TVM 10.5.6

மாதவன் வேங்கடத்தே உள்ளான்

3832 மேயான் வேங்கடம் *
காயாமலர்வண்ணன் *
பேயார்முலையுண்ட *
வாயான்மாதவனே. (2)

3832 மேயான் வேங்கடம் *
காயாமலர் வண்ணன் **
பேயார் முலை உண்ட *
வாயான் மாதவனே (6)

3832 meyāṉ veṅkaṭam *
kāyāmalar vaṇṇaṉ **
peyār mulai uṇṭa *
vāyāṉ mātavaṉe (6)

Ragam

Vasanta / வசந்த

Thalam

Ādi / ஆதி

Bhavam

Self

Upadesam

Divya Desam

Thiruvenkadam

Simple Translation

Mātavaṉ, with the lovely complexion of a lily flower, who defeated the devil Pūthanā by sucking her breasts to death, resides on Mount Vēṅkaṭam.

Explanatory Notes

In the preceding song, the Āzhvār had asked the men around, to seek out the Supreme Lord and worship Him daily with flowers and sing His glorious names. And now, he tells them that the Lord is not that cold, icy abstract thing, formless and invisible, as some would say, but is easily accessible, atop Mount Tiruvēṅkaṭam, exhibiting His resplendent Form of exquisite charm. + 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 simplified meaning of those verse.)

காயா மலர் — காயாம்பூ மலர் போன்ற நிறமும்; வண்ணன் — வடிவழகையும் உடையவன்; பேயார் முலை — பூதனையின் விஷப் பாலை; உண்ட — சுவைத்து அவளை முடித்த; வாயான் — வாயை உடையவன் அவனே; மாதவனே — மாதவன் திருமகள் நாயகன் அவனே; வேங்கடம் — திருவேங்கட மலையில்; மேயான் — எழுந்தருளி உள்ளான்

pĕyār — pūthanā-s; mulai — bosom (filled with poison); uṇda — will eliminate our attachment here, as he fully sucked to extract her life; vāyān — one who has a nectarean mouth; mādhavan — as said in -svāmi pushkariṇi thīrĕ ramayā sahmŏdhathĕ-, with alarmĕlmangaith thāyār [ṣrī mahālakshmi]; vĕngadam mĕyān — is eternally residing in thirumalā.; mādhavan — the divine name mādhava (of emperumān who is with lakshmī who is having the responsibility of purushakāram (recommendation of us to emperumān) and kainkarya vardhakathvam (improving our kainkaryams towards emperumān)); enṛu enṛu — meditating (as the refuge as indicated as the upāyam (means) in the first part of dhvaya mahā manthram and as the goal as indicated as the upĕyam (end) in the second part of dhvaya mahā manthram)

Detailed WBW explanation

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

Mēyān Vēṅgadam - Vēṅgadam Mēyān: To accept your surrender, He eternally resides in Thirumalā. When queried, "Would one immediately worship Him upon sighting?" Āzhvār responds:
Kāyā Malar Vaṇṇan: He possesses such an enchanting form that even an inert wooden log would

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