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प्रभूता भक्तिस्ते यदपि न ममालोलमनसः
त्वया तु श्रीमत्या सदयमवलोक्योऽहमधुना ।
पयोदः पानीयं दिशति मधुरं चातकमुखे
भृशं शङ्के कैर्वा विधिभिरनुनीता मम मतिः ॥ ९॥
prabhūtā bhaktistē yadapi na mamālōlamanasaḥ
tvayā tu śrīmatyā sadayamavalōkyō’hamadhunā ।
payōdaḥ pānīyaṃ diśati madhuraṃ chātakamukhē
bhṛśaṃ śaṅkē kairvā vidhibhiranunītā mama matiḥ ॥ 9॥
ப்ரபூ⁴தா ப⁴க்திஸ்தே யத³பி ந மமாலோலமனஸ:
த்வயா து ஶ்ரீமத்யா ஸத³யமவலோக்யோஹமது⁴னா ।
பயோத:³ பானீயம் தி³ஶதி மது⁴ரம் சாதகமுகே²
ப்⁴ருஶம் ஶங்கே கைர்வா விதி⁴பி⁴ரனுனீதா மம மதி: ॥ 9॥
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Padacheda (Word Separation)
प्रभूता / भक्तिः / ते / यत् / अपि / न / मम / अलोल-मनसः / त्वया / तु / श्रीमत्या / सदयम् / अवलोक्यः / अहम् / अधुना / पयः-दः / पानीयम् / दिशति / मधुरम् / चातक-मुखे / भृशम् / शङ्के / कैः / वा / विधिभिः / अनुनिता / मम / मतिः ॥
Anvaya (Prose Order)
श्रीमति, मम अलोलमनसः तव प्रभूता भक्तिः यद्यपि न [अस्ति], तथापि त्वया सदयम् अवलोक्य अहम् अधुना [अनुगृहीतः अस्मि]। यथा पयोदः चातकमुखे मधुरं पानीयं दिशति, तथा मे मतिः कैः वा विधिभिः अनुनीता अभूत् इति भृशं शङ्के।
Meaning of the Words
प्रभूता भक्तिस्ते - prabhūtā bhaktiḥ te = प्रभूता + भक्ति + ते - though my devotion to you is great/not great
न मम - na mama - not mine
अलोल-मनस - ālola-manasaḥ: of restless mind
त्वया तु - tvayā tu - but by you
श्रीमत्या - śrīmatyā - O Śrīmatī (the auspicious one, Lakṣmī-goddess)
सदयम् - sadayam - with compassion
अवलोक्य अहम् - avalokyaḥ aham - I am to be looked upon
अधुना - adhunā - now, at this time, at present
पय-द - payōdaḥ - a cloud
पानीयम् - pānīyaṃ - water
दिशति - diśati - gives
मधुरम् - madhuraṃ - sweet
चातक-मुखे - chātakamukhē - to the mouth if Chataka bird
भृशम् - bhṛśaṃ - greatly, abundantly
शङ्के - śaṅkē - I wonder; I suspect; I am amazed and ponder,
कै वा - kairvā - by what/which
विधिभिरनुनीता- vidhibhiranunītā = विधिभि अनुनिता
विधिभि - Means, methods, ways, or circumstances
अनुनिता - Persuaded, propitiated, favourably disposed, or won over
मम मति: - mama matiḥ - my Mind (thought, understanding),
भृशं शङ्के कैर्वा विधिभिरनुनीता मम मतिः - bhṛśaṃ śaṅkē kairvā vidhibhiranunītā mama matiḥ - My mind—by what means, indeed, was it won over?—thus I wonder intensely.” (I wonder again and again: by what means has my mind been so favourably disposed?”)
தமிழாக்கம்
அலையும் மனமதனால் நிலையிலா பக்தி எனதெனினும்
கருமேகம் பரிவுடனே அமுதென நீரினைச் சுடலைக்குயில்
பருகிடவே வாயதனில் பொழிந்து நீர்வேட்கை தணியொப்ப
இக்கணமே கருணைமிகு உன் கண்பார்வை என்மீது எங்கனம் !
தீவிரமாய் வியக்கின்றேன் விந்தையென திருமதியே !!
Meaning
Though because of my vacillating (restless) mind my devotion to you is not steady (constant), You, O gracious Goddess, have now looked upon me compassionately with your auspicious and compassionate glance like the dark rain clouds giving the refreshingly sweet (rain) water to the (thirsty) Chataka bird (and quenches its thirst) (so also only your auspicious compassionate glance can steady my mind). I wonder deeply: by what means or through what merit has my mind been persuaded to receive this grace?
God Bless
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