TVM 10.5.2

Nārāyaṇa is the Primal Cause.

நாரணனே ஆதிமூலம்

3828 நாரணனெம்மான் *
பாரணங்காளன் *
வாரணம்தொலைத்த *
காரணன்தானே.

3828 nāraṇaṉ ĕmmāṉ *
pār aṇaṅku āl̤aṉ **
vāraṇam tŏlaitta *
kāraṇaṉ tāṉe (2)

Ragam

Vasanta / வசந்த

Thalam

Ādi / ஆதி

Bhavam

Self

Upadesam

Simple Translation

3828. Nāraṇaṉ, our Sire, is the loving spouse of Mother Earth. He ordained this vast Universe and destroyed the gigantic elephant set upon Him by Kaṃsa, the great tyrant.

Explanatory Notes

The Āzhvār is now elaborating the meaning of the word ‘Nārāyaṇa used in a shortened form as ‘Nāraṇan’, in the preceding song. Mother Earth (Bhū Devī) is one of the three principal Consorts of Lord Nārāyaṇa and reference to Bhū Devī, in this song can be taken to include the two other Consorts as well, ‘Śrī’ and ‘Nīḷā’ Devis, in the Celestial setting. “Our Sire” would denote

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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.)

நாரணன் — நாராயணன்; எம்மான் — எமக்கு ஸ்வாமி; பார் அணங்கு — பூமிப்பிராட்டிக்கு; ஆளன் — நாயகன்; வாரணம் — கம்சனின் குவலயாபீட யானையை; தொலைத்த — கொன்றவன்; காரணன் தானே — அனைத்துலகத்துக்கும் காரணன் அவனே

pār aṇangu āl̤an — being the controller of nithya vibhūthi (spiritual realm) due to being the dear consort of ṣrī bhūmip pirātti; varaṇam tholaiththa — one who eliminated kuvalayāpīdam (which was an enemy); nāraṇan thānĕ — krishṇa himself, who is the origin of the whole world.; thānĕ — ḥe (who is known by the name nārāyaṇa); ulagu ellām — one who can be said as the singular substratum for the entire cosmos as per sāmānādhikaraṇyam (multiple entities having singular base) as said in -sarvam kalvidham brahma-

Detailed Explanation

In this second pāsuram, as in the third, Śrīman Nammāzhvār graciously expounds upon the profound meaning of the Lord’s divine name, the sacred Tirumantram. It is a hallmark of Āzhvār’s divine poetry that whenever the Tirumantram is extolled, he follows a consistent and beautiful pattern of revelation: he may first present the name (nāma) and thereafter unveil its

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