{"id":44569,"date":"2021-09-08T00:02:38","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T00:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=44569"},"modified":"2021-09-08T00:02:38","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T00:02:38","slug":"periya-thirumozhi-2-4-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2021\/09\/periya-thirumozhi-2-4-5\/","title":{"rendered":"periya thirumozhi &#8211; 2.4.5 &#8211; mAlum kadal"},"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\/09\/periya-thirumozhi-2-4\/\">Fourth decad<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2021\/09\/periya-thirumozhi-2-4-4\/\">&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>mAlum kadalAra malaikkuvadittu aNai katti varamburuva madhi sEr<\/em><br \/>\n<em>kOla madhiLAya ilangai kedap padai thottu orukAl amaril adhirak<\/em><br \/>\n<em>kAlam idhuvenRu ayan vALiyinAl kadhir nILmudi paththum aRuththu amarum<\/em><br \/>\n<em>neelamugil vaNNan emakku iRaivaRku idam mAmalaiyAvadhu nIrmalaiyE<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Word-by-Word meanings <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>orukAl &#8211; when rAvaNa crossed his limits<br \/>\nmAlum &#8211; having rising waves<br \/>\nkadal &#8211; ocean<br \/>\nAra &#8211; to become filled<br \/>\nmalaik kuvadu ittu &#8211; placing the peaks of mountain<br \/>\nvaramburuva &#8211; to reach the other shore<br \/>\naNai katti &#8211; building the bridge<br \/>\nmadhi sEr &#8211; being tall to reach up to the moon<br \/>\nkOlam &#8211; beautiful<br \/>\nmadhiLAya &#8211; having forts<br \/>\nilangai &#8211; lankA<br \/>\nkeda &#8211; to be destroyed<br \/>\npadai &#8211; weapons<br \/>\nthottu &#8211; holding on (launching)<br \/>\namaril &#8211; in the battle<br \/>\nadhira &#8211; to cause tumult<br \/>\nidhu kAlam enRu &#8211; determining that this is the right time to kill him<br \/>\nayan vALiyinAl &#8211; with brahmAsthram<br \/>\nkadhir &#8211; radiant<br \/>\nnIL mudi paththum &#8211; the ten heads which are decorated with large crowns<br \/>\naRuththu &#8211; severed<br \/>\namarum &#8211; one who became mercifully seated in SrI ayOdhyA<br \/>\nneela mugil &#8211; like a kALa mEgam (dark cloud)<br \/>\nvaNNan &#8211; one who has divine complexion<br \/>\nemakku iRaivaRku &#8211; for our lord<br \/>\nidam Avadhu \u2013 the abode<br \/>\nmA \u2013 best<br \/>\nmalai \u2013 hill<br \/>\nnIr malai \u2013 thirunIrmalai<\/p>\n<h3>Simple translation<\/h3>\n<p>empeurmAn, as SrI rAma, when rAvaNa crossed his limits, built the bridge on the ocean with rising waves to fill it, by placing the peaks of mountain to reach the other shore; holding on to the weapons, to destroy lankA which is having beautiful forts which are tall to reach up to the moon, caused tumult in the battle and severed rAvaNa&#8217;s ten heads which are decorated with large, radiant crowns, with brahmAsthram determining the right time to kill him and became mercifully seated in SrI ayOdhyA; the abode for our lord who is having divine complexion like that of a dark cloud, is thirunIrmalai, the best hill.<\/p>\n<h3>Highlights from vyAkyAnam (Commentary)<\/h3>\n<p><em>mAlum kadal<\/em> &#8211; The ocean which is mad due to abundance of water; implying the ocean with rising waves.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ar<\/em> &#8211; Built the dam by breaking the peaks of mountains which will drown in the ocean, and placing them there.<\/p>\n<p><em>varamburuva<\/em> &#8211; To have them reach the other shore.<\/p>\n<p><em>madhi &#8230;<\/em> &#8211; To have lankA which is surrounded by beautiful forts which reach up to the moon, destroyed, by holding on to the weapons and causing tumult in the battle. That is &#8211; building a bridge on the ocean, coming with the army, violating the forts, and after severely defeating rAvaNa on the previous day and sending him home, SrI rAma thought &#8220;Let the evil rAvaNa atone for his mistakes and come back&#8221;, and even after doing all of this, rAvaNa came fighting again; at that time SrI rAma thought &#8220;if we continued this play any further, dhEvathAs will become very scared&#8221; and launched the brahmAsthram and severed the ten radiant, great heads.<\/p>\n<p><em>amarum neela mugil vaNNan<\/em> &#8211; The completeness in his divine form after vanquishing rAvaNa is explained here. One who has a rejuvenating form which resembles a cloud which is dark in colour.<\/p>\n<p><em>emakku iRaiyavaRku<\/em> &#8211; One who made me exclusively exist for him by showing the beauty of his divine form.<\/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; Fourth decad &lt;&lt; Previous Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction) No specific introduction. pAsuram mAlum kadalAra malaikkuvadittu aNai katti varamburuva madhi sEr kOla madhiLAya ilangai kedap padai thottu orukAl amaril adhirak kAlam idhuvenRu ayan vALiyinAl kadhir nILmudi paththum aRuththu amarum neelamugil vaNNan &#8230; <a title=\"periya thirumozhi &#8211; 2.4.5 &#8211; mAlum kadal\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2021\/09\/periya-thirumozhi-2-4-5\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about periya thirumozhi &#8211; 2.4.5 &#8211; mAlum kadal\">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-44569","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\/44569","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=44569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44569\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}