{"id":26604,"date":"2019-06-10T23:26:59","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T23:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=26604"},"modified":"2019-06-10T23:26:59","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T23:26:59","slug":"thiruvaimozhi-9-1-8-vazhdhal-kandir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2019\/06\/thiruvaimozhi-9-1-8-vazhdhal-kandir\/","title":{"rendered":"thiruvAimozhi &#8211; 9.1.8 &#8211; vAzhdhal kaNdIr"},"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 title=\"thiruvAimozhi \u2013 Fourth 1000\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/thiruvaimozhi\/\">Full series<\/a> &gt;&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2019\/06\/thiruvaimozhi-9th-centum\/\">Ninth Centum<\/a> &gt;&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2019\/06\/thiruvaimozhi-9-1-kondapendir\/\">First decad<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2019\/06\/thiruvaimozhi-9-1-7-marronrillai\/\">Previous pAsuram<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/dasavatara-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4425\" src=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/dasavatara-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"228\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/dasavatara-3.jpg 540w, https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/dasavatara-3-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Introduction for this pAsuram<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Highlights from <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/pillan\/\">thirukkurukaippirAn piLLAn<\/a>&#8216;s introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No specific introduction.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Highlights from <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/nanjiyar\/\">nanjIyar<\/a>&#8216;s introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the eighth pAsuram, <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/nammazhwar\/\">AzhwAr<\/a> explains the reason for <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a>&#8216;s divine incarnation to shower his mercy and says &#8220;Other than holding on to him considering him as protector, there is no other benefit for anyone&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Highlights from <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/vadhi-kesari-azhagiya-manavala-jiyar\/\">vAdhi kEsari azhagiya maNavALa jIyar<\/a>&#8216;s introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/nanjiyar\/\">nanjIyar<\/a>&#8216;s introduction.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Highlights from <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/periyavachchan-pillai\/\">periyavAchchAn piLLai<\/a>\u2018s introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/nanjiyar\/\">nanjIyar<\/a>&#8216;s introduction.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Highlights from <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/nampillai\/\">nampiLLai<\/a>&#8216;s introduction as documented by <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/vadakku-thiruvidhi-pillai\/\">vadakkuth thiruvIdhip piLLai<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/nanjiyar\/\">nanjIyar<\/a>&#8216;s introduction.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>pAsuram<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>vAzhdhal kaNdIr guNamidhu andhO mAyavan adi paravi<\/em><br \/>\n<em>pOzhdhu pOga uLLagiRkum punmai ilAdhavarkku<\/em><br \/>\n<em>vAzh thuNaiyA vadamadhuraip piRandhavan vaN pugazhE<\/em><br \/>\n<em>vIzh thuNaiyAp pOm idhanil yAdhum illai mikkadhE<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/yourlisten.com\/sarathy.thothathri\/thiruvaimozhi-9-1-8\">Listen <\/a><br \/>\n<iframe style=\"width: 100%;\" src=\"\/\/yourlisten.com\/embed\/html5?17766918\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Word-by-Word meanings (based on <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/vadhi-kesari-azhagiya-manavala-jiyar\/\">vAdhi kEsari azhagiya maNavALa jIyar<\/a>&#8216;s 12000 padi)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>vAzhdhal &#8211; living<br \/>\nidhu &#8211; isn&#8217;t this<br \/>\nguNam &#8211; natural (for everyone)!<br \/>\nkaNdIr &#8211; Isn&#8217;t this world renowned!<br \/>\nandhO &#8211; alas!<\/p>\n<p>(We don&#8217;t know how to live; why?)<br \/>\nmAyavan &#8211; sarvESvara who has amazing qualities and activities<br \/>\nadi &#8211; divine feet<br \/>\nparavi &#8211; praising due to being pleased<br \/>\npOzhdhu pOga &#8211; to spend the time<br \/>\nuLLagiRkum &#8211; being able to think<br \/>\npunmai &#8211; inferiority (relationship with other benefits)<br \/>\nilAdhavarkku &#8211; for those who don&#8217;t have<br \/>\nvAzh &#8211; life matching the true nature<br \/>\nthuNaiyA &#8211; to be upAyabhUtha (means)<br \/>\nvadamadhurai &#8211; in northern mathurA<br \/>\npiRandhavan &#8211; krishNa who incarnated, his<br \/>\nvaN &#8211; enjoyable for his devotees<br \/>\npugazhE &#8211; qualities only<br \/>\nvIzh &#8211; loving<br \/>\nthuNaiyA &#8211; as companion for enjoyment<br \/>\npOm &#8211; occurring<br \/>\nidhanil &#8211; in this<br \/>\nmikkadhu &#8211; greater<br \/>\nyAdhum &#8211; any other live<br \/>\nillai &#8211; not there.