{"id":57148,"date":"2025-09-10T23:40:55","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T23:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=57148"},"modified":"2025-09-10T23:40:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T23:40:55","slug":"periyazhwar-thirumozhi-1-7-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/09\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-1-7-9\/","title":{"rendered":"periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 1.7.9 \u2013 veN puzhudhi"},"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-1-7-8\/\">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 desires that krishNa should walk like a little elephant which roams around on its own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>veN puzhudhi mEl peydhu koNdu aLaindhadhOr vEzhaththin karum kanRu pOl<\/em><br><em>then puzhudi Adith thirivikkiraman siRu pugar pada viyarththu<\/em><br><em>oN pOdhu alar kamalach chiRukkAl uRaiththu onRum nOvAmE<\/em><br><em>thaN pOdhu koNda thavisin mIdhE thaLar nadai nadavAnO<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Word-by-Word Meanings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>veN puzhudhi<\/em> \u2013 white dust<br><em>mEl peydhu koNdu<\/em> \u2013 spraying on its top part<br><em>aLaindhadhu<\/em> \u2013 mingling with [the dirt, with its trunk]<br><em>Or<\/em> \u2013 a<br><em>karu<\/em> \u2013 dark<br><em>vEzhaththin kanRu pOl<\/em> \u2013 like a baby elephant<br><em>theL<\/em> \u2013 clean [white]<br><em>puzhudhi<\/em> \u2013 in dirt<br><em>Adi<\/em> \u2013 playing<br><em>thirivikkiraman<\/em> \u2013 one who measured the worlds with three steps<br><em>siRu pugar pada<\/em> \u2013 just as the form appears resplendent, a little bit<br><em>viyarththu<\/em> \u2013 sweating<br><em>oN<\/em> \u2013 being beautiful<br><em>pOdhu<\/em> \u2013 at the appropriate time<br><em>alar<\/em> \u2013 blossomed<br><em>kamalam<\/em> \u2013 like a lotus<br><em>siRu<\/em> \u2013 little<br><em>kAl<\/em> \u2013 divine feet<br><em>uRaiththu<\/em> \u2013 where [he] stepped firmly<br><em>onRum nOvAmE<\/em> \u2013 without any pain<br><em>thaN<\/em> \u2013 cool<br><em>pOdhu koNda<\/em> \u2013 having flowers<br><em>thavisin mIdhu<\/em> \u2013 on the mattress, will he not take tender steps?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Simple Translation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>emperumAn, as thrivikraman, had measured all the words with three steps of his divine feet. Just as his divine form has appeared radiant, krishNa is playing with dirt, like a dark, baby elephant which sprays white dirt all over its body and plays with its trunk. Will not that krishNa, whose divine form is shining with the dirt sticking to places where he is sweating, take tender steps on to a matress of lotus flowers, such that his divine feet do not pain where he steps on?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>vyAkhyAnam (Commentary)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>veN puzhudhi \u2026<\/strong> &#8211; just like a dark, baby elephant, which sprays white dirt on itself, swinging its trunk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>theN \u2026<\/strong> &#8211; applying clean [white] dirt on his divine form<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>thrivikraman<\/strong> \u2013 without considering the softness of his divine feet, emperumAn measured the worlds to fulfil the desire of his follower, indhran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>thiruvAimozhip piLLai says here that just as AzhwAr saw thrivikraman during the incarnation of vAmana, due to matching nature of quality, he sees krishNa also as thrivikrama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>siRu pugar pada viyarththu<\/strong> \u2013 on those places on his divine form where there are droplets of sweat, the dirt which he had applied, appears a bit shiny<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>oN pOdhu \u2026<\/strong> &#8211; his divine, little feet appear like a beautiful lotus flower which has blossomed at the appropriate time. Without causing any pain to those divine feet at the places where he has stepped onto firmly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>thiruvAimozhip piLLai says here that his feet are tender just as it has been mentioned in <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2017\/11\/thiruvaimozhi-6-2-10-ninrilangu-mudiyinay\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"18534\">thiruvAimozhi 6-2-10<\/a> \u201c<em>maRRai nilamagaL pidikkum melladi<\/em>\u201d (the tender, divine feet which are gently massaged by SrI dhEvi and bhU dhEvi, who themselves have very tender divine hands).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>thaN \u2026<\/strong> &#8211; will he not take tender steps on a mattress of lotus flowers? <em>thavisu<\/em> &#8211; mattress<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We shall next consider the 10<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 desires that krishNa should walk like a little elephant which roams around on its own. veN puzhudhi mEl peydhu koNdu aLaindhadhOr vEzhaththin karum kanRu pOlthen puzhudi Adith thirivikkiraman siRu &#8230; <a title=\"periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 1.7.9 \u2013 veN puzhudhi\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/09\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-1-7-9\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 1.7.9 \u2013 veN puzhudhi\">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-57148","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\/57148","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=57148"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57222,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57148\/revisions\/57222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}