The red lotus-eyed Kaṇṇaṉ, with his bluish hue and dark curly locks, is the Chief of Nithyasuris. He wears a radiant crown and is present in the five elements, the Sun and Moon, the Devas, humans, and all other species.
Explanatory Notes
The Āzhvār speaks here of both the universal (lines 3 and 4) and the exclusive Individual (lines 1 and 2) Forms of the Lord, as visualised by him. (Aṟāyirappaṭi).
Word by Word (WBW) meaning
(The words may be rearranged to facilitate poetry to prose conversion (Aṉvayam). Please read the meanings (in black) continiously to form the sentence and understand the simple meaning of those verse.)
kariya — blackish; mĕniyan — having form; seyya — (contrasting with that) reddish; thāmarai — lotus like; kaṇṇan — having eyes; viṇṇŏr — eternally enjoyable for nithyasūris (eternally free residents of paramapadham); iṛai — having supremacy; suriyum — curly; pal — many, wavy; karum — blackish; kunji — hairs; engal̤ — one who accepts our service; sudar — having radiance; mudi — one who is having divine crown; aṇṇal — being the master/lord; kaṇṇan — krishṇa-s; thŏṝam — appearance; thiriyum — constantly moving; kāṝŏdu — with vāyu (air); agal — vast; visumbu — ākāṣam (ether/space); thiṇindha — hard; maṇ — bhūmi (earth); kidandha — staying, without breaching the shore; kadal — ocean; eriyum — with rising flames; thīyŏdu — with agni (fire); iru sudar — starting with chandhra (moon) and ādhithya (sun); dheyvam — groups of dhĕvathās (celestial beings); maṝum — and manushyas (human beings); maṝum — and thiryak (animals) muṝumāy- and will be with sthāvara (plants)
Detailed WBW explanation
Highlights from Nampil̤l̤ai's Vyākhyānam as Documented by Vadakkuth Thiruvīḍhip Pil̤l̤ai
Thiriryum... - The air, which is continuously in motion, the ether that provides space for all entities, the earth, inherently solid in its nature, the ocean which steadfastly does not breach its shores by the divine command of Bhagavān, the fire that naturally rises up