will not be your limb —

keeping the hand on the (subtle) difficult-to-bear waist which is like a beautiful lightning —

as our thirumāl (emperumān) who has taken permanent residence in the corridor [of mrigaṇdu maharishi’s hermitage] at thirukkŏvalūr —

 in the middle —

 waist —

 in between —

 having waist —

 present in between those lotus flowers —

crawling between the two arjuna trees —

crawling between the arjuna trees —

only the corridor (space between the entrance and the inner portion) —

they will realise the pleasures lying in-between (such as heaven etc) —

attaining lowly comforts (such as svarga etc) which come in the middle (between samsāram and mŏksham) —

it will appear like a flash of lightning across rain-laden clouds —

in-between —

having a waist —

srī mahālakshmi who is having such waist —

in between —

having waist —

waist —