TVM 6.3.1

I Saw the One Who is Everything at the Temple of Oppiliyappan.

எல்லாமானவனை ஒப்பிலியப்பன் கோயிலில் கண்டேன்

3365 நல்குரவும்செல்வும் நரகும்சுவர்க்கமுமாய் *
வெல்பகையும்நட்பும் விடமும்அமுதமுமாய் *
பல்வகையும்பரந்தபெரு மானென்னையாள்வானை *
செல்வம்மல்குகுடித் திருவிண்ணகர்க்கண்டேனே. (2)

TVM.6.3.1

3365 ## nalkuravum cĕlvum * narakum cuvarkkamum āy *
vĕlpakaiyum naṭpum * viṭamum amutamum āy **
palvakaiyum paranta * pĕrumāṉ ĕṉṉai āl̤vāṉai *
cĕlvam malku kuṭit * tiruviṇṇakark kaṇṭeṉe (1)

Ragam

Usēni / உசேனி

Thalam

Jambai / ஜம்பை

Bhavam

Self

Upadesam

Divya Desam

Thiruvinnagar

Simple Translation

3365. In Tiruviṇṇakar, filled with riches, I have witnessed my Liege-Lord, who encompasses within His vast universe pelf and penury, hell and Svarga, love and hatred, poison and nectar, and many such opposites.

Explanatory Notes

(i) The Āzhvār says that he has seen in Tiruviṇṇakar, the the Lord who composes within Himself all the incompatibles. It is He who kept kucela poor initially, then made him rich and again pushed him into penury. It is He that puts some people in the luxurious and delightful Svarga and consigns some others to the dismal hell; He engenders in us hatred as well as love for

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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.)

நல்குரவும் செல்வும் — வறுமையும் செல்வமும் ஆய்; நரகும் சுவர்க்கமும் ஆய் — நரகமும் சுவர்க்கமும் ஆய்; வெல்பகையும் நட்பும் — பகையும் நட்பும் ஆய்; விடமும் அமுதமும் ஆய் — விஷமும் அமுதமும் ஆய்; பல்வகையும் பரந்த — பலவகையாக விரிந்த; பெருமான் — பெருமானை; என்னை ஆள்வானை — என்னை ஆள்பவனை; செல்வம் மல்கு — செல்வம் மிகுந்த; குடி — மக்களை உடைய; திருவிண்ணகர் — திருவிண்ணகரில்; கண்டேனே — கண்டேன்

naragum — hell which is the abode of sorrow; suvarggamum — heaven which is the abode of joy; āy — being [having as his form/attribute]; vel — knocking down the opponents; pagaiyum — hostility; natpum — friendship which is the opposite of that; vidamum — poison which finishes [the one who consumes it]; amudhamum — amrutham (nectar, which gives immortality) which redeems the life; āy — being [having as his form/attribute]; pal vagaiyum — in many ways; parandha — one who has permeated; perumān — greater than all; ennai — manifesting such forms to me; āl̤vānai — the master (who accepted me as a servitor); selvam — the wealth of experiencing bhagavān; malgu — abundant; kudi — having group of virtuous people; thiruviṇṇagar — in thiruviṇṇagar [oppili appan temple]; kaṇdĕn — ī have seen.; kaṇda — seen in this world; inbam thunbam — joy and sorrow

Detailed Explanation

In this inaugural pāśuram of the third chapter of the sixth decade, Śrī Nammāzhvār reveals his profound vision of the Supreme Lord, Śrīman Nārāyaṇa, as He manifests Himself in the sacred abode of Thiruviṇṇagar. The Āzhvār declares, "I have seen Sarveśvaran," and proceeds to describe Him as the one who is omnipresent (sarvavyāpaka) and possesses as His divine form

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TVM 6.3.2