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 1.5.1
Tamil text and transliteration:
வள ஏழ் உலகின் முதலாய வானோர் இறையை அருவினையேன்-
களவேழ் வெண்ணெய் தொடு உண்ட கள்வா! என்பன்; பின்னையும்
தளவு ஏழ் முறுவல் பின்னைக்கு ஆய் வல் ஆன் ஆயர் தலைவனாய்
இள ஏறு ஏழும் தழுவிய எந்தாய்! என்பன் நினைந்து நைந்தே.
vaḷa ēḻ ulakiṉ mutalāya vāṉōr iṟaiyai aruviṉaiyēṉ-
kaḷavēḻ veṇṇey toṭu uṇṭa kaḷvā! eṉpaṉ; piṉṉaiyum
taḷavu ēḻ muṟuval piṉṉaikku āy val āṉ āyar talaivaṉāy
iḷa ēṟu ēḻum taḻuviya entāy! eṉpaṉ niṉaintu naintē.
English translation of verse 1.5.1:
How dare I, a deep-rooted sinner, meditate
On the Lord of all the worlds and Heaven and narrate
The mystery of His stealing butter and taming bulls,
As a cow-herd boy for the hand of Piṉṉai. the damsel
Of bewitching smile, and (pretend to) thaw down in ecstasy?
Note
The Āḻvār, in his present mood of self-denouncing humility, feels that he has defiled and desecrated the Supreme Lord by word, when he recounted His mysterious deeds and addressed Him as ‘My Sire’, by thought, when he meditated on Him, and by deed, when he melted down, in ecstasy, as it were, a mockery of devotion.