TVM 4.2.1

My Daughter Has Become Infatuated with the Sacred Tulasī

திருத்துழாயினிடமே என் மகள் மயங்கிவிட்டாள்

3134 பாலனாய் ஏழுலகுண்டுபரிவின்றி *
ஆலிலையன்னவசஞ்செய்யும் அண்ணலார் *
தாளிணைமேலணி தண்ணந்துழாயென்றே
மாலுமால் * வல்வினையேன்மடவல்லியே. (2)

TVM.4.2.1

3134 ## pālaṉ āy * ezh ulaku uṇṭu parivu iṉṟi *
āl ilai * aṉṉavacam cĕyyum aṇṇalār **
tāl̤ iṇaimel aṇi * taṇ am tuzhāy ĕṉṟe
mālumāl * valviṉaiyeṉ * maṭa valliye (1)

Ragam

Shrī / ஸ்ரீ

Thalam

Aḍa / அட

Bhavam

Mother

Simple Translation

3134. Alas! this fell sinner’s tender daughter, like unto a creeper young Is madly in love with the Lord and keeps pining For the tuḷaci garland, cool and nice, on His feet worn, When He, as a young infant, held in His stomach, the worlds seven, With no effort, reposing on a fig-leaf thin.

Explanatory Notes

“It is amazing”, the Mother exclaims, “that my daughter should pine, at this distance of time, for the tuḷaci garland worn on the Lord’s feet when He contained, in His stomach, all the worlds and reposed, as a tender young infant, on a fig-leaf, floating on the vast expanse of water. Had the Lord gulped down the worlds as an adult, it might not agitate my daughter’s mind

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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.)

பாலன் ஆய் — சிறு குழந்தையாய்; ஏழ் உலகு உண்டு — ஏழுலகங்களையும் உண்டு; பரிவு இன்றி — எளிதாகஅநாயாஸமாக; ஆலிலை — ஆலந்தளிரிலே; அன்னவசம் செய்யும் — உண்டதுக்கு ஈடாகக் கிடக்கும்; அண்ணலார் — பெருமானின்; தாள் இணை மேல் — இரண்டு திருவடிகளின் மேல்; அணி தண் — அணிந்த குளிர்ந்த; அம் துழாய் — அழகிய துளசியை; என்றே — பெற வேண்டும் என்றே; மாலுமால் — மயங்கி நின்றாள்; மட வல்லியே — வல்லிக் கொடி போன்ற என்மகள்; வல்வினையேன் — இப்படி இவளைக் காண என்ன பாபம் செய்தேனோ என்கிறாள் தாயார்

ĕzh ulagu — all worlds; uṇdu — consumed; (aththāl — as a result of that); parivu inṛi — without any discomfort; āl ilai — on a tender banyan leaf; anna vasam seyyum — resting after consumption of [heavy] food; aṇṇalār — the lord-s; thāl̤ iṇai mĕl — on the two divine feet; aṇi — decorated (by the nithyasūris who were captivated by this act of emperumān); thaṇ — cool; am — having freshness; thuzhāy — (desiring to get the) thiruththuzhāy (thul̤asi); enṛĕ — only that; mālum — bewildered without realising (that the incident happened way back in time and she cannot get the thul̤asi from that time); valvinaiyĕn — for me who has the sins to witness such agony [of my daughter]; madam — exhaustion due to not giving up on the desire; valli — she [my daughter] who resembles a creeper which needs support; valli — creeper

Detailed Explanation

In this inaugural pāśuram of the chapter, the Āzhvār, manifesting in the feminine disposition of Parāṅkuśa Nāyakī, expresses an intense and seemingly impossible desire. The sentiment is voiced through the anguish of her mother, who witnesses her daughter's profound longing for the sacred tiruttuzhāy that once adorned the divine feet of Sarveśvaran in His form as Vaṭadaḷaśāyī—the

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TVM 4.2.2