{"id":53911,"date":"2024-09-16T23:51:38","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T23:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=53911"},"modified":"2024-09-16T23:51:38","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T23:51:38","slug":"nachchiyar-thirumozhi-9-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2024\/09\/nachchiyar-thirumozhi-9-2\/","title":{"rendered":"nAchchiyAr thirumozhi &#8211; 9.2 \u2013 pOrkkaLiRu porum"},"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\/2024\/06\/nachchiyar-thirumozhi\/\">Full series<\/a> >> <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2024\/09\/nachchiyar-thirumozhi-9\/\">Ninth decad<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2024\/09\/nachchiyar-thirumozhi-9-1\/\">&lt;&lt; Previous<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>avathArikai (Introduction)<\/strong> \u2013 she says \u201cAfter desiring the garland on his shoulder, to whom could I share the travails that I am undergoing?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>pOrkkaLiRu porum mAlirunjOlai am pUmpuRavil<\/em><br><em>thArkkodi mullaigaLum thavaLa nagai kAttuginRa<\/em><br><em>kArkkoL padAkkaL ninRU kazhaRIch chirikkath thariyEn<\/em><br><em>ArkkidugO<\/em>?<em> thOzhi<\/em>!<em> avan thAr seydha pUsalaiyE<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Word-by-Word Meanings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>pOr kaLiRu<\/em> \u2013 elephants, for whom fighting in battles is regular work<br><em>porum<\/em> \u2013 arena where they fight with each other<br><em>mAlirunjOlai<\/em> \u2013 thirumAlirum sOlai\u2019s<br><em>am pU puRavil<\/em> \u2013 in the most beautiful slopes<br><em>thAr kodi mullaigaLum<\/em> \u2013 creepers with budding jasmine flowers<br><em>thavaLam nagai<\/em> \u2013 the whitish smile (of Azhagar, divine name of the presiding uthsavar idol)<br><em>kAttuginRa<\/em> \u2013 remind me, of<br>(apart from that)<br><em>kArkkoL<\/em> \u2013 pollinated<br><em>padAkkaL<\/em> \u2013 creeper, by the name of <em>padA<\/em><br><em>ninRu<\/em> \u2013 blossoming<br><em>kazhaRich chirikka<\/em> \u2013 flowering, as if they are smiling and saying \u201cYou cannot escape from me\u201d<br><em>thariyEn<\/em> \u2013 (seeing that) I am unable to sustain myself<br><em>thOzhI<\/em> \u2013 Oh, friend!<br><em>avan thAr<\/em> \u2013 garland from his divine shoulder (which we desired)<br><em>seydha<\/em> \u2013 what it did<br><em>pUsalai<\/em> \u2013 the despise<br><em>Arkku idugO<\/em> \u2013 to whom shall we complain?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Simple Translation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jasmine flowers, which appear to be smiling and are blossoming on the slopes of thirumAlirunjOlai, remind me of the whitish smile of Azhagar; in thirumAlirunjOlai, elephants which have fighting in battles as full-time occupation, are fighting with each other playfully. Further, the creepers of the plant <em>padA<\/em>, which have got pollinated, are flowering and smiling, as if saying \u201cYou cannot escape from us\u201d. Oh, dear friend! To whom could we complain about the contempt which the garland on the divine shoulders of Azhagar, which we desired, showed us?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>vyAkyAnam (Commentary)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>pOrkkaLiRu porum mAlirunjOlai<\/strong> \u2013 thirumAlirunjOlai, the place where elephants, which have fighting in battles as full-time work, keep fighting with each other playfully. Male elephants were roaming joyfully, like emperumAn, while female elephants were in distress, like me, being in separation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>pOrkkaLiRu porum<\/strong> \u2013 this would refer to the action of elephants which dig out soil from mounds in thirumalai [here, thirumalai, which means \u2018divine mountain\u2019 would refer to thirumAlirunjOlai malai] with their tusks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>am pUm puRavil<\/strong> \u2013 on the slopes of thirumalai, where plants have blossomed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>thArkkodi mullaigaLum thavaLanagai kAttuginRa<\/strong> \u2013 jasmine creeper, which has blossomed with beautiful flowers, reminds me of the time when emperumAn smiled at us prior to his uniting with us, and is tormenting me. The jasmine creeper is tormenting me, who is also like a creeper [looking for a supporting pole for sustaining myself]. An entity could torment another entity which is from a different species. But how could an entity torment an entity from the same species [both being creepers]?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>kArkkoL padA ninRu kazhaRich chirikkath thariyEn<\/strong> \u2013 creepers, called as <em>padA<\/em>, which have got pollinated, had blossomed to such an extent that the flowers had completely covered the creepers. They reminded me, through their smile, the laughter of emperumAn at the peak stage, due to his total independent nature, when he had united with me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ArkkidugO thOzhI avan thAr seydha pUsalaiyE<\/strong> \u2013 we had desired the garland which he [emperumAn] had donned on his divine shoulders. To whom shall we narrate the \u201c<em>mahAbhAratha battle<\/em>\u201d [severe war between the garland and me] which ensued as a result and get consoled? Could it not be narrated to the one who she had called as <em>thOzhI<\/em>? That friend had already swooned, after seeing ANdAL\u2019s travails. Hasn\u2019t nammAzhwAr too mercifully said in <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2019\/09\/thiruvaimozhi-9-9-5-yamudai-nenjamum\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"29137\">thiruvAimozhi 9-9-5<\/a> \u201ce<em>mmilmun avanukku mAyvarAlO<\/em>\u201d (ahead of me, they became hurt, for his sake)? Since loss and gain are common between the two of us, you had already swooned ahead of me. Hence, I am unable to sustain myself by narrating my travails to you. Should I share my grief with others who are already roaming around, carrying many other worries which?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, we will consider the 3<sup>rd<\/sup>&nbsp;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: Full series >> Ninth decad &lt;&lt; Previous avathArikai (Introduction) \u2013 she says \u201cAfter desiring the garland on his shoulder, to whom could I share the travails that I am undergoing?\u201d pOrkkaLiRu porum mAlirunjOlai am pUmpuRavilthArkkodi mullaigaLum thavaLa nagai kAttuginRakArkkoL padAkkaL ninRU kazhaRIch chirikkath thariyEnArkkidugO? &#8230; <a title=\"nAchchiyAr thirumozhi &#8211; 9.2 \u2013 pOrkkaLiRu porum\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2024\/09\/nachchiyar-thirumozhi-9-2\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about nAchchiyAr thirumozhi &#8211; 9.2 \u2013 pOrkkaLiRu porum\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mudhalayiram","category-nachchiyar-thirumozhi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53911","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=53911"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53934,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53911\/revisions\/53934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}