{"id":57432,"date":"2025-09-29T23:39:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T23:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=57432"},"modified":"2025-09-29T23:39:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T23:39:14","slug":"periyazhwar-thirumozhi-1-9-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/09\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-1-9-4\/","title":{"rendered":"periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 1.9.4 \u2013 nAndhagam Endhiya"},"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-1-9-3\/\">Previous<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>avathArikai (Introduction)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>thiruvAimozhip piLLai says, in his svApadhESam, that AzhwAr wants krishNa to come, manifesting his eminence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>nAndhagam Endhiya nambi charaN enRu<\/em><br><em>thAzhndha dhananjeyarkAgith tharaNiyil<\/em><br><em>vEndhargaL utka visayan maNith thiN thEr<\/em><br><em>Urndhavan ennaip puRam pulguvAn umbar kOn ennaip puRam puLguvAn<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Word-by-Word Meanings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>nAndhagam <\/em>\u2013 the divine sword known as <em>nAndhakam<\/em><br><em>Endhiya<\/em> \u2013 holding in his divine hand<br><em>nambi<\/em> \u2013 kaNNan, who is full of auspicious qualities<br><em>charaN enRu<\/em> \u2013 that you should be the protector<br><em>thAzhndha<\/em> \u2013 one who surrendered<br><em>dhananjayaRku Agi<\/em> \u2013 for arjuna<br><em>tharaNilyil<\/em> \u2013 those who are on earth<br><em>vEndhargaL<\/em> \u2013 kings<br><em>utka<\/em> \u2013 for their hearts to be distressed<br><em>visayan<\/em> \u2013 arjuna\u2019s<br><em>maNi<\/em> \u2013 stealing the hearts<br><em>thiN<\/em> \u2013 firm<br><em>thEr<\/em> \u2013 chariot<br><em>Urndhavan<\/em> \u2013 one, who conducted it, will embrace my back<br><em>umbar kOn<\/em> \u2013 one, who is the lord of celestial entities, will embrace my back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Simple Translation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>arjuna surrendered to krishNa, saying \u201cOh kaNNa, who is holding the divine sword in your divine hand! You should be my protector\u201d. One who conducted the attractive, firm chariot for arjuna such that the hearts of the kings on earth became distressed, will embrace my back. One, who is the lord of celestial entities will embrace my back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>vyAkhyAnam (Commentary)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>nAndhagam \u2026<\/strong>&#8211; holding the short dagger, called as <em>nAndhakam<\/em>, all the time, as if holding a flower in your divine hand, so that there is no delay when it comes to protecting the followers. You, who are complete with all the auspicious qualities for protecting your followers, should be my protector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>thiruvAimozhip piLLai says here that just like <em>sArngavil<\/em> (divine bow called as \u201c<em>SArngavil<\/em>\u201d), the dagger, called as <em>nAndhakam<\/em> is a <em>thirukkuRRudaivAL<\/em>, a short dagger, a unique type of sword. <em>Endhiya<\/em> &#8211; one who holds it as if it were a flower; <em>nambi charaN<\/em> \u2013 being biased towards arjuna who took refuge under you saying \u201coh, one who has completeness of qualities such as valour etc! You should protect me\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>thAzhndha \u2026<\/strong>&#8211; as one who is biased towards arjuna, who took refuge under you<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>dharaNi \u2026<\/strong> &#8211; all the kings who were on earth, were distressed seeing you being biased towards arjuna and conducting his chariot skilfully, wondering \u201cIs there anything now by which we could survive?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>visayan \u2026<\/strong> &#8211; one, who conducted the beautiful, firm chariot of arjuna, as his charioteer, will embrace my back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>umbar kOn \u2026<\/strong> &#8211; celestial entities had desired that you should incarnate and reduce the excessive burden on earth; by annihilating the evil forces, you had become the controller of those celestial entities. Such an entity will embrace my back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We shall next consider the 54<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 says, in his svApadhESam, that AzhwAr wants krishNa to come, manifesting his eminence. nAndhagam Endhiya nambi charaN enRuthAzhndha dhananjeyarkAgith tharaNiyilvEndhargaL utka visayan maNith thiN thErUrndhavan ennaip puRam pulguvAn umbar kOn ennaip puRam puLguvAn Word-by-Word Meanings &#8230; <a title=\"periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 1.9.4 \u2013 nAndhagam Endhiya\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/09\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-1-9-4\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 1.9.4 \u2013 nAndhagam Endhiya\">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-57432","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\/57432","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=57432"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57491,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57432\/revisions\/57491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}