3563:##
thEvimaar aavaar thirumagaLpoomi*EvamaRRamarar aatcheyvaar*
mEviya ulagam moonRavaiaatchi*vEnduvENtu uruvamnNin uruvam*
paaviyEn dhannai aduginRa kamalakkaNNadhOr* pavaLavaay maNiyE*
aaviyE!amudhE! alaigadal kadaindha appanE!*kaaNumaaRu aruLaay. 8.1.1
1. BhagawaanE! Why should I lament and worry when You are with Your BhUmi
Piraatti and Periya Piraatti? (means they are there to recommend my case
to You). Also, to carry out Your Divine commands and orders, there are
NityasUris readily available at Your Lotus Feet. You, the ruler of all
three worlds- show Yourself in the exact form (whatever form) Your
devotees desire and worship You and bless them. You have simply captured
me with Your lovely Most Beautiful Red Lotus Eyes and Your round,
enchanting Coral lipped mouth and are terribly disturbing me! My uyirE!
(life!), Oh My Dearest Emerald! My Nectarine beauty! My Father! The One
who churned the Milky Ocean! Please bless me to have Your Darshan with my
(physical) eyes. (kamalak kaNNanadhu Or pavaLavaay maNiyE! AaviyE! AmudhE!
Alaikadal kadaintha appanE!-)
3564:
kaaNumaaRaruLaay enRenRE kalangik* kaNNanNeer alamara*
vinaiyEn pENumaaRellaam pENi* nNinpeyarE pidhaRRumaaRu aruL enakku andhO*
kaaNumaaRu aruLaay kaaguththaa!kaNNaa!* thondanEn kaRpagakkaniyE*
pENuvaar amudhE! periya thaNpunalchooz* perunNilam eduththa pEraaLaa! 8.1.2
2. I have been suffering heavily and am remorse with tears very often
thinking of You and Your mercy that You will bless me, (the Greatest
sinner) have Your darshan. I long to reach You in different ways and in
various means, and with that craving, I keep on uttering Your names very
many times and suffer terribly. Is this Your mercy on me, Lord? KaNNA! You
are like the Sweet fruit ("kaRpaka kani") to adiyEn (me.), Your eternal
servant! You are like the Sweet nectar to bhAgawthAs! (those who are
desirous of seeing You). Oh Masculine EmperumaanE! The One who brought
back the Mother Earth and saved the same! Please bless me to have Your
darshan.
3565:
eduththapEraaLan nandhakOpan_dhan* innuyirch chiRuvanE*
achOthaikku aduththa pErinbak kulaviLaNGkaLiRE* adiyanEn periya ammaanE*
kaduththapOr avuNan utal irupiLavaak* kaiyugir aaNda eNGkadalE,*
aduththadhOr uruvaay inRu nee vaaraay* eNGNGanam thERuvar umarE? 8.1.3
3. KannA! The Dearest darling child of NandhagOpan! You gave yasOdhA
unbounded limitless joy. You were like the Lion among the cowherd (aayar
kulam). Such a Greatest Lord only is my Dearest Lord. You tore open the
body of HiranYan (the one who craved for fights with others) into two
pieces with Your sharp nails and killed that asuran. That day You appeared
so spontaneously and now You have NOT yet appeared to save me! Should You
not come in some form that suits for me? If You do not come to me now and
save me from these troubles and dangers, how will Your bhAgawathAs (who
have Your guNAs only as their food for their lives) believe You?
3566:
umarukanNthukandha uruvamnNin_uruvamaagi* un_dhanakku anbar aanaar*
avar ukanNthamarndha cheykai unmaayai* aRivonRum changippan vinaiyEn*
amarathupaNNi agalidamputaichooz* adupadai aviththa ammaanE*
amarardham amudhE! achurargaL naNYchE* ennutai aaruyirEyO! 8.1.4
4. You take the form of the most desired shape/body (ThirumEni) in which
Your bhakthAs (adiyaargaL) (ones who are Yours at all times) would long to
see You always. You take mercy on such BhagawathAs, who are simply
engrossed in their enormous bhakti (devotion) towards You and in order to
involve them and enchant them further, you perform various mischievous
deeds as a Great Maayavan. Like that- You are at the disposal of
BhagawathALs and I possess that jnAnam (knowledge) of Your sowlabhyam.
