TVM 1.8.5

என் மெய் கலந்தவன் கண்ணன்

2872 வைகலும்வெண்ணெய் *
கைகலந்துண்டான் *
பொய்கலவாது * என்
மெய்கலந்தானே.

2872 வைகலும் வெண்ணெய் * கைகலந்து உண்டான் **
பொய் கலவாது * என் மெய் கலந்தானே (5)

2872 vaikalum vĕṇṇĕy * kaikalantu uṇṭāṉ **
pŏy kalavātu * ĕṉ mĕy kalantāṉe (5)

Ragam

Dēshi / தேசி

Thalam

Ādi / ஆதி

Bhavam

Self

Simple Translation

The Lord stretched His hands as far as He could, grabbed the butter, and ate as much as He liked. Similarly, He stretched His hand towards the His devotees too, and accepted them with the same enthusiasm.

Explanatory Notes

On the one hand, the Āzhvār goes into raptures in contemplation of the Lord’s auspicious attributes and, on the other, the Lord covets the Āzhvār’s body with the same avidity with which He swallowed butter in Gokula.

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 simplified meaning of those verse.)

வைகலும் வெண்ணெய் — தினமும் வெண்ணெயை; கை கலந்து — கை உள்ளளவும் நீட்டி; உண்டான் — களவு செய்து வாரியெடுத்து உண்டான்; பொய் கலவாது — பொய் இல்லாமல் மெய்யாகவே; என் மெய் — என் சரீரத்தில்; கலந்தானே — ஒன்றுபடக்கூடினான் என்கிறார்

vaigalum — always; veṇṇey — butter; kai kalandhu — stretching the hand fully; uṇdān — one who ate; poy kalavādhu — being truthful (without deceit); en — my; mey — body (which is to be rejected); kalandhān — became immersed in me

Detailed WBW explanation

Highlights from Nampil̤l̤ai's vyākhyānam as documented by Vadakkuth Thiruvīdhip Pil̤l̤ai:

Vaigazhum - Just as his attributes are the very sustenance I spoke of in "kaṛpaṇa vaigale" in the preceding pāsuram, he sustains himself by accepting those offerings that have been graced by his devotees.
Veṇṇey kai kalandu uṇḍān - Three interpretations are provided:

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