Pasuram 5.10.5

Tamil text and transliteration:

உண்ண வானவர் கோனுக்கு ஆயர் ஒருப்படுத்த அடிசில் உண்டதும்
வண்ண மால் வரையை எடுத்து மழை காத்தலும்
மண்ணை முன் படைத்து உண்டு உமிழ்ந்து கடந்து இடந்து மணந்த மாயங்கள்
எண்ணும்தோறும் என் நெஞ்சு எரிவாய் மெழுகு ஒக்கும் நின்றே.

uṇṇa vāṉavar kōṉukku āyar oruppaṭutta aṭicil uṇṭatum
vaṇṇa māl varaiyai eṭuttu maḻai kāttalum
maṇṇai muṉ paṭaittu uṇṭu umiḻntu kaṭantu iṭantu maṇanta māyaṅkaḷ
eṇṇumtōṟum eṉ neñcu erivāy meḻuku okkum niṉṟē.

English translation of verse 5.10.5:

Like wax set on fire, my mind does melt
Whenever I meditate on the Lord’s wondrous deeds
How He consumed all the food by the cowherds set
Unto Devas’ chief, how He did the rains repel,
Holding the lovely mount aloft, how, in the days of old,
He did the worlds create, ate and spat, spanned and pulled
Them out of the waters deep and did (Mother Earth) wed.

Note

The Āḻvār says that his mind thaws down in contemplation of the Lord’s wondrous deeds, those performed for the general weal of the Universe, as well as specially directed towards the amelioration of His ardent devotees.

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