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 9.4.3
Tamil text and transliteration:
喈呧喁堗畷喁嵿畷喈苦喁嵿 喈呧疅喈苦喈距喁囙喁� 喈ㄠ喈瘝喈曕瘋喈脆瘓 喈掂喈侧喈侧瘝
喈曕瘉喈脆瘓喈曕瘝喈曕喈┼瘝喈编喁� 喈瘚喈� 喈庎喁嵿畨喈赤瘝喈赤喁� 喈曕瘉喈脆瘓喈瘉喈瘝
喈喁堗畷喁嵿畷喁� 喈呧喁嵿喁佮畷喁佮喁嵿喈瘝 喈庎疅喁佮喁嵿喁� 喈嗋喈苦喁堗畷喈距喁嵿喈距喁�.
喈喈脆瘓喈曕瘝喈曕喈┼瘝喈编喁佮畢喈班瘉喈赤瘝喈庎喁嵿喁� 喈瘒喈む瘉喈编瘉喈掂喁�
a岣籥ikki峁夅篃a a峁璱n膩y膿峁� n膩yk奴岣籥i v膩l膩l
办耻岣籥颈办办颈峁夅篃补迟耻 辫艒濒补 e峁塽岣丰阜am ku岣籥iyum
ma岣籥ikku a峁夅篃uku峁夅篃am e峁璾ttu 膩niraik膩tt膩y.
pi岣籥ikki峁夅篃atuaru岣積峁夅篃u p膿tu峁焨va峁壞�
English translation of verse 9.4.3:
The mind of this base fellow, lying low and calling You out.
Whirls like unto the dog eagerly twisting its tail short;
You held once, oh Lord. Mount (Govardhan) aloft
And spared the cattle, the fury of the rains;
Me Your grace evades and this my mind does pain.
Notes:
(i) The 膧岣籿腻谤 feels agitated why the Lord, who sheds His grace on all yearning votaries, should withhold it from him alone, in spite of his inordinate longing for incessant communion with Him.
(ii) The 膧岣籿腻谤 submits that he is fully aware of his humble stature and yet, devoured by inordinate God-love, he keeps calling Him, like unto a dog trying hard to express its feelings to its master by twisting its tail. Pity unto the dog, with a short tail, which cannot function in this regard as effectively as a tail of better length! The 膧岣籿腻谤 feels that he too is in the same predicament as the dog with a dwarf tail, unable to express adequately his pangs of separation from the Lord. To a question, supposed to have been put to him by the Lord, as to why he aspires for Him without the requisite means and equipment, the 膧岣籿腻谤 rejoins that He has to shed on him His redemptive grace, in the same way as He shielded the cattle and shepherds from the terrific rains, unleashed by Indra, by holding aloft Mount Govardhan.