{"id":18111,"date":"2017-10-26T06:10:45","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T06:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=18111"},"modified":"2017-10-26T06:10:45","modified_gmt":"2017-10-26T06:10:45","slug":"irandam-thiruvandhadhi-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2017\/10\/irandam-thiruvandhadhi-26\/","title":{"rendered":"irandAm thiruvandhAdhi &#8211; 26 &#8211; vandhiththavanai"},"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\/09\/irandam-thiruvandhadhi\/\">Full Series<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2017\/10\/irandam-thiruvandhadhi-25\/\">&lt;&lt; Previous<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/lakshmi_narayan_py94_l.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1255\" src=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/lakshmi_narayan_py94_l.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"393\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/lakshmi_narayan_py94_l.jpg 750w, https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/lakshmi_narayan_py94_l-300x230.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>avathArikai<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Since <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/bhuthaththazhwar\/\">AzhwAr<\/a> spoke about thirumalai in the previous pAsuram, the thirumalai hill attracted him more. His divine mind goes to it and he speaks about the wealth in thirumalai.<\/p>\n<p>Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings:<\/p>\n<p><em>vandhiththavanai vazhi ninRa aim bhUtham<\/em><br \/>\n<em> aindhum agaththadakki ArvamAy undhip<\/em><br \/>\n<em> padiyamarar vElaiyAn paNdu amararkkIndha<\/em><br \/>\n<em> padiyamarar vAzhum padhi<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Word by Word Meaning<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>padi amarar \u2013 SrIvaishNavas<br \/>\nvAzhum \u2013 living permanently<br \/>\npadhi \u2013 the holy place of thirumalai [thiruvEngadam]<br \/>\nvazhi ninRa \u2013 standing as a hurdle (to attain <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a>)<br \/>\naimbhUtham aindhum \u2013 the five elements and the five sensory perceptions<br \/>\nagaththadakki \u2013 controlling well inside so that they do not wander out<br \/>\navanai \u2013 that emperumAn<br \/>\nvandhiththu \u2013 worshipping<br \/>\nArvam Ay \u2013 as epitome of affection<br \/>\nundhi \u2013 pushing and falling over one another<br \/>\npadi \u2013 coming and worshipping<br \/>\namarar \u2013 for dhEvas [celestial entities]<br \/>\nvElaiyAn \u2013 emperumAn who is in thiruppARkadal (milky ocean)<br \/>\npaNdu amararkku Indha \u2013 the place which he \u00a0gave to the ancient dhEvas, nithyasUris.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>vyAkyAnam<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>vandhiththu<\/strong> \u2013 praising <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a>. Without any ego, attaining emperumAn.<\/p>\n<p><strong>vazhi ninRa aimbhUtham aindhum agaththu adakki<\/strong> \u2013 controlling inside the evanescent body those matters which are hurdles in attaining emperumAn, without letting them go through the senses such as ear etc.<\/p>\n<p><strong>aimb hUtham aindhum<\/strong> \u2013 being victorious over the five elements and the five sensory perceptions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ArvamAy<\/strong> \u2013 being engaged fully with <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>undhip padi amarar vElaiyAn<\/strong> \u2013 emperumAn, who is reclining in <em>thiruppARkadal<\/em> (milky ocean), who is attained by dhEvas such as brahmA et al, with each pushing the others [as if in a competition, to attain emperumAn first] and worshipping him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>paNdu amararkku Indha padi<\/strong> \u2013 this could be construed in two ways: (1) given to the long standing nithyasUris (permanent dwellers of SrIvaikuNtam); (2) given earlier to nithyasUris.<\/p>\n<p>What was given to the nithyasUris?<\/p>\n<p><strong>padiyamarar vAzhum padhi<\/strong> \u2013 thirumalai where the dhEvas of\u00a0 bhUlOkam, SrIvaishNavas (followers of <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a> who dwell on the earth); thirumalai where they live in total experience.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/parasara-bhattar\/\">[parASara] bhattar<\/a> (son of <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/kuraththazhwan\/\">kUraththAzhwAn<\/a>, one of the primary disciples of <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/emperumanar\/\">bhagavadh SrI rAmAnujar<\/a>) told piLLai amudhanAr that this pAsuram should be read as: <em>vazhi ninRa aimbhUtham aindhum agaththadakki ArvamAy vandhiththu undhippadiyamarar vElaiyAn padiyamarar vAzhum padhiyAnadhu paNdu amararkku Indhadhu<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>We shall take up the 27<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 Since AzhwAr spoke about thirumalai in the previous pAsuram, the thirumalai hill attracted him more. His divine mind goes to it and he speaks about the wealth in thirumalai. Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings: vandhiththavanai vazhi &#8230; <a title=\"irandAm thiruvandhAdhi &#8211; 26 &#8211; vandhiththavanai\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2017\/10\/irandam-thiruvandhadhi-26\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about irandAm thiruvandhAdhi &#8211; 26 &#8211; vandhiththavanai\">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":[72,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-irandam-thiruvandhadhi","category-iyarpa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18111","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=18111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18111\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}