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Simple translation (based on <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/vadhi-kesari-azhagiya-manavala-jiyar\/\">vAdhi kEsari azhagiya maNavALa jIyar<\/a>&#8216;s 12000 padi)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Isn&#8217;t this natural living! Isn&#8217;t this world renowned! Alas! sarvESvara who has amazing qualities and activities incarnated in northern mathurA, for those who think about praising his divine feet due to being pleased and to spend the time without any inferiority, to be the means for their life matching their true nature; there is nothing greater than this life of having only his qualities which are enjoyable for his devotees, as the companion for enjoyment.<\/p>\n<h3>vyAkyAnams (commentaries)<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Highlights from <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/pillan\/\">thirukkurukaippirAn piLLAn<\/a>&#8216;s vyAkyAnam<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/vadhi-kesari-azhagiya-manavala-jiyar\/\">vAdhi kEsari azhagiya maNavALa jIyar<\/a>&#8216;s translation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Highlights from <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/nanjiyar\/\">nanjIyar<\/a>&#8216;s vyAkyAnam<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/nampillai\/\">nampiLLai<\/a>&#8216;s vyAkyAnam.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Highlights from <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/periyavachchan-pillai\/\">periyavAchchAn piLLai<\/a>\u2018s vyAkyAnam<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/nampillai\/\">nampiLLai<\/a>&#8216;s vyAkyAnam.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Highlights from <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/nampillai\/\">nampiLLai<\/a>&#8216;s vyAkyAnam as documented by <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/vadakku-thiruvidhi-pillai\/\">vadakkuth thiruvIdhip piLLai<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>vAzhdhal kaNdIr guNam idhu<\/em> &#8211; It is apt to live meditating upon his qualities.<\/li>\n<li><em>andhO<\/em> &#8211; Just as having to pay to make someone eat sugarcane, I have to pray this to them [samsAris, the dwellers of this materialistic realm]. While the glorious life is for you, it is I who has to beg to you to make use of it!<\/li>\n<li><em>mAyavan &#8230;<\/em> &#8211; Those great devotees who have the goodness of being won over by his amazing qualities such as saundharya (beauty), sauSeelya (simplicity) etc, due to being pleased, who praise his divine feet in an inorderly manner, and spend their time in this way. SrIvaishNavas who seek no other benefits. Those who are as said in <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2018\/08\/nanmugan-thiruvandhadhi-63\/\">nAnmugan thiruvandhAdhi 63<\/a> &#8220;<em>theriththezhudhi vAsiththum kEttum vaNangi vazhipattum<\/em>&#8221; (meditating upon, writing, reading, hearing, bowing down and carrying out <a href=\"http:\/\/ponnadi.blogspot.in\/2012\/07\/srivaishnava-thiruvaaraadhanam.html\"><em>thiruvArAdhanam<\/em> (elaborate worship)<\/a>). parASara bhattar would say &#8220;Those who don&#8217;t have the inferiority of praising this mAyavan to be passing time as playing chess and gambling&#8221; [that is, it is done as timepass instead of real enjoyment].<\/li>\n<li><em>vAzh thuNai &#8230;<\/em> &#8211; Even for those who feel inferior, he will eliminate that inferiority and make it an enjoyment for them; if this is the case, for those who have no such defect, there is no benefit other than <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a>&#8216;s union with his devotees. emperumAn who incarnated in northern mathurA to let them enjoy his qualities and to be their companion, his. The purpose of his incarnation is as explained in <a href=\"http:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/4-8\/\">SrI bhagavath gIthA 4-8<\/a> \u201c<em>parithrANAya sAdhUnAm<\/em>&#8221; (to protect the good people).<\/li>\n<li><em>vaN pugazh &#8230;<\/em> &#8211; Other than desirously holding on to his auspicious qualities as the companion.<\/li>\n<li><em>vIzh thuNai<\/em> &#8211; The companion who is desired. vIzh &#8211; to fall. Those who are desirous are explained as &#8220;fallen&#8221; as said in kuRaL 1191 &#8220;<em>thAm vIzhvAr tham vIzhap peRRavar<\/em>&#8221; (those who love someone and in turn was loved by that person).<\/li>\n<li><em>idhanil<\/em> &#8211; Greater than this.<\/li>\n<li><em>yAdhum illai mikkadhE<\/em> &#8211; Only if there is something greater than this, it needs to be identified; tThere is nothing greater than this.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the next article we will enjoy the next pAsuram.<\/p>\n<p>adiyen sarathy ramanuja dasan<\/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 &gt;&gt; Ninth Centum &gt;&gt; First decad Previous pAsuram Introduction for this pAsuram Highlights from thirukkurukaippirAn piLLAn&#8216;s introduction No specific introduction. 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