{"id":58040,"date":"2025-11-07T23:39:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T23:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=58040"},"modified":"2025-11-07T23:39:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T23:39:25","slug":"periyazhwar-thirumozhi-2-3-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/11\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-2-3-9\/","title":{"rendered":"periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 2.3.9 \u2013 mey enRu"},"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-2-3-8\/\">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>meyyenRu solluvAr sollaik karudhith thoduppuNdAy veNNeyai enRu<\/em><br><em>kaiyaip pidiththuk karai uralOdu ennaik kANavE kattiRRilaiyE<\/em><br><em>seydhana sollich chiriththu angu irukkil sirIdharA<\/em>!<em> un kAdhu thUrum<\/em><br><em>kaiyil thiriyai idugidAy inninRa kArigaiyAr siriyAmE<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Word-by-Word Meanings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>solluvAr<\/em> \u2013 those who appear to say as if I had stolen butter<br><em>sollai<\/em> \u2013 words<br><em>mey enRu karudhi<\/em> \u2013 thinking that to be true<br><em>veNNeyai<\/em> \u2013 butter<br><em>thoduppu uNdAy enRu<\/em> \u2013 saying that you ate by stealing<br><em>kaiyaip pidiththu<\/em> \u2013 catching my hand<br><em>karai<\/em> \u2013 having an edge<br><em>uralOdu<\/em> \u2013 with a mortar<br><em>kANa<\/em> \u2013 such that everyone could see<br><em>ennai<\/em> \u2013 me, who had not stolen butter<br><em>kattiRRilaiyE<\/em> \u2013 did you not tie? (when krishNa said this)<br><em>sirIdharA<\/em>! \u2013 oh, SrIya:pathi [divine consort of SrI mahAlakshmi]!<br><em>seydhana<\/em> \u2013 whatever I had done like this<br><em>solli<\/em> \u2013 speaking about that<br><em>siriththu<\/em> \u2013 laughing<br><em>angu irukkil<\/em> \u2013 if you remain there, delaying in coming to me<br><em>un kAdhu thUrum<\/em> \u2013 your ears will get blocked (Hence)<br><em>ninRa<\/em> \u2013 standing here<br><em>ikkArigaiyAr<\/em> \u2013 these girls<br><em>siriyAmE<\/em> \u2013 such that they do not laugh, saying \u201cBlunted ears; wasted ears\u201d<br><em>kaiyil thiriyai<\/em> \u2013 cotton thread, in my hand<br><em>idu kidAy<\/em> \u2013 see that you wear it such that [the holes in] your ears grow larger<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Simple Translation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>krishNa asks yaSOdhAp pirAtti \u201cDid you not tie me down to a mortar, with a circumferential rim, to be seen by everyone, by believing the words of those who appear to say that I had stolen and eaten butter to be true, catching my hand, when I had not stolen butter?\u201d yaSOdhAp pirAtti tells him \u201cOh, SrIya:pathi! If you keep delaying coming to me, by speaking and laughing about what I had done, while being away from me, [the holes in] your ears will get blocked. See that you wear the cotton thread which is in my hand, such that the girls, who are here, do not make fun of you saying that your ears are blunted\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>vyAkhyAnam (Commentary)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>mey \u2026<\/strong> &#8211; When yaSOdhAp pirAtti said [as in the previous pAsuram] that she will speak only the truth, after inserting the cotton thread, krishNa tells her \u201cI do not have faith in your words. Aren\u2019t you the one who punishes me, listening to the words of others?\u201d yaSOdhAp pirAtti asks him \u201cHave I done like that?\u201d to which krishNa says <em>mey enRu solluvAr sollaik karudhi<\/em> \u2013 believing the words of those who say \u201cHe had stolen and eaten butter\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>thiruvAimozhip piLLai describes this, in his svApadhESam, as a conversation between yaSOdhAp pirAtti and krishNa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>yaSOdhAp pirAtti \u2013 I have heard from many people that you only have stolen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>krishNa \u2013 Is what they say the truth?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>yaSOdhAp pirAtti \u2013 What they say is not untruth; what you say is not the truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>krishNa \u2013 What did they say?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>yaSOdhAp pirAtti &#8211; They said that you stole butter; I was wondering whether this is apt for you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>krishNa \u2013 Did they see me stealing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>yaSOdhAp pirAtti \u2013 Yes, they said that they saw you stealing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>krishNa \u2013 If they had seen me, shouldn\u2019t they have caught me in the act and brought me to you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>yaSOdhAp pirAtti \u2013 Is it possible for them to catch you? Am I capable of catching you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>krishNa \u2013 Did you remain without catching me? Without beating me? Did you not tie me, with all the people in the world, whether they are enemies or friends or the indifferent type, looking at me? Is it not for doing a similar act that you are looking for me?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>yaSOdhAp pirAtti \u2013 Do not remind me of what I had done before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>krishNa \u2013 Should I not say what you had done before?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>thoduppuNdAy veNNeyai enRu<\/strong> \u2013 you were sustaining yourself on butter through stealing. t<em>hoduppu<\/em> \u2013 stealing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>kaiyaip pidiththu \u2026<\/strong> &#8211; \u201cYou held my hand and with everyone looking at me, tied me down to a heavy mortar which had a rim\u201d, saying this, he smiled. <em>karai ural<\/em> refers to a mortar with a rim around its circumference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>seydhana \u2026<\/strong> &#8211; yaSOdhAp pirAtti tells him \u201cIf you keep telling my faults and smiling, wasting the time without coming to me\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>sirIdharanE<\/strong> \u2013 [the holes pierced in] your ears will get blocked. You should come, at the least, for her [SrI mahAlakshmi\u2019s] sake. Despite that, since he did not come \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>thiruvAimozhip piLLai says here that however young he may be, without addressing him as <em>sirIdhara<\/em>, he will not lend himself to be controlled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>kaiyil thiriyai \u2026<\/strong> \u2013 these girls have the beauty which you desire, they have affection towards you and desire to be in your proximity, without leaving you. I shall insert the cotton thread to increase the hole in your ears so that these girls will not make fun of you saying \u201cYour ears are blunted; they are wasted\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We shall next consider the 10<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>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/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. meyyenRu solluvAr sollaik karudhith thoduppuNdAy veNNeyai enRukaiyaip pidiththuk karai uralOdu ennaik kANavE kattiRRilaiyEseydhana sollich chiriththu angu irukkil sirIdharA! un kAdhu thUrumkaiyil thiriyai idugidAy inninRa kArigaiyAr siriyAmE Word-by-Word Meanings solluvAr &#8230; <a title=\"periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 2.3.9 \u2013 mey enRu\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/11\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-2-3-9\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 2.3.9 \u2013 mey enRu\">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-58040","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\/58040","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=58040"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58054,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58040\/revisions\/58054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}