Still, due to my karmic disease, I get into little doubt whether it is
true or not. How can I talk about Your Great acts of performing the
KurukshEthra yuddham and destroying the vast Kaurava armies? You are the
limitless and unbounded nectar (amudham) to dEvAs, while You are such a
poison for asurAs (asurAs, who are born and/or asurAs, who become one, by
their nature). Such Greatest Lord, -You are and the One who is my Life
itself. (amarar tham amudhE! Asurar tham nanjE! ennudai aaruyirEyO!)
3567:
aaruyirEyO! agalidammuzuthum* padaiththidanNthu undu umiznNthaLandha*
pEruyirEyO!periyanNeer padaiththu* aNGkuRaindhu athu kadaindhadaiththu utaiththa*
cheeriyarEyO! manicharkkuththEvar_pOla* thEvarkkumthEvaavO*
oruyirEyO! ulagangatku ellaam* unnai naan engu vanNthuRukO? 8.1.5
5. EmperumaanE! When You are there as the life (jIvan) for me (who is the
"sarIram" (body) for You), what can I do to reach You and How? (There is
nothing for me to do or to offer to You- Everything is Yours including
myself). This vast-huge Earth- You created the same- and In order to
protect You brought it back during Your Varaaha avataaar and You retained
it in Your stomach and brought it out during PraLayam (Cosmic cycle). You
are the One as Trivikraman, who measured the whole universe in Your two
steps! You are the Grandest Chief who created the huge Milky Ocean and
lied down on it! (and have "aRithuyil"). You are the one who churned the
same Milk Ocean! (for giving nectar to dEvAs). You are the One who built
the bridge across the sea (during Rama avataar!). You are the chieftain,
SarvEshwaran of dEvAs, (who themselves are greater than human beings in
their wealth and nature). You are the life (jIvan) of these worlds-
supporter of them- the Director of them- and have them as Your body
(SarIram). (With such innumerable strings of greatness in Your nature and
guNAS), How can I ever try to attempt even to see You? You out of Your
mercy on me and out of Your grace should show Yourself to me.
3568:
enguvanNthuRukO ennaiyaaLvaanE* Ez_ulakangaLum neeyE*
angavarkkamaiththa theyvamum_neeyE* avaRRavai karumamum neeyE*
pongiyapuRampaal poruLuLavElum* avaiyumO nee innEyaanaal*
mangiya aruvaam nErppamum neeyE* vaanbulam iRandhathum neeyE. 8.1.6
6. Oh My Dearest Ruler! When the seven worlds are under Your command, is
it possible to reach You with my own efforts? In this world, the demi Gods
whom You have appointed are all under Your direction and order. The pUjA
performed to these demi Gods and the acts they perform (like creation,
destruction etc..) are all actually delegated to them by You. (They are
all under Your control.) The vast (outside the universe) tatvAs like
"mahat" (The Cause) are all under Your ruling. The "sookshuma" tatvA (the
most minutest state of chit ) are also under Your order. The muktha
jIvAthmAs (who are not visible by naked eyes) are all under Your command.
When such is the case about Your Power, Greatness, HOW WILL I REACH YOU BY
MYSELF?
