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 4.3.11
Tamil text and transliteration:
喈夃喁嵿喁� 喈夃喈距喈瘝 喈喁嵿喁� 喈囙喁嵿喁� 喈む瘒喈编 喈曕喁嵿喈┼瘝 喈掄喁� 喈曕喈侧瘝喈曕喁� 喈瘒喈侧瘝
喈氞瘑喈瘝喈� 喈む喈喁堗喁� 喈喈┼喁� 喈む瘑喈┼瘝喈┼喁� 喈曕瘉喈班瘉喈曕瘋喈班瘝喈氞瘝 喈氞疅喈曕瘚喈喁�,
喈瘖喈瘝 喈囙喁� 喈喈熰喁� 喈嗋喈苦喈む瘝喈む瘉喈赤瘝 喈囙喁堗喁佮喁� 喈喁嵿喁佮喁� 喈掂喁嵿喈距喁嵿畷喈赤瘝,
喈掂瘓喈喁� 喈喁嵿喈� 喈掂瘈喈编瘝喈编喈班瘉喈ㄠ瘝喈む瘉 喈掂喈｀瘝喈｀瘉喈瘝 喈嗋喁嵿喈班瘝 喈喁嵿喁傕疅喁�. (2)
uyvu up膩yam ma峁熱篃u i峁塵ai t膿峁焛 ka峁囜箛a峁� o峁� ka岣籥lka岣� m膿l
ceyya t膩maraip pa岣籥峁塧t te峁夅箟a峁� 办耻谤耻办奴谤c 肠补峁璦办艒辫补峁�,
poy il p膩峁璦l 膩yirattu岣� ivaiyum pattum vall膩rka岣�,
vaiyam ma峁夅箟i v墨峁熱篃iruntu vi峁囜箛um 膩岣穠ar ma峁囜箛奴峁�. (2)
English translation of verse 4.3.11:
Those well-versed in these songs ten,
Out of the veracious thousand composed by Ca峁璦k艒pa峁�
Of lovely Te峁� 办耻谤耻办奴谤, with lotus ponds and fields fertile,
Adoring the comely feet of Ka峁囜箛a峁�, for sheer survival,
Will for long flourish in this abode
And rule as well, right from here, the heavenly abode.
Notes
(i) The 膧岣籿腻谤 spoke about the love that subsists between him and his beloved, the Supreme Lord, in this decad, not because he could talk about it, in any appreciable measure, but for his mere survival.
(ii) Even as Brahma assured Sage 痴腻濒尘颈办颈, that not a word in the great K膩vya (搁腻尘腻测补峁嘺) would be untrue, the Drami岣峚 Veda (罢颈谤耻惫腻测尘辞岣籭) is of unquestionable veracity.
The truthfulness, claimed for the Sanskrit Vedas, equally holds good, in respect of the Tamil Veda.
(iii) Prior to his being brought into the 艢r墨 痴补颈峁ａ箛补惫补 fold, the illustrious Preceptor, Na帽c墨yar (formerly known as Ved膩nti) was a staunch exponent of Advaita philosophy. 艢r墨 笔补谤腻艣补谤补 Bha峁弓ar conquered Ved膩nti in a religious disquisition, held at the latter鈥檚 home town (Melk艒t in Karnataka State) and thereafter, Ved膩nti, turned into the ascetic Na帽c墨yar, got himself inducted by Bha峁弓膩rya into the rapturous realm of the 鈥�Divya Prabhandas鈥�. Little wonder, an intellectual giant that Na帽c墨yar was, he soon mastered the four thousand hymns of the 膧岣籿腻谤s and imparted special lustre to the commentaries thereon. He longed to Listen to the discourses at the feet of Bha峁弓膩rya but the latter passed away at the tender age of 32. Whenever Na帽c墨yar recited this Song, he suffered the pangs of separation from the Master, all the more.
(iv) Verily, the chanters of this decad would be able to grant passport to heaven, to the people of their choice, right from here, betokening their sway over heaven.