TVM 5.1.2

"Our Lord Has Become One Who Acts According to My Words"

எம்பெருமான், என் சொற்படி நடப்பவனாகிவிட்டான்

3234 போனாய்! மாமருதின்நடுவே என்பொல்லாமணியே! *
தேனே! இன்னமுதே! என்றென்றே சிலகூத்துச் சொல்ல *
தானேலெம்பெருமான் அவனென்னாகியொழிந்தான் *
வானேமாநிலமே மற்றுமுற்றுமென்னுள்ளனவே.

TVM.5.1.2

3234 poṉāy mā marutiṉ naṭuve * ĕṉ pŏllā maṇiye *
teṉe ! iṉ amute ! * ĕṉṟu ĕṉṟe cila kūttuc cŏlla **
tāṉel ĕm pĕrumāṉ * avaṉ ĕṉ āki ŏzhintāṉ *
vāṉe mā nilame * maṟṟum muṟṟum ĕṉ ul̤l̤aṉave (2)

Ragam

Mukhāri / முகாரி

Thalam

Aḍa / அட

Bhavam

Self

Simple Translation

3234. Feigning deep love, I called out to the Lord as the One who crawled between the twin trees, my honey, grand nectar, and gem of the purest serene ray, and so on. Lo! The Lord and His possessions have now become mine, and He carries out cosmic duties from within me.

Explanatory Notes

The Divine child (Kṛṣṇa) was tied to a pounder by the Mother, as a punishment. But the child dragged it along and crawled in between two ‘Maruta’ trees and felled them. The Mother grew apprehensive of the safety of the child and it was, therefore, quite all right when she questioned the young one anxiously, ‘Ha! my darling, did you crawl between the trees?’ But the Āzhvār

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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.)

மா மருதின் நடுவே! — பெரிய மருதமரங்களினிடையே; போனாய் — தவழ்ந்து சென்றவனே!; என் பொல்லா மணியே! — துளைபடாத மணி போன்றவனே!; தேனே! — தேன் போன்றவனே!; இன்னமுதே! — இனிய அமுதம் போன்றவனே!; என்று என்றே — என்று இவ்வாறு; சில கூத்து — சில பொய்யுரைகளை; சொல்ல — சொல்ல; தானேல் எம்பெருமான் — அந்த எம்பெருமான்; அவன் என் ஆகி — என்னுள்ளே; ஒழிந்தான் — புகுந்துவிட்டான் அதனால்; வானே மா நிலமே — வானம் பெரிய பூமி; மற்றும் — மற்றும் ஐம்புலன்கள் ஆகியவற்றின்; முற்றும் என் — அனைத்து வேலைகளையும் என்; உள்ளனவே — உள்ளேயே நடத்த வேண்டியதாயிற்று

naduvĕ — in between; pŏnāy — ŏh one who went!; pollā — not pierced; en maṇiyĕ — (having great radiance like a precious gem) who attracted me with your form!; thĕnĕ — ŏh one who is having an enjoyable and beautiful form like honey!; in amudhĕ — ŏh one who saves (me who lost my existence due to thinking about the strength of the enemy), like a nectar!; enṛu enṛĕ — individually in this manner; sila — few which are spoken (out of great love); kūṝu — words; solla — speaking repeatedly with emotions; em — for me; perumān — one who is the lord; avan — him; thānĕl — what he did; en — in my care; āgi ozhindhān — came to be;; vān — sky; mānilam — the five great elements starting with bhūmi (earth) and the whole leelā vibhūthi (material realm) which is an effect of those elements; maṝum — nithyavibhūthi (spiritual realm) which is having incomprehensible glory; muṝum — all; en — me; ul̤l̤ana — conducted from being within.; ul̤l̤ana — internal aspects [senses]; maṝu — worldly aspects other than you

Detailed Explanation

In this second pāśuram of the chapter, Śrī Nammāzhvār continues to articulate the divine mystery of Bhagavān's grace. He reflects upon a time when he was seemingly unfriendly towards the Lord, speaking words born of asthānebhayaśaṅki—a state of fearing for the safety of the Supreme Being, who is beyond all harm. Despite this, Sarveśvara, the Lord of all, along with

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