TVM 3.2.1

O Beautiful One! On What Day Will I Unite with You?

அழகா! யான் உன்னை எந்நாள் கூடுவேனா ?

3024 முந்நீர்ஞாலம்படைத்த எம்முகில்வண்ணனே! *
அந்நாள்நீதந்த ஆக்கையின்வழியுழல்வேன் *
வெந்நாள்நோய்வீய வினைகளைவேரறப்பாய்ந்து *
எந்நாள்யானுன்னை இனிவந்துகூடுவனே? (2)

TVM.3.2.1

3024 ## munnīr ñālam paṭaitta * ĕm mukil vaṇṇaṉe *
an nāl̤ nī tanta * ākkaiyiṉvazhi uzhalveṉ **
vĕm nāl̤ noy vīya * viṉaikal̤ai ver aṟap pāyntu *
ĕn nāl̤ yāṉ uṉṉai * iṉi vantu kūṭuvaṉe? (1)

Ragam

Kuṇḍakriya / குண்டக்கிரியா

Thalam

Ādi / ஆதி

Bhavam

Self

Divya Desam

Thirumālirum Solai

Simple Translation

3024. My cloud-hued Lord, you raised this world surrounded by oceanic waters. In the body you granted me, I stray, following its errant ways. I don't know when my ills will be rooted out and when I will attain You.

Explanatory Notes

[Ālvār to the Lord:]—

(i) “I was like a wingless bird aṇd by giving me the limbs etc., you capacitated me for a career of gainful activity. But alas! the body, so kindly dowered by you, was misused by me and I have got all miseries heaped on my head. Now that I can hardly brook any separation from you, when will my deadly sins, the impediments for my union with you,

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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.)

முந்நீர் ஞாலம் — கடல் சூழ்ந்த இவ்வுலகை; படைத்த — படைத்தவனும்; எம் முகில் — மேகத்தைப் போன்றவனுமான; வண்ணனே! — எம்பெருமானே!; அந் நாள் — அந்த ஸ்ருஷ்டி காலத்தில்; நீ தந்த — நீ கொடுத்த; ஆக்கையின் வழி — சரீரத்தின் வழியிலே; உழல்வேன் — போய் கெட்டுத்திரியும் நான்; வெந் நாள் — அந்த துக்ககரமான நாட்களில்; நோய் வீய — வியாதிகள் நீங்கி; வினைகளை வேர் — பாபங்கள் வேருடன்; அறப் பாய்ந்து — அறுக்கப்பட்டு; யான் இனி உன்னை — அடியேன் இனி உன்னை; எந் நாள் வந்து — எப்போது வந்து; கூடுவனே? — அடையப் பெறுவேனோ?

munnīr — having 3 types of water; gyālam — universe; padaiththa em mugil vaṇṇanĕ — created and because of such magnanimous act similar to that of dark clouds (that shower the rain irrespective of land or water), you became my saviour!; annāl̤ — during the time of such srushti (creation); nī — you; thandha — gave (to reach you); ākkaiyin — body-s; vazhi — going in its ways (that adds bondage); uzhalvĕn — me who is suffering (in garbha (womb), naraka (hell) etc); vem — that which leads to a pitiable state (after having acquired knowledge); nāl̤ — in such day; nŏy — diseases (in the form of ahankāram (considering oneself to be body), artha (worldly wealth), kāma (worldly pleasure) etc); vīya — to destroy; vinaigal̤ai — karmas (which cause them); vĕr — with its traces; aṛappāyndhu — plucked and thrown away; yān — ī (who used the senses whichwere supposed to be favourable towards you, against you); unnai — you (who is the primary saviour); ini — after being ungrateful; vandhu — come (giving up this situation); kūduvan — unite; en nāl̤ — when is that?

Detailed Explanation

In this inaugural pāśuram of the second chapter of the third decade, Śrī Nammāzhvār, overcome with profound grief, cries out to Śrīman Nārāyaṇa. The Āzhvār’s lament is piercingly direct: “You, my Lord, have created this entire universe and mercifully bestowed upon me this body and its senses for the sole purpose of worshipping You. Yet, I have disgracefully followed

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TVM 3.2.2