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At 10:05 PM 7/13/2003 -0400, you wrote:

Dear SrI SrIram:

In response to your question attached below,
Vaikunta Vaasi UtthamUr Swamy's word by word
translation is one of the best besides
commentary .You can get the whole set at Chennai
from Sri KaraLapAkkam Ananathapadmanabhan.

The first paasuram of ThiruvAimozhi is a grand
statement with deep meanings.

Paasurams 1-6 of ThiruvAimozhi I.1 is
the summary of the first adhyAyam of Brahma
Soothram, where Lord's Jagath KaaraNathvam ,
Lord's difference from ChEthanam and achEthanam, His
being the abode of anantha KalyAna GuNams are
saluted.

ThiruvAi Mozhi Paasurams I.6-11 elaborates on 
the second adhyAyam of Brahma soothram .

The second and the part of the third
decad cover the doctrines summed up by
the third and fourth adhyAyams of Brahma Soothram.

Now coming back to your specific question of
word by word meaning , let us start with the overall
meaning of I.1.1 as recorded by Dr.V.N.VedAntha Desikan
in his masterly treatise (AzhwAr ThiruvuLLam):

" Oh My mind! Worship , for being elevated,
the effulgent feet -- which will remove the sufferings --
of the one Lord , who possesses auspicious qualities that
can not at all be excelled , who endowed us with
the Jn~Ana bhakthi faculty , which effaces the weakness of
the intellect (that doubts , confuses , argues and fails
to see what ought to be seen ) and who is the Lord of
the nithyasooris and dEvAs of unfailing knowledge
(or who is the Lord VaradarAjan /DevarAjan of Kaanchi)"

Word by Word Meaning:
**********************

yenn mananE = Oh my Mind!

uyarvu aRa = that which has nothing Superior to it

uyar nalam = that which possesses the loftiest
auspicious bliss principle (aanandhAthi
kalyANa guNams)

udayavan = is Him , who possesses these attributes always.

yavan avan = That Veda Prasiddhan (Celebrated in the VedAs)

mayarvu aRa = for the complete banishment of nescience(ajn~Anam)

mathi nalam = the on ewho blessed me with true knowledge
aruLinan yavan and bhakthi to Him

ayarvu aRum amararkaL = for the nithyasooris , who never
ever forget His Parathvam

athipathi avan = He is their Supreme Lord

avan = of this Lord's

thuyar aRu sudar adi = luminous ( JyOthi RoopamAna) Thiruvadis
which dispells the dukkham of those , who
seek their refuge

Thozhuthu yezhu = Oh my mind! Please prostrate before them ,
adorn them on Your head and get uplifted.
Perform prapatthi

Brahma SabdhArTams are provided here and the UpAyam of
Prapatthi is pointed out as the Supreme one to cut asunder 
all SamsAric sufferings and to gain Moksham.

This powerful Paasuram is considered as the summary of
artha Panchakam and a brief synopsis of SaarIraka
Saasthram.His blemishlessness(akhila hEya Prathyayanikathvam)
and anantha KalyANathvam are celebrated according to
the Ubhaya lingAdhikaraNam of Brahma Soothram.

NamO NaarAyaNAya,
V.Sadagopan


>
> At 11:38 AM 7/3/03 -0700, you wrote:
>Dear Sri Sadagopan:

" Although I have come across 3 excellent translations of the Thiruvaimozhi
by Sri Madhavakannan on the web and Sri BSS Iyengar & Srirama Bharati
in print, I have not come across a word-for-word translation in english.
I wonder if you are familiar with the availability of such a 
translation and could point me to where I might procure it.

if, as I suspect, such a document does not exist, i wonder if I might
request you to provide a word for word translation of the very first pasuram
i.e. "uyarvaru uyarnalam udayavan evanavan ...." so that a closer
understanding of its meaning, cadence, meter, expression,tone and intent is
appreciable ".

Thanks

Srinivasan Sriram




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