{"id":56135,"date":"2025-07-01T23:29:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=56135"},"modified":"2025-07-01T23:29:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:29:19","slug":"periyazhwar-thirumozhi-1-2-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/07\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-1-2-8\/","title":{"rendered":"periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 1.2.8 \u2013 vandha madhalai"},"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-1-2-7\/\">Previous<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>avathArikai (Introduction)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After enjoying krishNa\u2019s divine waist, AzhwAr enjoys his divine navel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>vandha madhalaik kuzhAththai vali seydhu<\/em><br><em>thandhak kaLiRu pOl thanE viLaiyAdum<\/em><br><em>nandhan madhalaikku nanRum azhagiya<\/em><br><em>undhi irundhavA kANIrE oLi izhaiyIr<\/em>!<em> vandhu kANIrE<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Word-by-Word Meanings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>vandha<\/em> \u2013 those who came to play with him<br><em>madhalai kuzhAththi<\/em> \u2013 group of little children<br><em>vali seydhu<\/em> \u2013 forcing (himself) on them<br><em>thandha kaLiRu pOl<\/em> \u2013 like a little elephant which has (converging) tusk<br><em>thanE<\/em> \u2013 he himself (as the primary person)<br><em>viLaiyAdum<\/em> \u2013 one who played<br><em>nandhan madhalaikku<\/em> \u2013 for kaNNan, nandhagOpar\u2019s son<br><em>nanRum azhagiya<\/em> \u2013 very beautiful<br><em>undhi<\/em> \u2013 divine navel<br><em>irundha A<\/em> \u2013 the manner in which it is<br><em>kANIr<\/em> \u2013 have a look<br><em>oLi izhaiyIr<\/em> \u2013 Oh women, who have radiant ornaments! Come and have a look.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Simple Translation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>kaNNan, the son of SrI nandhagOpar, forces himself on the group of children who come to play with him, to assert that he is the best among them. Look at his divine navel. Oh, women, who have decorated yourselves with radiant ornaments! Come and have a look at his divine navel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>vyAkhyAnam (Commentary)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>vandha \u2026<\/strong> &#8211; when a group of children came to play with him [krishNa], just as it has been said in periyAzhwAr thirumozhi 3-1-1 \u201c<em>thannErAyiram piLLaigaLOdu<\/em>\u201d (along with a thousand children [in thiruvAyappAdi] who are like he is), even as he is as child-like they are, he will make them all to be on one side while he alone will be on the other side, and win against them by force, just like a young elephant will break tree branches. He wanted to dominate over all the other children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>nandhan \u2026<\/strong> &#8211; even while he will roam around like this [in a dominant fashion], in the presence of SrI nandhagOpar, he would behave like a very obedient child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>nanRum \u2026<\/strong> &#8211; look at his very beautiful divine navel. Oh women, who are having splendorous ornaments! Come and have a look at his divine navel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>thiruvAimozhip piLLai says, in his svApadhESam, that the term <em>oLi izhai<\/em> [shiny ornaments] refers to <em>Athma bhUshaNam<\/em> [ornament for the soul, such as bliss, knowledge, being a servitor to emperumAn etc].<\/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;Second Decad Previous avathArikai (Introduction) After enjoying krishNa\u2019s divine waist, AzhwAr enjoys his divine navel. vandha madhalaik kuzhAththai vali seydhuthandhak kaLiRu pOl thanE viLaiyAdumnandhan madhalaikku nanRum azhagiyaundhi irundhavA kANIrE oLi izhaiyIr! vandhu kANIrE Word-by-Word Meanings vandha \u2013 those who came to play with &#8230; <a title=\"periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 1.2.8 \u2013 vandha madhalai\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/07\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-1-2-8\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 1.2.8 \u2013 vandha madhalai\">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-56135","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\/56135","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=56135"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56183,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56135\/revisions\/56183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}