TVM 4.7.1

O Nārāyaṇa! Come, That I May See Your Beautiful Form!

நாராயணா! நின் கோலமேனி காண வாராய்!

3189 சீலமில்லாச்சிறியனேலும் செய்வினையோபெரிதால் *
ஞாலமுண்டாய்! ஞானமூர்த்தி! நாராயணா! என்றென்று *
காலந்தோறும்யானிருந்து கைதலைபூசலிட்டால் *
கோலமேனிகாணவாராய் கூவியும்கொள்ளாயே. (2)

TVM.4.7.1

3189 ## cīlam illāc ciṟiyaṉelum * cĕyviṉaiyo pĕritāl *
ñālam uṇṭāy ñāṉa mūrtti * nārāyaṇā ĕṉṟu ĕṉṟu **
kālantoṟum yāṉ iruntu * kaitalaipūcal iṭṭāl *
kola meṉi kāṇa vārāy * kūviyum kŏl̤l̤āye (1)

Ragam

Kandā / கண்டா

Thalam

Ādi / ஆதி

Bhavam

Self

Simple Translation

3189. I am small and lacking in merit, yet my evil looms large. Alas! You don't respond to my calls as Nārāyaṇa, the Sustainer of the worlds. You don't show me your bewitching form or lift me up unto your sweet fold.

Explanatory Notes

(i) Even if one did not actually do anything good, the mere thought or intention to do good things will suffice and it can yield good results. In respect of evil, however, it is only the actual commission of evil acts that is harmful and not the mere contemplation of it. And so, the Āzhvār says that he has actually perpetrated evil deeds to a very large extent and that

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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.)

சீலம் இல்லா — நன்மை ஒன்றும் இல்லாத; சிறியனேலும் — சிறியவனாக இருந்தபோதிலும்; செய்வினையோ — செய்த பாபமோ; பெரிதால் — பெரிதாயிருக்கின்றது அந்தோ!; ஞாலம் — பிரளயத்தில் உலகங்களை; உண்டாய்! — உண்டவனே!; ஞான மூர்த்தி! — ஞானமே வடிவாக உடையவனே!; நாராயணா! — நாராயணனே!; என்று என்று — என்று பலகாலம் சொல்லியும்; காலந்தோறும் — காலந்தோறும்; யான் இருந்து — நான் மிகுந்த ஆசையுடன்; கைதலை — கையைத் தலையில்; பூசல் இட்டால் — வைத்துக் கூப்பிட்டாலும்; கோல மேனி — உன் திருமேனி அழகை; காண வாராய் — காட்ட வராவிட்டாலும்; கூவியும் — கூவி அழைத்து; கொள்ளாயே — கொள்ளக் கூடாதோ?

uṇdāy — consumed and protected them; gyānam — having distinguished knowledge to protect such world; mūrththī — ŏh emperumān who is an embodiment [of such knowledge]!; nārāyaṇā — ŏh one who is having the inseparable relationship to know the means for protection!; enṛenṛu — repeatedly speaking about your characteristics; kālam thŏṛum — at all times without any break; yān — ī (who will cease to exist in separation from you); irundhu — staying with grief (with the desire to see you); kaithalai pūsalittāl — calling out loudly with my hand on my head [a sign of great sorrow]; kŏlam mĕni — your physical form which is very attractive to see; kāṇa — to be seen by me; vārāy — you are not coming;; kūviyum kol̤l̤āy — you did not call me to your place either;; seelam illāch chiṛiyanĕlum — ĕven though ī am ignorant and lowly without any good background; seyvinai — sins committed by physical actions (unlike you creation of the worlds by your divine vow, mine are committed by bodily engagement in sins); vaiyam — bhūmi (which was considered to be owned by some one else)

Detailed Explanation

In this inaugural pāsuram of the seventh chapter, as elucidated by revered commentators such as Nañjīyar, Āzhvār articulates a profound spiritual anguish. He poses a heartrending question to Emperumān: "What could be the overwhelming magnitude of my sins that renders You unwilling to accept me, even after I have been calling out to You for so long?" This lament forms

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TVM 4.7.2