TVM 2.4.7

My Daughter Speaks Only of Kaṇṇaṉ's Greatness.

என் மகள் கண்ணன் பெருமையையே பேசுவாள்

2940 உள்ளுளாவி உலர்ந்துலர்ந்து * என
வள்ளலே! கண்ணனே! என்னும் * பின்னும்
வெள்ளநீர்க் கிடந்தாய்! என்னும் * என
கள்விதான்பட்ட வஞ்சனையே!

TVM.2.4.7

2940 ul̤ ul̤ āvi * ularntu ularntu * ĕṉa
val̤l̤ale * kaṇṇaṉe ĕṉṉum ** piṉṉum
vĕl̤l̤a nīrk * kiṭantāy ĕṉṉum * ĕṉa
kal̤vi tāṉ * paṭṭa vañcaṉaiye (7)

Ragam

Yamunākalyāṇi / யமுனாகல்யாணி

Thalam

Tiripuṭai / திரிபுடை

Bhavam

Mother

Divya Desam

Thiruppārkadal

Simple Translation

2940. My daughter is entranced by the Lord, and her inner soul is completely dried up. Yet she tries to hide it from me and cries out, "Oh, my generous Lord, Kaṇṇā, who rests on oceanic waters!"

Explanatory Notes

(i) With an aching heart the mother gives expression to her daughter’s enticement by the Lord and her present critical condition. The soul which is inherently incapable of being burnt or dried up, is said to have been dried up in Parāṅkuśa Nāyakī’s case. And yet, she tries to keep her mother off the track and lauds her beloved Lord.

(ii) Parāṅkuśa Nāyakī says her Lord

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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.)

என கள்வி — என்னிடத்திலும உண்மையை மறைப்பவளான இவள்; தான் பட்ட — தான் அகப்படும்படி அவன் செய்த; வஞ்சனையே — வஞ்சனை என்னென்னில்; உள் உள் ஆவி — இதயத்திலுருக்கும் உயிரானது; உலர்ந்து உலர்ந்து — சருகாக உலர்ந்து போனாலும்; என வள்ளலே! — எனக்கு உதவி செய்தவனே! என்கிறாள்; கண்ணனே! என்னும் — கண்ணனே! என்கிறாள்; பின்னும் — மேலும்; வெள்ள நீர் — பாற்கடலிலே; கிடந்தா என்னும் — பள்ளிகொண்டவனே! என்கிறாள்

ena kal̤vi — she who has deceit (of concealing the changes of her heart); thān patta — the acts of emperumān which trapped her; vanjanai — the deceptive actions; ul̤ ul̤ — that which is staying inside the heart; āvi — in-dwelling soul (which cannot be dried); ularndhu ularndhu — became very dry; ena — for me to whom you have given yourself fully; val̤l̤alĕ — ŏh most generous person!; kaṇṇanĕ — ŏh krishṇa (who is epitome of easily accessibility); ennum — says; pinnum — further; vel̤l̤a nīr — (to readily incarnate) in the ocean filled with water; kidandhāy — ŏh one who rested!; ennum — says

Detailed Explanation

In this seventh pāsuram of the fourth chapter, Parāṅkuśa Nāyakī's mother speaks, observing the profound exhaustion of her daughter. She reveals how Emperumān, by displaying His supremely attractive qualities, has utterly captivated and "cheated" her child, who is accustomed to concealing the deepest matters of her heart. This divine deceit has compelled the Āzhvār to

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