{"id":57088,"date":"2025-09-06T23:50:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T23:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=57088"},"modified":"2025-09-06T23:50:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T23:50:00","slug":"periyazhwar-thirumozhi-1-7-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/09\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-1-7-5\/","title":{"rendered":"periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 1.7.5 \u2013 munnal Or"},"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\/09\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-1-7\/\">Seventh Decad<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/09\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-1-7-4\/\">Previous<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>avathArikai (Introduction)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>thiruvAimozhip piLLai, in his svApadhESam, says that AzhwAr is enjoying the manner in which krishNa was following his elder brother <em>nambi mUththa pirAn<\/em> [balarAman], which was similar to a child of a mountain chasing another child of a mountain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>munnal Or veLLip perumalikkuttan modu modu viraindhu Oda<\/em><br><em>pinnaith thudarndhu Or karumalaik kuttan peyarndhu adi iduvadhu pOl<\/em><br><em>panni ulagam paravi OvAp pugazhp paladhEvan ennum<\/em><br><em>thannambi Odap pinkUdach chelvAn thaLar nadai nadavAnO<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Word-by-Word Meanings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>mun<\/em> \u2013 ahead<br><em>nal<\/em> \u2013 distinguished<br><em>Or<\/em> \u2013 unique<br><em>peru veLLi malai<\/em> \u2013 given birth to, by a huge silver mountain<br><em>kuttan<\/em> \u2013 a small one<br><em>modu modu<\/em> \u2013 making a noise such as \u201c<em>dhidu dhidu<\/em>\u201d<br><em>viraindhu Oda<\/em> \u2013 even as he ran fast<br><em>pinnai<\/em> \u2013 behind that small one<br><em>thodarndhadhu<\/em> \u2013 followed<br><em>karu<\/em> \u2013 dark<br><em>malai<\/em> \u2013 yielded by a mountain (created by a mountain)<br><em>kuttan<\/em> \u2013 a small one<br><em>peyarndhu<\/em> \u2013 slowly<br><em>adi iduvadhu pOl<\/em> \u2013 just as taking a step<br><em>ulagam<\/em> \u2013 eminent people<br><em>panni<\/em> \u2013 analysed<br><em>paravi<\/em> \u2013 praised<br><em>OvA<\/em> \u2013 indeterminable limit<br><em>pugazh<\/em> \u2013 having fame<br><em>baladhEvan ennum<\/em> \u2013 having the name \u201c<em>baladhEvan<\/em>\u201d (balarAman)<br><em>than nambi<\/em> \u2013 his elder brother<br><em>Oda<\/em> \u2013 as he ran ahead<br><em>pin<\/em> \u2013 following him<br><em>kUda<\/em> \u2013 to join with him<br><em>selvAn<\/em> \u2013 one who goes rapidly<br><em>thaLar nadai nadavAnO<\/em> &#8211; will be not take tender steps?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Simple Translation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A distinguished, unique, child, given birth to by a huge silver mountain, ran ahead, making a sound such as \u201c<em>dhidu dhidu<\/em>\u201d. Another child, given birth to by a dark mountain, followed the earlier child, with small steps, slowly. Even if eminent people in the world, after analysing, praise him, they cannot ascertain the limit of his fame. Even as such baladhEvan [balarAman], was running in front [like the child of the silver mountain], krishNa, his younger brother [who was like the child given birth to by a dark mountain], ran behind him, to join with him. Will such krishNa not take tender steps?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>vyAkhyAnam (Commentary)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>munnal \u2026<\/strong> &#8211; a child, distinguished, unique, given birth to by a huge silver mountain, was running in front, with arrogance, with his steps making a noise \u201c<em>dhidu dhidu<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>pinnai \u2026<\/strong>&#8211; behind that child, with his arrogance, to catch him, another child, given birth to by a dark mountain was running, in line with its quality of childishness, with small steps. Similar to this \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>panni \u2026<\/strong> &#8211; Even if all the eminent people in the world, with all the power of their knowledge, analyse and praise, they cannot see the limit of baladhEvan\u2019s fame. Even as such baladhEvan, his elder brother, was running in front, to catch up with him, krishNa was running behind him with small steps. Will not such krishNa take tender steps?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>thiruvAimozhip piLLai says here that even if the people of the world analyse various SAsthras [sacred texts} and sthOthrams [hymns in praise] through their AchAryans [preceptors], and praise without any interval, they cannot complete their praising of baladhEvan; such was his fame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We shall next consider the 6<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; Seventh Decad Previous avathArikai (Introduction) thiruvAimozhip piLLai, in his svApadhESam, says that AzhwAr is enjoying the manner in which krishNa was following his elder brother nambi mUththa pirAn [balarAman], which was similar to a child of a mountain chasing another child of &#8230; <a title=\"periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 1.7.5 \u2013 munnal Or\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/09\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-1-7-5\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 1.7.5 \u2013 munnal Or\">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-57088","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\/57088","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=57088"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57137,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57088\/revisions\/57137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}