{"id":56635,"date":"2025-08-07T23:28:42","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T23:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=56635"},"modified":"2025-08-07T23:28:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T23:28:42","slug":"periya-thirumozhi-6-7-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/periya-thirumozhi-6-7-9\/","title":{"rendered":"periya thirumozhi &#8211; 6.7.9 &#8211; ARum piRaiyum"},"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-6-7-8\/\">&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>ARum piRaiyum aravamum adambum sadai mEl aNindhu udalam<br>nIRum pUsi ERUrum iRaiyOn senRu kuRai irappa<br>mARu onRillA vAsa nIr varai mArbagalaththu aLiththu ugandhAn<br>nARum pozhil sUzhndhu azhagAya naRaiyUr ninRa nambiyE<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Word-by-Word meanings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>ARum &#8211; gangA river<br>piRaiyum &#8211; crescent moon<br>aravamum &#8211; snake<br>adambum &#8211; adamba flower<br>sadaimEl &#8211; on his matted hair<br>aNindhu &#8211; wearing<br>udalam &#8211; on the body<br>nIRu &#8211; ashes<br>pUsiyum &#8211; smearing<br>ERu Urum &#8211; riding the bull<br>iRaiyOn &#8211; rudhra, who considers himself to be ISvaran<br>senRu &#8211; reached<br>kuRai &#8211; shortcoming (of brahmahaththi dhOsham &#8211; defect caused by plucking brahmA&#8217;s head)<br>irappa &#8211; as he prayed (to eliminate it) (at that time)<br>varai &#8211; mountain like<br>agalam &#8211; vast<br>mArvaththu &#8211; present on his divine chest<br>onRu mARu illA &#8211; not having a match<br>vAsa nIr &#8211; fragrant sweat<br>aLiththu &#8211; gave<br>ugandhAn &#8211; one who became joyful<br>nARum &#8211; abundantly fragrant<br>pozhil &#8211; by the gardens<br>sUzhndhu &#8211; surrounded<br>azhagAya &#8211; beautiful<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>rudhra who considers himself to be ISvaran and who is wearing gangA river, crescent moon, snake and adamba flower on his matted hair and is having ashes smeared on his body, reached bhagavAn and prayed to him to eliminate his shortcoming; bhagavAn gave the matchless, fragrant sweat from his vast mountain like divine chest and became joyful. Such bhagavAn is eternally residing in thirunaRaiyUr which is surrounded by abundantly fragrant gardens. 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>ARum piRaiyum &#8230; <\/strong>&#8211; rudhra was prideful thinking &#8220;I can protect myself&#8221; and was having such qualities like having gangA river in a small portion of his matted hair, to show that he was an enjoyer, he was having the crescent moon, having snake, having adamba flower, also having ashes smeared on his body and was riding a bull. Such rudhra considers himself to be ISvara. He plucked the head of brahmA who is the guru for the whole world (including rudhra) and his father, and became pAthaki (great sinner) and went to sarvESvaran and informed his trouble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>mARu &#8230;<\/strong> &#8211; bhagavAn gave the sweat from his divine form which is known in chAndhOgya upanishath as &#8220;<em>sarva gandha:<\/em>&#8221; (the abode of all fragrances) and became joyful thinking &#8220;We got to remove the suffering of rudhra who was roaming around respectfully&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>nARum pozhil &#8230; <\/strong>&#8211; Beautiful thirunaRaiyUr is surrounded by fragrant garden which will mesmerise bhagavAn who is said to be &#8220;<em>sarva gandha:&#8221;<\/em>.<\/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 ARum piRaiyum aravamum adambum sadai mEl aNindhu udalamnIRum pUsi ERUrum iRaiyOn senRu kuRai irappamARu onRillA vAsa nIr varai mArbagalaththu aLiththu ugandhAnnARum pozhil sUzhndhu azhagAya naRaiyUr ninRa nambiyE &#8230; <a title=\"periya thirumozhi &#8211; 6.7.9 &#8211; ARum piRaiyum\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/periya-thirumozhi-6-7-9\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about periya thirumozhi &#8211; 6.7.9 &#8211; ARum piRaiyum\">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-56635","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\/56635","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=56635"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56660,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56635\/revisions\/56660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}