{"id":56049,"date":"2025-06-28T00:01:41","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T00:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=56049"},"modified":"2025-06-28T00:01:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T00:01:42","slug":"periyazhwar-thirumozhi-1-2-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/06\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-1-2-4\/","title":{"rendered":"periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 1.2.4 \u2013 uzhandhAL naRuney"},"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-1.2\/\">Second Decad<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/06\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-1-2-3\/\">Previous<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>avathArikai (Introduction)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After enjoying the beauty of the divine shin, AzhwAr enjoys the beauty of krishNa\u2019s divine knees<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>uzhandhAL naRu ney OrO thadA uNNa<\/em><br><em>izhandhAL erivinAL Irththu ezhilmaththin<\/em><br><em>pazhandhAmbAl Ochchap payaththAl thavazhndhAn<\/em><br><em>muzhandhAL irundhavA kANIrE mugizh mulaiyeer vandhu kANIrE<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Word-by-Word Meanings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>uzhandhAL<\/em> \u2013 with effort [accumulated]<br><em>naRu ney<\/em> \u2013 fragrant ghee<br><em>OrO thadA<\/em> \u2013 each vessel, sequentially<br><em>uNNa<\/em> \u2013 as he ate<br><em>izhandhAL<\/em> \u2013 thinking that she had lost the child<br><em>erivinAl<\/em> \u2013 due to anger<br><em>Irththu<\/em> \u2013 pulling him (by his hand)<br><em>ezhil maththinn<\/em> \u2013 with a beautiful churning staff<br><em>pazham thAmbAl<\/em> \u2013 with an old rope<br><em>Ochcha<\/em> \u2013 as she [yaSOdhAp pirAtti] raised it, to hit him<br><em>payaththAl<\/em> \u2013 out of fear<br><em>thavazhndhAn<\/em> \u2013 one, who crawled<br><em>muzhandhAl<\/em> \u2013 divine knees<br><em>irundhavA<\/em> \u2013 the way they were<br><em>kANIrE<\/em> \u2013 look<br><em>mugizhmulaiyIr<\/em> \u2013 Oh those with bosoms which are like buds! <em>\u00a0<\/em><br><em>vandhu kANIr<\/em> \u2013 Come and have a look<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Simple Translation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>yaSOdhAp pirAtti had accumulated ghee, with effort, over a period of time, and stored them in vessels. Little krishNa ate the ghee from each vessel. Fearing that she would lose her child if he ate so much of ghee, in order to warn him, yaSOdhAp pirAtti caught hold of his divine arm, pulled him, and raised an old rope [which was used for making butter by churning the staff with it], as if to strike him with that rope. krishNa crawled away from her, out of fear for her. Looking at him crawl like that, yaSOdhAp pirAtti called her friends, whose bosoms were like buds, to come and have a look at his divine knees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>vyAkhyAnam (Commentary)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>uzhandhAL<\/strong> \u2013 yaSOdhAp pirAtti had taken lot of efforts to get the ghee \u2013 she had to milk the cows, then heat the milk and set it to become curd; then she had to churn the curd, in order to get butter from it. She then had to heat the butter and convert it into ghee. Thus, she had to take plenty of efforts in order to get each vessel of ghee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>naRu ney oRo thadA uNNa<\/strong> \u2013 krishNa ate the fragrant ghee from one pot after another, without leaving anything behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>erivinAl Irththu<\/strong> \u2013 out of fear whether the little infant would be able to digest all the ghee which he had eaten, she pulled him roughly, with anger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ezhil maththin pazham thAmbAl Ochcha<\/strong> \u2013 she tried to hit him with an old rope which was coiled around a beautiful churning staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>payaththAl thavazhndhAn<\/strong> \u2013 out of fear that she would hit him, little krishNa crawled away from her, to escape from her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>muzhandhAL irundhavA kANIrE<\/strong> \u2013 she is beckoning her friends to look at his beautiful, divine knees as he crawled away from her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>mugizh mulaiyIr vandhu kANIrE<\/strong> \u2013 Oh ladies who have bosoms which are like buds! Come and have a look at his divine knees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his svApadhESam, thiruvAimozhip piLLai says that their bosoms indicate devotion. The reference to bud-like bosom is to indicate that their devotion is just then sprouting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We shall next consider the 5<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;Second Decad Previous avathArikai (Introduction) After enjoying the beauty of the divine shin, AzhwAr enjoys the beauty of krishNa\u2019s divine knees uzhandhAL naRu ney OrO thadA uNNaizhandhAL erivinAL Irththu ezhilmaththinpazhandhAmbAl Ochchap payaththAl thavazhndhAnmuzhandhAL irundhavA kANIrE mugizh mulaiyeer vandhu kANIrE Word-by-Word Meanings uzhandhAL \u2013 &#8230; <a title=\"periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 1.2.4 \u2013 uzhandhAL naRuney\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/06\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-1-2-4\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 1.2.4 \u2013 uzhandhAL naRuney\">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":[10,717,718],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56049","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\/56049","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=56049"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56113,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56049\/revisions\/56113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}