TVM 1.6.2

Perform Service for the Primal Cause of the Vedas.

வேத முதல்வனுக்கே பணி செய்க

2847 மதுவார்தண்ணந் துழாயான் *
முதுவேதமுதல்வனுக்கு *
எதுவேது? என்பணி? என்னாது *
அதுவேஆட்செய்யுமீடே.

TVM.1.6.2

2847 matuvār taṇ am tuzhāyāṉ * mutu veta mutalvaṉukku **
ĕtu etu ? ĕṉ paṇi ? ĕṉṉātu * atuve āl̤ cĕyyum īṭe (2)

Ragam

Nādhanāmakriya / நாதநாமக்ரியை

Thalam

Aḍa / அட

Bhavam

Self

Simple Translation

2847. “What service is there, and that too, for poor me, Appropriate to the Primate, the colossal Lord, by Vedas revealed, Wearer of nice, cool, ‘tulacī’ garland, shedding honey?” If one doesn’t think so (and shrink), by him is the Lord well served indeed.

Explanatory Notes

(i) Having ruled out, in the preceding song, the restriction regarding the thing to be offered to the Lord, the Āzhvār now stresses the fact that there is also no restriction regarding the persons eligible to serve Him. If one does not shrink back from the Lord’s service, in bewildering amazement that there is hardly any service that can be rendered, appropriate to the

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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.)

அம் மதுவார் — அழகிய தேன் பெருகும்; தண் துழாயான் — குளிர்ந்த துளசி மாலை அணிந்தவனும்; முது வேத — பழமையான வேதங்களால் முழுமுதற்கடவுளாகச்; முதல்வனுக்கு — சொல்லப்படுபவனுமான பெருமானுக்கு; எது பணி — செய்யக் கூடிய பெருமை வாய்ந்த கைங்கரியம் ஏது?; என் பணி ஏது — அதிலும் நான் செய்யக்கூடிய பணி எது?; என்னாது அதுவே — என்று சிந்தியாமலிருப்பதே; ஆள் செய்யும் ஈடே — அடிமை செய்கைக்குத் தகுதியாகும்

am — (beautiful) highlighting the supremacy; madhu ār — abundance of honey; thaṇ — cool; thuzhāyān — one who wears thul̤asi garland; mudhu — ancient; vĕdham — vĕdhams; mudhalvan — for the one who is explicitly explained in; edhu — (matching his caliber) what?; en paṇi ĕdhu — what is my service?; ennādhu adhuvĕ — instead of saying that (what can ī do to match his greatness?); saying -aham sarvam karishyāmi #(ī will serve him in all ways); āl̤ seyyum — to serve; īdu — qualification

Detailed Explanation

In continuation of the previous pāśuram, wherein Śrī Nammāzhvār established that no specific material offerings are required to approach the Supreme Lord, he now mercifully explains that one need not withdraw, thinking "I am unqualified" to approach Him. The Āzhvār thus reveals the supreme accessibility of Sarvēśvaran, asserting that for those who desire to approach

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