TVM 10.7.9

O Mind! Hold on to Tirumāl Without Letting Go.

மனமே! திருமாலை விடாமல் பிடி

3857 ஊழிமுதல்வனொருவனேயென்னும் ஒருவன் உலகெல்லாம் *
ஊழிதோறும்தன்னுள்ளேபடைத்துக்காத்துக் கெடுத்துழலும் *
ஆழிவண்ணனென்னம்மான் அந்தண்திருமாலிருஞ்சோலை *
வாழிமனமே! கைவிடேல் உடலுமுயிரும்மங்கவொட்டே.

3857 ūzhi mutalvaṉ ŏruvaṉe ĕṉṉum * ŏruvaṉ ulaku ĕllām *
ūzhitoṟum taṉṉul̤l̤e paṭaittuk * kāttuk kĕṭuttu uzhalum **
āzhivaṇṇaṉ ĕṉ ammāṉ * am taṇ tirumāliruñcolai *
vāzhi maṉame! kaiviṭel! * uṭalum uyirum maṅka ŏṭṭe (9)

Ragam

Dhanyāsi / தன்யாசி

Thalam

Ādi / ஆதி

Bhavam

Self

Divya Desam

Thirumālirum Solai

Simple Translation

3857. Hold fast, my dear mind, to Mount Tirumāliruñcōlai, the serene abode where my majestic Lord resides. He is the sole creator of all things, orchestrating their existence and dissolution through His divine will alone. May my mind remain steadfast in devotion, seeking prosperity through the grace of the Lord, who I beseech to relinquish the hold over worldly allurements, hastening the natural course of life's decline.

Explanatory Notes

In the seventh song of this decad, the Āzhvār adored Mount Māliruñcōlai itself, as the one from which all that bliss, currently experienced by him, flows. For that very reason, the Āzhvār now advises his mind not to relax its grip on this mascot of a mountain. On hearing the Āzhvār’s address to his mind, the Lord would appear to have addressed Himself not to give up the

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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.)

ஊழி முதல்வன் — ஸகல பொருள்களுக்கும் முதல்வன்; ஒருவன் — ஒப்பற்ற; ஒருவனே என்னும் — ஒருவனே என்னும்; உலகு எல்லாம் — எல்லா உலகங்களையும்; ஊழி தோறும் — படைக்க வேண்டிய காலந்தோறும்; தன்னுள்ளே — தன்னுள்ளே; படைத்துக் காத்து — படைத்துக் காத்து; கெடுத்து உழலும் — ஸம்ஹாரங்களைச் செய்பவனாய்; அம் தண் — அழகிய குளிர்ந்த; திருமாலிருஞ்சோலை — திருமாலிருஞ்சோலை; மலையில் இருக்கும் — மலையில் இருக்கும்; ஆழி வண்ணன் — ஆழி வண்ணனான; என் அம்மான் — எம்பெருமானை; வாழி மனமே! — நெஞ்சே!; கைவிடேல் — விட்டுவிடாதே; உடலும் — எனது சரீரத்தையும்; உயிரும் — பிராணனையும் விரும்பாமல்; மங்க ஒட்டே — வெறுக்க வேண்டும்

ennum — as said in kāraṇa vākyams (statements which emphasise emperumān being the cause) such as -ĕkamĕva-; oruvan — being distinguished; ulagu ellām — all worlds; ūzhi thŏṛum — all times which are favourable for creation etc; than ul̤l̤ĕ — in a small portion of his divine will; padaiththu — create; kāththu — protect; keduththu — annihilate; uzhalum — conducting these, having as routine; āzhi vaṇṇan — one who is unlimited; en ammān — being my lord due to this apt relationship; am — being beautiful; thaṇ — invigorating; thirumālirunjŏlai — thirumālirunjŏlai; manamĕ — ŏh heart!; udalum uyirum — our body, vital air etc are to be given up by us; manga — to be destroyed; ottu — go close and try to surrender unto;; kai vidĕl — do not give it up until our task is accomplished;; vāzhi — you should live long by this.; thirumālirunjŏlai — in thirumālirunjŏlai hill; mĕya — eternally residing

Detailed Explanation

In this ninth pāśuram, as elucidated by the revered ācāryas beginning with Nañjīyar, a sublime and tender conflict unfolds. Śrī Nammāzhvār, having realized the immeasurable spiritual wealth bestowed upon him through the grace of Tirumalai, turns to his own divine heart (maṉam). He lovingly commands it, saying, “We have received all this opulence through Tirumāliruñjōlai;

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