TVM 1.4.6

O Bee! Tell My Thoughts to the Lord of the Discus.

வண்டே! என் கருத்தை ஆழியானிடம் சொல்

2829 அருளாதநீரருளி அவராவிதுவராமுன் *
அருளாழிப்புட்கடவீர் அவர்வீதியொருநாளென்று *
அருளாழியம்மானைக் கண்டக்காலிதுசொல்லி
யருள் * ஆழிவரிவண்டே! யாமும்என்பிழைத்தோமே?

TVM.1.4.6

2829 arul̤āta nīr arul̤i * avar āvi tuvarāmuṉ *
arul̤ āzhip puṭkaṭavīr * avar vīti ŏrunāl̤ ĕṉṟu **
arul̤ āzhi ammāṉaik * kaṇṭakkāl itu cŏlli
arul̤ āzhi vari vaṇṭe * yāmum ĕṉ pizhaittome? (6)

Ragam

Kandā / கண்டா

Thalam

Ādi / ஆதி

Bhavam

Nāyaki (lovelorn lady)

Thoodhu

Simple Translation

2829. You bee with lovely rings! If you meet my gracious Lord, please tell Him that although He hasn't softened yet, He should bestow His grace on me before my life ends. Ask Him to pass through this street someday while riding the gracious bird Garuḍa, so I can steal a glance at Him. What is my fault that makes Him harden His heart against me?

Explanatory Notes

In the preceding stanza, the Lord was advised against imperilling His position as Nārāyaṇa. On second thoughts, the Āzhvār now apprehends the frightful possibility of the Lord staying away from him, choosing the lesser of the two evils, the greater one being contamination by the Āzhvār. Here then is a compromise formula—the Lord, being an ocean of grace, will certainly

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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.)

ஆழி வரிவண்டே! — வட்டமான வரிகளையுடைய வண்டே!; அருள் ஆழி அம்மானை — அருள் கடலான பெருமானை; கண்டக்கால் — கண்டால்; அருளாத நீர் — அருள் செய்யாத நீர்; அருளி — அருள் செய்து; அவர் ஆவி — தலைவியின் உயிர்; துவராமுன் — உலர்வதற்கு முன்; அருள் ஆழிப் புள் — அருள் கடலான கருடனை; அவர் வீதி — அவர் இருக்கும் வீதி வழியே; ஒரு நாள் — ஒரு நாளாகிலும்; கடவீர் என்று — செலுத்துவீர் என்று; இது சொல்லி — இவ்வார்த்தைகளைச் சொல்லி; அருள் — அருள் புரியவேண்டும்; யாமும் என் — வராதவர் தாமே அன்றி யாம்; பிழைத்தோமே? — என்ன குற்றம் செய்தோம்?

āzhi — circle shaped; vari vaṇdĕ — ŏh beetle that has stripes in your body!; arul̤ — ḥaving mercy more than emperumān himself; āzhi — having chakkaraththāzhvār (sudharṣana chakram); ammānai — that master; kaṇdakkāl — on seeing; arul̤ādha nīr — ẏou who have vowed not to show your mercy onparāngusa nāyagi since she has committed many sins/mistakes; arul̤i — breaking such sankalpam and showing compassion once; avar — her; āvi — āthmā (soul); thuvarāmun — Before her existence dries up; arul̤āzhi — ocean of mercy; pul̤ — periya thiruvadi (garudāzhvār); avar vīdhi — īn the street where she resides; oru nāl̤ — at least one day; kadavīr enṛu — take a stroll like you did to protect gajĕndhrāzhwān; idhu solli arul̤ — please tell him this; yāmum — (īf you don-t come) we,; en pizhaiththŏm — what mistake was committed?

Detailed Explanation

In this pāsuraṁ, Parāṅkuśa Nāyakī, afflicted by the pangs of separation, devises a means to communicate with Sarvēśvaraṉ. Having previously appealed to His essential nature as Nārāyaṇa—the protector of all—she now confronts His seeming reply: "Even if My nārāyaṇatvam is challenged, I do not wish to be accused of associating with those who are unqualified." Understanding

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