{"id":28677,"date":"2019-08-16T23:50:37","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T23:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=28677"},"modified":"2019-08-16T23:50:37","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T23:50:37","slug":"periya-thirumadal-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2019\/08\/periya-thirumadal-12\/","title":{"rendered":"periya thirumadal &#8211; 12 &#8211; thonneRiyai vENduvAr"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><small>SrI:&nbsp; SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:&nbsp; SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:&nbsp; SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2019\/07\/periya-thirumadal\/\">Full Series<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2019\/08\/periya-thirumadal-11\">&lt;&lt; Previous<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/going-to-paramapadham.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-14540\" src=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/going-to-paramapadham.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/going-to-paramapadham.jpg 500w, https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/going-to-paramapadham-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>thonneRiyai vENduvAr vIzhkaniyum Uzhilaiyum&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 12<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Word by word meaning<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>Or thol neRiyai<\/em> \u2013 that paramapadham (or archirAdhi mArga, the way to reach paramapadham) is distinguished and is existing for a very long time<br \/>\n<em>vENduvAr<\/em>&nbsp;\u2013 those who desire to attain<br \/>\n<em>vIzhkaniyum Uzh ilai ennum<\/em> \u2013 fruits which had ripened and had fallen on their own as well as leaves which dried up<\/p>\n<h3><strong>vyAkyAnam<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Or thonneRiyai vENduvAr<\/strong> \u2013 those who wish to get rid of samsAram (life in materialistic world) and desire the matchless joy of mOksham. <em>Or<\/em> \u2013 unique. <em>Or thol neRiyai vENduvAr<\/em> \u2013 those who desire the unique, anciently spoken of mOksham. The word <em>neRi<\/em> refers to the path as well the place that the path leads to. It will not be a mistake to consider it as referring to the path itself. If that place is desired, wouldn\u2019t the path which takes one to the place, also be desired? <em>vENduvAr<\/em> \u2013 could there be those who desire such mOksham, considering it too as an object! When there is a fruit on hand, will anyone look up at a fruit which has to be plucked with a tool? AzhwAr is thus expressing his displeasure for that benefit (mOksham).<\/p>\n<p>Next, he describes the means adopted by those who desire for attaining that benefit, mOksham.<\/p>\n<p><strong>vIzh kaniyum<\/strong> \u2013 the fruit which has dropped on its own. Since the fruit has fallen on its own, it is not a healthy fruit (in other words, fruit without any juice).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uzhilaiyum<\/strong> \u2013 <em>Uzh<\/em> refers to withering as well as to being ancient. This refers to a leaf which has fallen even when it was tender and has become dried up fully, as well as to an old leaf, which has withered after it has become old. The opinion in this is that here too, it is not healthy (it is a fully dried leaf, without any nourishment).<\/p>\n<p>In the next article, we will discuss the next part of this prabandham.<\/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\/\">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 thonneRiyai vENduvAr vIzhkaniyum Uzhilaiyum&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 12 Word by word meaning Or thol neRiyai \u2013 that paramapadham (or archirAdhi mArga, the way to reach paramapadham) is distinguished and is existing for a very long time vENduvAr&nbsp;\u2013 those who desire to attain vIzhkaniyum Uzh &#8230; <a title=\"periya thirumadal &#8211; 12 &#8211; thonneRiyai vENduvAr\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2019\/08\/periya-thirumadal-12\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about periya thirumadal &#8211; 12 &#8211; thonneRiyai vENduvAr\">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":[6,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-iyarpa","category-periya-thirumadal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28677","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=28677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28677\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}