<< Previous<\/a><\/p>\n ponnai maradhagaththaip putkuzhi em pOrERRai<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 117 ponnai<\/em> \u2013 shining like gold veLLaRaiyuL kallaRai mEl ponnai<\/strong> \u2013 one who is dwelling inside the sanctum sanctorum, made of stones, at thiruveLLaRai, apt to be desired.<\/p>\n kallaRai<\/strong> \u2013 azhagiya maNavALap perumAL nAyanAr, one of the commentators for this\u00a0 prabandham, calls it as a room made of carbuncles.<\/p>\n ponnai<\/strong> \u2013 Similar to those who string an ornament of gems using gold and precious stones, AzhwAr\u00a0 is stringing the divine abodes of emperumAn.<\/p>\n maradhagaththai<\/strong> \u2013 one who has a divine form similar to a huge mountain of greenish gem which will be soothing for those who see.<\/p>\n putkuzhi em pOrERRai<\/strong> \u2013 one who is dwelling in thirupputkuzhi, a divine abode near kAnchIpuram, like a bull ready to wage a war such that enemies would not even venture anywhere near.<\/p>\n em pOrERRai<\/strong> \u2013 this would also mean that he is one who defeated him (AzhwAr).<\/p>\n mannum arangaththu<\/strong> \u2013 thiruvarangam, the divine abode, where followers such as thoNdaradippodi AzhwAr would forget all the other divine abodes and dwell only here. Is this divine abode not spoken of as in thiruchchandha viruththam 52 \u201caRRapaRRar suRRi vAzhum andhaNIr arangam<\/em>\u201d () and as in nAchchiyAr thirumozhi 11-5 \u201cnallArgaL vAzhum naLiraranga nAgaNaiyAn<\/em>\u201d (periya perumAL who is having the divine mattress of AdhiSEshan at thiruvarangam where great people are living)?<\/p>\n mannum arangaththu<\/strong> \u2013 Alternatively, this is the divine abode he chose to recline permanently, foregoing SrIvaikuNtam, thiruppARkadal and other divine abodes.<\/p>\n em mA maNiyai<\/strong> \u2013 Since this gem (emperumAn) is most invaluable and since it can be rolled into the corner of one\u2019s dress, being that simple, he is much similar to a great bluish gem in terms of its colour and radiance.<\/p>\n arangaththu emmAmaNiyai<\/strong> \u2013 Even if he is the lord of the entire world, that he is my lord too, would equal his other lordship.<\/p>\n mA maNiyai<\/strong> \u2013 a huge gemstone; it could also be considered that he is a blackish gem. thoNdaradippodi AzhwAr called him in thirumalai 21<\/a> as \u201ckOyil maNiyanAr<\/em>\u201d (one who is like a bluish gem in the temple); kulasEkarapperumAL referred to him in perumAL thirumozhi 1-1 as \u201ctheNNIrpponni thiraikkaiyAl adi varudap paLLikoLLum karumaNi<\/em>\u201d (the bluish gemstone whose divine feet are gently massaged by the waves in the river kAviri, whose water is very clear); this AzhwAr himself called him in periya thirumozhi 11-8-8 as \u201caNiyAr pozhil sUzh aranga nagarappA \u2013 maNiyE maNimANikkamE<\/em>\u201d (Oh my father who is dwelling in thiruvarangam which is surrounded by beautiful orchards!\u00a0 Oh one who has the greatness of a gem such as ruby!).<\/p>\n In the next article, we will discuss the next part of this prabandham.<\/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 ponnai maradhagaththaip putkuzhi em pOrERRai\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 117 mannum arangaththem mAmaNiyai vallavAzh Word by word meaning ponnai \u2013 shining like gold maradhagaththai \u2013 having a greenish form matching emerald putkuzhi em pOr ERRai \u2013 dwelling in [the divine abode of] thirupputkuzhi, as my … 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-30684","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\/30684","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=30684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30684\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/srirangam-golden-vimana-history.jpg\")
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\n<\/strong>mannum arangaththem mAmaNiyai vallavAzh<\/em><\/p>\nWord by word meaning<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nmaradhagaththai<\/em> \u2013 having a greenish form matching emerald
\nputkuzhi em pOr ERRai<\/em> \u2013 dwelling in [the divine abode of] thirupputkuzhi, as my lord and as a bull ready to wage a war
\narangaththu mannum<\/em> \u2013 residing permanently at thiruvarangam
\nem mAmaNiyai<\/em> \u2013 one who we can handle, like a blue gem
\nvallavAzh<\/em> \u2013 one who has taken residence at thiruvallavAzh<\/p>\nvyAkyAnam<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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