TVM 3.2.5

O My Mother! Where Can I Come and Approach You?

எந்தாய்! நான் உன்னை எங்கு வந்து அணுகுவேன்?

3028 வந்தாய்போலேவந்தும் என்மனத்தினைநீ *
சிந்தாமற்செய்யாய் இதுவேஇதுவாகில் *
கொந்தார்க்காயாவின் கொழுமலர்த்திருநிறத்த
எந்தாய் * யான்உன்னை எங்குவந்தணுகிற்பனே?

TVM.3.2.5

3028 vantāy pole * vantum ĕṉ maṉattiṉai nī *
cintāmal cĕyyāy * ituve itu ākil **
kŏntu ārk kāyāviṉ * kŏzhu malart tiru niṟatta *
ĕntāy yāṉ uṉṉai * ĕṅku vantu aṇukiṟpaṉe? (5)

Ragam

Mukhāri / முகாரி

Thalam

Ādi / ஆதி

Bhavam

Self

Divya Desam

Thirumālirum Solai

Simple Translation

3028. My Lord, your grand complexion is like a bunch of red flowers. If You continue to deny me Your helping hand and fail to guide my wandering mind, how can I attain You on my own? Please do appear before me, as You did for the sake of Gajendra and Prahlāda.

Explanatory Notes

In the preceding song, the Āzhvār requested the Lord to incarnate once more for his sake. The Lord tells the Āzhvār that, as Śrī Rāma, He was in this abode for eleven thousand years and, as Śrī Kṛṣṇa, He stayed here for one hundred years. It would be pretty difficult for Him to incarnate again. The Āzhvār, however, pleads that the Lord should incarnate for his sake, at

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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.)

வந்தாய் — பிரகலாதன் கஜேந்திரனுக்கு வந்தது; போலே வந்தும் — போல் வந்து; என் மனத்தினை — என் மனத்தை; நீ சிந்தாமல் — நீ சிதிலமாகாதபடி; செய்யாய் — செய்யவில்லை; இதுவே — உதவாமையாகிற இதுவே; இது ஆகில் — நீடித்திருக்குமாகில்; கொந்து ஆர் — கொத்துக் கொத்தாய்; காயாவின் — காயாம்பூ; கொழு மலர் — மலரின் சிறந்த; திரு நிறத்த — நிறத்தையுடைய; எந்தாய்! — எம்பெருமானே!; யான் உன்னை — அடியேன் உன்னை; எங்கு வந்து — எங்கு வந்து; அணுகிற்பனே — அணுகுவேன்

vandhāy pŏlĕ — as you came (for prahlādha, gajĕndhra); vandhum — even if appeared; en — my (me who desired to approach you); manaththinai — heart; nī — you (who helped when in danger); sindhāmal — from becoming weak (thinking about the hurdles); seyyāy — not doing; idhuvĕ — this (being unhelpful ); idhu — your true nature; āgil — if it is; kondhu — bunches; ār — filled; kāyāvin — kāyām (flax- a bluish flower); kozhu malar — fresh flowers; thiruniṛaththa — having such complexion; endhāy — oh the master who won over me (by manifesting such beauty)!; yān — ī (who cannot survive without your beauty); unnai — you (who showed this beauty); engu — where (how); vandhu — come; aṇugiṛpan — will be able to approach?

Detailed Explanation

In this fifth pāśuram of the chapter, a divine dialogue unfolds between Āzhvār and Emperumān, as beautifully documented in the commentaries of our pūrvācāryas. Sriman Nārāyaṇa, hearing Āzhvār's plea, seems to express His own difficulty, saying, “You implore me, saying, ‘I should definitely come and bless you’; but this is not a simple matter for me. Consider that I

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