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 3.2.4
Tamil text and transliteration:
சூழ்ச்சி ஞானச் சுடர் ஒளி ஆகி, என்றும்
ஏழ்ச்சி கேடு இன்றி எங்கணும் நிறைந்த எந்தாய்,
தாழ்ச்சி மற்று எங்கும் தவிர்ந்து நின் தாள் இணைக்கீழ்
வாழ்ச்சி, யான் சேரும் வகை அருளாய் வந்தே.
cūḻcci ñāṉac cuṭar oḷi āki, eṉṟum
ēḻcci kēṭu iṉṟi eṅkaṇum niṟainta entāy,
tāḻcci maṟṟu eṅkum tavirntu niṉ tāḷ iṇaikkīḻ
vāḻcci, yāṉ cērum vakai aruḷāy vantē.
English translation of verse 3.2.4:
My Lord, your radiant knowledge surrounds
One and all, you neither contract nor expand,
You pervade all over, at all times; do come and tell
How I can, thoughts other than you, dispel
And at your lovely pair of feet dwell (and revel.)
Note
[Āḻvār to the Lord:]—
“My Lord, let alone my failure to benefit by your Avatāras, as Vāmana and Kṛṣṇa. Even your Omnipresence, and omniscience, directed towards the uplift of your subject, has not delivered the goods in my case. It is now up to you to devise other ways of redeeming mt, if need be, through yet another incarnation, wholly for my sake.”