Pasuram 8.7.1

Tamil text and transliteration:

இருத்தும் வியந்து என்னைத் தன் பொன்அடிக்கீழ் என்று
அருத்தித்து எனைத்துஓர் பலநாள் அழைத்தேற்கு
பொருத்தம்உடை வாமனன்தான் புகுந்து என்தன்
கருத்தைஉற வீற்றிருந்தான் கண்டுகொண்டே. (2)

iruttum viyantu eṉṉait taṉ poṉaṭikkīḻ eṉṟu
aruttittu eṉaittuōr palanāḷ aḻaittēṟku
poruttamuṭai vāmaṉaṉtāṉ pukuntu eṉtaṉ
karuttaiuṟa vīṟṟiruntāṉ kaṇṭukoṇṭē. (2)

English translation of verse 8.7.1:

Vāmaṉaṉ, my Lord, Whose grace I invoked, days on end,
To lift me unto His golden feet, has, I find,
Been very Keen Himself to get hold of me and now come
Right inside me, looking at me, all the time.

Notes:

The Āḻvār was beseeching the Lord all along, panting and craving for Him, to come and reign in his heart. This was indeed superfluous for the Lord is even more enamoured of the Āḻvār and He has, all the time, been looking forward to getting hold of the Āḻvār and being firmly lodged in his heart. And now, He has got inside the Āḻvār and He keeps looking at him with doting love, like unto a father who keeps looking at his beloved son, just recovered from a dire disease generally known to be fatal. As a matter of fact, the Āḻvār has survived the deep yearning of his, in VIII-5 (Māyakkūttā) to which he could have as well succumbed. Even as the Lord, as Vāmana, sought out Mahābali and snatched away his possessions, the Lord sought the Āḻvār and took over from him, his deep longing, and with a longing of even greater intensity, He took hold of the Āḻvār and got inside him.