{"id":56922,"date":"2025-08-25T00:12:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T00:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=56922"},"modified":"2025-08-25T00:12:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T00:12:02","slug":"periyazhwar-thirumozhi-1-6-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-1-6-4\/","title":{"rendered":"periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 1.6.4 \u2013 thUnilA muRRaththE"},"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\/08\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-1-6\/\">Sixth Decad<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-1-6-3\/\">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>thUnilA muRRaththE pOndhu viLaiyAda<\/em><br><em>vAnilA ambulee<\/em>!<em> chandhirA<\/em>! <em>vA enRu<\/em><br><em>nI nilA nin pugazhA ninRa Ayar tham<\/em><br><em>kOnilAvak kottAy chappANi kudandhaik kidandhAnE<\/em>!<em> chappANi<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Word-by-Word Meanings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>vAn nilA<\/em> \u2013 roaming in the sky<br><em>ambulee<\/em>! \u2013 oh, ambulee! [moon]<br><em>chandhirA<\/em>! \u2013 oh, chandhran! [moon]<br><em>pOndhu<\/em> \u2013 coming<br><em>thUnilA<\/em> \u2013 having beautiful moon<br><em>muRRaththE<\/em> \u2013 in the courtyard<br><em>viLaiyAda<\/em> \u2013 for playing<br><em>vA enRu<\/em> \u2013 saying \u201cCome\u201d<br><em>nin<\/em> \u2013 you<br><em>pugazhA ninRa<\/em> \u2013 praising<br><em>Ayar tham<\/em> \u2013 for the herd-folk<br><em>kO<\/em> \u2013 nandhagOpar, who is their head<br><em>nilAva<\/em> \u2013 to feel happy, clap your hands<br><em>kudandhai<\/em> \u2013 in thirukkudandhai<br><em>kidandhAnE<\/em>! \u2013 oh, one who is reclining!<br><em>nI nilA<\/em> \u2013 you should stand and clap<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Simple Translation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh, chandhran, who is moving about in the sky! Herd-folk are praising you, calling you to come and play in the courtyard. nandhagOpar is the head of such herd-folk. You [addressing krishNa] should clap your hands so that nandhagOpar is happy. Oh, one who is reclining in thirukkudandhai! You should stand and clap your hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>vyAkhyAnam (Commentary)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>thU nilA \u2026<\/strong> &#8211; come to the courtyard which has moon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>thiruvAimozhip piLLai, in his svApadhESam, says that yaSOdhAp pirAtti carried krishNa on her waist to the courtyard, calling chandhran \u201cOh ambulee, who is roaming about in the sky! Oh, chandhran! Come\u201d, calling chandhran as <em>ambulee<\/em> too, in the way a child would call him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>viLaiyAda \u2026<\/strong> &#8211; calling chandhran too \u201cOh, ambulee who is moving about in the sky! Oh, chandhra! Come and play\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>nI nilA<\/strong> \u2013 you should stand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>thiruvAimozhip piLLai says here that the term <em>nilAva<\/em> refers to nandhagOpar and that yaSOdhAp pirAtti is asking krishNa to clap his hands such that nandhagOpar exists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>nin \u2026<\/strong> &#8211; You should clap your hands such that nandhagOpar, who is delighted with your activities and who praises you, and who is the leader of herd-folks, becomes happy and shines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>thiruvAimozhip piLLai says here that nandhagOpar praises krishNa for both his eminence and simplicity. He further says that nandhagOpar, through his qualities, has controlled and ruled the herd-folk who are ignorant and are individualistic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>kudandhai \u2026<\/strong> &#8211; Oh, one who is reclining in thirukkudandhai, being under the controller of your followers!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>thiruvAimozhip piLLai says here: Oh, one who is reclining in thirukkudandhai just as it has been mentioned in <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2017\/08\/thiruvaimozhi-5-8-1-aravamudhe\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"17217\">thiruvAimozhi 5-8-1<\/a> \u201c<em>thigazhak kidandhAy kaNdEn<\/em>\u201d (I am seeing you, in the lying posture, shining) and in <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2024\/01\/thiruchchandha-viruththam-61\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"52598\">thiruchchandha viruththam 61<\/a> \u201d<em>kidandhvARu ezhundhirundhu pEsu<\/em>\u201d (you should speak to me, getting up from your posture of lying down).<\/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; Sixth Decad Previous avathArikai (Introduction) There is no specific avathArikai for this pAsuram. thUnilA muRRaththE pOndhu viLaiyAdavAnilA ambulee! chandhirA! vA enRunI nilA nin pugazhA ninRa Ayar thamkOnilAvak kottAy chappANi kudandhaik kidandhAnE! chappANi Word-by-Word Meanings vAn nilA \u2013 roaming in the skyambulee! \u2013 &#8230; <a title=\"periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 1.6.4 \u2013 thUnilA muRRaththE\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-1-6-4\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 1.6.4 \u2013 thUnilA muRRaththE\">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-56922","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\/56922","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=56922"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56994,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56922\/revisions\/56994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}