TVM 2.6.9

O My Mother! It is Impossible for You to Leave Me Now.

எந்தாய்! இனி என்னை விட்டுப் போக முடியாது

2964 எந்தாய்! தண்திருவேங்கடத்துள்நின்றாய்! இலங்கை செற்றாய்! * மராமரம்
பைந்தாளேழுருவ ஒருவாளிகோத்தவில்லா! *
கொந்தார்தண்ணந்துழாயினாய்! அமுதே! உன்னையென்னுள்ளேகுழைத்தவெம்
மைந்தா! * வானேறே! இனியெங்குப்போகின்றதே?

TVM.2.6.9

2964 ĕntāy! taṇ tiruveṅkaṭattul̤ niṉṟāy * ilaṅkai cĕṟṟāy * marāmaram
paintāl̤ ezh uruva * ŏru vāl̤i kotta villā **
kŏntu ār taṇ am tuzhāyiṉāy amute * uṉṉai ĕṉṉul̤l̤e kuzhaitta ĕm
maintā * vāṉ eṟe * iṉi ĕṅkup pokiṉṟate? (9)

Ragam

Ānandabhairavi / ஆனந்தபைரவி

Thalam

Ādi / ஆதி

Bhavam

Self

Divya Desam

Thiruvenkadam

Simple Translation

2964. My Lord, who graces Tiruvēṅkaṭam and stands on the cool mountain, You conquered Laṅkā and pierced the tough seven trees with a single arrow. You wear the lush and cool tulacī garland, and have merged with me, my Nectar, my darling! Chief of Nithyasuris, where could You possibly go to get away from me now?

Explanatory Notes

[Āzhvār to the Lord:]—

“Unto me, who was steeped in ignorance, you revealed yourself and your excellence and worked me upto the present pitch, wheṇ I just cannot exist without you. Will it be just and proper for you to get parted from me, at this stage? As a matter of fact, you stepped on Mount Tiruvēṅkaṭam, only to get held of this vassal. Even as you routed Rāvaṇa

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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.)

எந்தாய்! — என் தந்தையே!; தண் திருவேங்கடத்துள் — குளிர்ந்த திருவேங்கடத்தில்; நின்றாய்! — நிற்பவனே!; இலங்கை செற்றாய்! — இலங்கையை அழித்தவனே!; மராமரம் — மராமரங்களின்; பைந்தாள் — பருத்த அடிப்பாகம்; ஏழ் உருவ — ஏழும் ஊடுருவும்படி; ஒரு வாளி கோத்த — ஒரு அம்பைத் தொடுத்த; வில்லா — வில்லை உடையவனே!; கொந்து ஆர் — கொத்துக்கள் நிறைந்த; தண் அம் — குளிர்ந்த அழகிய; துழாயினாய்! — துளசி மாலை அணிந்துள்ளவனே!; எம் அமுதே — எனக்கு அமுதம் போறவனே!; உன்னை என்னுள்ளே — உன்னை என்னுள்ளே; குழைத்த — கலந்த இளமைப் பருவமுடைய; மைந்தா! — மைந்தனே!; வான் ஏறே! — நித்யஸூரிகளின் நாதனே!; இனி எங்கு — இனி எங்கு போகப் போகின்றாய்; போகின்றதே? — என்னை விட்டுப் போகாதே என்கிறார்

endhāy — being my categorical lord; thaṇ — cool- giving relief from fatigue; thiruvĕngadaththul̤ — in thirumalā; ninṛāy — arrived and stayed there, being very simple to approach; ilangai — lankā (which is the abode of the enemies of emperumān-s devotees); seṝāy — one who destroyed; marāmaram — pipal (peepal) trees-; paim — well-rounded; thāl̤ — bottom portion; ĕzhu — seven; uruva — to pierce; oru vāl̤i — an arrow; kŏththa — (effortlessly) launched; villā — one who is having the bow; koththu — bunches; ār — abundance; thaṇ — cool; am thuzhāyināy — being decorated with thul̤asi garland; em amudhĕ — being eternally sweet (for me); unnai — you with such qualities/aspects; en ul̤l̤ĕ — inside me; kuzhaiththa — completely united (like water mixing in water); maindhā — being eternally youthful; vān — for the nithyasūris; ĕṛĕ — being their prideful leader; ini — now; engu — where; pŏginṛadhu — going? ṭhis implies thatāzhvāris saying -don-t go anywhere-.

Detailed Explanation

In this ninth pāsuram, Śrī Nammāzhvār addresses Bhagavān directly, questioning His perplexing behavior. After Śrīman Nārāyaṇa Himself initiated their union, attracting the Āzhvār by revealing His divine qualities and glorious activities, and after becoming inseparably established within the Āzhvār’s heart, He now appears poised to depart. The Āzhvār, having been transformed

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