TVM 9.3.2

We Have Understood that Everything is Nārāyaṇa.

எல்லாம் நாராயணனே என்று அறிந்தோம்

3696 அவனேயகல்ஞாலம் படைத்திடந்தான் *
அவனேயஃதுண்டு உமிழ்ந்தானளந்தான் *
அவனேயவனும் அவனும்அவனும் *
அவனேமற்றெல்லாமும் அறிந்தனமே.

3696 avaṉe akal ñālam * paṭaittu iṭantāṉ *
avaṉe aḵtu uṇṭu umizhntāṉ * al̤antāṉ **
avaṉe avaṉum * avaṉum avaṉum *
avaṉe maṟṟu ĕllāmum * aṟintaṉame (2)

Ragam

Kēdāra / கேதார

Thalam

Ādi / ஆதி

Bhavam

Self

Simple Translation

3696. 'Tis He who ordained the spacious universe and pulled it out from beneath the deep waters. 'Tis He who once gulped the said universe, then spat and spanned; He is Brahmā, He is Śiva, He is Indra, and all other things and beings, He is besides them everything else. This we learn through knowledge bestowed by Him.

Explanatory Notes

The Supreme Lord, as the great Ordainer of the Universe, combines in Himself all the three causes of creation, the material, the operative and the instrumental. He is also ṭhe Universal Saviour Who sustained the Universe inside His stomach, during the deluge, rescued it from the oceanic depths after encountering the formidable Hiraṇyākṣa, the golden-eyed demon and so on.

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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.)

அவனே அகல் ஞாலம் — பரந்த உலகத்தைப்; படைத்து — படைத்தும்; இடந்தான் — வராகமாக இடந்து எடுத்தும்; அவனே அஃது உண்டு — அவனே பிரளயத்தில் உண்டு; உமிழ்ந்தான் — பின் ஸ்ருஷ்ட்டித்தும்; அளந்தான் — வாமனாய் வந்து திருவிக்கிரமனாய் அளந்தும்; அவனே அவனும் அவனும் — அவனே பிரமனும் சிவனும்; அவனும் — இந்திரனும் அவனே; மற்று — மற்றுள்ள; எல்லாமும் — ஸகல சேதந அசேதங்களும்; அவனே — அவனே என்பதை; அறிந்தனமே — அவன் தந்த ஞானத்தாலே அறிந்தோம்

padaiththu — one who created; idandhān — entered and rescued it when there was the danger of deluge; avanĕ — he who does not expect any help;; avanĕ ahdhu — he himself, the earth; uṇdu — protecting by placing in his stomach; umizhndhān — spat out after the deluge; al̤andhān — one who measured so that others don-t claim ownership; avanum avanum avanum — those who are capable of srushti (creation), samhāra (annihilation) and rakshaṇa (protection); avanĕ — only he; maṝu — all other bound entities; ellāmum — all chĕthanas (sentient beings) and achĕthanas (insentient objects); avanĕ — to be only him; aṛindhanam — we knew (with the help of the knowledge given by him).; aṛindhana — knowledgeable as said in -vĕdhāhamĕdham-; vĕdham — vĕdhams

Detailed Explanation

In this second pāśuram of the chapter, our glorious Āzhvār mercifully proceeds to explain the profound and inexhaustible meaning of the sacred name Nārāyaṇa.

The Āzhvār begins by establishing the supreme and singular agency of the Lord in all cosmic activities: “avanē agal gyālam padaiththu idandhān” – He alone is the one who, in the beginning, created the

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