{"id":56614,"date":"2025-08-05T23:36:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T23:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=56614"},"modified":"2025-08-05T23:36:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T23:36:02","slug":"periya-thirumozhi-6-7-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/periya-thirumozhi-6-7-7\/","title":{"rendered":"periya thirumozhi &#8211; 6.7.7 &#8211; midaiyA vandha"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><small>SrI:&nbsp; SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:&nbsp; SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:&nbsp; SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2020\/11\/periya-thirumozhi\/\">periya thirumozhi<\/a> &gt;&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/05\/periya-thirumozhi-6\/\">Sixth centum<\/a> &gt;&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/07\/periya-thirumozhi-6-7\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"55669\">Seventh decad<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/periya-thirumozhi-6-7-6\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"56596\">&lt;&lt; Previous<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>No specific introduction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">pAsuram<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>midaiyA vandha vEl mannar vIya visayan thEr kadavik<br>kudaiyA varai onRu eduththu Ayar kOvAy ninRAn kUrAzhip<br>padaiyAn vEdham nAngu aindhu vELvi angam ARu isai Ezh<br>nadaiyA valla andhaNar vAzh naRaiyUr ninRa nambiyE<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Word-by-Word meanings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>midaiyA &#8211; gathering as a crowd<br>vandha &#8211; came (for battle)<br>vEl &#8211; having the weapon, spear<br>mannar &#8211; kings<br>vIya &#8211; to be killed<br>visayan &#8211; arjunan&#8217;s<br>thEr &#8211; chariot<br>kadavi &#8211; one who conducted<br>onRu varai &#8211; a mountain which was within his reach<br>kudaiyA eduththu &#8211; lifted it as an umbrella (and protected the cowherd)<br>Ayar kOvAy &#8211; (due to that) being the lord for cowherds<br>ninRAn &#8211; one who remained<br>kUr Azhi padaiyAn &#8211; having sharp thiruvAzhi (chakra) as the weapon<br>nAngu vEdham &#8211; four vEdhams<br>aindhu vELvi &#8211; pancha mahA yagyams (five great sacrifices)<br>ARu angam &#8211; six ancillary subjects of vEdham such as SIkshA etc<br>Ezh isai &#8211; saptha svarams (seven tunes)<br>nadaiyA valla &#8211; those who are always capable of conducting<br>andhaNar &#8211; brAhmaNas<br>vAzh &#8211; eternally residing<br>naRaiyUr ninRa \u2013 one who is eternally residing in thirunaRaiyUr<br>nambi \u2013 nambi is the refuge<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Simple translation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>krishNa conducted arjunan&#8217;s chariot to have the kings who came for battle in a crowd, with the weapon, spear, killed. He remained as the lord of the cowherds, due to lifting of gOvardhan mountain which was within his reach, as an umbrella. He is having sharp thiruvAzhi (chakra) as the weapon. Such bhagavAn is eternally residing in thirunaRaiyUr where brAhmaNas, who are always capable of conducting four vEdhams, pancha mahA yagyams, six ancillary subjects of vEdham such as SIkshA and saptha svarams, are eternally residing. Such nambi is our refuge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Highlights from vyAkyAnam (Commentary)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>midaiyA vandha &#8230;<\/strong> &#8211; All the evil kings\/persons gathered in dhuryOdhana&#8217;s side. To make the earth tremble, the kings came in a huge crowd with weapons. To have them killed, krishNa conducted the chariot to accomplish the task instead of taking up arms. To stop the hail sent by indhra, krishNa lifted up the gOvardhan mountain which was within his reach, and kept it as an umbrella to stop the rain. While lifting the mountain, he did it effortlessly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ayar kO &#8230;<\/strong> &#8211; He remained as the lord of the cowherds and cows, to be crowned by indhra in gOvindha pattAbhishEkam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>kUr Azhip padaiyAn <\/strong>&#8211; Even while having the sharp chakra in his hand, he lifted the mountain. krishNa thought &#8220;[Instead of killing him] if we keep him hungry and torment him, he will realise his mistake and stop the hail. Until then, let me take care of my people\/cows&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>vEdha nAngu &#8230; <\/strong>&#8211; The abode where brAhmaNas who can conduct all of these, are residing. To protect themselves, they are capable of protecting him with their knowledge and conduct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the next article we will enjoy the next pAsuram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>adiyen sarathy ramanuja dasan<\/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=\"https:\/\/koyil.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/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=\"https:\/\/pillai.koyil.org\/\">http:\/\/pillai.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SrI:&nbsp; SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:&nbsp; SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:&nbsp; SrImath varavaramunayE nama: periya thirumozhi &gt;&gt; Sixth centum &gt;&gt; Seventh decad &lt;&lt; Previous Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction) No specific introduction. pAsuram midaiyA vandha vEl mannar vIya visayan thEr kadavikkudaiyA varai onRu eduththu Ayar kOvAy ninRAn kUrAzhippadaiyAn vEdham nAngu aindhu vELvi angam ARu isai EzhnadaiyA valla andhaNar vAzh naRaiyUr &#8230; <a title=\"periya thirumozhi &#8211; 6.7.7 &#8211; midaiyA vandha\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/periya-thirumozhi-6-7-7\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about periya thirumozhi &#8211; 6.7.7 &#8211; midaiyA vandha\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,16,716],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-irandam-ayiram","category-periya-thirumozhi","category-periya-thirumozhi-6th-centum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56614","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56614"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56621,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56614\/revisions\/56621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}