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 9.9.4
Tamil text and transliteration:
பாவியேன் மனத்தே நின்றுஈருமாலோ! வாடை தண்வாடை வெவ்வாயாலோ
மேவுதண்மதியம் வெம்மதியமாலோ! மென்மலர்ப்பள்ளி வெம்பள்ளியாலோ
தூவிஅம் புள்உடைத் தெய்வ வண்டுதுதைந்த எம்பெண்மைஅம் பூஇதுதாலோ
ஆவியின் பரம்அல்ல வகைகள்ஆலோ! யாமுடை நெஞ்சமும் துணைஅன்றுஆலோ!
pāviyēṉ maṉattē niṉṟuīrumālō! vāṭai taṇvāṭai vevvāyālō
mēvutaṇmatiyam vemmatiyamālō! meṉmalarppaḷḷi vempaḷḷiyālō
tūviam puḷuṭait teyva vaṇṭututainta empeṇmaiam pūitutālō
āviyiṉ paramalla vakaikaḷālō! yāmuṭai neñcamum tuṇaiaṉṟuālō!
English translation of verse 9.9.4:
Alas! the Lord’s lingering Form does my mind haunt and split.
Ha! the cool southerly breeze does fire on me spit.
The gentle rays of the lovable Moon do heat emit,
What! the flower bed, soft and somnolent, has turned hot!
The flower of my feminity has been sucked and sapped
By the Divine Bee, the Lord Supreme Who is equipped
With Garuḍa, the hefty bird with plumes large as His vehicle,
Indeed, all these are hard to endure for my poor soul,
My mind too, my companion of yore, is now of no avail.
Notes:
It would be hardly appropriate for an young lady to give vent to expressions of this kind, openly complaining of her amorous lot. But then, the Nāyakī does not mince matters; she makes no secret of the fact that her feminity is no longer intact, having been thrown out of gear by her erstwhile union with the Lord. The Divine bee (Lord) has sucked the flower of her feminity and sapped it. Even the other alternative to external perception, namely, mental comprehension and rapport is not possible, the mind having also become defunct.