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 4.7.11
Tamil text and transliteration:
喈む喁佮喈苦喈苦喁嵿 喈曕喈む喁� 喈む喁嵿喈距喁� 喈む喈喁堗畷喁� 喈曕喁嵿喈┼瘝 喈む喁嵿喁�,
喈曕瘉喈脆瘉喈掂瘉 喈喈熰喁� 喈む瘑喈┼瘝 喈曕瘉喈班瘉喈曕瘋喈班瘝 喈喈编喁� 喈氞疅喈曕瘚喈喁�, 喈氞瘖喈侧瘝
喈掂喁佮喁� 喈囙喈距 喈掄喁� 喈む喈苦喁嵿畷喈赤瘝 喈嗋喈苦喈む瘝喈む瘉喈赤瘝 喈囙喁嵿喈む瘝喈む瘉喈瘝,
喈む喁佮喈瘝 喈喈熰 喈嗋疅 喈掂喁嵿喈距喁� 喈掂瘓喈曕瘉喈ㄠ瘝喈む喁� 喈忇喁佮喈班瘒.
ta岣籾vini峁夅篃a k膩tal ta峁夅箟膩l t膩maraik ka峁囜箛a峁� ta峁夅箟ai,
ku岣籾vu m膩峁璦t te峁� 办耻谤耻办奴谤 尘腻峁焌峁� 肠补峁璦办艒辫补峁�, col
va岣籾vu il膩ta o峁� tami岣籯a岣� 膩yirattu岣� ippattum,
迟补岣籾惫补辫 辫腻峁璱 膩峁璦 vall膩r vaikuntam 脓峁焨惫补谤脓.
English translation of verse 4.7.11:
Those that sing with zeal and revel in these songs ten,
Out of the thousand flawless Tamil songs bright of Ca峁璦k艒pa峁�,
Chief of Te峁壈斐馨馨炫� with a cluster of castles,
Adoring the lotus-eyed Lord with love inexhaustible,
Will the high Heavens scale (and enjoy bliss perennial).
Notes
(i) The lotus-eyed Lord having blessed the 膧岣籿腻谤, right inside his mother鈥檚 womb, the 膧岣籿腻谤 emerged into this world with God-love, ingrained in him.
(ii) The clustering of houses in Kuruk奴r would, ipso facto, denote the clustering of people, in that town. A juicy explanation for such crowding, furnished in 鈥業峁璾鈥�, is that the Lord鈥檚 advent in Kuruk奴r was expected any moment, in view of the 膧岣籿腻谤鈥檚 inordinate longing and people clustered around him to watch the great event. There is a strong parallel to this in 痴腻濒尘墨办颈 搁腻尘腻测补峁嘺. At the end of his long exile 艢ri 搁腻尘补 met Sage 叠丑补谤补诲惫腻箩补 [Bharadwaja] at the latter鈥檚 膩艣ram, enroute to Ayodhya and enquired about Bharata鈥檚 welfare. The sage replied: 鈥淵es, all are well; anxiously awaiting your return, Bharata is spending sleepless days and nights, smeared with mud raised by torrential tears from his eyes falling on the ground鈥�. If Bharata is in such a forlorn state, how could all be well there? What the Sage emphasises here is that the Intensity of Bharatha鈥檚 dev tion was such that it inspired robust confidence in the citizens that 艢r墨 搁腻尘补 would hasten his home-coming and So, they had all gathe峁焑d, in great glee, to greet him.