{"id":47076,"date":"2022-07-14T00:02:41","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T00:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=47076"},"modified":"2022-07-14T00:02:41","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T00:02:41","slug":"periya-thirumozhi-3-4-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2022\/07\/periya-thirumozhi-3-4-1\/","title":{"rendered":"periya thirumozhi &#8211; 3.4.1 &#8211; oru kuRaLAy"},"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; <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2022\/05\/periya-thirumozhi-3\/\">Third centum<\/a> &gt;&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2022\/07\/periya-thirumozhi-3-4\/\">Fourth decad<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction)<\/h3>\n<p>No specific introduction.<\/p>\n<h3>pAsuram<\/h3>\n<p><em>oru kuRaLAy irunilam mUvadi maN vENdi<br \/>\nulaganaiththum IradiyAl odukki onRum<br \/>\ntharugavenA mAvaliyaich chiRaiyil vaiththa<br \/>\nthAdALan thALaNaivIr! thakka kIrththi<br \/>\narumaRaiyin thiraL nAngum vELvi aindhum<br \/>\nangangaL avai ARum isaigaL Ezhum<br \/>\ntheruvil mali vizhA vaLamum siRakkum kAzhich<br \/>\nchIrAma viNNagarE sErmin nIrE <\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Word-by-Word meanings <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>oru &#8211; unique<br \/>\nkuRaLAy &#8211; assuming the form of dwarf, vAmana (went to mahAbali)<br \/>\niru nilam &#8211; in the vast earth<br \/>\nmUvadi maN &#8211; three steps of land<br \/>\nvENdi &#8211; begged<br \/>\nulaganaiththum &#8211; all the worlds<br \/>\nIradiyAl &#8211; with two steps<br \/>\nodukki &#8211; subdued<br \/>\nonRum &#8211; with another step<br \/>\ntharuga enA &#8211; asking to give<br \/>\nmAvaliyai &#8211; mahAbali<br \/>\nsiRaiyil vaiththa &#8211; one who placed him in the prison of pAthALam (nether world), his<br \/>\nthAdALan &#8211; the supreme lord&#8217;s<br \/>\nthAL &#8211; divine feet<br \/>\naNaivIr &#8211; Oh you who desire to attain!<br \/>\nthakka &#8211; matching his<br \/>\nkIrthi &#8211; having greatness<br \/>\naru &#8211; difficult to know the meanings<br \/>\nmaRaiyin &#8211; vEdhams&#8217;<br \/>\nthiraL &#8211; collections<br \/>\nnAngum &#8211; four<br \/>\naindhu vELviyum &#8211; the five great yagyas (sacrifices)<br \/>\nARu angangaLum &#8211; ancillaries such as vyAkaraNam etc<br \/>\nEzhu isaigaLum &#8211; seven svarams (musical tunes)<br \/>\nmali &#8211; having in abundance<br \/>\nvizhA &#8211; festivals&#8217;<br \/>\nvaLamum &#8211; beauty<br \/>\nsiRakkum &#8211; to grow further<br \/>\ntheruvin &#8211; streets&#8217;<br \/>\nkAzhi &#8211; in the town of kAzhi<br \/>\nsIrAma viNNagarE &#8211; SrIrAma viNNagaram<br \/>\nnIr &#8211; you<br \/>\nsErmin &#8211; surrender<\/p>\n<h3>Simple translation<\/h3>\n<p>emperumAn, assumed the form of a unique vAmana and begged three steps of land on the vast earth; subsequently, he subdued all the worlds with two steps and asked mahAbali to give another step of land; oh you who desire to attain the divine feet of supreme lord who placed such mahAbali in the prison of pAthALam (nether world)! You surrender unto the SrIrAma viNNagaram in the town of kAzhi, where the collections of four vEdhams which have as much greatness as himself and are difficult to attain, the five great sacrifices, six ancillaries such as vyAkaraNa etc, seven tunes, are all present abundantly and is having increasing beauty in the streets of SrI rAma viNNAgarm in kAzhi.<\/p>\n<h3>Highlights from vyAkyAnam (Commentary)<\/h3>\n<p><em>oru kuRaLAy<\/em> &#8230; &#8211; Having a unique form, which will make anyone who has seen him to give whatever he asks for.<\/p>\n<p><em>iru nilam<\/em> &#8211; Vast earth.<\/p>\n<p><em>mU adi maN vENdi<\/em> &#8211; As if he has no space to place his feet, emperumAn, making mahAbali to be the owner of this earth, begged for three steps of land from him, subdued everything with two steps and said &#8220;You promised to give three steps of land. Will you not give one more step of land?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>mAvaliyaich chiRaiyil vaiththa<\/em> &#8211; Subsequently, he made indhra regain his position and placed mahAbali in pAthALam.<\/p>\n<p><em>thAdALan thAL anaivIr<\/em> &#8211; Oh you who are desiring to attain the divine feet of emperumAn who has the greatness of begging for the sake of his devotees!<\/p>\n<p><em>thakka &#8230;<\/em> &#8211; Surrender unto SrIrAma viNNagaram in kAzhi where the collection of four vEdhams which have great fame due to being apaurushEya (not authored by anyone), five great yagyas, six ancillaries of vEdhams, seven svarams, the beauty due to abundance of festivals are all shining fully.<\/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; Third centum &gt;&gt; Fourth decad Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction) No specific introduction. pAsuram oru kuRaLAy irunilam mUvadi maN vENdi ulaganaiththum IradiyAl odukki onRum tharugavenA mAvaliyaich chiRaiyil vaiththa thAdALan thALaNaivIr! thakka kIrththi arumaRaiyin thiraL nAngum vELvi aindhum angangaL avai ARum isaigaL Ezhum theruvil &#8230; <a title=\"periya thirumozhi &#8211; 3.4.1 &#8211; oru kuRaLAy\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2022\/07\/periya-thirumozhi-3-4-1\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about periya thirumozhi &#8211; 3.4.1 &#8211; oru kuRaLAy\">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":[5,16,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-irandam-ayiram","category-periya-thirumozhi","category-periya-thirumozhi-3rd-centum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47076","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=47076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47076\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}