TVM 1.8.4

எம்பெருமான் குணத்தையே சொல்லுவேன்

2871 வெற்பையொன்றெடுத்து *
ஒற்கமின்றியே *
நிற்குமம்மான்சீர் *
கற்பன்வைகலே.

2871 vĕṟpai ŏṉṟu * ĕṭuttu ŏṟkam iṉṟiye **
niṟkum ammāṉ cīr * kaṟpaṉ vaikale (4)

Ragam

Dēshi / தேசி

Thalam

Ādi / ஆதி

Bhavam

Self

Simple Translation

Every day, let me speak and adore the Lord's abundant grace, as He is the One who effortlessly lifted Mount Govardhana and stood with ease holding it aloft.

Explanatory Notes

(i) Periyāḻvār extols the effortless holding by Śrī Kṛṣṇa of Govardhana Mountain, days on end, without the slightest strain on His fingers and nails (Periyāḻvār Tirumoḻi III-5-10).

(ii) Śrī Kūrattāḻvāṉ also exclaims, in sloka 45 of Varadarāja Stavaṃ that the Lord held Mount Govardhana continually for seven days and yet, His fingers were as fresh as ever.

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Word by Word (WBW) meaning

(The words may be rearranged to facilitate poetry to prose conversion (Aṉvayam). Please read the meanings (in black) continiously to form the sentence and understand the simple meaning of those verse.)

வெற்பை ஒன்று — கோவர்த்தனம் என்னும் ஒரு மலையை; எடுத்து ஒற்கம் இன்றியே — சிரமமில்லாமல் எடுத்து; நிற்கும் அம்மான் — பசுக்களையும் ஆயர்களையும் காத்தான்; சீர் — அப்பெருமானின் சிறந்த குணங்களை; வைகலே — காலமுள்ள வரை; கற்பன் — ஓதுவேன் என்கிறார் ஆழ்வார்

onṛu — one; veṛpai — the hill; eduththu — lifted up; oṛkam — becoming tired; inṛiyĕ — not having; niṛkum — standing; ammān — master-s; sīr — glories (āpathsakathva- timely help); vaigal — for eternity; kaṛpan — will remember/recite

Detailed WBW explanation

Highlights from Nampil̤l̤ai's Vyākhyānam as Documented by Vadakkuth Thiruvīdhip Pil̤l̤ai

Veṟpai onṟu eduththu - When Indra orchestrated a hailstorm to assail the cows and cowherd boys, Kaṇṇan Emperumān, in a divine act of protection, lifted the nearby Govardhana hill to shield them. Despite being only seven years old, one might wonder, did He not grow weary

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