TVM 3.1.9

O Rider of the Bird (Garuḍa)! Your Effulgence is Veiled.

புள்ளூர்தியானே! நின் சோதி மறையானது

3021 மழுங்காதவைந்நுதிய சக்கரநல்வலத்தையாய் *
தொழுங்காதற்களிறளிப்பான் புள்ளூர்ந்து தோன்றினையே *
மழுங்காதஞானமே படையாக * மலருலகில்
தொழும்பாயார்க்களித்தால் உன்சுடர்ச்சோதி மறையாதே?

TVM.3.1.9

3021 mazhuṅkāta vain nutiya * cakkara nal valattaiyāy *
tŏzhum kātal kal̤iṟu al̤ippāṉ * pul̤ ūrntu toṉṟiṉaiye **
mazhuṅkāta ñāṉame paṭai * āka malar ulakil *
tŏzhumpāyārkku al̤ittāl * uṉ cuṭarc coti maṟaiyāte? (9)

Ragam

Kuṇḍakriya / குண்டக்கிரியா

Thalam

Ādi / ஆதி

Bhavam

Self

Divya Desam

Thirumālirum Solai

Simple Translation

3021. It was fitting that You went and rescued the elephant that was passionately intent on worshipping You, mounted on that bird (Garuḍa) and wielding the sharp discus. However, if You simply used Your resolve to effortlessly aid Your devotees all over this vast world, it would indeed diminish Your great splendor.

Explanatory Notes

(i) The omnipotent Lord could, by a mere resolve, create this vast and wonderful universe. He can likewise achieve all things, by a mere resolve from His spiritual worldly abode, without moving about. And then, He has such powerful weapons as the discus, ever sharp, which can be commissioned at any time, anywhere. And yet, when Gajendra the pious elephant, engaged in a

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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.)

மழுங்காத வை — மழுங்காத கூர்மையான; நுதிய சக்கர — வாயையுடைய சக்கரத்தை; நல் வலத்தையாய் — அழகிய வலக்கையிலுடையவனாய்; தொழும் — தொழவேணும் என்கிற; காதல் — காதலையுடைய; களிறு — கஜேந்திரனை; அளிப்பான் — காப்பதற்காக; புள் ஊர்ந்து — கருடன் மீது ஏறி; தோன்றினையே — வந்து தோன்றினாய்; மழுங்காத — குற்றமில்லாத; மலர் உலகில் — பரந்த உலகில்; ஞானமே — ஸங்கல்ப ரூபஞானமே; படை ஆக — கருவியாகக் கொண்டு; தொழும்பாயார்க்கு — அடியவர்களுக்கு; அளித்தால் — உதவினால்; உன் சுடர்ச் சோதி — உன்னுடைய சுடர் ஒளி; மறையாதே? — மறையாதோ?

mazhungādha — not blunt; vai — having sharpness; nudhiya — having mouth; chakkaram — divine disc (sudharṣana chakra); nal — beautiful; valaththaiyāy — one who is having it in his right [hand]; thozhum — due to rendering service; kādhal — having attachment; kal̤iṛu — elephant; al̤ippān — to protect; pul̤ — periya thiruvadi (garudāzhvār); ūrndhu — rode him with great urgency; thŏnṛinaiyĕ — you appeared in front of that elephant; mazhungādha — unfailing; gyānamĕ — gyānam (knowledge) in the form of sankalpam (divine will); padaiyāga — as entourage; malar — blossomed/expanded; ulagil — in the world; thozhumbāyārkku — to those who worship (you); al̤iththāl — if you helped them; un — your; sudar — greatly radiant; sŏdhi — lustre; maṛaiyādhĕ — will it not be reduced?

Detailed Explanation

Having previously expounded upon the boundless supremacy of Emperumān, the Āzhvār finds himself unable to sustain his very existence without continuing his praise. He now turns his focus to a quality that overwhelms even that supreme nature: the Lord's profound vātsalyam, His tender, motherly affection for His devotees. The great ācāryas have illuminated this transition

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