TVM 9.3.6

My Mind Breaks, Thinking of Nārāyaṇa.

நாராயணனைச் சிந்தித்தே என் மனம் உடைகிறது

3700 அடைவதும் அணியார்மலர்மங்கைதோள் *
மிடைவதும் அசுரர்க்குவெம்போர்களே *
கடைவதும் கடலுளமுதம் * என்மனம்
உடைவதும் அவற்கே ஒருங்காகவே.

3700 aṭaivatum aṇi ār * malar maṅkaitol̤ *
miṭaivatum * acurarkku vĕm porkal̤e **
kaṭaivatum * kaṭalul̤ amutam * ĕṉ maṉam
uṭaivatum * avaṟke ŏruṅkākave (6)

Ragam

Kēdāra / கேதார

Thalam

Ādi / ஆதி

Bhavam

Self

Divya Desam

Thiruppārkadal

Simple Translation

3700. My mind melts away completely when immersed in thoughts of the Lord's dalliance with His bejeweled spouse, born of the lotus. His fierce encounters with Asuras and His churning of the ocean to bestow ambrosia upon the Devas, all out of deep compassion, captivate me endlessly.

Explanatory Notes

The Āzhvār’s mind having responded to his appeal exceedingly well, he now describes its ecstatic reactions, in the course of its contemplation of the Lord’s glorious deeds and auspicious traits. The Āzhvār’s mind thaws down, as it dwells on the Lord’s tender solicitude even for the selfish and self-centred Devas and the enormous pains He had taken to churn the ocean and

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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.)

அணி ஆர் — ஆபரணங்கள் அணிந்த; மலர் மங்கை — திருமகளின்; தோள் — தோள்களை; அடைவதும் — அணைவதும்; அசுரர்க்கு — அசுரர்களுடன்; வெம் போர்களே — நெருங்கி போர் புரிந்து; மிடைவதும் — அவர்களை முடிப்பதையே நினைப்பதும்; கட லுள் — கடலைக்; கடைவதும் — கடைந்து; அமுதம் — அமுதம் கொடுப்பதுமாகச் செய்யும்; அவற்கே — அந்த பெருமானுக்கே; ஒருங்காகவே — ஆளாகி; என் மனம் — என் மனம்; உடைவதும் — உருகி உடைகிறது

aṇi — by the ornaments; ār — decorated; thŏl̤ — divine shoulder; adaivadhum — to embrace; asurarkku — for asuras (who are unfavourable), difficult; vem — cruel; pŏrgal̤ĕ — battles; midaivadhum — to engage in; kadalul̤ — in the ocean; amudham — amrutham (nectar); kadaivadhum — churn; avaṛkĕ — for him only (who is with lakshmi, who is the remover of hurdles and bestower of desirable aspects); en manam — my heart; orungāgavĕ — in a singular manner; udaivadhum — is breaking; āgam — in a form; sĕr — placed

Detailed Explanation

In this sixth pāsuraṁ, Śrī Nammāzhvār expresses profound spiritual ecstasy, taking delight in the very weakness that overcomes his mind. Just as he had prayed, his mind has now become completely absorbed in meditating upon the divine activities (ceyalgaḷ) of Emperumān, leading to a state of blissful dissolution. The Āzhvār’s heart finds itself breaking in a singular,

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