{"id":56577,"date":"2025-08-04T23:45:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T23:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=56577"},"modified":"2025-08-04T23:45:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T23:45:40","slug":"periyazhwar-thirumozhi-1-4-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-1-4-8\/","title":{"rendered":"periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 1.4.8 \u2013 siRiyan enRu"},"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; <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/07\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-1-4\/\">Fourth Decad<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-1-4-7\/\">Previous<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>avathArikai (Introduction)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is no avathArikai for this pAsuram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>siRIyan enRu en iLam singaththai igazhEl kaNdAy<\/em><br><em>siRumaiyin vArththaiyai mAvali idaich chenRu kEL<\/em><br><em>siRumaip pizhai koLLil\u00a0nIyum un thEvaikku uriyai kAN<\/em><br><em>niRaimadhI<\/em>!<em> nedumAl viraindhu unnaik kUvuginRAn<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Word-by-Word Meanings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>niRai madhI<\/em>! \u2013 Oh, chandhran, who is complete!<br><em>en<\/em> \u2013 my<br><em>iLam singaththai<\/em> \u2013 son, who is like a lion cub<br><em>siRiyan enRu<\/em> \u2013 saying, a little child<br><em>igazhEl kaNdAy<\/em> \u2013 do not be derisive<br><em>siRumaiyin<\/em> \u2013 regarding his child-like form<br><em>vArththaiyai<\/em> \u2013 distinguished activities [as vAmana]<br><em>mAvali idai<\/em> \u2013 with mahAbali<br><em>senRu kEL<\/em> \u2013 go and ask<br><em>siRumai<\/em> \u2013 thinking mean (in such an entity\u2019s matter)<br><em>pizhai koLLil<\/em> \u2013 if you think that it is an offence (then)<br><em>nIyum<\/em> \u2013 you too<br><em>un thEvaikku<\/em> \u2013 servitude towards him<br><em>uriyai kAN<\/em> \u2013 you would qualify<br><em>nedumAl<\/em> \u2013 he, who is the lord of all<br><em>viraindhu<\/em> \u2013 with an urge<br><em>unnai<\/em> \u2013 you<br><em>kUvuginRAn<\/em> \u2013 is calling you<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Simple Translation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh, chandhran, who is complete! Do not be derisive towards my son who is like a lion cub. Go to mahAbali and listen to him about krishNa\u2019s activities as a child. If you think that thinking mean about krishNa is an offence, then you too would qualify to be his servitor. He, who is the lord of all, is calling you with an urge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>vyAkhyAnam (Commentary)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>siRiya \u2026<\/strong> &#8211; Do not think about my son, who is like a lion cub in his valour and pride, despicably, by looking at his age and considering him as \u201ca little child\u201d. thiruvAimozhip piLLai says, in his svApadhESam: chandhran has a doubt &#8211; \u201cAre you thinking whether anyone, who is a child, had jumped up before?\u201d In that case, you have not heard about the eminence of his [krishNa\u2019s] small form. mahAbali has got rid of his pride of being magnanimous, which he had got due to his pathos of carrying out his deeds constantly, and is now in the pathos of meditating about the supreme being, in the nether world. You could go there and listen to him. Do not despise my little child who is like a lion cub.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>saiRumai \u2026<\/strong> &#8211; go to mahAbali and hear from him about the distinguishing activity of my son, who went to mahAbali as vAmana, seeking three seps of land, charmed him, measured all the worlds with two steps and imprisoned him with the third.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>siRimai[pizhai koLLil] \u2026<\/strong> &#8211; if you realise that it was an offence thinking lowly about such an entity, then you would also qualify for carrying out servitude towards him. thiruvAimozhip piLLai says here \u2013 If you [referring to chandhran] consider that \u201cemperumAn had to go in the form of vAmana [dwarf form] because of our offences, due to our pride\u201d. If you think \u201cAm I too required?\u201d realise that for you too, being dependent on emperumAn, while carrying out your duty [of rising in the evening and setting in the morning] which has been ordained, even that has been done through emperumAn\u2019s divine mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>niRai \u2026<\/strong> &#8211; Oh, chandhran who is complete! He, who is the lord of all, is calling you, with an urgency. The opinion here is that in line with his quality of being complete, chandhran should come at once. thiruvAimozhip piLLai says here: Aren\u2019t you one with full knowledge? Is there anything which you do not know about duty ordained through his divine mind? Just as it has been said in thaiththirIya upanishath SIkshAvalli that various celestial entities such as <em>vAyu<\/em> [wind], <em>sUrya<\/em> [sun], <em>agni<\/em> [fire], indhra et al carry out their duties out of fear of emperumAn, one has to carry out an errand out of fear too. <em>nedumAl viraindhu unnaik kUvuginRAn<\/em> \u2013 he [emperumAn] is not limited, like you. His infatuation towards you now is coming out of his independence. In line with that infatuation, come immediately.<\/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; Fourth Decad Previous avathArikai (Introduction) There is no avathArikai for this pAsuram. siRIyan enRu en iLam singaththai igazhEl kaNdAysiRumaiyin vArththaiyai mAvali idaich chenRu kELsiRumaip pizhai koLLil\u00a0nIyum un thEvaikku uriyai kANniRaimadhI! nedumAl viraindhu unnaik kUvuginRAn Word-by-Word Meanings niRai madhI! \u2013 Oh, chandhran, who &#8230; <a title=\"periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 1.4.8 \u2013 siRiyan enRu\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-1-4-8\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 1.4.8 \u2013 siRiyan enRu\">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-56577","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\/56577","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=56577"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56608,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56577\/revisions\/56608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}