñce ! * karumaṅkal̤ vāykkiṉṟu * or
ĕṇ tāṉum iṉṟiye * vantu iyalumāṟu **
uṇṭāṉai * ulaku ezhum or mūvaṭi
kŏṇṭāṉai * kaṇṭukŏṇṭaṉai nīyume (5)

Ragam

Bhairavi / பைரவி

Thalam

Ādi / ஆதி

Bhavam

Self

Simple Translation

2894. Haven't you noticed, my mind, how things happen unexpectedly? Did the seven worlds know the Lord would sustain them during the deluge? Who knew the Lord would measure the worlds in three strides and set His feet on them? Did you ever think you would see Him?

Explanatory Notes

The Lord extends His grace out of His own sweet will, unasked and un-premeditated by us. It is this spontaneous grace of the Lord that Bhaṭṭar has emphasised all along in this decad.

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.)

நெஞ்சே! — மனமே!; கருமங்கள் — காரியங்கள்; வாய்க்கின்று — பலிக்கும் காலத்தில்; ஓர் எண் — நம் நினைவு; தானும் இன்றியே — சிறிதும் இல்லாதிருப்பினும்; வந்து இயலுமாறு — பலித்து வருவதை; கண்டாயே — இப்போது பார்த்தாய் அல்லவா; உலகு ஏழும் — ஏழு உலகங்களையும்; உண்டானை — பிரளயத்தில் விழுங்கி காப்பாற்றினவனும்; ஓர் மூவடி — பின்பு உலகங்களை மூன்றடிகளாலே; கொண்டானை — அளைந்து கொண்டவனுமான பெருமானை; நீயுமே கண்டு கொண்டனை — நீ கண்டு கொண்டாயன்றோ?

nenjĕ — ŏh mind!; karumangal̤ — actions (such as adhvĕsham (not having enmity), ābhimukyam (friendliness), āsrayaṇam (surrendering), aṛivu (knowledge), nalam (bhakthi/devotion) etc); vāykkinṛu — fructifying; ŏr — a; eṇdhānum inṛiyĕ — even without contemplation; vandhiyalum — happening for us; āṛu — way/means; kaṇdāyĕ — have you seen?; ulagu ĕzhum — all universes; uṇdānai — safely placed in his stomach (during pral̤ayam (annihilation)); ŏr — unique/distinct; mūvadi koṇdānai — established them as subservient to him by assuming the form of thrivikrama; nīyum — you too (who don-t have ābhimukyam (friendliness) towards him); kaṇdu koṇdanai — received it

Detailed Explanation

In this fifth pāśuram of the chapter, Śrī Nammāzhvār reveals a profound truth concerning the nature of the Supreme Lord, Sriman Nārāyaṇa. The Āzhvār explains to his own heart (manas) that the earlier statement, "eṇṇilum varum" (He will come upon mere contemplation), is in fact an understatement of the Lord’s boundless compassion. As elucidated by the great preceptor

+ Read more

TVM 1.10.4 TVM 1.10.6