TVM 10.7.8

Tirumāl is He Who Does Not Leave Me for Even a Second.

என்னை ஒரு நொடியும் பிரியாதவன் திருமால்

3856 திருமாலிருஞ்சோலைமலையே திருப்பாற்கடலே என்தலையே *
திருமால்வைகுந்தமே தண்திருவேங்கடமேஎனதுடலே *
அருமாமாயத்தெனதுயிரே மனமேவாக்கேகருமமே *
ஒருமாநொடியும்பிரியான் என்ஊழிமுதல்வனொருவனே. (2)

3856 tirumāliruñcolai malaiye * tiruppāṟkaṭale ĕṉ talaiye *
tirumāl vaikuntame * taṇ tiruveṅkaṭame ĕṉatu uṭale **
aru mā māyattu ĕṉatu uyire * maṉame vākke karumame *
ŏru mā nŏṭiyum piriyāṉ * ĕṉ ūzhi mutalvaṉ ŏruvaṉe (8)

Ragam

Dhanyāsi / தன்யாசி

Thalam

Ādi / ஆதி

Bhavam

Self

Divya Desam

Thiruvenkadam, Thirumālirum Solai, Thiruppārkadal, Paramapadam

Simple Translation

3856. The Lord Supreme, the first cause of all things, cannot bear to be apart even for a moment from my head, and equated me with Mount Tirumāliruñcōlai and the Milky Ocean. He covets my physical frame as He does the exalted SriVaikuntam and Mount Tiruvēṅkaṭam, despite my soul being entangled with material concerns through thought, word, and deed.

Explanatory Notes

(i) The Āzhvār is amazed at the astounding love exhibited by the Lord unto him, rather every inch of his body, easily the aggregate of the love borne by Him for the sacred centres of front-rank eminence, like Mount Tirumāliruñcōlai, Mount Tiruvēṅkaṭam, the Milky Ocean and the High spiritual worlds (Śrī Vaikuṇṭa). So deep and intense is the Lord’s love that He shall not

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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.)

திருமாலிருஞ்சோலை — திருமாலிருஞ்சோலை; மலையே — மலையையும்; திருப்பாற்கடலே — திருப்பாற்கடலையும்; என் தலையே — என் தலையையும்; திருமால் — எம்பெருமானின்; வைகுந்தமே — வைகுந்தத்தையும்; தண் — குளிர்ந்த; திருவேங்கடமே — திருமலையையும்; எனது உடலே — என் சரீரத்தையும்; அரு மா மாயத்து — பிரக்ருதியோடு கலந்த; எனது உயிரே — என் ஆத்மாவையும்; மனமே வாக்கே — என் மனதையும் வாக்கையும்; கருமமே — என் செயல்களையும்; ஒரு மா நொடியும் — ஒரு க்ஷண நேரமும் என்னை விட்டு; பிரியான் — பிரியாதவனாய் இருப்பவன்; என் ஊழி — ஸகல காரண பூதனான; முதல்வன் — ஸர்வேச்வரன்; ஒருவனே — ஒருவனே

en thalaiyĕ — my head; thirumāl — being ṣriya:pathi as said in -ṣriyāsārdham-, residing in; vaigundhamĕ — paramapadham (spiritual realm); thaṇ — invigorating; thiruvĕngadamĕ — periya thirumalai (main divine hill); enadhu udalĕ — my body; aru — insurmountable; mā — great; māyaththu — united with the amaśing prakruthi (matter); enadhuyirĕ — my āthmā (self); manamĕ — mind; vākkĕ — speech; karumamĕ — action; oru mā nodiyum — even a fraction of a moment; piriyān — he is not separating; en ūzhi mudhalvan — being the cause for all entities which are controlled by time, to acquire me; oruvanĕ — he is the distinguished one!; ūzhi — all entities which are under the control of time; mudhalvan oruvanĕ — being the singular cause

Detailed Explanation

In this eighth pāsuram of the seventh chapter within the tenth decade, Śrī Nammāzhvār expresses his profound astonishment at the disposition of Sriman Nārāyaṇa. The Āzhvār declares in absolute wonder, "All the boundless desire He possesses for His celestial abodes, such as the sacred Thirumalai, is now being shown by Him towards my very limbs! He refuses to separate

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