Pasuram 2.7.10

Tamil text and transliteration:

இருடீகேசன் எம் பிரான் இலங்கை அரக்கர் குலம்,
முருடு தீர்த்த பிரான் எம்மான் அமரர் பெம்மான் என்று என்று,
தெருடியாகில் நெஞ்சே வணங்கு திண்ணம் அறி அறிந்து,
மருடியேலும் விடேல் கண்டாய் நம்பி பற்பநாபனையே.

iruṭīkēcaṉ em pirāṉ ilaṅkai arakkar kulam,
muruṭu tīrtta pirāṉ emmāṉ amarar pemmāṉ eṉṟu eṉṟu,
teruṭiyākil neñcē vaṇaṅku tiṇṇam aṟi aṟintu,
maruṭiyēlum viṭēl kaṇṭāy nampi paṟpanāpaṉaiyē.

English translation of verse 2.7.10:

My mind, if in you there’s any clarity left,
Worship my Lord, Iruṭikēcaṉ, Chief of celestials aloft;
Know for certain and act, He is our Benefactor great,
Who rid Laṅkā of its tough Rākśasa [Rākṣasa] clan,
Shrink not from Him still, unto Paṟpanāpaṉ, the perfect, hold on.

Notes

(i) By addressing his mind in this manner the Āḻvār was only disclosing to the Lord his firm hold on Him.

(ii) Slaying the ten-headed Rāvaṇa is on a par with the redemption of the Āḻvār’s mind which, aided by the five motororgans and five sense-organs, was holding fiendish sway over him, launched into the Sea of Saṃsāra. Śrī Nampiḻḷai likens the bestowal, on the Āḻvār, of a Godbent mind free from the devilish clutches of the senses in lieu of his erstwhile foul mind, to the destruction of Rāvaṇa and installation of Vibhīṣaṇa on the throne of Laṅkā.

(iii) The Āḻvār says unto his mind:

“How can you, my mind, get out of the ken of Padmanābha, the perfect Lord with all auspicious attributes, and come to grief? The Lord is perfect in every respect, Yon know. His attributes, His form exquisite and His benefaction unto us”.