{"id":57815,"date":"2025-10-28T23:44:35","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T23:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=57815"},"modified":"2025-10-28T23:44:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T23:44:35","slug":"periya-thirumozhi-7-5-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/10\/periya-thirumozhi-7-5-3\/","title":{"rendered":"periya thirumozhi \u2013 7.5.3 \u2013 sembon madhiL"},"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-7-5\/\">Fifth decad<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/10\/periya-thirumozhi-7-5-2\/\">&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>sembon madhiL sUzh thennilangaikku iRaivan sirangaL aiyiraNdum<br>umbar vALikku ilakkAga udhirththa uravOn Ur pOlum<br>kombil Arndha mAdhavi mEl kOdhi mEyndha vaNdinangaL<br>ambarAvum kaNmadavAr aimbAlaNaiyum azhundhUrE<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Word-by-Word meanings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>kombil &#8211; by the branches<br>Arndha &#8211; filled<br>mAdhavi mEl &#8211; on the kurukkaththi (mAdhavi) tree<br>kOdhi &#8211; pecking with the beak<br>mEyndha &#8211; searching for prey<br>vaNdu inangaL &#8211; swarms of beetles<br>ambu arAvum &#8211; like an arrow which torments (dear ones)<br>kaN &#8211; having eyes<br>madavAr &#8211; women&#8217;s<br>aimbAl &#8211; hairs which have five qualities<br>aNaiyum &#8211; reaching<br>azhundhUr &#8211; the dhivyadhESam named thiruvazhundhUr<br>sembon &#8211; beautiful like reddish gold<br>madhiL sUzh &#8211; surrounded by forts<br>then &#8211; beautiful<br>ilangaikku &#8211; for the city, lankA<br>iRaivan &#8211; rAvaNa, who is the lord<br>ai iraNdu sirangaLaiyum &#8211; ten heads<br>umbar vALikku &#8211; for brahmAsthram<br>ilakkAga &#8211; made as the target<br>udhirththa &#8211; severed and made to fall<br>uravOn &#8211; strong chakravarthith thirumangan&#8217;s<br>Ur pOlum &#8211; is eternally desirable as in the case of paramapadham<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Simple translation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The dhivyadhESam named thiruvazhundhUr where swarms of beetles which are searching for prey by pecking with the beak on the kurukkaththi (mAdhavi) tree which is filled with branches, are reaching the hairs of women who are having eyes which are like an arrow which torments (dear ones) and have five qualities (like fragrance, honey, softness, density and darkness). Strong chakravarthith thirumagan (son of emperor dhaSaratha) made the ten heads of rAvaNa, who is the lord of the beautiful lankA which is surrounded beautiful reddish gold like forts, as the target for his brahmAsthram, severed and made them fall on the ground. Such SrI rAma&#8217;s abode is eternally desirable as in the case of paramapadham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Highlights from vyAkyAnam (Commentary)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>sembon &#8230; <\/strong>&#8211; The ten heads of rAvaNa, who was proud thinking &#8220;We are in a fortified town. Aren&#8217;t we the leader of this town?&#8221; were knocked down using brahmAsthram by the strong chakravarthith thirumagan. Such SrI rAma&#8217;s abode, thiruvazhundhUr, is as desirable as paramapadham. He severed the evil rAvaNa&#8217;s heads, which were unable to be destroyed by the vajrAyudham etc of indhra et al, just with his strength as a human,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>kombil Arndha &#8230; <\/strong>&#8211; On the kurukkaththi (mAdhavi) tree which has abundant branches. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>kOdhi mEyndha vaNdinangaL <\/strong>&#8211; With its strength, the beetles pecked the sprouts and flowers, and consumed the honey from them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They thought &#8220;We should go to some place else which is darker than those sprouts and flowers, and rest there in the night&#8221; and<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ambarAvum &#8230; <\/strong>&#8211; They will reach the hair of women who are having eyes which will weaken (defeat) arrows [in sharpness] and are having noble qualities. aimbAl &#8211; five qualities of hairs.<\/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;Fifth decad &lt;&lt; Previous Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction) No specific introduction. pAsuram sembon madhiL sUzh thennilangaikku iRaivan sirangaL aiyiraNdumumbar vALikku ilakkAga udhirththa uravOn Ur pOlumkombil Arndha mAdhavi mEl kOdhi mEyndha vaNdinangaLambarAvum kaNmadavAr aimbAlaNaiyum azhundhUrE Word-by-Word meanings kombil &#8211; by the branchesArndha &#8211; filledmAdhavi &#8230; <a title=\"periya thirumozhi \u2013 7.5.3 \u2013 sembon madhiL\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/10\/periya-thirumozhi-7-5-3\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about periya thirumozhi \u2013 7.5.3 \u2013 sembon madhiL\">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-57815","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\/57815","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=57815"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57903,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57815\/revisions\/57903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}