TVM 4.8.3

I Do Not Want this Modesty that the Wondrous Lord Has Not Stolen.

மாயன் கவராத அடக்கம் எனக்கு வேண்டாம்

3202 மடநெஞ்சால்குறைவில்லா மகள்தாய்செய்தொரு பேய்ச்சி *
விடநஞ்சமுலைசுவைத்த மிகுஞானச்சிறுகுழவி *
படநாகத்தணைக்கிடந்த பருவரைத்தோள்பரம்புருடன் *
நெடுமாயன்கவராத நிறையினால்குறைவிலமே.

TVM.4.8.3

3202 maṭa nĕñcāl kuṟaivu illā * makal̤ tāy cĕytu ŏru peycci *
viṭa nañca mulai cuvaitta * miku ñāṉac ciṟu kuzhavi **
paṭa nākattu aṇaik kiṭanta * paru varait tol̤ param-puruṭaṉ *
nĕṭumāyaṉ kavarāta * niṟaiyiṉāl kuṟaivu ilame (3)

Ragam

Sāranga / ஸாரங்க

Thalam

Ādi / ஆதி

Bhavam

Nāyaki (lovelorn lady)

Simple Translation

3202. I shall forsake my sense of modesty if it does not attract the Lord Supreme, of unlimited wondrous deeds, with huge and hefty shoulders, resting on a hooded serpent-bed. He, as the little baby with great Knowledge, sucked the life out of the demoness who played the perfect mother and suckled Him with deadly poison on her breast.

Explanatory Notes

(i) In the preceding song, the Nāyakī disowned her mind, on the ground that it failed to attract the Lord and become the object of His affection. And now, she is prepared to abjure her sense of modesty, which had kept her under restraint so long, thinking that the Lord would come to her of His own accord. What is the good of her modesty, after she has been discarded by

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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.)

மட நெஞ்சால் — நெகிழ்ந்த மனம் என்று நினைத்து; குறைவு இல்லா மகள் — குறைவு ஒன்றுமில்லாத; தாய் செய்து — தாயைப் போன்று வந்த; ஒரு பேய்ச்சி — ஒரு பேய்ச்சியான பூதனையின்; விட நஞ்ச — விஷம் கலந்த; முலை சுவைத்த — பாலைச் சுவைத்த; மிகு ஞான — மிகுந்த ஞானமுடைய; சிறு குழவி — சிறிய குழந்தையான கண்ணனும்; பட நாகத்து — படங்களையுடைய பாம்பு; அணைக் கிடந்த — படுக்கையில் துயிலுபவனும்; பரு வரை — பருத்த மலை போன்ற; தோள் — தோள்களையுடையவனும்; பரம்புருடன் — பரம புருஷனும்; நெடு மாயன் — நெடு மாயனுமான பெருமானால்; கவராத — விரும்பப்படாத எனக்கு; நிறையினால் — நிறை என்னும் குணத்தால்; குறைவு இலமே — ஒரு பயனும் இல்லை

thāy magal̤ — mother (yaṣŏdhā); seydhu — arriving in the form; oru — distinguished to defeat (the opponent); pĕychchi — the lady devil-s; vidam nanjam mulai — the breast which is covered with strong poison (where the poison of this world appears like nectar, when compared to her poison); suvaiththa — completely sucked out; migu gyānam — knowledgeable about different tastes; siṛu kuzhavi — being an innocent toddler; padam nāgaththu aṇai — on the serpent bed (where the serpent-s hoods are expanded due to coming in contact with emperumān); kidandha — one who rests; paru varai thŏl̤ — one who is having mountain like huge shoulders; param purudan — (as said in -uththama:purusha:-) being the supreme lord; nedu māyan — krishṇa who is having infinitely amaśing qualities and activities; kavarādha — not desired by; niṛaivināl — completeness in my feminine nature; kuṛaivu ilam — what use is there?; niṛaivināl — completeness in sthrīthvam (femininity); kuṛaivillā — without any shortcoming

Detailed Explanation

In this third pāśuram of the chapter, our Āzhvār, in the state of Parāṅkuśa Nāyakī, continues to express her profound loving despair. Having previously experienced the deep affection of the Lord, she now finds herself disregarded by Him. Consequently, she declares the utter uselessness of her feminine modesty, a virtue she holds dear, for it is not desired by Emperumān,

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