<< Previous<\/a><\/p>\n In the previous pAsuram, AzhwAr<\/a> said that apart from emperumAn<\/a>, there is no other relative. In this pAsuram, he tells emperumAn, as if he is instructing his heart, that even if there are relatives who are dear and even if samsAram (life in the materialistic realm) is sweet, there is nothing to enjoy other than emperumAn.<\/p>\n Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings:<\/p>\n thuNai nAL perungiLaiyum thol kulamum suRRaththu<\/em> Word by Word Meanings <\/strong><\/p>\n thuNai nAL \u2013 companionship (from friends) and longevity<\/p>\n perum kiLaiyum \u2013 relatives in large numbers<\/p>\n thol kulamum \u2013 birth in an ancient clan<\/p>\n suRRaththu iNai \u2013 togetherness of relatives<\/p>\n all of the above<\/p>\n nALum \u2013 at all times<\/p>\n inbudaiththAm Elum \u2013 even if they are sweet<\/p>\n kaNai nANil ovAththozhil \u2013 having arrows constantly on the drawn bow (in order to protect followers), ready for action<\/p>\n sArngan \u2013 one who controls the bow called as sArngam<\/p>\n thol sIrai \u2013 ancient, auspicious qualities<\/p>\n nal nenjE \u2013 Oh my heart, which is favourable to me<\/p>\n OvAdha \u2013 without any hurdle<\/p>\n UNAga \u2013 as a food to be enjoyed<\/p>\n uN – enjoy<\/p>\n thuNai nAL perungiLaiyum thol kulamum suRRaththu iNai nALum inbudaiththAmElum<\/strong> \u2013 even if\u00a0 companionship of friends, longevity, relatives who gather in large numbers, birth in a long standing clan, being together with relatives, remain forever and are sweet<\/p>\n kaNai nANil oVaththozhil sArngan thol sIrai<\/strong> \u2013 the auspicious and ancient qualities of the one who has a drawn bow in which arrows are placed, ready for combat, in order to protect his followers<\/p>\n nal nenjE<\/strong> \u2013 Oh my good heart which knows to distinguish between genuine and false relatives. Alternatively, we can consider this to mean the heart which is ready to listen to my instruction of attaining emperumAn<\/a><\/p>\n OvAdha UNAga uN<\/strong> \u2013 enjoy [those auspicious qualities of emperumAn] as sweet food which is taken regularly.<\/p>\n We will take up the 79th<\/sup> pAsuram next.<\/p>\n adiyEn krishNa rAmAnuja dhAsan<\/p>\n archived in https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n pramEyam (goal) \u2013 https:\/\/koyil.org<\/a> SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai In the previous pAsuram, AzhwAr said that apart from emperumAn, there is no other relative. In this pAsuram, he tells emperumAn, as if he is instructing his heart, that even if there are relatives who are dear and even if … 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-24152","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\/24152","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=24152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24152\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/lord-rama.jpg\")
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\niNai nALum inbudaiththAm Elum kaNai nANil<\/em>
\nOvAththozhil sArngan thol sIrai nannenjE<\/em>
\nOvAdha UNAga uN<\/em><\/p>\nvyAkyAnam<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\npramANam (scriptures) \u2013 http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org<\/a>
\npramAthA (preceptors) \u2013 http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org<\/a>
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