3569:
iRandhathum neeyE ethirndhathum neeyE* nigazvadhO nee innEyaanaal*
chiRandhanNin thanmai athuvithuvuthuvenRu* aRivonRum changippanvinaiyEn*
kaRandhapaal neyyE! neyyin chuvaiyE!* kadalin uL_amuthamE*
amuthilpiRandha in_chuvaiyE! chuvaiyathupayanE!* pinnaithOL maNandhapEraayaa! 8.1.7
7. Oh KaNNA! The One who hugged the shoulders of Nappinnai Piraatti and
married her! Everything and all objects are under Your control and
direction. The Past, the present and the future - the objects that live in
these trikaalams (three times) are all under Your ruling. When such is the
case, that object- (which is far away), this object (which is the nearest
one) and the in between one are all created to do good to You (as a part
of Your leelA). Even though I possess the knowledge of such a tatvam (i.e:
He has All (except Him) in Him as ones belonging to Him as His sarIram),
due to my incorrigible enormous sins that I had committed in the past, I
still have a little "samsayam" (suspicion) on this. You are so sweet like
the milk that has just been milked (from the cow); so tasty like the Ghee
in that milk. You are like the sweetest nectar of ThiruppaaRkadal! You are
the experience of that joy /bliss/ happiness/ pEraanandham that one
derives from tasting that tasty amudham (nectar)! (You are the tasty
"akkaara adisil") Since You are so tasty and sweet, (which is beyond one's
comprehension and perception), I get such a suspicion? (Please read the
words in Tamil for better taste of AzhwAr's "akkaara adisil"- kaRandha
paal neyyE! Neyyin insuviayE! KadalinuL amudhamE! Amudhil piRandha
insuvaiyE! Suvaiyadhu payanE! Pinnai thOL maNandha pErAyA!" What a
Thamizh! - The ghee from akkaara adisil is flowing down the wrist dripping
from the elbow -"mooda ney peydhu muzhanghai vazhivaara")
3570:
maNandhapEraayaa! maayaththaalmuzuthum* valvinaiyEnai eerkinRa*
kuNangaLai udaiyaay! achurar van_kaiyar_kooRRamE!* kotiya puLLuyarththaay*
paNangaLaayiramum utaiya painN_naagappaLLiyaay!* paaRkadal chErppaa*
vaNangumaaRu aRiyEn! manamum vaachagamum* cheykaiyum yaanum neethaanE. 8.1.8
8. Oh Chief (of Cowherd men)! The One who united with Nappinnai Piraatti!
You have captured me (the Great sinner who has not got You with me) with
Your Great Most auspicious kalyANa guNAs and made me suffer terribly
languishing for You. You are like a Yaman to the cruel asurAs! You have
the GarudA (by whose mere glance can kill its enemies) as Your flag! You
have the AdhisEshan (1000 headed) as Your bed! You are there having Yogha
nithra at ThiruppaaRkadal, EAGERLY AWAITING the call of Your devotees!
Even after having my mind, my words, and even myself under Your ruling, I
still do not know HOW TO PAY obeisance to You. Since, everything is under
Your ruling and direction, there is nothing that I need to do or act.
Hence, You should only save me.
3571:
yaanum neethaanE yaavadhOmeyyE* arunNarakavaiyum nee aanaal*
vaanuyar inbam eythil_en* maRRai naragamE eythil_en? enilum,*
yaanum neethaanaay theLithoRum,nanRum aNYchuvan* naragam naan_adaidhal*
vaanuyar_inbam manniveeRRirundhaay* aruLunNin thaaLkaLaienakkE. 8.1.9
9. (This pAsuram is quite deep in its meanings and content! Also
NampiLLai's eedu vyAkhyaanam beautifully explains it and is self
explanatory, which I have detailed below: Perhaps, learned Sisters and
Brothers can add value to my blathering on this rich deep, pAsuram!)
