{"id":59053,"date":"2026-02-08T23:42:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T23:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=59053"},"modified":"2026-02-08T23:42:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T23:42:06","slug":"periyazhwar-thirumozhi-2-8-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/02\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-2-8-8\/","title":{"rendered":"periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 2.8.8 \u2013 inbam adhanai"},"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\/2026\/02\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-2-8\/\">Eighth decad<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/11\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-2-4\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/02\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-2-8-7\/\">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 says \u201cIs it only pUthanA et al that you annihilated? Was it not you who effortlessly annihilated kuvalayApeedam too?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>inbam adhanai uyarththAy<\/em>! <em>imaiyavarkkku enRum ariyAy<\/em>!<br><em>kumbak kaLiRu atta kOvE<\/em>!<em>kodum kanjan nenjinil kURRE<\/em>!<br><em>sembon madhiL veLLaRaiyAy! selvaththinAl vaLar piLLAy!<\/em><br><em>kambakkabAli kAN anguk kadidhu Odik kAppida vArAy<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Word-by-Word Meanings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>inbam adhanai<\/em> \u2013 joy<br><em>uyarththAy<\/em> \u2013 oh, one who gave me in abundance!<br><em>imaiyavarkku<\/em> \u2013 for celestial entities<br><em>enRum<\/em> \u2013 for ever<br><em>ariyAy<\/em>! \u2013 oh, one who is difficult to know!<br><em>kumbam<\/em> \u2013 having a pot-like structure on its forehead<br><em>kaLiRu<\/em> \u2013 elephant, kuvalayApeedam<br><em>atta<\/em> \u2013 killed<br><em>kOvE<\/em>! \u2013 oh, one who is like a king!<br><em>kodu<\/em> \u2013 having a cruel heart<br><em>kanjan<\/em> \u2013 kamsan\u2019s<br><em>nenjinil <\/em>&#8211; in the mind<br><em>kURRE<\/em>! \u2013 oh, one who creates fear, like yama!<br><em>sem pon madhiL<\/em> \u2013 having fortified walls, which are desirable like reddish gold<br><em>veLLaRaiyAy<\/em>! \u2013 oh, one who has thiruveLLaRai as your residence!<br><em>selvaththinAl<\/em> \u2013 with the pride of wealth<br><em>vaLar<\/em> \u2013 growing up<br><em>piLLAy<\/em>! \u2013 oh, one who is a child!<br><em>kambam<\/em> \u2013 one who creates trembling in [the minds of] beholders<br><em>kabAli kAN<\/em> \u2013 you would see that dhurgai, who has skulls on her form, is roaming around<br>(Hence, do not stand during dusk when lowly deities are roaming around)<br><em>kAppu ida<\/em> \u2013 such that I could carry out <em>kAppu<\/em><br><em>kadidhu<\/em> \u2013 at once<br><em>Odi vArAy<\/em> \u2013 come fast<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<strong>Simple Translation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh, one who gives me joy in abundance! Oh, one who is difficult to know for the celestial entities! Oh, one who is like a king, who killed the elephant, kuvalayApeedam, which had a pot-like structure on its forehead! Oh, one who creates fear, like yama, in the cruel mind of kamsan! Oh, one who is having thiruveLLaRai, which has fortified walls which are desirous like reddish gold, as your residence! Oh, one who is like a child, growing with the pride of wealth! Do not stand in places where dhurgai, who has skulls on her form, making those who behold her to tremble in fear, roams around, which you would see! Come at once to me such that I could carry out <em>kAppu<\/em> for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>vyAkhyAnam (Commentary)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>inbam adhanai uyarththAy<\/strong> \u2013 Oh, one who created abundant joy for me through experiencing the activities of your divine incarnation and auspicious qualities! Just as it has been mentioned in <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2023\/08\/perumal-thirumozhi-7-8\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"51230\">perumAL thirumozhi 7-8<\/a> \u201c<em>thozhugaiyum ivai kaNda asOdhai thollai inbaththu iRudhi kaNdAL<\/em>\u201d (yaSOdhAp pirAtti, who saw you performing anjali to her [cupping