{"id":57558,"date":"2025-10-11T23:41:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T23:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=57558"},"modified":"2025-10-11T23:41:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T23:41:16","slug":"periya-thirumozhi-7-3-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/10\/periya-thirumozhi-7-3-8\/","title":{"rendered":"periya thirumozhi \u2013 7.3.8 \u2013 ini eppAvam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><small>SrI:&nbsp; SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:&nbsp; SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:&nbsp; SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2020\/11\/periya-thirumozhi\/\">periya thirumozhi<\/a>&nbsp;&gt;&gt;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/09\/periya-thirumozhi-7\/\">Seventh centum<\/a>&nbsp;&gt;&gt;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/10\/periya-thirumozhi-7-3\/\">Third decad<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/10\/periya-thirumozhi-7-3-7\/\">&lt;&lt; Previous<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>No specific introduction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">pAsuram<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>ini eppAvam vandheydhum? solleer<br>emakku immaiyE aruL peRRamaiyAl adum<br>thuniyaith thIrththu inbamE tharuginRadhu Or<br>thORRath thonneRiyai vaiyam thozhappadum<br>muniyai vAnavarAl vaNangappadum<br>muththinaip paththar thAm nugarginRadhu Or<br>kaniyaik kAdhal seydhu en uLLam koNda<br>kaLvanai inRu kaNdu koNdEnE<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Word-by-Word meanings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>immaiyE &#8211; in this birth (in this world) itself<br>aruL &#8211; (bhagavAn&#8217;s) mercy<br>peRRamaiyAl &#8211; having attained<br>ini &#8211; further<br>emakku &#8211; us<br>eppAvam &#8211; which type of sins (from past and future)<br>vandhu eydhum &#8211; will reach?<br>solleer &#8211; you tell;<br>adum &#8211; destroying (the AthmA)<br>thuniyai &#8211; karmas which are the hurdles for the goal<br>thIrththu &#8211; eliminating<br>inbam &#8211; pure joy<br>tharuginRadhu &#8211; one who is giving<br>Or &#8211; unique<br>thORRam &#8211; beautiful<br>thol &#8211; ancient<br>neRiyai &#8211; being the upAya (means)<br>vaiyam &#8211; by the people of the world<br>thozhappadum &#8211; being surrendered<br>muniyai &#8211; one who is meditating (upon the results to be granted for those people)<br>vAnavarAl &#8211; by nithyasUris<br>vaNangap padum &#8211; being surrendered<br>muththinai &#8211; cool like pearl (rejuvenating)<br>paththar thAm &#8211; by upAsakas (bhakthi yOgis) who are mumukshus (liberation seekers)<br>nugarginRadhu &#8211; enjoyed<br>Or &#8211; uniquely sweet<br>kaniyai &#8211; one who is like a fruit<br>kAdhal seydhu &#8211; being desirous<br>en uLLam &#8211; my heart<br>koNda &#8211; captured<br>kaLvanai &#8211; the thief<br>inRu &#8211; now<br>kaNdu koNdEn &#8211; have seen you<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Simple translation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You tell me &#8220;Which sins will reach us anymore after having attained bhagavAn&#8217;s mercy in this birth itself?&#8221; bhagavAn is eliminating the karmas which are hurdles for the attainment of the goal and destroying the self, and is granting pure joy; he is the unique, ancient means; he is surrendered to, by the people of the world and is meditating (upon the results to be granted for those people); he is surrendered to by nithyasUris; he is having a cool, pearl like form; he is enjoyed like a uniquely sweet fruit by the upAsakas who are mumukshus; now I am seeing such bhagavAn who desirously captured my heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Highlights from vyAkhyAnam (Commentary)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ini eppAvam &#8230; <\/strong>&#8211; &nbsp;As said in brahma vaivartham-prakruthi kaNdam 26-90 \u201c<em><strong>avaSyam anubhOkthavyam<\/strong> krutham karma SubhASubham l<\/em>&nbsp;<em>nAbhuktham kshIyathE karma kalpakOti Sathairapi<\/em>&nbsp;ll\u00b4 (The effects of deeds of vice and virtue, carried out by a person, have to be necessarily experienced. The effects cannot be wished away, even after passage of hundreds of crores of&nbsp;<em>kalpam<\/em>), can the sins which are a result of bhagavAn&#8217;s anger, reach me? Can some of these sins be retained for me saying that they cannot be exhausted without experiencing or saying that these are prArabdham (already started giving results)? [No]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What is the reason for saying &#8220;<em>ini<\/em>&#8221; (after this)?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>immaiyE aruL peRRamaiyAl <\/strong>&#8211; Since we have got bhagavAn&#8217;s mercy in this life itself, tell me which sins will come to me?