{"id":55952,"date":"2025-06-20T23:50:41","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T23:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=55952"},"modified":"2025-06-20T23:50:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T23:50:42","slug":"periyazhwar-thirumozhi-1-1-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/06\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-1-1-8\/","title":{"rendered":"periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 1.1.8 \u2013 paththu nALum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: Sri varavaramunayE nama:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/06\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi\/\">periyAzhwAr thirumozhi<\/a>&nbsp;&gt;&gt;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/06\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-1\/\">First Centum<\/a>&nbsp;&gt;&gt;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/06\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-1.1\/\">First Decad<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/06\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-1-1-7\/\">Previous<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>avathArikai (Introduction)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is no specific avathArikai for this pAsuram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>paththu nALum kadandha iraNdA nAL<\/em><br><em>eththisaiyum sayamaram kOdiththu<\/em><br><em>maththa mAmalai thAngiya maindhanai<\/em><br><em>uththAnam seydhu ugandhanar AyarE<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Word-by-Word Meanings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>paththu nAlum kadandha<\/em> \u2013 after ten days had passed<br><em>iraNdAm nAL<\/em> \u2013 and another two days [viz. twelve days from birth]<br><em>eththisaiyum<\/em> \u2013 in all directions<br><em>saya maram<\/em> \u2013 staffs to signify victory<br><em>kOdiththu<\/em> \u2013 carrying out decorations by planting<br><em>maththa mA malai<\/em> \u2013 the hill gOvardhana, which had many exulting elephants<br><em>thAngiya<\/em> \u2013 one who held<br><em>maindhanai<\/em> \u2013 kaNNan, one who had the strength<br><em>Ayar<\/em> \u2013 herd folk<br><em>uththAnam seydhu<\/em> \u2013 carrying him in their arms<br><em>ugandhanar<\/em> \u2013 were blissful<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Simple Translation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the twelfth day from his [krishNa\u2019s] birth, the herd-folk planted decorative flag-staffs in all directions, announcing to all, their victory [of having the great krishNa amidst them]. They carried in their arms the infant krishNa, who, in later years, will hold aloft the gOvardhana mountain which had many elephants which were in exultation. They displayed their bliss in this manner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>vyAkhyAnam (Commentary)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>paththu nALum kadandha iraNdA nAL<\/strong> \u2013 on the day of <em>puNyAhavachanam<\/em> [the day when the new-born child is given a name], which falls on the twelfth day after birth. Since AzhwAr is totally engaged with carrying out <em>mangaLASAsanam<\/em> [praising and protecting], he does not wish to reveal the details of krishNa\u2019s birth and says \u2013 the twelfth day from birth [hiding from entities such as kamsan et al].<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>eththisaiyum saya maram kOdiththu<\/strong> \u2013 planting decorative flag-staffs in all four directions, to signify their victory [of having attained krishNa]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>maththa mAmalai thAngiya maindhanai<\/strong> \u2013 the powerful child who held aloft the huge mountain that had many elephants which were in exultation. Since AzhwAr incarnated in the period much after the birth of krishNa, he has the liberty to identify the activities of krishNa which he carried out much later, with the child who had been born only twelve days earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>uththAnam seydhu ugandhanar AyarE<\/strong> \u2013 due to overflowing affection for krishNa, the herd-folk carried the infant krishNa, individually, in their hands, and became happy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We shall next consider the 9<sup>th<\/sup> pAsuram of this thirumozhi.<\/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=\"http:\/\/koyil.org\/\">http:\/\/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=\"http:\/\/pillai.koyil.org\/\">http:\/\/pillai.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: Sri varavaramunayE nama: periyAzhwAr thirumozhi&nbsp;&gt;&gt;&nbsp;First Centum&nbsp;&gt;&gt;&nbsp;First Decad Previous avathArikai (Introduction) There is no specific avathArikai for this pAsuram. paththu nALum kadandha iraNdA nALeththisaiyum sayamaram kOdiththumaththa mAmalai thAngiya maindhanaiuththAnam seydhu ugandhanar AyarE Word-by-Word Meanings paththu nAlum kadandha \u2013 after ten days had passediraNdAm nAL \u2013 and another two days &#8230; <a title=\"periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 1.1.8 \u2013 paththu nALum\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/06\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-1-1-8\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 1.1.8 \u2013 paththu nALum\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,717,718],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mudhalayiram","category-periyazhwar-thirumozhi","category-periyazhwar-thirumozhi-1st-centum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55952","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=55952"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56012,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55952\/revisions\/56012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}