Tiruvaymoli (Thiruvaimozhi): English translation
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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 5.10.8
Tamil text and transliteration:
திரு உருவு கிடந்த ஆறும் கொப்பூழ்ச் செந்தாமரைமேல் திசைமுகன்-
கருவுள் வீற்றிருந்து படைத்திட்ட கருமங்களும்
பொரு இல் உன் தனி நாயகம் அவை கேட்கும்தோறும் என் நெஞ்சம் நின்று நெக்கு
அருவி சோரும் கண்ணீர் என் செய்கேன் அடியேனே!
tiru uruvu kiṭanta āṟum koppūḻc centāmaraimēl ticaimukaṉ-
karuvuḷ vīṟṟiruntu paṭaittiṭṭa karumaṅkaḷum
poru il uṉ taṉi nāyakam avai kēṭkumtōṟum eṉ neñcam niṉṟu nekku
aruvi cōrum kaṇṇīr eṉ ceykēṉ aṭiyēṉē!
English translation of verse 5.10.8:
Your exquisite form in repose (on the Milk-ocean),
The emergence, from the lotus stalk on your navel, of (Brahmā) Ticaimukaṉ,
For the creation of the worlds, pervaded by you as Internal Controller,
All these proclaiming your glory peerless, I hear (the Vedantins utter),
My mind melting down in ecstasy and into torrential tears
Do my eyes break; oh, how can this vassal hold up?
Note
The Āḻvār is simply overwhelmed by the Lord’s transcendent glory and, in an unsteady frame of mind charged with great emotion, he is unable to do any sustained thinking, clear and cogent.