TVM 8.6.5

The Temple of the Pot-Dancer is Tirukkaṭittāṉam.

குடக்கூத்தன் கோயில் திருக்கடித்தானம்

3622 கோயில்கொண்டான் தன்திருக்கடித்தானத்தை *
கோயில்கொண்டான் அதனோடுமென்னெஞ்சகம் *
கோயில்கொள் தெய்வமெல்லாம்தொழ * வைகுந்தம்
கோயில்கொண்ட குடக்கூத்தவம்மானே.

TVM.8.6.5

3622 koyil kŏṇṭāṉ taṉ * tirukkaṭittāṉattai *
koyil kŏṇṭāṉ * ataṉoṭum ĕṉ nĕñcakam; **
koyilkŏl̤ * tĕyvam ĕllām tŏzha * vaikuntam
koyil kŏṇṭa * kuṭakkūtta ammāṉe (5)

Ragam

Mohana / மோஹன

Thalam

Ādi / ஆதி

Bhavam

Self

Upadesam

Divya Desam

Thirukkadithānam

Simple Translation

3622. The Lord, revered by the Nithyasuris who reside in SriVaikuntam, and who, as Kṛṣṇa, performed the enchanting pot-dance, has chosen Tirukkaṭittāṉam as His dwelling place. Now, He has also made my heart His abode, along with that sacred city.

Explanatory Notes

(i) As already elucidated, Tirukkaṭittāṉam was but the stepping stone, the spring-board whence the Lord could get into the Āzhvār‘s heart. The Lord initially thought of entering the Āzhvār’s heart, all alone, without His retinue and all that. But then, He changed His mind and entered the Āzhvār’s heart along with that pilgrim centre itself c.f. Periyāḻvār Tirumoḻi V-2-10,

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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.)

கோயில் கொள் — தங்களுக்கென்று விமானங்களையுடைய; எல்லாம் — நித்ய ஸூரிகள் எல்லாம்; தெய்வம் — விலக்ஷணமான தெய்வங்களை; தொழ — தொழும்படியாக; வைகுந்தம் — வைகுந்தத்தில்; கோயில் கொண்ட — இருக்கும்; குடக் கூத்த அம்மானே — குடக் கூத்த அம்மானானவன்; திருக்கடித்தானத்தை — திருக்கடித்தானத்தை; கோயில் கொண்டான் — கோயில் கொண்டான்; அதனோடும் — அதனோடு; என் நெஞ்சகம் — என் நெஞ்சகத்தையும்; தன் — தனக்கு இருப்பிடமாக; கோயில் கொண்டான் — கோயில் கொண்டான்

thozha — to worship; vaigundham — paramapadham (the ultimate destination); kŏyil — as abode; koṇda — one who has; kudak kūththa — (having the heart-captivating activity) of kūdak kūththu (dancing with pots); ammān — (krishṇa, the) swāmy (lord); thirukkadiththānaththai — thirukkadiththānam; than kŏyil — as his distinguished abode; koṇdān — accepting it; adhanŏdum — along with that; en — my; nenjam — heart too; kŏyil — as (his) abode; koṇdān — accepted; kūththa — with heart-captivating activities; ammān — being the lord (of the universe)

Detailed Explanation

In this deeply moving pāsuraṁ, Nammāzhvār reveals the boundless compassion of Śrīman Nārāyaṇa, whose grace transcends all boundaries. The essence of this verse, as elucidated by our revered pūrvācāryas, is that Emperumān, driven by an overwhelming and unconditional love for the Āzhvār, has mercifully performed an act of supreme grace: along with establishing Himself

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