{"id":56653,"date":"2025-08-11T23:45:53","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T23:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=56653"},"modified":"2025-08-11T23:45:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T23:45:53","slug":"periyazhwar-thirumozhi-1-5-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-1-5-4\/","title":{"rendered":"periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 1.5.4 \u2013 vAnavar thAm magizha"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>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\/08\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-1-5\/\">Fifth Decad<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-1-5-3\/\">Previous<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>avathArikai (Introduction)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is no specific avathArikai for this pAsuram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>vAnavar thAm magizha van sagadam uruLa<\/em><br><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; vanja mulaippEyin nanjamadhu uNdavanE<\/em><br><em>kAnaga valviLavin kAy udhirak karudhik<\/em><br><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; kanRadhu koNdu eRiyum karu niRa en kanRE<\/em><br><em>thEnuganaum muranum thiN thiRal ven naragan<\/em><br><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; enbavar thAm madiyach cheru adhirach chellum<\/em><br><em>Anai<\/em>!<em> enakku oru kAL Aduga sengIrai<\/em><br><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; AyargaL pOrERE<\/em>!<em> Aduga AdugavE<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Word-by-Word Meanings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>vAnavar thAm<\/em> \u2013 celestial entities<br><em>magizha<\/em> \u2013 to feel joyous<br><em>val sagadam<\/em> \u2013 SakatAsuran, who is strong<br><em>uruLa<\/em> \u2013 to roll<br><em>vanjam<\/em> \u2013 deceitful<br><em>pEyin<\/em> \u2013 pUthanA [fiend]<br><em>mulai<\/em> \u2013 atop her bosom<br><em>nanju<\/em> \u2013 poison<br><em>amudhu<\/em> \u2013 as nectar<br><em>uNdavanE<\/em> \u2013 oh, one who consumed!<br><em>kAnagam<\/em> \u2013 in the forest<br><em>val<\/em> \u2013 strong<br><em>viLavin<\/em> \u2013 wood apple<br><em>kAy<\/em> \u2013 raw ones<br><em>udhira<\/em> \u2013 to fall down<br><em>karudhi<\/em> \u2013 thinking<br><em>kanRu<\/em> \u2013 in the form of calf<br><em>adhu<\/em> \u2013 that vathsAsuran [a monster]<br><em>koNdu<\/em> \u2013 holding in the hand<br><em>eRiyum<\/em> \u2013 one who threw<br><em>karu niRam<\/em> \u2013 having a dark complexion<br><em>en kanRE<\/em>! \u2013 oh, one who is my calf!<br><em>dhEnuganum<\/em> \u2013 monster dhEnukAsuran<br><em>muran<\/em> \u2013 monster murAsuran<br><em>thiN thiRal<\/em> \u2013 known well as having strength<br><em>vem<\/em> \u2013 cruel<br><em>naragan<\/em> \u2013 monster narakAsuran<br><em>enbavar thAm<\/em> \u2013 these monsters<br><em>madiya<\/em> \u2013 to die<br><em>seru<\/em> \u2013 in the battle<br><em>adhira<\/em> \u2013 having strength<br><em>sellum<\/em> \u2013 one who went<br><em>Anai<\/em>! \u2013 oh, one who is like an elephant!<br><em>enakku<\/em> \u2013 for me<br><em>oru kAl<\/em> \u2013 one time<br><em>sengIrai Aduga<\/em> \u2013 you should perform <em>sengIrai<\/em><br><em>AyargaL<\/em> \u2013 being obedient to the herd-folks<br><em>pOr<\/em> \u2013 ready for battle<br><em>ERE<\/em>! \u2013 oh, one who is like an arrogant bull!<br><em>Aduga Aduga<\/em> \u2013 you should dance; you should dance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Simple Translation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh, one who made the strong SakatAsuran to roll [down to his death] such that the celestial entiti4s were joyous and one who consumed the poison applied on top of pUthanA\u2019s bosoms, as if it were nectar! Oh, my dark-complexioned calf, who threw a calf in which the monster vathsAsuran had pervaded, to hit against a wood apple raw fruit [inside which another monster had pervaded] such that wood apples would scatter down [and killing both the monsters] inside the forest! Oh, one who is like an elephant going mightily in the battlefield such that monsters such as dhEnukAsuran, murAsuran and the cruel and strong narakAsuran died! Oh, one who is obedient to the herd-folk and who has the arrogance of a bull which is battle-ready! You should dance; you should dance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>vyAkhyAnam (Commentary)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>vAnavar \u2026<\/strong> &#8211; celestial entities prayed to you to incarnate on earth such that the excessive load on earth, on account of monstrous entities, would get reduced. Oh, one who made those celestial entities to be joyous by annihilating the monstrous entities even before reaching the age which is fit to fight with them! When SakatAsuran, a monster, pervaded a wheel near you, to harm you, due to delay in being fed bosom milk, you were kicking your legs, to draw attention. That monster got caught between your legs such that your kick made him roll down to his death. When pUthanA, another monster, came in the guise of your mother, applying poison on her bosoms in order to kill you, oh, one who consumed her life along with that poison! When the text is <em>nanjamudhu uNdavanE<\/em>, it would mean one who consumed that poison as nectar. harivamSam vishNu parvam 6-39 says \u201c<em>sthanyam thath vishasammiSram rasyamAsIjjagadh gurO<\/em>:\u201d (That bosom milk, which had been mixed with poison, was sweet for krishNa, who is the lord of all the worlds). thiruvAimozhip piLLai says, in his svApadhESam, that it was due to my [reference here is to AzhwAr] fortune that the poison became nectar-like. This refers to the auspicious time when krishNa was born.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>kAnagam \u2026<\/strong> &#8211; when krishNa went to the forest to graze calves, two demons had pervaded a calf and a wood apple raw fruit, in order to harm him. This part of the pAsuram narrates the incident when krishNa threw one entity against the other, killing both of them. Oh, one who stood like a dark-complexioned calf, who threw a calf on a few wood-apple raw fruits to make them fall down, in the forest! Through this narration, the way his divine form became splendorous on account of killing the enemies of his followers and the way he was obedient towards his followers are mentioned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>dhEnukan \u2026<\/strong> &#8211; Oh, one who is like a powerful elephant, entering a battlefield, and destroyed monsters such as dhEnukAsuran, murAsuran and the strong, cruel narakAsuran!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>enakku \u2026<\/strong> &#8211; for my sake, you should perform <em>sengIrai<\/em>, once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>AyargaL \u2026<\/strong> &#8211; Oh, one who is obedient towards herd folk such that they could be proud saying \u201cHe is ours\u201d, due to which you are arrogant like a bull which is ready for battle! You should mercifully engage with <em>sengIrai<\/em>; you should mercifully engage with <em>sengIrai<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We shall next consider the 5<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; Fifth Decad Previous avathArikai (Introduction) There is no specific avathArikai for this pAsuram. vAnavar thAm magizha van sagadam uruLa&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; vanja mulaippEyin nanjamadhu uNdavanEkAnaga valviLavin kAy udhirak karudhik&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; kanRadhu koNdu eRiyum karu niRa en kanREthEnuganaum muranum thiN thiRal ven naragan&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; enbavar thAm madiyach &#8230; <a title=\"periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 1.5.4 \u2013 vAnavar thAm magizha\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-1-5-4\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 1.5.4 \u2013 vAnavar thAm magizha\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,717,718],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56653","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\/56653","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=56653"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56744,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56653\/revisions\/56744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}