{"id":57926,"date":"2025-11-03T23:29:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T23:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=57926"},"modified":"2025-11-03T23:29:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T23:29:27","slug":"periyazhwar-thirumozhi-2-3-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/11\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-2-3-5\/","title":{"rendered":"periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 2.3.5 \u2013 sOththam pirAn"},"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\/10\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-2\/\">Second Centum<\/a>&nbsp;&gt;&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/10\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-2-3\/\">Third decad<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/11\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-2-3-4\/\">Previous<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>avathArikai (Introduction)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is no specific avathArikai for this pAsuram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>sOththam pirAn<\/em>!<em> enRu irandhAlum koLLAy suri kuzhalArodu nI pOy<\/em><br><em>kOththuk kuravai piNaindhu ingu vandhAl guNam koNdu iduvanO nambI<\/em>!<br><em>pErththum periyana appam tharuvan pirAnE<\/em>!<em> thiriyida ottil<\/em><br><em>vEyth thadam thOLAr virumbu karum kuzhal vittuvE<\/em>!<em> nI ingE vArAy<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Word-by-Word Meanings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>pirAn<\/em>! \u2013 \u201cOh, one who is the benefactor!<br><em>sOththam enRu<\/em> \u2013 I worship you\u201d saying this<br><em>irandhAlum<\/em> \u2013 even if prayed<br><em>koLLAy<\/em> \u2013 you are not accepting that<br><em>nambI<\/em>! \u2013 oh, one who is an expert in indulging in mischiefs!<br><em>nI<\/em> \u2013 you<br><em>suri kuzhalArodu pOy<\/em> \u2013 going with girls who have curly locks<br><em>kOththu<\/em> \u2013 joining with their hands<br><em>kuravai piNaindhu<\/em> \u2013 if you carry out the dance of <em>kuravai<\/em> (kuravai is a type of dance where krishNa appears between two herd-girls and dances with them; it is also called as <em>rAsakrIdai<\/em>)<br><em>ingu vandhAl <\/em>\u2013 if you come here<br><em>guNam koNdu iduvanO<\/em> \u2013 would I accept that as a good quality?<br><em>pirAnE<\/em>! \u2013 oh, one who is the benefactor!<br><em>thiri ida ottil<\/em> \u2013 if you allow me to apply the cotton thread to your ears<br><em>pErththum<\/em> \u2013 subsequently<br><em>periyana<\/em> \u2013 being large<br><em>appam<\/em> \u2013 appams [a sweet dish made with jaggery and wheat flour]<br><em>tharuvan<\/em> \u2013 l will give<br><em>vEy<\/em> \u2013 like bamboo<br><em>thada<\/em> \u2013 being huge<br><em>thOLAr<\/em> \u2013 girls who have shoulders<br><em>virumbu<\/em> \u2013 such that they desire<br><em>karu<\/em> \u2013 being dark<br><em>kuzhal<\/em> \u2013 having locks<br><em>vittuvE<\/em>! \u2013 oh, vishNu! You should come<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Simple Translation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even if I prayed to you saying \u201cOh, the benefactor, I worship you\u201d, you are not accepting that. Oh, one who is indulging in mischiefs! If you come here, after joining hands with herd-girls who have curly hair, and perform <em>kuravai<\/em> dance with them, will I accept that as a good quality? Oh, the benefactor! If you allow me to apply the cotton thread to your ears, I will subsequently give you huge appams. Oh, vishNu, who has dark locks desired by girls who have huge, bamboo-like shoulders! You should come here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>vyAkhyAnam (Commentary)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>sOththam \u2026<\/strong> &#8211; Since he did not come, even after she had called out to him saying \u201c<em>sOththambirAn ingE vArAy<\/em>\u201d [as seen towards the end of 4<sup>th<\/sup> pAsuram], yaSOdhAp pirAtti tells krishNa \u201cOh, my benefactor! Even when I pray to you telling you that I am worshipping you, you are not coming\u201d. He responds saying \u201cWhen I came near you, upon hearing you calling out to me, didn\u2019t you beat me yesterday, instead of praising my good quality?\u201d She tells him \u201cOh, are you talking about that one?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>suri kuzhalArOdu nI pOy kOththuk kuravai piNanindhu ingu vandhAl guNam koNdu iduvanO nambI<\/strong> \u2013 \u201cWhen you return here after going to uninhabited places with girls who have curly locks, joining hands with them and indulging in the dance <em>kuravai<\/em>, will I consider that as a good quality, instead of finding fault with you?\u201d Upon hearing this, he did not have a proper answer. Utilising that as an opportunity, when yaSOdhAp pirAtti tried to apply the cotton thread to his ears, he refused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>pirAnE! thiriyida ottil \u2013 pErththum periyana appam tharuvan<\/strong> \u2013 \u201cOh, one who is the benefactor to me in all manner! If you allow me to apply this little bit of cotton thread, I will give you bigger and bigger appams, even if you keep rejecting them saying that they are small\u201d. Since he did not come, even after that\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>vEy \u2026<\/strong> &#8211; you have dark, lengthy locks which are desired much by the herd-girls who have big shoulders which appear like bamboo, in terms of their freshness and roundedness. Oh, vishNu! You should come here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>thiruvAimozhip piLLai says, in his svApadhESam, that yaSOdhAp pirAtti is calling krishNa by his distinguished name of vishNu, and attempts to apply the thread. She calls kESavan as vishNu. Since she had addressed him as <em>kESava<\/em> in the first pAsuram, recalling that, she is calling him as <em>vishNu<\/em>. Due to his curly locks, she is recalling his abundant locks now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We shall next consider the 6<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;Second Centum&nbsp;&gt;&gt; Third decad&nbsp; Previous avathArikai (Introduction) There is no specific avathArikai for this pAsuram. sOththam pirAn! enRu irandhAlum koLLAy suri kuzhalArodu nI pOykOththuk kuravai piNaindhu ingu vandhAl guNam koNdu iduvanO nambI!pErththum periyana appam tharuvan pirAnE! thiriyida ottilvEyth thadam thOLAr virumbu karum kuzhal vittuvE! &#8230; <a title=\"periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 2.3.5 \u2013 sOththam pirAn\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/11\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-2-3-5\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 2.3.5 \u2013 sOththam pirAn\">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":[10,717,720],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mudhalayiram","category-periyazhwar-thirumozhi","category-periyazhwar-thirumozhi-2nd-centum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57926","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=57926"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57987,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57926\/revisions\/57987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}