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 4.3.10
Tamil text and transliteration:
喈喈┼瘉喈瘝 喈忇喁嵿喈� 喈忇喁� 喈夃喈曕瘉喈瘝 喈瘉喈编瘝喈编瘉喈瘝 喈忇喁嵿喈�, 喈喈┼瘝喈┼瘓喈瘉喈瘝
喈む喈┼瘉喈瘝 喈忇喁嵿喈苦喁佮喁� 喈む喁嵿喁� 喈忇喁嵿 喈忇喁嵿 喈庎畽喁嵿畷喁� 喈庎喁嵿喁佮喁�,
喈む瘒喈┼瘉喈瘝 喈喈侧瘉喈瘝 喈曕喁嵿喈侧瘉喈瘝 喈呧喁佮喁佮喁� 喈嗋畷喈苦喁� 喈む喈む瘝喈む喈瘝喈�,
喈喈┼瘉喈瘝 喈庎喁� 喈喈班喈┼瘓喈瘒 喈忇喁嵿喈苦喁囙喁� 喈喈┼瘝 喈夃喁嵿喈距喁�
y膩峁塽m 膿tti 膿岣� ulakum mu峁熱篃um 膿tti, pi峁夅箟aiyum
t膩峁塽m 膿ttilum ta峁夅箟ai 膿tta 膿tta e峁卥u eytum,
t膿峁塽m p膩lum ka峁夅箟alum amutum 膩kit tittippa,
y膩峁塽m em pir膩峁塧iy膿 膿tti峁壞撫箟 y膩峁� uyv膩峁壞�
English translation of verse 4.3.10:
How can it ever exhaust His great glory
If I sang His praise, followed by all the worlds
And the Lord Himself? sweet unto me like honey,
Milk and candy, subsist do I, lauding my nectarean Lord.
Note
The 膧岣籿腻谤, blest by the Lord with divine knowledge, full and complete, sings His praise, all the worlds without distinction of high and low, knowledgeable or otherwise, extol Him and then, the Omniscient, Omnipotent Lord Himself follows suit. And yet, all of them, put together cannot exhaust His glory, even if they sang His praise for ages, notwithstanding the involvement of the Lo峁沝 Himself in this project, because His glory is limitless. The 膧岣籿腻谤, deeply conscious of the felicities showered on him by the Lord, goes on singing the glory of the Lord, sweet unto him like all things delicious put together; otherwise he just cannot subsist.