திருப்பாவை - 4 (ஆழி மழைக்கண்ணா)

ஆழி மழைக்கண்ணா! ஒன்று நீ கைகரவேல்
ஆழியுள் புக்கு முகந்துகொ டார்த்தேறி,
ஊழி முதல்வன் உருவம்போல் மெய்கறுத்து
பாழியந் தோளுடைப் பற்பநா பன்கையில்
ஆழிபோல் மின்னி, வலம்புரிபோல் நின்றதிர்ந்து,
தாழாதே சார்ங்கம் உதைத்த சரமழைபோல்
வாழ உலகினில் பெய்திடாய், நாங்களும்
மார்கழி நீராட மகிழ்ந்தேலோ ரெம்பாவாய்.



Explanation
Oh Lord (KaNNaa) of rain (mazhai) and oceans (aazhi),
please do not discontinue (kai karavEl), any thing (OnRu).
Diving (pukku) into (uL) the ocean (aazhi);
fetching the water (mugandhu kodu), causing thunder (aarthu);
going up to the sky (ERi);
darkening (kaRuththu) your body (mey) like (pOl)
the form (uruvam) (uruvam) of the prime Lord (mudhalvan) of the universe
(oozhi);
standing (ninRu) and roaring (adhirndhu) like (pOl) the shining
(minni) conch (valamburi) and the chakram (aazhi) of Lord Padhmanabha
(paRpanaaban) with broad (paazhi) and beautiful (am) shoulders (thOl);
please do cause it rain (peydhidaay), like a torrential rain (sara mazhai)
like (pOl) shooting (udhaiththa) with the divine bow (saarngam), without
delay (thaazhaadhE); so that we (naangal) may live (vaazhndhida).
Let us enjoy (magizhndhElor) the maargazhi nonbu (maargazhi neeraada).

Purport

O Lord Varuna (God of Rains), please do not hold back your gift of rains.
For the sake of the prosperity of the world and for our sake so that we can
gleefully bathe in the river during this scared month, plunge into the sea,
gather as much water as there is, make thunder, and rise into the sky in
the form of a cloud mass which would resemble, in its black color,
the body of our primordial Lord (Vishnu).
May you then pour down your bountiful showers!
You will then become resplendent with lightning like
the discus held by Lord Padmanabha.
Your thunderous roar would reverberate like the couch called
Panchajanya held by our Lord in his left hand.
May you bring forth rains in abundance without a pause in the
manner of the flow of arrows from the bow of Sri Rama called Sarngam!