TVM 9.6.5

What Deceits My Kaṇṇaṉ Has Practiced!

என் கண்ணன் கள்வங்கள் இருந்தவாறு என்னே!

3732 திருவருள்செய்பவன்போல் என்னுள்புகுந்து *
உருவமுமாருயிரும் உடனேயுண்டான் *
திருவளர்சோலைத் தென்காட்கரையென்னப்பன் *
கருவளர்மேனிநங்கண்ணங்கள்வங்களே.

3732 tiru arul̤ cĕypavaṉ pola * ĕṉṉul̤ pukuntu *
uruvamum ār uyirum * uṭaṉe uṇṭāṉ **
tiru val̤ar colait * tĕṉ kāṭkarai ĕṉ appaṉ *
karu val̤ar meṉi * ĕṉ kaṇṇaṉ kal̤vaṅkal̤e (5)

Ragam

Kalyāṇi / கல்யாணி

Thalam

Ādi / ஆதி

Bhavam

Self

Divya Desam

Thirukkātkarai

Simple Translation

3732. How stealthy indeed are the ways of the dark-hued Lord! Kaṇṇaṉ, my Sire, who dwells in Teṉkāṭkarai amid lovely orchards, entered my heart as if to bestow His grace and reclaim me, His vassal. But He pounced on me, body and soul alike, with immense delight.

Explanatory Notes

The Lord sheds His grace, according to the Āzhvār, when He takes service from him, true to his essential nature. The Āzhvār welcomed the Lord’s entry into the interior of his heart, thinking that it would help to sustain his basic stance, as His exclusive vassal from time immemorial. But what actually transpired sent him aghast. Prior to the dawn of true knowledge of his

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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.)

திரு அருள் — அடிமை கொள்ள அருள்; செய்பவன் போல — செய்பவன் போல; என்னுள் புகுந்து — என்னுள் புகுந்து; உருவமும் ஆர் உயிரும் — என் உடலையும் உயிரையும்; உடனே உண்டான் — உடனே அநுபவித்தான்; திரு வளர் — அழகு மிகுந்த; சோலை — சோலைகளையுடைய; தென் காட்கரை — தென் திருக்காட்கரையில்; என் அப்பன் — இருக்கும் என் அப்பன்; கரு வளர் மேனி — கருத்த திருமேனியை உடைய; என் கண்ணன் — என் கண்ணனின்; கள்வங்களே! — கள்ளத்தனங்களை நான் அறியவில்லை

ennul̤ — in my heart; pugundhu — entered; uruvamum — my body (which is to be given up by me); ār uyirum — and the soul which is pervading (in the body); udanĕ uṇdān — he desired without discriminating between what is to be given up and what is to be pursued!; thiruval̤ar — most beautiful; sŏlai — having garden; thenkātkarai — in thirukkātkarai; en appan — being my lord; karuval̤ar mĕni — having form with dark complexion (due to uniting with me); en kaṇṇan — my very obedient krishṇa-s; kal̤vangal̤ĕ — deceptive acts are!; em kaṇṇan — krishṇa who has great love towards me, his; kal̤vam — deceptive acts (which are one way on the face and other way in the inside)

Detailed Explanation

In this fifth pāśuram of the chapter, Śrī Nammāzhvār attains a state of profound bliss, meditating upon the glorious and paradoxical nature of Emperumān. The Āzhvār marvels, thinking, "How astonishing is the greatness of my Lord, who entered within me as if to accept my humble service, but in an act of supreme love, consumed my very body and soul entirely!" This experience

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