coming unconditionally instead of being pursued (by me) —

being the one who consumes me —

 saying -he ate- —

 that he stole the butter and mercifully ate it —

he is the swāmy (lord) for rudhra (ṣivan) who swallowed the poison which got generated during churning of the big ocean —

emperumān who drank the poison from the bosom (of demon pūthanā) —

consumed me without any remainder; —

ṣiva, who swallowed the poison which emanated from salty ocean —

(emperumān) swallowed the earth —

 being the one who mercifully consumed —

ate in such a way that everyone knew —

he desired without discriminating between what is to be given up and what is to be pursued! —

(during deluge) who swallowed and protected the worlds and the creatures (in the world)? —

krishṇa sucked her life and eliminated the enemy/hurdle, his —

one who drank the milk as his food (to sustain himself) —

one who ate —

one who protected them by keeping them in his stomach —

(since he cannot exist without protecting them) one who consumed them [during pral̤ayam] —

ate (to keep them in his stomach and protect them) —

one who swallowed —