{"id":56278,"date":"2025-07-11T23:24:46","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T23:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=56278"},"modified":"2025-07-11T23:24:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T23:24:46","slug":"periyazhwar-thirumozhi-1-2-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/07\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-1-2-18\/","title":{"rendered":"periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 1.2.18 \u2013 maNNum malaiyum"},"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\/07\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-1-2-17\/\">Previous<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>avathArikai (Introduction)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After enjoying the beauty of krishNa\u2019s divine eyebrows, AzhwAr enjoys his divine ear rings [could also be taken as divine ears]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>maNNum malaiyum kadalum ulagEzhum<\/em><br><em>uNNum thiRaththu magizhndhu uNNum piLLaikku<\/em><br><em>vaNNam ezhil koL magarak kuzhai ivai<\/em><br><em>thiNNam irundhavA kANIrE sEyizhaiyIr<\/em>!<em> vandhu kANIrE<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Word-by-Word Meanings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>maNNum<\/em> \u2013 earth<br><em>malaiyum<\/em> \u2013 mountains<br><em>kadalum<\/em> \u2013 oceans<br><em>ulagu Ezhum<\/em> \u2013 seven worlds<br><em>uNNum thiRaththu<\/em> \u2013 with respect to keeping them in the divine stomach<br><em>magizhndhu<\/em> \u2013 feeling happy<br><em>uNNum<\/em> \u2013 keeping in the divine stomach<br><em>piLLaikku<\/em> \u2013 for the little child<br><em>ezhil vaNNam koL<\/em> \u2013 having a beautiful complexion<br><em>magarak kuzhai<\/em> \u2013 divine ear rings<br><em>ivai<\/em> \u2013 their<br><em>thiNNam<\/em> \u2013 sturdiness<br><em>irundha A<\/em> \u2013 the way they are<br><em>kANIr<\/em> \u2013 have a look<br><em>sE izhaiyIr<\/em> \u2013 oh, women who have beautiful ornaments! Come and have a look<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Simple Translation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>emperumAn keeps earth, mountains, oceans and all the seven worlds in his divine stomach, with happiness. yaSOdhAp pirAtti wants the herd-women, who are wearing beautiful ornaments, to come and have a look at the sturdiness of his divine ear rings which have a beautiful complexion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>vyAkhyAnam (Commentary)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>maNNum \u2026<\/strong> &#8211; to prevent deluge from swallowing earth, which is the support for all, anchoring mountains, which support earth, oceans, which protect earth and all the worlds, emperumAn kept them in his divine stomach. He felt happy that he had been able to protect them. For the child [krishNa] who kept these as his sustenance\u2026 thiruvAimozhip piLLai says, in his svApadhESam, that he kept the seven worlds above the earth and seven below the earth in his divine stomach.&nbsp; For the term <em>uNNum thiRaththu magizhndhu uNNaum piLLiakku<\/em>, he says that emperumAn was happy that he was able to protect all the worlds in his divine stomach. His happiness came about because he felt that since their sensory organs have been kept in abeyance during the time that they spend in his divine stomach, the jIvAthmas [all the souls] would be prevented from indulging in sinful activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>vaNNam \u2026<\/strong> &#8211; his divine ear rings have a complementary complexion to that of his divine form and due to differences in their shapes, they have a beauty about them. Come and have a look at these divine ear rings which attract the eyes and hearts of those who see them, on account of their sturdiness. Oh women, who have adorned yourselves with beautiful ornaments! Come and have a look at his divine ear-rings. thiruvAimozhip piLLai says here that the term <em>sEyizhai<\/em> refers to ornaments for the soul [knowledge about emperumAn, total bliss, being a servitor etc]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We shall next consider the 19<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 krishNa\u2019s divine eyebrows, AzhwAr enjoys his divine ear rings [could also be taken as divine ears] maNNum malaiyum kadalum ulagEzhumuNNum thiRaththu magizhndhu uNNum piLLaikkuvaNNam ezhil koL magarak kuzhai ivaithiNNam irundhavA kANIrE sEyizhaiyIr! vandhu &#8230; <a title=\"periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 1.2.18 \u2013 maNNum malaiyum\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/07\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-1-2-18\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 1.2.18 \u2013 maNNum malaiyum\">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-56278","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\/56278","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=56278"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56279,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56278\/revisions\/56279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}