TVM 1.8.7

Kaṇṇaṉ is the One Who Possesses My Very Thoughts.

என் எண்ணத்தையே உடையவன் கண்ணன்

2874 கொண்டானேழ்விடை *
உண்டானேழ்வையம் *
தண்தாமஞ்செய்து * என்
எண்தானானானே.

TVM.1.8.7

2874 kŏṇṭāṉ ezh viṭai * uṇṭāṉ ezh vaiyam **
taṇ tāmam cĕytu * ĕṉ ĕṇ tāṉ āṉāṉe (7)

Ragam

Dēshi / தேசி

Thalam

Ādi / ஆதி

Bhavam

Self

Simple Translation

2874. He tamed the unruly seven bulls, held the seven worlds in His stomach, and, reversing my own thoughts, entered my body as if it were a cool spiritual world.

Explanatory Notes

(i) To win the hand of the bewitching young damsel, Nap-piṇṇai, a niece of Yaśodhā, the unruly bulls were the impediments; the Lord, as Śrī Kṛṣṇa, overcame them and secured the coveted bride. Likewise, the Āzhvār’s sins, the impediments for the Lord getting at him, were rooted out by Him and the Āzhvār taken possession of.

(ii) During the period of deluge, the Lord

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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.)

ஏழ் விடை — ஏழு எருதுகளையும் நப்பின்னைக்காக; கொண்டான் — அடக்கிக் கொன்றான்; ஏழ் வையம் — ஏழுலகங்களையும்; உண்டான் — பிரளய காலத்தில் உண்டான்; தண் தாமம் — குளிர்ந்த பரமபதத்தில் எவ்வளவு விருப்பமுடன்; செய்து — இருப்பானோ; தான் — அது போலவே மிகுந்த விருப்பத்துடன் என்னை ஏற்று; என் எண் ஆனானே — என் எண்ணப்படி ஆனான்

ĕzh vidai — seven bulls (which were hurdles which stop from achieving the goal of marrying nappinnai); koṇdān — one who took their vital air, i.e., killed them; ĕzh vaiyam — all the worlds; uṇdān — one who protected them by keeping them in his stomach; thaṇ — that which eliminates the heat of samsāram (material realm); thāmam — attachment towards paramapadham; seydhu — showed (towards me); en — my; eṇ — ambition/desire; thān — he; ānān — started desiring

Detailed Explanation

In this seventh pāśuram of the First chapter’s Eighth Chapter, Śrī Nammāzhvār reveals the sublime reciprocity of divine love, an experience wherein the Supreme Lord, Śrīman Nārāyaṇa, not only fulfills the devotee's aspirations but adopts those very aspirations as His own.* The great āchāryas illuminate this profound state in their commentaries. Nañjīyar notes that Āzhvār

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