{"id":56787,"date":"2025-08-27T00:02:59","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T00:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=56787"},"modified":"2025-08-27T00:02:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T00:02:59","slug":"periya-thirumozhi-6-9-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/periya-thirumozhi-6-9-6\/","title":{"rendered":"periya thirumozhi &#8211; 6.9.6 &#8211; pon muththum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"block-a30dd989-e2bf-4f3e-b741-a53d61eae979\"><small>SrI:&nbsp; SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:&nbsp; SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:&nbsp; SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-33bb50b7-1ffa-4e4d-8f09-923782e044f1\"><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\/08\/periya-thirumozhi-6-9\/\">Ninth decad<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-3fb4fafc-dd75-4411-a282-80580bf4a78e\"><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/periya-thirumozhi-6-9-5\/\">&lt;&lt; Previous<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-a1c0c9db-2e41-42f4-bc1d-0106f329509a\">Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-9062458d-2ec7-4211-800e-39f41908829f\">No specific introduction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-b7c410d2-d7d2-46bb-9a47-b567da7e4ba0\">pAsuram<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-05d0265c-cc66-4da9-b1e1-f544269954d4\"><em>ponmuththum ariyugirum puzhaik kaimmA karikkOdum<br>minnath thaN thirai undhum viyan ponnith thirunaRaiyUr<br>minnoththa nuNmarungul melliyalai thirumArbil<br>mannath thAn vaiththugandhAn malaradiyE adai nenjE!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-35bd3f4d-7f6a-43b5-a0c0-f4a3b1b09bd7\">Word-by-Word meanings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-d2a3674c-71ba-42fa-9402-b449570c2dd7\">pon &#8211; gold<br>muththum &#8211; pearls<br>ari &#8211; lion&#8217;s<br>ugirum &#8211; nails<br>puzhai &#8211; having a hole<br>kai &#8211; having trunk<br>mA &#8211; huge<br>kari &#8211; elephant&#8217;s<br>kOdum &#8211; tusks<br>minna &#8211; as lightning was seen (in the western direction)<br>thaN &#8211; cool water&#8217;s<br>thirai &#8211; waves<br>undhum &#8211; (gathering and) pushing<br>viyan ponni &#8211; having amazing kAvEri<br>thirunaRaiyUr &#8211; thirunaRaiyUr <br>min oththta &#8211; matching lightning<br>nuN &#8211; very slim<br>marungum &#8211; having waist<br>mel iyalai &#8211; periya pirAtti, who is naturally tender <br>thirumArbil &#8211; on the beautiful chest<br>manna &#8211; to remain firm<br>thAn &#8211; himself<br>vaiththu &#8211; one who has arranged<br>ugandhAn &#8211; one who is joyful, his<br>malar &#8211; tender like a flower<br>adi \u2013 divine feet<br>nenjE \u2013 Oh heart!<br>adai \u2013 try to surrender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-d6164379-8323-4c86-bd3e-d17fb0887cd6\">Simple translation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-542520f6-e5df-4149-bd5f-900c592e996b\">thirunaRaiyUr is having the amazing kAvEri gathering gold, pearls, lion&#8217;s nails, tusks of elephants having trunk with hole, and pushing them with the help of its cool water&#8217;s waves. bhagavAn has himself arranged to have periya pirAtti, who is naturally tender and is having very slim waist that is matching lightning, on his beautiful chest and being joyful due to that. Oh heart! Try to surrender unto his divine feet which are tender like flower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-3fb1196f-fade-4ea7-8944-f32cc7f7656c\">Highlights from vyAkyAnam (Commentary)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>pon muththum &#8230; <\/strong>&#8211; As the lions fight with the elephants, the lions will break the elephants&#8217; heads with a huge blow and pearls will come out of those heads. Those pearls, the gold which is present on the mountains, lions&#8217; nails, elephants&#8217; tusks, will be brought by the cool waves of kAvEri as lighning lights up the western direction, and pushed over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>min oththa &#8230; <\/strong>&#8211; periya pirAtti, who is having lightning like waist and who is more tender than bhagavAn himself, is held on his divine chest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>manna &#8230; <\/strong>&#8211; Surrender unto the tender, divine feet of bhagavAn who is always joyfully keeping periya pirAtti on his divine chest. When we go and surrender unto him, if he starts counting our defects [to punish us], she will pacify him saying as in SrI rAmAyaNam yudhdha kANdam 116-45 \u201c<em>nakaSchin nAparAdhyathi<\/em>\u201d (there is none who has not committed a wrongful deed).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-26e57f5b-2339-418b-b470-441cf64c17c6\">In the next article we will enjoy the next pAsuram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-0e863c27-7901-44bf-8cfc-04064e861c05\">adiyen sarathy ramanuja dasan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-a4455ff7-cd8c-456e-baa5-a5831373a1c5\">archived in <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/\">https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-c7472b87-40e6-456e-8eb1-87efc199f165\">pramEyam (goal) \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/koyil.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">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; Ninth decad &lt;&lt; Previous Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction) No specific introduction. pAsuram ponmuththum ariyugirum puzhaik kaimmA karikkOdumminnath thaN thirai undhum viyan ponnith thirunaRaiyUrminnoththa nuNmarungul melliyalai thirumArbilmannath thAn vaiththugandhAn malaradiyE adai nenjE! Word-by-Word meanings pon &#8211; goldmuththum &#8211; pearlsari &#8211; &#8230; <a title=\"periya thirumozhi &#8211; 6.9.6 &#8211; pon muththum\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/periya-thirumozhi-6-9-6\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about periya thirumozhi &#8211; 6.9.6 &#8211; pon muththum\">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-56787","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\/56787","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=56787"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57029,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56787\/revisions\/57029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}