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 8.5.2
Tamil text and transliteration:
'喈曕喈｀喈距喈距喁�' 喈庎喁嵿喁佮畮喈┼瘝喈编瘉 喈曕喁嵿喁佮喁嵿喈距喁佮喁� 喈む瘉喈掂喁嵿喁嵿喁� 喈呧疅喈苦喁囙喁�
喈ㄠ喈｀ 喈ㄠ喁嵿喈距疅喁嵿疅喁� 喈呧喈喁嵿喈距喁� 喈囙喈權瘝喈曕 喈掄喁佮喈距喁� 喈ㄠ瘈喈呧喁嵿喁�
喈曕喈｀喈距喈距喁�! 喈曕喁佮喈距喈苦喁佮畨喈む喈曕瘝喈曕瘉喈瘝 喈曕喁佮喈距喈距喈苦畷喁嵿畷
喈ㄠ喈赤瘝喈ㄠ喁嵿喈侧瘓喈瘚喈侧瘝 喈氞瘉喈熰喁嵿畾喁嵿畾喁嬥喈� 喈瘉喈熰喈氞瘒喈班瘝 喈氞瘑喈┼瘝喈┼ 喈呧喁嵿喈距喁�!
'k膩峁嘺v膩r膩y' e峁夅篃ue峁夅篃u ka峁囜箛umv膩yum tuvarntu a峁璱y膿峁�
苍腻峁噄 naln膩峁弓u alamant膩l ira峁卥i orun膩岣� n墨ant艒
k膩峁嘺v膩r膩y! karun膩yi峁焨utikkum karum膩m膩峁噄kka
n膩岣穘almalaip艒l cu峁璦rcc艒ti mu峁璱c膿r 肠别峁夅箟颈 补尘尘腻峁坏�!
English translation of verse 8.5.2:
Many a time did I call you out, with dried up eyes
And lips parched up, that You do before me appear
Like unto a dark, rising Sun, shedding the lustre rare,
Like the saphire grand, sporting Your radiant crown, neatly poised
On locks beaming like a lovely mountain, just sprung up;
Alas! for me to behold but once, You don鈥檛 turn up,
Stricken with shame, fatigued do I on this good Earth languish.
Notes:
(i) The eyes have become dry and worn out, looking for the Lord in all directions, hoping that He might come from any direction; the lips have become parched up, by calling Him out frequently. The 膧岣籿腻谤鈥檚 stinging shame is due to the Lord not turning up, even though he had not called him for trivial personal gains but merely for the pleasure of beholding Him. This might make the worldlings look at him askance, in a derisive spirit, that it is such an unresponsive Lord, he is madly after. The expression 鈥楪ood Earth鈥� could either be in the ironical sense, indicating its notriety indirectly, or might mean, as Pi岣丰阜膩n would put it, that the Earth is really a good place for all but the 膧岣籿腻谤, inasmuch as all others presumably enjoy the Lord, quietly as could be i峁塮erred from their not calling Him out, as the 膧岣籿腻谤 does. It seems the 膧岣籿腻谤 is the solitary soul, left without such enjoyment and, therefore, crying out, as he has been doing.
(ii) The Sun, rising over the emerald mount, appears to be dark and the Lord鈥檚 person is like an emerald mountain and hence, the imagery.