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mikka vEdhiyar vEdhaththin ut poruL
niRkap pAdi en nenjchuL niRuththinAn
thakka sIr sadakOpan en nambikku AL
pukka kAdhal adimaip payan anRE

Meaning:

niRka pAdi 			- Nammazhvar sang 
ut poruL 			- the deep inner meanings 
vEdhaththin 			- of those Vedas
mikka vEdhiyar 			- which are recited by the great vaidikas, 
niRuththinAn 			- such that they were entrenched 
en nenjchuL 			- in my heart. 
sadakOpan en nambikku 		- To that Nammazhvar, 
thakka sIr 			- who has lofty qualities,
AL pukka 			- to perform service
kAdhal 				- I have developed love 
anRE 				- and at that moment itself
adimaip payan 			- I attained the goal which is doing service to him.

Vyakhyana Saram:
Madhurakavi Azhvar states that the inner meaning of all the Vedas which is service to the bhAgavatas was told by Nammazhvar in the pasurams "payilum sudaroLi" and "nedumARkkadimai" and was made to stay forever in his heart. He attaches himself to Nammazhvar's feet because Nammazhvar gave him the inner meanings of all the Vedas without considering his lowly nature (just as Nammazhvar was attached to Him as "nIsanEn niRai onRumilEn enkaN pAsam vaiththa paranjsudar sOthikkE").

mikka vEdhiyar:
Those vaidikas whose gnyAna and bhakti are completely focused on Him ("yatra pUrvE sAdhyA: santi dEvA:"). Those who recite the Vedas all the time and have only that as their wealth.

vEdhaththin utporuL:
The essence of the Vedas is Thiruvaymozhi. The essence of Thiruvaymozhi is present in two sets of pasurams "payilum sudaroLi" and "nedumaaRkkadimai". The inner hidden meanings of the Vedas.

niRkap pAdi en nenjchuL niRuththinan:
Such as making a pit in a rock and filling it with water, Madhurakavi Azhvar says that Nammazhvar melted the rock that was his heart and steadied the inner meanings of the Vedas in it.

niRkap pAdi:
He madit such that the inner meanings of the Vedas which are difficult to understand is now easily understood by all.

en nenjchuL niRuththinan:
Just like digging a hole on top of a mountain and catching water in it, so too Nammazhvar softened Madhurakavi Azhvar's stony heart and filled it completely with bhagavad vishayam.

thakka sIr sadakOpan:
No matter how lofty the claim, Nammazhvar is qualified for it. He is qell qualified to sing about someone such as the Lord. Just as "ayarvaRum amararkaL athipathi" refers only to Him, so too the term His poet refers only to Nammazhvar ("ERkum perumpugazh vAnavareesan kaNNan thanakku ERkum perumpugazh vaNkurukUr sadakOpan").

thakka sIr sadakOpan en nambi:
Nammazhvar's completeness is such that no matter how much his greatness is praised it is never sufficient.

en nambikku:
His completeness is such that it is able to save even someone as low as myself says Madhurakavi Azhvar.

AL pukka kAdhal adimaip payan anRE:
The fruit of being enslaved to Nammazhvar is the bhakti to his divine feet that flows from that event.

AL pukka kAdhal:
The love that was born in Madhurakavi Azhvar in wanting to become enslaved to Nammazhvar.

payan anRE:
The purpose which is being enslaved to Nammazhvar has been attained. The love born in His matter will bear fruit some day at some place that cannot be determined. The love born for Nammazhvar will bear the service fruit at this time, in this place, with this body. Nammazhvar started with "thuyaraRu sudaradi thozhuthezhu" and went up to "muniyE nAnmuganE" and reached his goal, whereas Madhurakavi Azhvar reached the same goal the moment he gained the taste of having bhakti to his acharya.

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