BhagawaanE! (Oh Lord!) Since You are there in everything and everything is
in You, I AM ALSO IN YOU. YOU ARE ALSO IN ME. To tell further, You are
even the cruel hell. Hence, whether I go to Parama Padham or I proceed to
hell (i.e. birth in this world again), though they are one and the same
(because they are all part of You only), I am still scarred of the hell
(further births!). The reason is: After having clearly realised and
experienced being Your servant, why should I reach the hell? Oh parama
Padha nAthanE! Please bless me by showing Your Lotus Feet! (NampiLLai's
vyAkhyAnam: I am Your sEshan- and am in You as an ornament / a part
belonging to You. There is no doubt about it. My samsaaric ills (which are
like the most cruel hell to me) are also Your sEshathvam only. Hence, when
I and my enemy (my samsaaric ills) both are under Your control and are
Your sEshathvam- How does it matter whether I go to Parama Padham or back
to samsaara saagaram? It is essential for a sEshan to please and act per
directions of sEshI. (Slave to do as per Master's actions only!). Even
then- if I get back to this Samsaara saagaram- I am scared that I WILL
FORGET THIS (LITTLE) KNOWLEDGE that I possess about Your Seshathvam and
Your Sarvarakshathvam. Hence, YOU PLEASE bless me to call me and involve
me in Your Nitya vibhUthI (Parama Padham) to perform eternal kaimkaryam to
You (in order to grant me eternal limitless unbounded blissful happiness).
Please show mercy on me and show Your Lotus Feet to me, Lord!- What an
explanation by NampiLLai!)
3572:
thaaLkaLai enakkE thalaiththalai chiRappaththandha* pEruthavikkaimmaaRaa*
thOLkaLai aaraththazuvi en_Nnuyirai* aRavilai cheythanan chOthee,
thOLkaL aayiraththaay! mudigaL aayiraththaay* thuNaimalark kaNkaL aayiraththaay*
thaaLkaL aayiraththaay! pErgaL_aayiraththaay* thamiyanEn periya appanE! 8.1.10
10. Oh My Father! You are the JyOthiswarUpI! You have thousands of
shoulders! Your Heads (Thirumudi) are also thousands! Like the bunch of
fresh, lovely, Beautiful flowers- the eyes are thousands! You have
thousands of Feet! Your Divya thirunaamams (names) are thousand; Such
Greatest Emperumaan You are! You have blessed me and elevated me higher
and higher by showing Your Lotus Feet! (The Lord has actually shown His
Lotus Feet to our AzhwAr!). You have captured me, enslaved me and You have
shown Your Lotus Feet- What and How can I repay You, My Dearest Lord!
(Dearest Sisters and Brothers, See the next statement- Imagine AzhwAr's
ecstasy in his attempt to repay back and his enjoyment of surrendering to
the Lord!) I will hug the shoulders of my "uyir" -life- (jIvan) and
surrender my AthmA to give "it" to You as the price for what You have done
to me. (Read again! AzhwAr has personified his jIvan and hugs it by its
shoulders to jointly surrender his AthmA to the Lord!). My uyir jIvan DOES
NOT BELONG and hence, is NOT FOR ANYONE ELSE. I AM PLACING IT AT YOUR FEET
AND IT IS ONLY FOR YOU, MY LORD! (NampiLLai replies to the question of how
one can give the AthmA as the price for What Emperumaan has done when it
is actually His. The reason is : AzhwAr is so overwhelmed in joy and is so
excited that he talks in such state of tremendous absolute bliss.)
3573:##
periya appanaip piraman appanai* uruththiran appanai*
munivarkkuriya appanai amarar appanai* ulagukkOr thaniyappan dhannai*
periyavaNkurukoor vaNchadakOpan* pENina aayiraththuLLum*
uriyacholmaalai ivaiyumpaththivaRRaal* uyyalaam thondeer! nNaNGkatkE. (2)8.1.11
11. Paramapadham, This world,- Emperumaan is the Chief of them; He is the
Father of Sivan, Brahman, the Sages, dEvas, and all others. He is the
SarvEshwaran. He alone is the Unparalleled, unmatched, peerless, "than
oppAril appan- Oppiliappan" Chief. About such Greatest Emperumaan- Sri
SadgOpar of Thirukkurugoor has sung and composed most dearly and devotedly
1000 pAsurams. Out of them, these ten have been sung with garlands of
words. Oh Servants (of Emperumaan!) please read them and GET SAVED! You
will definitely get saved!