TVM 5.4.2

O Heart! You Too Are Not Under My Control!

நெஞ்சமே! நீயும் என் வசமில்லையே!

3267 ஆவிகாப்பாரினியார்? ஆழ்கடல்மண்விண்மூடி *
மாவிகாரமாய் ஓர்வல்லிரவாய்நீண்டதால் *
காவிசேர்வண்ணன் என்கண்ணனும்வாரானால் *
பாவியேன்நெஞ்சமே! நீயும்பாங்கல்லையே.

TVM.5.4.2

3267 āvi kāppār iṉi yār? * āzh kaṭal maṇ viṇ mūṭi *
mā vikāram āy * or val iravu āy nīṇṭatāl **
kāvi cer vaṇṇaṉ * ĕṉ kaṇṇaṉum vārāṉāl *
pāviyeṉ nĕñcame * nīyum pāṅku allaiye. (2)

Ragam

Kandā / கண்டா

Thalam

Tiripuṭai / திரிபுடை

Bhavam

Nāyaki (lovelorn lady)

Simple Translation

3267. In this never-ending, dark night that veils the deep sea, the land, and the sky, my mind, too, offers no solace. Alas! my only refuge, Kaṇṇaṉ, the Lord with a blue tint, does not come to my aid. Who will save me in the days to come?

Explanatory Notes

In the middle of the famous ‘Rāsa Krīḍa’, when Kṛṣṇa danced with the Gopīs, the damsels of Vrindāvan, He disappeared for a while, and the Gopīs were thrown on tenter hooks. But then, Kṛṣṇa reappeared and made amends for His sudden withdrawal by assuming the form, par excellence, far more exquisite than in the earlier session. The Nāyakī too probably expected the Lord to present Himself before her likewise, but this expectation didn’t materialise. Hence, this lamentation.

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.)

ஆழ் கடல் — ஆழ்ந்த கடலையும்; மண் விண் மூடி — பூமியையும் ஆகாசத்தையும் மறைத்து; மா விகாரம் ஆய் — விகாரமான; ஓர் வல் இரவு ஆய் — ஒரு பெரிய இரவாய் இருள்; நீண்டதால் — வளர்வதால் அந்தோ! என் செய்வேன்; காவி சேர் நெய்தல் — பூப்போன்ற; வண்ணன் — வடிவழகையுடைய; என் கண்ணனும் — என் கண்ணனும்; வாரானால் — வரவில்லை; பாவியேன் — பாவியான என்; நெஞ்சமே! — மனமே!; நீயும் பாங்கு — நீயும் எனக்கு ஆதரவாய்; அல்லையே — இல்லையே; ஆவி காப்பார் — என் உயிரைக் காப்பவர்; இனி யார்? — இனி யார் உளர்?

maṇ — earth; viṇ — sky; mūdi — covering; mā — huge; vikāramāy — having a well developed state; val — dense (even many suns cannot break the darkness); ŏr iravāy — lengthy night filled with darkness; nīṇdadhu — extended without an end;; kāvi — with neydhal (blue nelumbo) flower; sĕr — matching; vaṇṇan — having complexion; en — obedient to have such complexion as my wealth; kaṇṇanum — krishṇa; vārān — have not come so far;; pāviyĕn — one who is having sins (which makes the obedient krishṇa to disobey me), my; nenjamĕ — oh heart!; nīyum — you too; pāngallai — are not favourable;; ini — when krishṇa, the protector is not helping and you, the companion are not helping,; āvi — my life; kāppār — protector; ār — who?; nenjamĕ — ŏh heart!; niyum — you who are the main cause for all actions

Detailed Explanation

In this second pāsuraṁ of the chapter, Śrī Nammāzhvār, in the state of Parāṅkuśa Nāyaki, continues her profound lamentation. Having experienced the divine beauty of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who revealed His exquisite form and became entirely subservient to her devotion, she now suffers the unbearable agony of His separation. In this desolate state, she observes that not only has her

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