{"id":23786,"date":"2019-01-01T00:02:06","date_gmt":"2019-01-01T00:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=23786"},"modified":"2019-01-01T00:02:06","modified_gmt":"2019-01-01T00:02:06","slug":"periya-thiruvandhadhi-49","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2019\/01\/periya-thiruvandhadhi-49\/","title":{"rendered":"periya thiruvandhAdhi &#8211; 49 &#8211; koNdaldhAn mAlvaraidhAn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">SrI:&nbsp;SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:&nbsp; SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:&nbsp; SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2018\/10\/periya-thiruvandhadhi\/\">Full Series<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2018\/12\/periya-thiruvandhadhi-48\/\">&lt;&lt; Previous<br \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/krishna-dark-e1469606515951.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8852\" width=\"229\" height=\"297\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>avathArikai<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the previous pAsuram, AzhwAr ascertained that emperumAn is the means who will remove our hurdles and grant us paramapadham (SrIvaikuNtam). In this pAsuram, he gives out the way by which those who are with the firm belief [that emperumAn is the means] have to follow till their physical bodies fall, to spend their time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>koNdaldhAn mAlvaraidhAn mAkadaldhAn kUriruLdhAn<br \/>vaNdaRAp pUvaidhAn maRRuththAn kaNdanAL<br \/>kAruruvam kANdORu(m) nenjOdum kaNNanAr<\/em><br \/><em>pEruruvenRu emmaip pirindhu<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Word by Word Meanings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>koNdaldhAn \u2013 the clouds<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>mAlvaraidhAn \u2013 the huge mountains<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>mAkadaldhAn \u2013 the vast oceans<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>kUriruLdhAn \u2013 the dense darkness<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>vaNdu aRA pUvaidhAn \u2013 the pUvai tree (bilberry) from whose flowers the beetles will never leave<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>maRRum kAr uruvam thAn \u2013 other objects which are dark in complexion<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>kaNda nAL \u2013 on days when they are seen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>kANdhORum \u2013 whenever they are seen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>nenju \u2013 my heart<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>kaNNanAr pEr uru enRu \u2013 thinking (this is) kaNNa\u2019s (krishNa\u2019s) huge physical form<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>emmai \u2013 us<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>pirindhu Odum vittu \u2013 will run (towards him), leaving [us]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>vyAkyAnam<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>koNdaldhAn mAlvaraidhAn mAkadaldhAn kUriruLdhAn vaNdaRAp pUvaidhAn kANdhORu<\/strong> \u2013 on seeing clouds, huge mountains, vast oceans, dense darkness, pUvai tree which has flowers from which beetles will not leave, all of which are similes [for emperumAn]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>maRRu kAruruvamdhAn kaNda nAL<\/strong> \u2013 when looking at dark pUnguvaLai (a type of dark coloured flower), neelamalar (blue coloured flower), kAyAmalar (purple coloured flower), which have not been mentioned earlier [as similes for emperumAn]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>kANdhORum<\/strong> \u2013 every time that they are seen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>kANdhORum nenjOdum<\/strong> \u2013 whenever any dark coloured object like the above is seen, even when others tell \u201cthis is not emperumAn\u201d , my heart runs away from me, towards such objects<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>kaNNanAr pEruruvenRu<\/strong> \u2013 not realising that these are very small objects and cannot contain his huge form, my heart runs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>emmaip pirindhu nenjOdum<\/strong> \u2013 leaving me, the heart runs towards them, thinking that they are all kaNNan\u2019s divine form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We will take up the 50<sup>th<\/sup> pAsuram next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>adiyEn krishNa rAmAnuja dhAsan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>archived in <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\">https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>pramEyam (goal) \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/koyil.org\/\">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:&nbsp;SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:&nbsp; SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:&nbsp; SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series &lt;&lt; Previous avathArikai In the previous pAsuram, AzhwAr ascertained that emperumAn is the means who will remove our hurdles and grant us paramapadham (SrIvaikuNtam). In this pAsuram, he gives out the way by which those who are with the firm belief [that emperumAn is &#8230; <a title=\"periya thiruvandhAdhi &#8211; 49 &#8211; koNdaldhAn mAlvaraidhAn\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2019\/01\/periya-thiruvandhadhi-49\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about periya thiruvandhAdhi &#8211; 49 &#8211; koNdaldhAn mAlvaraidhAn\">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":[6,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-iyarpa","category-periya-thiruvandhadhi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23786","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=23786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23786\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}