TVM 9.7.1

O Stork! Go as a Messenger to the Lord of Tirumūḻikkaḷam.

நாரையே! திருமூழிக்காளத்தானிடம் தூது செல்

3739 எங்கானலகங்கழிவாய் இரைத்தேர்ந்திங்கினிதமரும் *
செங்காலமடநாராய்! திருமூழிக்களத்துறையும் *
கொங்கார்பூந்துழாய்முடி எங்குடக்கூத்தர்க்கு என் தூதாய் *
நுங்கால்கள்என்தலைமேல் கெழுமீரோநுமரோடே. (2)

3739 ## ĕm kāṉal akam kazhivāy * irai terntu iṅku iṉitu amarum *
cĕṅkāla maṭa nārāy! * tirumūzhikkal̤attu uṟaiyum **
kŏṅku ār pūn tuzhāy muṭi * ĕm kuṭakkūttarkku ĕṉ tūtāy *
num kālkal̤ ĕṉ talaimel * kĕzhumīro numaroṭe (1)

Ragam

Kandā / கண்டா

Thalam

Ādi / ஆதி

Bhavam

Nāyaki (lovelorn lady)

Thoodhu

Divya Desam

Thiru MoozhikkaLam

Simple Translation

3739. Oh red-legged stork, who gracefully wanders in our garden canal in search of food, I ask you to undertake an errand. Travel to Tirumūḻikkaḷam where my Lord, the majestic pot-dancer, resides. He wears a crown adorned with a garland of honey-studded tuḻaci flowers. Upon your return journey, please adorn my head with your weary legs and those of your companions.

Explanatory Notes

(i) The birds, ostensibly employed by the Āzhvār to convey his message to the Lord at Tirumūḻikkaḷam, symbolise the great preceptors. This has been clearly brought out in this opening song where the Āzhvār wants the birds to place their legs on his head, which, if taken literally, would not make much sense. The invocation is, therefore, to the illustrious Ācāryas to shed

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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.)

எம் கானல் — எங்கள் நெய்தல் நில; அகம் கழிவாய் — உப்பங்கழிகளில்; இரைதேர்ந்து — இரைதேடி; இங்கு இனிது அமரும் — இங்கே பொருந்தி இருக்கும்; செங்கால மட — சிவந்த கால்களை உடைய; நாராய்! — நாரைகளே!; திருமூழிக்களத்து — திருமூழிக்களத்தில்; உறையும் — இருக்கும்; கொங்கார் — தேன் பெருகும்; பூந் துழாய் முடி — துளசி மாலை அணிந்தவனான; எம் குடக்கூத்தர்க்கு — குடக்கூத்தர்க்கு; என் தூதாய் — என் தூதாய்ச் சென்று திரும்பி வந்த; நுமரோடே — உன்னைச் சேர்ந்தவர்களோடுங்கூட; நும் — எனக்காக வழிநடந்த உங்களுடைய; கால்கள் — கால்களை; என் தலைமேல் — என் தலை மேல்; கெழுமீரோ — சூட்டுங்கள்

ingu — in my presence; inidhu — with romantic love; amarum — residing; sem — being reddish as if a decoration for my head; kāl — having feet; madam — having humility to be ordered to fulfil our desire; nārāy — ŏh cranes!; thirumūzhikkal̤aththu — in thirumūzhikkal̤am; uṛaiyum — eternally residing there as āṣritha sulabha (easily approachable for devotees); kongu ār — with abundance of honey; pū — attractive; thuzhāy mudi — wearing divine crown which is decorated with thiruththuzhāy (thul̤asi); em kudak kūththarkku — one who is greatly enjoyable for us due to his heart-captivating activity of kudak kūththu (dancing with pots); en thūdhāy — going as my messenger; numarŏdĕ — with your wife and children (who are related to you, as said in -guruvadh guruvargaṣcha dhrastavya:-); num kālgal̤ — your divine feet which walked for my sake; en thalai mĕl — on my head, which is the top most limb, which is the apt target for them; kezhumīr — should unite.; numarŏdum — with those who are related to you and who follow your heart; piriyādhĕ — without separating

Detailed Explanation

In this inaugural pāśuram of the chapter, Her Ladyship Parāṅkuśa Nāyakī, consumed by her separation from the Lord, turns her gaze to a flock of cranes. Having been utterly conquered by Emperumān's supreme beauty and divine activities, she now seeks to dispatch these cranes as her messengers, pleading with them to convey her desperate state to Him and, upon their return,

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TVM 9.7.2