TVM 10.5.2

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

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 + Read more

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.)

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 WBW explanation

Highlights from Nampiḷḷai's Vyākhyānam as documented by Vadakkuth Thiruvīdhip Piḷḷai

Nāraṇan - In contemplation of expounding the profound significance of this divine name, Āzhvār recites it reverently.
Emmān - My sovereign Lord.
Pāraṇangu Āḷan - Śrī Bhūmip Pirāṭṭi is Pāraṇangu, the sovereign deity of Bhūmi (Earth). The term Pāraṇanguāḷan elucidates

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