{"id":55955,"date":"2025-06-21T23:27:20","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T23:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=55955"},"modified":"2025-06-21T23:27:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T23:27:20","slug":"periyazhwar-thirumozhi-1-1-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/06\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-1-1-9\/","title":{"rendered":"periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 1.1.9 \u2013 kidakkil thottil"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>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-1-1-8\/\">Previous<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>avathArikai (Introduction)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the previous pAsuram, AzhwAr mentioned about krishNa\u2019s activity which he carried out years later [of holding the mountain with his hand]. In this pAsuram, he recalls the activities which are not appropriate for a child of that age, by recounting them in the pathos of yaSOdhA, to women who are in her proximity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>kidakkil thottil kizhiya udhaiththidum<\/em><br><em>eduththuk koLLil marungai iRuththidum<\/em><br><em>odukkip pulgul udharaththE pAyndhidum<\/em><br><em>midukku ilAmaiyAl nAn melindhEn nangAy<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Word-by-Word Meanings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>nangAy<\/em> \u2013 Oh women, who are complete with all the auspicious qualities!<br><em>kidakkil<\/em> \u2013 if laid down (on the cradle)<br><em>thottil<\/em> \u2013 cradle<br><em>kizhiya<\/em> \u2013 to break up<br><em>udhaiththidum<\/em> \u2013 he starts kicking<br><em>eduththuk koLLil<\/em> \u2013 if he were kept on the waist [since he doesn\u2019t like to be put inside the cradle]<br><em>marungai<\/em> \u2013 waist<br><em>iRuththidum<\/em> \u2013 he breaks<br><em>odukki<\/em> \u2013 such that he cannot do any anything<br><em>pulgil<\/em> \u2013 if he were kept close to the chest<br><em>udharaththu<\/em> \u2013 in the stomach<br><em>pAyndhidum<\/em> \u2013 he kicks<br><em>midukku<\/em> \u2013 strength to put up with these activities<br><em>ilAmaiyAl<\/em> \u2013 since [this child] does not have<br><em>nAn<\/em> \u2013 I (his mother)<br><em>melindhEn<\/em> \u2013 have become very thin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Simple Translation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>yaSOdhA tells the ladies among the herd-folk \u201cOh ladies who have all the auspicious qualities! If I have to put down the infant krishNa in the cradle, he kicks it such that it would break. If I hold him on my waist, since he does not like being put inside the cradle, he breaks my waist with his kicks. If I hold him tight to my chest such that he could not engage in any activity, he kicks the stomach region. Since the little krishNa does not have the strength to put up with his activities [of kicking hard objects], I have become thin\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>vyAkhyAnam (Commentary)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>kidakkil<\/strong> \u2013 if the infant krishNa were laid down in the cradle, he will keep kicking it until the cradle would break into pieces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>eEduththuk koLLil marungai iRuththidum<\/strong> \u2013 thinking \u201cKicking like this would not be apt for the softness of his divine legs\u201d, if I pick him up and keep him on my waist, he will keep kicking my waist until the waist itself would break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>odukkip pulgil udharaththE pAyndhidum<\/strong> \u2013 thinking \u201cEven this is not apt for his soft, divine form\u201d, if I keep him close to my chest such that he cannot engage in any activity, he would still slip a bit and start kicking my stomach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>midukku ilAmaiyAL nAn melindhEn nangAy<\/strong> \u2013 I became very thin after thinking \u201cThis infant does not have the strength in him to put up with his activity of kicking repeatedly with those soft, divine feet\u201d. The term <em>nangAy<\/em> refers to a group of women who were near yaSOdhA, even though it appears to address a single person. She appears to be hinting that they have all the auspicious qualities in them since they have sired children who act according to their age and have nurtured them that way, and not like krishNa, who is acting beyond his age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We shall next consider the last 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) In the previous pAsuram, AzhwAr mentioned about krishNa\u2019s activity which he carried out years later [of holding the mountain with his hand]. In this pAsuram, he recalls the activities which are not appropriate for a child of that &#8230; <a title=\"periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 1.1.9 \u2013 kidakkil thottil\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/06\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-1-1-9\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 1.1.9 \u2013 kidakkil thottil\">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-55955","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\/55955","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=55955"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56021,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55955\/revisions\/56021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}