TVM 9.3.4

O Mind! Do Not Forget Kaṇṇaṉ.

மனமே! கண்ணனை மறந்துவிடாதே

3698 மருந்தே நங்கள்போகமகிழ்ச்சிக்கென்று *
பெருந்தேவர்குழாங்கள் பிதற்றும்பிரான் *
கருந்தேவனெம்மான் கண்ணன் விண்ணுலகம் *
தரும்தேவனைச் சோரேல்கண்டாய்மனமே!

3698 marunte naṅkal̤ * poka makizhccikku ĕṉṟu *
pĕrum tevar kuzhāṅkal̤ * pitaṟṟum pirāṉ **
karum tevaṉ ĕmmāṉ * kaṇṇaṉ viṇ ulakam *
tarum tevaṉaic * corel kaṇṭāy maṉame (4)

Ragam

Kēdāra / கேதார

Thalam

Ādi / ஆதி

Bhavam

Self

Simple Translation

3698. Hold firm, my mind, to Kaṇṇaṉ, our dark-hued Sire, the Lord who grants moksham. His glory, like an elixir, is forever chanted by the Nithyasuris, the great stabilizers of bliss in SriVaikuntam.

Explanatory Notes

(i) The Āzhvār exhorts his mind, as follows:

“The Lord of nectarean sweetness, unto the Celestials in spiritual world, came down here as kṛṣṇa, to put us also in spiritual world, in the midst of the ‘Nitya Sūrīs’ over there. Having got at such a great Benefactor, cling fast to Him and never loosen Your grip on Him”.

(ii) Even the Lord’s charming beauty is an impediment

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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.)

நங்கள் — எங்களுடைய; போக மகிழ்ச்சிக்கு — போக மகிழ்ச்சிக்கு; மருந்தே என்று — மருந்தானவனே என்று; பெரும் தேவர் — நித்யஸுரிகளின்; குழாங்கள் — குழாங்கள்; பிதற்றும் பிரான் — பிதற்றும் பிரானாகவும்; கரும் தேவன் — கருத்த மேனியுடையவனுமான; எம்மான் கண்ணன் — எம்பெருமான் கண்ணனை; விண் உலகம் — பரமபத போகத்தைத்; தரும் தேவனை — தரவல்ல தேவனை; மனமே! — மனமே!; சோரேல் — நழுவ விடாதே; கண்டாய் — நன்றாகப் பற்றிக்கொள்

magizhchchikku — for the increase; marundhĕ — enriching medicine; enṛu — as; peru — great; dhĕvar — nithyasrūis-; kuzhāngal̤ — groups; pidhaṝum — due to overwhelming joy, praising in a disorderly manner; pirān — being the great benefactor who brings joy to them; karu — having darkness; dhĕvan — being the one with divine form; emmān — one who enslaved me (by showing that form); kaṇṇan — as krishṇa who is sarvasulabha (very easily approachable for all); viṇ ulagam — the enjoyment of paramapadham; tharum — one would give; dhĕvanai — refuge; manamĕ — ŏh heart!; chŏrĕl kaṇdāy — (due to your external focus or due to considering yourself to be inferior) do not lose!; manamĕ — ŏh heart!; unnai — you (who are more speedy in this matter)

Detailed Explanation

In this fourth pāśuram of the chapter, Śrī Nammāzhvār addresses his own divine heart, counseling it with great urgency. He reflects upon the supreme nature of Sarveśvara, who is the object of boundless enjoyment even for the exalted nityasūris of paramapadam. This very same Lord, in an act of immeasurable grace, descended as the enchanting incarnation of Kṛṣṇa, accepted

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