TVM 6.1.9

O Swans! Speak to Kaṇṇaṉ About Me.

அன்னங்காள்! கண்ணனிடம் என்னைப்பற்றிக் கூறுமின்

3351 அடிகள்கைதொழுது அலர்மேலசையுமன்னங்காள்! *
விடிவைசங்கொலிக்கும் திருவண்வண்டூருறையும் *
கடியமாயன்தன்னைக் கண்ணனைநெடுமாலைக்கண்டு *
கொடியவல்வினையேன் திறம்கூறுமின்வேறுகொண்டே.

TVM.6.1.9

3351 aṭikal̤ kaitŏzhutu * alarmel acaiyum aṉṉaṅkāl̤ *
viṭivai caṅku ŏlikkum * tiruvaṇvaṇṭūr uṟaiyum **
kaṭiya māyaṉ taṉṉaik * kaṇṇaṉai nĕṭumālaik kaṇṭu *
kŏṭiya valviṉaiyeṉ * tiṟam kūṟumiṉ veṟukŏṇṭe (9)

Ragam

Asāveri / அஸாவேரி

Thalam

Ādi / ஆதி

Bhavam

Nāyaki (lovelorn lady)

Thoodhu

Divya Desam

Thiru Vann vandur

Simple Translation

3351. Swans, gracefully gliding on blossoms, you should discreetly inform my wondrous Lord of love supreme, Kaṇṇaṉ, about this sinful soul, with joined palms at His feet. He resides in Tiruvaṇvaṇṭūr, where the melodious strains of the conch can be heard at dawn.

Explanatory Notes

In Secret:

When the Lord is alone with His consort, all the attendants having dispersed after discharging their respective duties.

At the feet.

Getting hold of the Lord’s feet is the surest way of evoking

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.)

அலர்மேல் — பூவின் மேலே; அசையும் — உலாவும்; அன்னங்காள்! — அன்னங்களே!; விடிவை — காலைப் பொழுதைக் குறிக்கும்; சங்கு ஒலிக்கும் — சங்கு முழங்க; திருவண்வண்டூர் — திருவண்வண்டூரில்; உறையும் — இருக்கும்; கடிய — கடுமையான; மாயன் தன்னை — மாயச்செயல்களைச் செய்யும்; கண்ணனை — கண்ணனை; நெடுமாலைக் கண்டு — திருமாலைக் கண்டு; அடிகள் — அவன் திருவடிகளை; கை தொழுது — கைகூப்பித் தொழுது வணங்கி; கொடிய — கொடிய; வல்வினையேன் — பாவியான என்னுடைய; திறம் — பிரிவுத் துன்பத்தை; வேறுகொண்டே — பிறர் கேட்காதவாறு; கூறுமின் — கூறுங்கள்

annangāl̤ — ŏh swans!; vidivai — highlighting the sunrise; sangu — conch; olikkum — blowing; thiruvaṇvaṇdūr — in thiruvaṇvaṇdūr; uṛaiyum — one who resides; kadiya — being firm on his interests overcoming the opponent [devotees]; māyan thannai — having amaśing activities which capture the opponent; kaṇṇanai — having great obedience towards such opponents who were captured; nedu mālai — having great attachment which is the cause for his such actions; kaṇdu — seeing him humbly instead of manifesting your supremacy; adigal̤ — towards his divine feet; kai thozhudhu — engaging in devotional activities; kodiya — very pitiable; val — very strong; vinaiyĕn — ī who am having sin in the form of this love [towards him], my; thiṛam — in my matter; vĕṛu koṇdu — in a private location; kūṛumin — inform him; veṛi — as said in -brahamagandha: praviṣathi #(attaining the fragrance of brahmam), that is, once āthmās become muktha (by reaching paramapadham), they will be decorated with the garland from the divine feet of emperumān, which decorate the nithyasūris, you [beetles] who are an embodiment of fragrance from the flowers which you enjoy,; vaṇdinangāl̤ — oh groups of beetles!

Detailed Explanation

In this ninth pāśuram of the chapter, Parāṅkuśa Nāyakī, embodying the profound anguish of separation from her Lord, dispatches a flock of distinguished swans to act as her messengers. Her specific and most critical instruction to them is to convey the depths of her suffering to Emperumān not in the public assembly of His court, but in an intimate and private setting.

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