Tiruvaymoli (Thiruvaimozhi): English translation
by S. Satyamurthi Ayyangar | 388,514 words
This is the English translation of the Tiruvaymoli (or, Thiruvaimozhi): An ancient Tamil text consisting of 1102 verses which were sung by the poet-saint Nammalvar as an expression of his devotion to Vishnu. Hence, it is an important devotional book in Vaishnavism. Nammalvar is one of the twelve traditional saints of Tamil Nadu (Southern India), kn...
Pasuram 2.6.10
Tamil text and transliteration:
喈瘚喈曕喈┼瘝喈� 喈曕喈侧畽喁嵿畷喈赤瘝 喈瘚喈� 喈曕喈侧畽喁嵿畷喈赤瘝 喈瘚喈曕瘉 喈曕喈侧畽喁嵿畷喈赤瘝 喈む喈瘝 喈む喁嵿喁� 喈夃喈苦喁�-
喈嗋畷喈苦喁嵿喈距喁� 喈夃喁嵿喁� 喈ㄠ喈┼瘝 喈呧疅喁堗喁嵿喁囙喁� 喈掂喈熰瘉喈掂瘒喈┼瘚?
喈喈曕喈┼瘝喈� 喈む瘖喈侧瘝 喈瘉喈曕喁� 喈瘋喈掂瘉喈侧畷喁佮畷喁嵿畷喁佮喁� 喈ㄠ喈む喁�! 喈喈, 喈む喁� 喈掂瘒喈權瘝喈曕疅喈瘝
喈瘒喈曕喈┼瘝喈编喈瘝 喈む喁� 喈む瘉喈脆喈瘝 喈掂喈班瘓 喈ㄠ喈编瘉 喈曕喁嵿喈苦喈┼瘒.
p艒ki峁夅篃a k膩la峁卥a岣� p艒ya k膩la峁卥a岣� p艒ku k膩la峁卥a岣� t膩y tantai uyir-
膩ki峁夅篃膩y u峁夅箟ai n膩峁� a峁璦int膿峁� vi峁璾v膿峁壟�?
p膩ki峁夅篃a tol puka岣� m奴vulakukkum n膩ta峁壞�! 辫补谤补尘腻, ta峁� 惫脓峁卥补峁璦尘
m膿ki峁夅篃膩y ta峁� tu岣荒亂 virai n膩峁焨 ka峁囜箛iya峁壞�.
English translation of verse 2.6.10:
Having got you, shall I ever leave you, the Super-eminent?
Lord of all the three worlds, you grace Tiru惫脓峁卥补峁璦尘, the cool mount.
Cool tulac墨 garland of fragrance sweet you do sport,
Of eternal fame, far-reaching, You are unto me dear
As Father, Mother and Soul, at all times, past, present and future.
Notes
(i) Lord to the 膧岣籿腻谤:
鈥淲ell, you are asking me, not to leave you. But my anxiety is about you, whether you might once again run away from me, struck down, by your feeling of lowliness. Please, therefore, assure me that you will not leave me and go鈥�.
膧岣籿腻谤 to the Lord: Reply as in the stanza, above.
(ii) A doubt might be raised how the 膧岣籿腻谤 could talk about the benefits he would be receiving, in future, as well. Well, the Lord is the Sole Benefactor, at all times, past, present and future. After all, the present is itself, the future of the past and will, in turn, become the past of the future. Time-sequence makes no difference at all. the Lord being the constant Benefactor, at all times.