{"id":44245,"date":"2021-08-10T23:44:31","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T23:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=44245"},"modified":"2021-08-10T23:44:31","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T23:44:31","slug":"periya-thirumozhi-2-2-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2021\/08\/periya-thirumozhi-2-2-5\/","title":{"rendered":"periya thirumozhi &#8211; 2.2.5 &#8211; bAlanAgi"},"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 href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2020\/11\/periya-thirumozhi\/\">periya thirumozhi<\/a> &gt;&gt;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2021\/07\/periya-thirumozhi-2\/\">Second centum<\/a> &gt;&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2021\/08\/periya-thirumozhi-2-2\/\">Second decad<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2021\/08\/periya-thirumozhi-2-2-4\/\">&lt;&lt; Previous<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction)<\/h3>\n<p>No specific introduction.<\/p>\n<h3>pAsuram<\/h3>\n<p><em>bAlanAgi gyAlam Ezhum uNdu paNdu Alilai mEl<\/em><br \/>\n<em>sAla nALum paLLi koLLum thAmaraik kaNNan eNNil<\/em><br \/>\n<em>neelamAr vaNduNdu vAzhum neydhal andhaN kazhani<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Ela nARum paimbuRavil evvuL kidandhAnE<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Word-by-Word meanings <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>bAlanAgi &#8211; as a small child<br \/>\ngyAlam Ezhum &#8211; seven worlds<br \/>\nuNdu &#8211; consumed<br \/>\npaNdu &#8211; during the deluge<br \/>\nAlilai mEl &#8211; on a banyan leaf<br \/>\nsAla nALum &#8211; very long time<br \/>\npaLLi koLLum &#8211; mercifully rested<br \/>\neN il &#8211; inconceivable<br \/>\nthAmaraik kaNNan &#8211; lotus-eyed sarvESvaran<br \/>\nneelam &#8211; blue coloured<br \/>\nvaNdu &#8211; beetles<br \/>\nneydhal &#8211; in water-lily<br \/>\nAr &#8211; being seated<br \/>\nuNdu &#8211; drinking (the honey on it)<br \/>\nvAzhum &#8211; living<br \/>\nam &#8211; beautiful<br \/>\nthaN &#8211; cool<br \/>\nkazhani &#8211; fertile fields<br \/>\nElam &#8211; fragrance<br \/>\nnARum &#8211; blowing<br \/>\npai &#8211; vast<br \/>\npuRavil &#8211; having gardens outside<br \/>\nevvuL kidandhAn &#8211; reclined in thiruvevvuL<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Simple translation<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Lotus-eyed sarvESvaran, being inconceivable, being a small child, consumed seven worlds, and mercifully rested on a banyan leaf during the deluge; he has reclined in thiruvevvuL which is having fragrant, vast gardens outside, and beautiful, cool, fertile fields where blue coloured beetles, seated in water-lily and drinking the honey in it, are living.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Highlights from vyAkyAnam (Commentary)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>bAlanAgi &#8230;<\/em> &#8211; Being a very young, nursing toddler [who is so tender that even by slight touch, their skin will ooze blood], in that young state, held all the worlds in his stomach.<\/p>\n<p><em>paNdu<\/em> &#8211; In that time of deluge when there is none to care for him, on a fresh banyan leaf.<\/p>\n<p><em>sAla<\/em> &#8211; Even yaSOdhA et al were not there to care for him thinking &#8220;the child is sleeping at odd times, what is he doing?&#8221; and to wake him up.<\/p>\n<p><em>eNNil<\/em> &#8211; Joining the un-joinable aspects. If we start thinking about it, it will be impossible to do so.<\/p>\n<p><em>neelam &#8230;<\/em> &#8211; The coastal region where beetles are living, drinking the honey in water-lily flowers. Alternative explanation &#8211; neydhal &#8211; water-lily.\u00a0 The beetles which are living on the blue coloured flowers, are drinking honey from the water-lily flower. Another explanation &#8211; having beautiful, cool, fertile fields where blue coloured beetles are drinking honey from water-lily flower.<\/p>\n<p><em>Elam &#8230;<\/em> &#8211; In the abode which has very fragrant surroundings, the one who can do miracles, is mercifully resting; those who wake him up and get his help are only lacking.<\/p>\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: periya thirumozhi &gt;&gt;\u00a0Second centum &gt;&gt; Second decad &lt;&lt; Previous Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction) No specific introduction. pAsuram bAlanAgi gyAlam Ezhum uNdu paNdu Alilai mEl sAla nALum paLLi koLLum thAmaraik kaNNan eNNil neelamAr vaNduNdu vAzhum neydhal andhaN kazhani Ela nARum paimbuRavil evvuL kidandhAnE Word-by-Word meanings bAlanAgi &#8230; <a title=\"periya thirumozhi &#8211; 2.2.5 &#8211; bAlanAgi\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2021\/08\/periya-thirumozhi-2-2-5\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about periya thirumozhi &#8211; 2.2.5 &#8211; bAlanAgi\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,16,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-irandam-ayiram","category-periya-thirumozhi","category-periya-thirumozhi-2nd-centum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44245","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44245\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}