{"id":50941,"date":"2023-07-21T23:40:16","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T23:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=50941"},"modified":"2023-07-21T23:40:16","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T23:40:16","slug":"perumal-thirumozhi-5-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2023\/07\/perumal-thirumozhi-5-8\/","title":{"rendered":"perumAL thirumozhi &#8211; 5.8 &#8211; thokkilangu ARellAm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavara munayE nama:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2023\/05\/perumal-thirumozhi\/\">perumAL thirumozhi<\/a> >> <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2023\/07\/perumal-thirumozhi-5\/\">5<sup>th<\/sup> Decad<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2023\/08\/perumal-thirumozhi-5-7\/\">&lt;&lt; Previous<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>avathArikai (Introduction)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AzhwAr says in this pAsuram that just like rivers which run expansively all over the place, finally reach an ocean, his mind, which is a river, engages with the ocean of emperumAn\u2019s auspicious qualities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>thokku ilangu ARellAm parandhOdith thodu kadalE<\/em><br \/><em>pukkanRip puRam niRka mAttAdha maRRavai pOl<\/em><br \/><em>mikkilangu mugil thiRaththAy<\/em>!<em> viththuvakkOttammA<\/em>!<em> un<\/em><br \/><em>pukkilangu sIrallAl pukkilan kAN puNNiyanE<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Word-by-Word Meanings<\/strong><br \/><em>thokku ilangu ARellAm<\/em> \u2013 all the rivers which flow with abundance of water<br \/><em>parandhu Odi<\/em> \u2013 (at all places) running expansively<br \/><em>thodu kadalE pukku anRi<\/em> \u2013 other than reaching the deep ocean<br \/><em>puRam niRka mAttAdha<\/em> \u2013 will not reach any other place<br \/><em>mikku ilangu<\/em> \u2013 shining radiantly<br \/><em>mugil niRaththAy<\/em> \u2013 Oh one who is like a dark cloud!<br \/><em>viththuvakkOttammA<\/em> \u2013 Oh my lord who has mercifully taken residence in thiruviththuvakkOdu!<br \/><em>puNNiyanE<\/em> \u2013 Oh the controller of the earlier carried out virtuous deeds too!<br \/><em>avai pOl<\/em> \u2013 like those rivers<br \/><em>pukku ilangu<\/em> \u2013 entering (my mind) and shining radiantly<br \/><em>un sIr allAl<\/em> \u2013 other than your auspicious qualities<br \/><em>pukkilan<\/em> \u2013 I will not immerse myself<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Simple Translation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rivers which flow expansively through various places with abundance of water, will not rest until they reach an ocean. Oh one who is shining radiantly like a dark cloud! Oh one who has mercifully taken residence in thiruviththuvakkOdu! Oh one who is the controller of virtuous deeds [done by everyone]! Just like those rivers, my mind too will not immerse in anything other than the ocean of your auspicious qualities which shine radiantly, after entering my mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>vyAkyAnam (Commentary)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>thokku ilangu ARellAm parandhu Odi<\/strong> \u2013 rain water, gathered from heavy rains falling over various places, run expansively in various places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>thodu kadalE pukkanRip puRam niRka mAttAdha maRRavai pOl<\/strong> \u2013 other than reaching deep ocean, they will not stop elsewhere. Just as it has been said in SrI rAmAyaNam bAla kANdam SlOkam 1-16 &#8220;<em>sarvadhA\u2019bhigatha<\/em>:<em> sadhbhi<\/em>:<em> samudhra iva sindhubhi<\/em>: &#8221; (Just like rivers attain an ocean, eminent people attained SrI rAmapirAn), similar to rivers uniting with ocean, eminent people also united with SrI rAma. There was no completeness for SrI rAma because those eminent people attained him, neither was there any deficiency for him if they did not attain him. In a similar vein, the ocean did not become full because the rivers reached it, neither would it become deficient if they did not reach it. Don\u2019t the rivers attain the ocean since they do not stop anywhere else!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through the second half of the pAsuram, AzhwAr says that he too attains emperumAn since he cannot sustain himself anywhere else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>mikkilangu mugil niRaththAy<\/strong> \u2013 Oh one who has the complexion of a radiant dark cloud!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>viththuvakkOttammA<\/strong> \u2013 the divine abode of thiruviththuvakkOdu is in itself the mountain where that dark cloud has settled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>un pukkilangu sIr allAl pukkilan kAN<\/strong> \u2013 I will only experience your auspicious qualities which will shine brighter and brighter as they are experienced; I will not engage with the qualities of others which are worthless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What is the reason for this?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>puNNiyanE<\/strong> \u2013 As per etymology, emperumAn is called as <em>puNyan<\/em> &#8211; <em>pumAmsam nayathi ithi puNya<\/em>: (emperumAn is called as <em>puNyan<\/em> because he carries the jIvAthmA with him). Since the first virtuous deed is emperumAn himself with emperumAn carrying AzhwAr towards him, the opinion here is that AzhwAr will engage only with the auspicious qualities of emperumAn and not with anyone else\u2019s qualities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We will next consider the 9th pAsuram of this decad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>adiyEn krishNa rAmAnuja dhAsan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>archived in <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\">https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>pramEyam (goal) \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/koyil.org\/\">https:\/\/koyil.org<\/a><br \/>pramANam (scriptures) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org\">http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org<\/a><br \/>pramAthA (preceptors) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\">http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org<\/a><br \/>SrIvaishNava education\/kids portal \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/pillai.koyil.org\/\">http:\/\/pillai.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavara munayE nama: perumAL thirumozhi >> 5th Decad &lt;&lt; Previous\u00a0 avathArikai (Introduction) AzhwAr says in this pAsuram that just like rivers which run expansively all over the place, finally reach an ocean, his mind, which is a river, engages with the ocean of emperumAn\u2019s auspicious qualities. thokku &#8230; <a title=\"perumAL thirumozhi &#8211; 5.8 &#8211; thokkilangu ARellAm\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2023\/07\/perumal-thirumozhi-5-8\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about perumAL thirumozhi &#8211; 5.8 &#8211; thokkilangu ARellAm\">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":[10,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mudhalayiram","category-perumal-thirumozhi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50941","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=50941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50941\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}