{"id":17038,"date":"2017-08-07T15:33:02","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T15:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=17038"},"modified":"2017-08-07T15:33:02","modified_gmt":"2017-08-07T15:33:02","slug":"mudhal-thiruvandhadhi-58","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2017\/08\/mudhal-thiruvandhadhi-58\/","title":{"rendered":"mudhal thiruvandhAdhi &#8211; 58 &#8211; thozhudhu malar koNdu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><small>SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2017\/06\/mudhal-thiruvandhadhi\/\">Full Series<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2017\/08\/mudhal-thiruvandhadhi-57\/\">&lt;&lt; Previous<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/srinivasa-served-by-all.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6621\" src=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/srinivasa-served-by-all.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/srinivasa-served-by-all.jpg 480w, https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/srinivasa-served-by-all-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>avathArikai<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/poigai-azhwar\/\">AzhwAr<\/a> tells his heart, in this pAsuram, that there is no time to waste and that it should approach <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a> without any further delay.<\/p>\n<p>Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings:<\/p>\n<p><em>thozudhu malar koNdu dhUpam kai Endhi<\/em><br \/>\n<em> ezhudhum ezhu vAzhi nanjE pazhudhinRi<\/em><br \/>\n<em> mandhirangaL kaRpanavum mAladiyE kai thozhuvAn<\/em><br \/>\n<em> andharam onRu illai adai<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Word by Word Meanings<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>nenjE \u2013 Oh [my] heart!<br \/>\nvAzhi \u2013 let benefits happen (to you)<br \/>\nmalar koNdu \u2013 taking fragrant flowers<br \/>\ndhUpam kai Endhi \u2013 holding the fragrant smoke stand in the hand<br \/>\nthozhudhu \u2013 worship<br \/>\nezhudhum \u2013 let us get uplifted<br \/>\nezhu \u2013 please get up<br \/>\npazhudhinRi \u2013 without any defect<br \/>\nmandhirangaL \u2013 SlOkas (hymns about <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a>)<br \/>\nkaRpanavum \u2013 to learn<br \/>\nmAl adiyE kai thozhvAn \u2013 to worship the divine feet of emperumAn with hands<br \/>\nandharam onRu illai \u2013 there is no reason for delaying this<br \/>\nadai \u2013 approach (emperumAn)<\/p>\n<h3><strong>vyAkyAnam<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>thozhudhu<\/strong> \u2013 folding the hands together as <em>anjali<\/em> (worshipping by keeping palms together)<\/p>\n<p><strong>malar koNdu<\/strong> \u2013 with beautiful, fresh flowers<\/p>\n<p><strong>dhUpam kai Endhi<\/strong> \u2013 holding the stand for developing fragrant smoke, in the hand [This implies taking other materials also for performing <a href=\"http:\/\/ponnadi.blogspot.in\/2012\/07\/srivaishnava-thiruvaaraadhanam.html\"><em>thiruvArAdhanam<\/em><\/a> (worshipping of <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a>) such as lamp, sandal paste etc].<\/p>\n<p><strong>ezhudhum<\/strong> \u2013 [we will] get uplifted<\/p>\n<p><strong>ezhu <\/strong>&#8211; get up fast<\/p>\n<p><strong>vAzhi nenjE<\/strong> \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/poigai-azhwar\/\">AzhwAr<\/a> blesses his heart saying that this benefit will stay with it forever.<\/p>\n<p><strong>pazhudhinRi mandhirangaL kaRpanavum<\/strong> \u2013 learning hymns on <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a>, without any defect, is to carry out <em>gurukulavAsam<\/em> with an AchAryan and obtaining the hymns from him as spiritual instruction [<em>gurukulavAsam<\/em> is a concept practised in the past when the student would stay with the teacher for about 12 years and learn from him all the teachings of various sacred texts in order to prepare him to lead a righteous life]. Learning the hymns on his own instead of through <em>gurukulavAsam <\/em>will be considered as a faulty method of learning. It is similar to mounting an elephant which is sleeping on one\u2019s own instead of mounting it with the help of the mahout, as the lying elephant will throw him and stamp him out with his trunk. Hymns should be learnt through an AchAryan in the method of <em>santhai<\/em> [in this method, the AchAryan will recite each word \/ line of the hymn once and the disciple will recite it thrice. This process will be repeated until the disciple is able to recite the entire hymn on his own, without faltering].<\/p>\n<p><strong>mAl adiyE kai thozhuvAn<\/strong> \u2013 the purpose of learning the hymns is to worship the divine feet of <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a> without any fault. It is to carry out continuous service at the divine feet of emperumAn.<\/p>\n<p><strong>andharam onRillai adai<\/strong> \u2013 hence, there is no time to lose. <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/poigai-azhwar\/\">AzhwAr<\/a> implores his heart to go fast and approach emperumAn.<\/p>\n<p>We shall consider the 59<sup>th<\/sup> pAsuram next.<\/p>\n<p>adiyEn krishNa ramanuja dhAsan<\/p>\n<p>archived in <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\">https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>pramEyam (goal) \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/koyil.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\npramANam (scriptures) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org\">http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\npramAthA (preceptors) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\">http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\nSrIvaishNava education\/kids portal \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/pillai.koyil.org\/\">http:\/\/pillai.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series &lt;&lt; Previous avathArikai AzhwAr tells his heart, in this pAsuram, that there is no time to waste and that it should approach emperumAn without any further delay. Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings: thozudhu malar koNdu dhUpam kai Endhi ezhudhum &#8230; <a title=\"mudhal thiruvandhAdhi &#8211; 58 &#8211; thozhudhu malar koNdu\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2017\/08\/mudhal-thiruvandhadhi-58\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about mudhal thiruvandhAdhi &#8211; 58 &#8211; thozhudhu malar koNdu\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-iyarpa","category-mudhal-thiruvandhadhi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17038\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}