{"id":46367,"date":"2022-04-02T13:56:03","date_gmt":"2022-04-02T13:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=46367"},"modified":"2022-04-02T13:56:03","modified_gmt":"2022-04-02T13:56:03","slug":"periya-thirumozhi-2-8-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2022\/04\/periya-thirumozhi-2-8-8\/","title":{"rendered":"periya thirumozhi &#8211; 2.8.8 &#8211; mEvi eppAlum"},"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\/2022\/03\/periya-thirumozhi-2-8\/\">Eighth decad<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2022\/04\/periya-thirumozhi-2-8-7\/\">&lt;&lt; Previous<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No specific introduction.<\/p>\n<p><strong>pAsuram<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>mEvi eppAlum viNNOr vaNanga<br \/>\nvEdham uraippar munnIr madandhai<br \/>\ndhEvi appAl adhir sangam ippAl<br \/>\nsakkaram maRRivar vaNNam ennil<br \/>\nkAvi oppAr kadalEyum oppAr<br \/>\nkaNNum vadivum nediyarAy en<br \/>\nAvi oppAr ivarAr kol? enna<br \/>\nattabuyakaraththEn enRArE<\/p>\n<p><strong>Word-by-Word meanings <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>viNNOr &#8211; nithyasUris<br \/>\neppAlum &#8211; in all directions<br \/>\nmEvi &#8211; remaining firmly<br \/>\nvaNanga &#8211; worshipped<br \/>\nvEdham &#8211; with vEdhams<br \/>\nuraippar &#8211; will praise;<br \/>\nmunnIr &#8211; born in thiruppARkadal (milk ocean)<br \/>\nmadandhai &#8211; periya pirAttiyAr<br \/>\ndhEvi &#8211; remains his crowned consort;<br \/>\nadhir &#8211; tumultuous<br \/>\nsangam &#8211; SrI pAnchajanyAzhwAn<br \/>\nappAl &#8211; present in his left side;<br \/>\nsakkaram &#8211; thiruvAzhiyAzhwAn (chakra)<br \/>\nippAl &#8211; present in his right side;<br \/>\nmaRRu &#8211; further<br \/>\nivar &#8211; his<br \/>\nvaNNam &#8211; complexion<br \/>\neNNil &#8211; if we analysed and tried to speak about it<br \/>\nkAvi &#8211; the colour of karuneydhal flower [blue Indian water-lily]<br \/>\noppAr &#8211; matching<br \/>\nkadal &#8211; the colour of ocean<br \/>\noppAr &#8211; matching<br \/>\nkaNNum &#8211; in the beauty of his divine eyes<br \/>\nvadivum &#8211; in the beauty of his divine form<br \/>\nnediyarAy &#8211; being immeasurable<br \/>\nen &#8211; for me<br \/>\nAvi oppAr &#8211; is like my life;<br \/>\nivar Ar kol? enna \u2013 when asked \u201cWho is he?\u201d<br \/>\nattabuyagaraththEn \u2013 I am the lord of thiruvattabuyagaram<br \/>\nenRAr \u2013 mercifully said<\/p>\n<p><strong>Simple translation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Remaining firmly in all directions, nithyasUris worship him and will praise him with vEdhams; periya pirAttiyAr who is born in thiruppARkadal, remains his crowned consort; tumultuous SrI pAnchajanyAzhwAn is present in his left side; thiruvAzhiyAzhwAn is present in his right side; further, if we analysed his complexion and tried to speak about it, his complexion matches the colour of karuneydhal flower and ocean and the beauty of his divine eyes and divine form are immeasurable; when such emperumAn who is like my life was asked &#8220;Who is he?\u201d he mercifully said &#8220;I am the lord of thiruvattabuyagaram&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Highlights from vyAkyAnam (Commentary)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>mEvi &#8230;<\/em> &#8211; brahmA et al will not have their feet planted on the ground [since they detest the smell of earth]. nithyasUris who cannot tolerate the smell of such brahmA et al, remained in all directions and interact with him as in paramapadham.<\/p>\n<p><em>vEdham uraippar<\/em> &#8211; Whatever he says become vEdham.<\/p>\n<p><em>munnIr madandhai dhEvi<\/em> &#8211; munnIr madandhai could mean either periya pirAttiyAr [born in milk ocean] or SrI bhUmip pirAttiyAr [earth surrounded by ocean].<\/p>\n<p><em>appAl adhir sangam<\/em> &#8211; In the context of SrI bhUmip pirAttiyAr, the conch is blowing in that earth; in context of periya pirAttiyAr, the tumultuous conch is in the opposite side of where she is standing with emperumAn [periya pirAttiyAr resides on the right side of his chest and conch is held on the left hand, by emperumAn].<\/p>\n<p><em>ippAl chakkaram<\/em> &#8211; When one stands in one side, the other side is said to be &#8220;ippAl&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><em>maRRu &#8230;<\/em> &#8211; When we see his complexion, it resembles that of karuneydhal flower and ocean.<\/p>\n<p><em>kaN &#8230;<\/em> &#8211; There is no match for his eyes and form; only when there is a boundary for the eyes, will there be such boundary for his form.<\/p>\n<p><em>en Avi &#8230;<\/em> &#8211; He remained in a manner that one cannot survive in his separation.<\/p>\n<p><em>attabuyagaram<\/em> &#8211; What you have said is not correct? emperumAn said &#8220;Have you not heard in <a href=\"http:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/7-18\/\">SrI bhagavath gIthA 7.18<\/a> &#8216;<em>gyAni thvAthmaiva mE matham&#8217;<\/em> (but the gyAni is the one who sustains (me) \u2013 this is my principle)?&#8221; He is saying &#8220;I cannot sustain without you&#8221;.<\/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; Eighth decad &lt;&lt; Previous Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction) No specific introduction. pAsuram mEvi eppAlum viNNOr vaNanga vEdham uraippar munnIr madandhai dhEvi appAl adhir sangam ippAl sakkaram maRRivar vaNNam ennil kAvi oppAr kadalEyum oppAr kaNNum vadivum nediyarAy en Avi oppAr ivarAr &#8230; <a title=\"periya thirumozhi &#8211; 2.8.8 &#8211; mEvi eppAlum\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2022\/04\/periya-thirumozhi-2-8-8\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about periya thirumozhi &#8211; 2.8.8 &#8211; mEvi eppAlum\">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-46367","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\/46367","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=46367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46367\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}