TVM 1.2.8

Direct Your Mind, Speech, and Body Towards the Lord

மனோவாக்குக் காயங்களைப் பகவானிடம் செலுத்து

2809 உள்ளமுரைசெயல் *
உள்ளவிம்மூன்றையும் *
உள்ளிக்கெடுத்து * இறை
யுள்ளிலொடுங்கே.

TVM.1.2.8

2809 ul̤l̤am urai cĕyal * ul̤l̤a im mūṉṟaiyum **
ul̤l̤ik kĕṭuttu * iṟai ul̤l̤il ŏṭuṅke (8)

Ragam

Senjurutti / செஞ்சுருட்டி

Thalam

Ādi / ஆதி

Bhavam

Self

Upadesam

Simple Translation

2809. With true awareness that the triple faculties of mental apprehension, speech and bodily actions, already at your command, are meant to be solely dedicated to Irai (the Lord), place them at His exclusive service, duly divested of all their erstwhile misplaced attachments and inhibitions.

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.)

உள்ளம் உரை — மனம் வாக்கு; செயல் உள்ள — செயல் ஆகிய; இம் மூன்றையும் — இம்மூன்றையும்; உள்ளி — ஆராய்ந்து_ பார்த்து; கெடுத்து — அவற்றிற்குள்ள விஷயாந்தரப்பற்றைத் தவிர்த்து; இறை உள்ளில் — எம்பெருமானிடத்திலேயே; ஒடுங்கே — சேர்ப்பாயாக

ul̤l̤am — mind which is used for meditation, etc-; urai — speech which is used for verbal glorification, etc-; seyal — body which is used for prostrating, etc-; ul̤l̤a — which we have from the beginning; im mūnṛaiyum — these three which are readily available to us; ul̤l̤i — understanding their purpose; keduththu — giving up attachment towards worldly pleasures; iṛai ul̤l̤il — towards the master who is apt for us; odungu — become totally subservient

Detailed Explanation

This pāśuram is the eighth in the second chapter of the first decade of Thiruvāymozhi. The great ācāryas of our sampradāya introduce this verse by posing a profound question that arises from the Āzhvār's preceding declarations. Having established that our very existence is as the wealth of Sriman Nārāyaṇa, the jīvātmā may wonder about the means of rendering

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