TVM 9.6.2

O Lord of Tirukkāṭkarai! How Shall I Perform Service?

திருக்காட்கரையானே! எப்படி அடிமை செய்வேன்?

3729 நினைதொறும்சொல்லுந்தொறும் நெஞ்சிடிந்துகும் *
வினைகொள்சீர்பாடிலும் வேமெனதாருயிர் *
சுனைகொள்பூஞ்சோலைத் தென்காட்கரையென்னப்பா! *
நினைகிலேன்நான் உனக்குஆட்செய்யும்நீர்மையே.

3729 niṉaitŏṟum cŏllumtŏṟum * nĕñcu iṭintu ukum *
viṉaikŏl̤ cīr pāṭilum * vem ĕṉatu ār uyir **
cuṉaikŏl̤ pūñcolait * tĕṉ kāṭkarai ĕṉ appā
niṉaikileṉ nāṉ uṉakku āṭcĕyyum nīrmaiye (2)

Ragam

Kalyāṇi / கல்யாணி

Thalam

Ādi / ஆதி

Bhavam

Self

Divya Desam

Thirukkātkarai

Simple Translation

3729. Oh, Sire, residing in Teṉkāṭkarai with many a pond and fine orchard, as I dote on Your auspicious traits that steal away my sins, my heart gives way. When I begin to utter Your glory, my mind melts down and my soul burns with passion. If I could sing Your praise and serve You, I know not how I can.

Explanatory Notes

The Lord’s tender solicitude for the Āzhvār, His amazing simplicity and astounding love, exhibited in VIII-7, made it appear that the Āzhvār was His sole concern and He literally doted on him. In trying to recollect, in this decad, the extra-ordinary posture of the Lord, the Āzhvār only finds that he is attempting the impossible. His mind was not equal to the task, giving

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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.)

சுனைகொள் — தடாகங்களையும்; பூஞ்சோலை — பூஞ்சோலைகளையும் உடைய; தென் காட்கரை — தென் திருக்காட்கரையில் இருக்கும்; என் அப்பா — என் அப்பனே!; வினைகொள் — என் பாபங்களைத் தீர்க்கும்; சீர் பாடிலும் — உன் சீல குணத்தைப் பாடினாலும்; நினைதொறும் — நினைத்தாலும்; சொல்லும்தொறும் — பேசினாலும்; நெஞ்சு இடிந்து — நெஞ்சு சிதிலமாகி; உகும் — உருகுகிறது; எனது — என்னுடைய; வேம் ஆருயிர் — ஆத்மா எரிகிறது; நான் உனக்கு — நான் உனக்கு; ஆட்செய்யும் — கைங்கரியம் செய்யும்; நீர்மையே — விதத்தைக் கூட; நினைகிலேன் — என்னால் யோசிக்க முடியவில்லை

then — attractive; kātkarai — in thirukkātkarai; en appā — oh one who is standing as my eternal relative!; vinai kol̤ — revealing your activities relating to the great union; sīr — qualities such as ṣeela (simplicity), saulabhya (easy approachability) etc; ninai thoṛum — thinking about it, every moment; nenju — the tool which is used for such thinking; idindhu — becoming broken; sollum thoṛum — every moment, ī speak; urugum — the heart will melt and become fluid;; pādilum — even if ī tried to sustain myself by singing (as said in thiruvāimozhi 1.7.10 “pādi il̤aippilam” (ī have no reason to take a break from glorifying his incomparable auspicious qualities)); enadhu ār uyir — my āthmā (self) which is the abode of the senses; vĕm — became burnt;; nān — ī (who am like this); unakku ātcheyyum — to perform service to you; nīrmai — form/aspect; ninaigilĕn — unable to even think.; nīrmaiyāl — due to revealing the quality of svasvāmi sambandham (property-owner relationship); nenjam — my heart

Detailed Explanation

In this second pāsuram of the chapter, Śrī Nammāzhvār, overwhelmed by the divine union with Sriman Nārāyaṇa, addresses the Lord manifest in the divyadēśam of Tirukkātkkarai. He conveys a profound state of spiritual incapacitation, declaring, "I find myself utterly unable to even think upon the nature of the interactions I have had with You." The Āzhvār reveals that

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