{"id":57430,"date":"2025-09-28T23:38:33","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T23:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=57430"},"modified":"2025-09-28T23:38:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T23:38:33","slug":"periyazhwar-thirumozhi-1-9-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/09\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-1-9-3\/","title":{"rendered":"periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 1.9.3 \u2013 kaththak kadhiththu"},"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-1-9\/\">Ninth Decad<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/09\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-1-9-2\/\">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 wants krishNa to embrace his back, displaying his quality of being biased towards his followers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>kaththak kadhiththuk kidandha perum selvam<\/em><br><em>oththup porundhikkoNdu uNNAdhu maNNALvAn<\/em><br><em>koththuth thalaivan kudi kedath thOnRiya<\/em><br><em>aththan vandhu ennaip puRam pulguvAn AyargaL ERu en puRam pulguvAn<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Word-by-Word Meanings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>kaththak kadhiththu kidantha<\/em> \u2013 due to abundant ego and possessiveness<br><em>perum selvam<\/em> \u2013 huge wealth<br><em>oththu<\/em> \u2013 agreeing with pANdavas<br><em>porundhik koNdu<\/em> \u2013 accepting with his heart<br><em>uNNAdhu<\/em> \u2013 without living<br><em>maN<\/em> \u2013 throughout earth<br><em>ALvAn<\/em> \u2013 one who thought of ruling by himself<br><em>koththu<\/em> \u2013 for the gathering of brothers such as duSSAsana et al<br><em>thalaivan<\/em> \u2013 dhuryOdhana, who is the first among them<br><em>kudi keda<\/em> \u2013 such that his clan was totally obliterated<br><em>thOnRiya<\/em> \u2013 one, who was resplendent as the charioteer<br><em>aththan<\/em> \u2013 one, who is my swAmy, will come and embrace my back<br><em>AyargaL<\/em> \u2013 for the clan of herd folk<br><em>ERu<\/em> \u2013 one who is the leader, will embrace my back<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Simple Translation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>dhuryOdhana, who is the first among the hundred brothers, thought that he alone should rule the entire earth, instead of sharing the abundantly available huge wealth with pANdavas. My swAmy, who was resplendent as the charioteer, and who made sure that dhuryOdhana was obliterated with his entire clan, will embrace my back. krishNa, who is the leader of the herd folk, will come and embrace my back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>vyAkhyAnam (Commentary)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>kaththa \u2026<\/strong> &#8211; fighting for the huge wealth, because of ego and possessive nature, saying that this is for me and this is for you. k<em>adhippu<\/em> \u2013 having fat layers. Alternatively, just like saying \u201c<em>thakkaththadiththu<\/em>\u201d and \u201c<em>pakkapparuththu<\/em>\u201d the verse \u201c<em>kaththakkadhiththu<\/em>\u201d could be taken as a single word, referring to a huge opulence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>oththu \u2026<\/strong> &#8211; unable to live together with the pANdavas, who are close relatives, since their [dhuryOdhana and his brothers] hearts were not accepting any agreement with the pANdavas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>maNNALvAn<\/strong> \u2013 expecting anxiously to rule over the entire world, himself [dhuryOdhana]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>koththuth thalaivan \u2026<\/strong> &#8211; dhuryOdhana, who is the first and who is the controller of the assembly of brothers starting with dhuSSAsana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>kudi keda \u2026<\/strong> &#8211; to be annihilated with the entire clan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>thOnRiya<\/strong> \u2013 just as rAmAnujar had said in the avathArikai [introduction] of SrI gIthA bhAshyam \u201c<em>pArtham rathim AthmAnam cha sArathim sarva lOkam sAkshikam chakAra<\/em>\u201d (krishNa made sure that the entire world saw that arjuna was the head of the chariot and that he was the commander of that chariot), he was the lord who shone as the charioteer for pArtha [arjuna]. That lord will come and embrace my back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>AyargaL \u2026<\/strong> &#8211; The one, who is the head of herd-folk, will embrace my back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>thiruvAimozhip piLLai says here that krishNa had the pride of being the controller of the herd-folk by being under their control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We shall next consider the 4<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; Ninth Decad Previous avathArikai (Introduction) thiruvAimozhip piLLai, in his svApadhESam, says that AzhwAr wants krishNa to embrace his back, displaying his quality of being biased towards his followers. kaththak kadhiththuk kidandha perum selvamoththup porundhikkoNdu uNNAdhu maNNALvAnkoththuth thalaivan kudi kedath thOnRiyaaththan vandhu ennaip &#8230; <a title=\"periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 1.9.3 \u2013 kaththak kadhiththu\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/09\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-1-9-3\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 1.9.3 \u2013 kaththak kadhiththu\">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-57430","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\/57430","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=57430"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57480,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57430\/revisions\/57480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}