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>adum thuniyai &#8230; <\/strong>&#8211; AthmA, who is said in SrI bhagavath gIthA 2.24 \u201c<em><strong>achchEdhyO\u00fdam adhAhyO\u00fdam <\/strong>aklEdhyO\u2019SOshya Evacha<\/em>&nbsp;l<em>&nbsp;nithyas sarvagatha<\/em>:<em>&nbsp;sthANurachalO\u00fdam sanAthana<\/em>: ll\u201d (AthmA, which permeates all through the body, cannot be severed; it cannot be burnt; it cannot be wet; it cannot be dried. Hence, AthmA is permanent, firm, immovable and existing since time immemorial), is destroyed to become as said in thaithirIya upanishath &#8220;<em>asannEva<\/em>&#8221; (to be like achith) by thuni. thuni &#8211; karmas which are hurdles for the goal. emperumAn eliminates all of them. As said in thaiththirIya upanishath Anandhavalli 7 \u201c<em>EshahyEvAnandhayAthi<\/em>\u201d (he \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 himself makes jIvAthmA ecstatic), he makes the AthmA matchlessly blissful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>thORRath thonneRiyai<\/strong> &#8211; thORRam &#8211; beauty. thonmai &#8211; greatness. Beautiful, great state. bhagavAn is being the stable upAyam for everyone &#8211; i.e., a) those who pursue other upAyams also have to depend on him and b) those who pursued him need not look out for anything else. As said in <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2016\/08\/thirumalai-6\/\">thirumAlai 6<\/a> &#8220;<em>aRam suvarAgi ninRa<\/em>&#8221; (one who is standing with dharmam (righteousness) as wall) &#8211; he need not be created now, he is already present since time immemorial. As said in mahAbhAratham vana parvam 71-123 \u201c<em>yE cha vEdha vidhO viprA yE chAdhyAthma vidhO janA<\/em>: l&nbsp;<em>thE vidhanthi mahAthmAnam&nbsp;<strong>krishNam dharmam sanAthanam<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/em>&nbsp;ll\u201d (brAhmaNas who know vEdhams and the elders who know the nature of AthmA know that krishNa symbolises the ancient righteousness). He said about such aspect in SrI bhagavath gIthA 18.66 &#8220;<em>mAm<\/em>&#8221; (I).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>vaiyam thozhappadum &#8230; <\/strong>&#8211; Being surrendered to by everyone on the earth; as the svarupam (true nature) of each chEthana varies, their ruchi (taste) will also vary; one who is meditating about granting such results to each chEthana based on their ruchi. Also, surrendered to by nithyasUris who have no separate desires [from bhagavAn], and who eliminates their fatigue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>paththar thAm &#8230; <\/strong>&#8211; There are mumukshus in this samsAra &#8211; those who are having taste towards him. For them, he remains the ripened fruit which can be enjoyed immediately. He is having desire towards me who has no such qualities (of nithyasUris and mumukshus) and has fully captured me. He did in a fraction of a moment the act of stealing this AthmA which has been done by me since time immemorial. While I did not expect, I got to see such bhagavAn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the next article we will enjoy the next pAsuram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>adiyen sarathy ramanuja dasan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>archived in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/\">https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>pramEyam (goal) \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/koyil.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/koyil.org<\/a><br>pramANam (scriptures) \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org\/\">http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org<\/a><br>pramAthA (preceptors) \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/\">http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org<\/a><br>SrIvaishNava education\/kids portal \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/pillai.koyil.org\/\">http:\/\/pillai.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SrI:&nbsp; SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:&nbsp; SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:&nbsp; SrImath varavaramunayE nama: periya thirumozhi&nbsp;&gt;&gt;&nbsp;Seventh centum&nbsp;&gt;&gt;&nbsp;Third decad &lt;&lt; Previous Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction) No specific introduction. pAsuram ini eppAvam vandheydhum? solleeremakku immaiyE aruL peRRamaiyAl adumthuniyaith thIrththu inbamE tharuginRadhu OrthORRath thonneRiyai vaiyam thozhappadummuniyai vAnavarAl vaNangappadummuththinaip paththar thAm nugarginRadhu Orkaniyaik kAdhal seydhu en uLLam koNdakaLvanai inRu kaNdu koNdEnE Word-by-Word meanings &#8230; <a title=\"periya thirumozhi \u2013 7.3.8 \u2013 ini eppAvam\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/10\/periya-thirumozhi-7-3-8\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about periya thirumozhi \u2013 7.3.8 \u2013 ini eppAvam\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,16,719],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-irandam-ayiram","category-periya-thirumozhi","category-periya-thirumozhi-7th-centum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57558","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57558"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57678,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57558\/revisions\/57678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}