TVM 2.4.8

My Daughter Has Taken Refuge in You Alone.

என் மகள் நின்னையே அடைக்கலம் அடைந்தாள்

2941 வஞ்சனே! என்னும் கைதொழும் * தன
நெஞ்சம்வேவ நெடிதுயிர்க்கும் * விறற்
கஞ்சனை வஞ்சனைசெய்தீர்! * உம்மைத்
தஞ்சமென்று இவள்பட்டனவே!

TVM.2.4.8

2941 vañcaṉe ĕṉṉum * kaitŏzhum * taṉa
nĕñcam veva * nĕṭitu uyirkkum ** viṟal
kañcaṉai * vañcaṉai cĕytīr * ummait
tañcam ĕṉṟu * ival̤ paṭṭaṉave (8)

Ragam

Yamunākalyāṇi / யமுனாகல்யாணி

Thalam

Tiripuṭai / திரிபுடை

Bhavam

Mother

Simple Translation

2941. Oh, Slayer of the headstrong Kañcaṉ, my daughter sought refuge in You and now faces great distress. Her heavy sighs blister her heart, yet with folded hands, she acknowledges Your deception, how You made her Your vassal without her knowing.

Explanatory Notes

(i) When the mother complained in the previous song about the treacherous enticement of her daughter by the Lord, Parāṅkuśa Nāyakī could not bear this affront to her beloved Lord. Uttering the same word, ‘treachery’, as the mother did, the Nāyakī gives it a different complexion. The Lord’s treachery lies in the great good He has done her by making her His vassal unknown

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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.)

வஞ்சனே! — குணத்தாலும் செயல்களாலும் என்னை வஞ்சித்தவனே!; என்னும் — என்கிறாள்; கைதொழும் — கைகூப்பித் தொழுகிறாள்; தன நெஞ்சம் — கடந்ததை நினைத்து மனம்; வேவ நெடிது உயிர்க்கும் — வேகும்படி பெருமூச்செறிகிறாள்; விறல் கஞ்சனை — வலிமையுடைய கம்ஸனை; வஞ்சனை — அவன் செய்த வஞ்சனை அவனோடு போகும்படி; செய்தீர்! — பண்ணினவரே!; உம்மைத் தஞ்சம் என்று — உம்மையே பற்றுக்கோடாக நினைத்து; இவள் பட்டனவே! — இவள் பட்ட துன்பங்கள் எண்ணிலடங்காதே

vanjanĕ — ŏh deceptive one (one pretends to be humble)!; ennum — says; kai thozhum — (Considering out of love-anger -should ī not worship him for such deception?-) folds her palms and worships; thana nenjam — her heart; vĕva — to burn; nedidhu uyirkkum — breathes deeply/heavily; viṛal — prideful; kanjanai — kamsa; vanjanai seydhīr — ŏh one who killed him and finished his deception along with him!; ummai — you (who helped the girls in mathurā); thanjam enṛu — considering as refuge (for her); ival̤ — she; pattana — much suffering; ĕ — ḥow!

Detailed Explanation

In this eighth pāsuram of the chapter, the narrative voice remains that of Parāṅkuśa Nāyakī’s mother. Witnessing the profound suffering of her daughter, she confronts Emperumān directly. As elucidated by the great ācāryas, her central grievance is the unbearable paradox she observes: how can her daughter, who has unequivocally accepted Śrīman Nārāyaṇa as her sole refuge,

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