the palms together in salutation] saw the boundary of unbounded pleasures), she felt more and more joyful on seeing his activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>thiruvAimozhip piLLai says here that krishNa, more than the joy which comes out of his being the <em>purushArtham<\/em> [ultimate benefit], showed his activities as a result of his incarnation as well as his auspicious qualities such as simplicity etc to AzhwAr splendorously. As a result, krishNa made AzhwAr to carry out mangaLASAsanam for him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>imaiyavarkku enRum aRiyAy<\/strong> \u2013 Oh, one who is out of bounds for celestial entities who try to attain you through their knowledge and power! Through this, his eminence, as opposed to the simplicity mentioned in the previous verse, has been narrated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>thiruvAimozhip piLLai says here that this simplicity, which emperumAn showed when he incarnated here, is difficult to see even for nithyasUris [permanent dwellers of SrI vaikuNtam]. Alternatively, emperumAn does not manifest this simplicity to celestial entities here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>kumbak kaLiRatta kOvE<\/strong> \u2013 Just as it has been mentioned in <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2022\/11\/periya-thirumozhi-4-1-9\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"48583\">periya thirumozhi 4.1.9<\/a> \u201c<em>kumba migu madha yAnai<\/em>\u201d (the elephant kuvalayApeedam which was in rut, and which had a huge forehead), oh, one who is like a king, having effortlessly annihilated kuvalayApeedam, which had a huge forehead, with your valour!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>kodum kanjan nenjinil kURRE<\/strong> \u2013 Oh, one who appears like yama [the deity of death], creating fear in the mind of kamsan, who was always cruel towards you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>thiruvAimozhip piLLai says here that the cruel mind of kamsan is krishNa\u2019s yama [since he keeps thinking of ways to harm krishNa, constantly]. Oh, one who became a crueller yama for kamsan, by annihilating that thought itself from kamsan\u2019s mind!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>sem pon madhiL veLLaRaiyAy<\/strong> \u2013 Oh, one who has thiruveLLaRai, which has fortified walls glittering like pure gold!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>thiruvAimozhip piLLai says here: oh, one who has the divine abode of thiruveLLaRai, which is surrounded by fortified walls which are regarded highly by mangaLASAsanaparars, as your identity!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>selvaththinAl vaLar piLLAy<\/strong> \u2013 SrI rAma, the son of emperor dhaSaratha, was always under the control of many persons [such as sages bharathwAja, agasthya et al, sugrIva et al), doing as per their wishes. Unlike that, oh, one who was outside anyone\u2019s control, who did as you wished, who ate as you desired and grew up with the pride of wealth!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>kambak kabAli kAn angu<\/strong> \u2013 the place [where you are standing] is frequented by dhurgai, who has skull and axe on her form, creating trembling in the minds of those who behold her. Alternatively, <em>kabAli<\/em> would refer to rudhra too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>thiruvAimozhip piLLai says here that it is the time when one, who creates fear in the minds of even followers through his cruel form and having a skull on his hand, roams around. Do not stand there. Come at once here such that I could carry out <em>kAppu<\/em> for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>kadidhu Odik kAppida vArAy<\/strong> \u2013 Do not stand in places where such lowly deities keep roaming. You should come at once, to me, such that I could carry out <em>kAppu<\/em> for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We shall next consider the 9<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; Eighth decad Previous avathArikai (Introduction) thiruvAimozhip piLLai says, in his svApadhESam, that AzhwAr says \u201cIs it only pUthanA et al that you annihilated? Was it not you who effortlessly annihilated kuvalayApeedam too?\u201d inbam adhanai uyarththAy! imaiyavarkkku enRum ariyAy!kumbak kaLiRu atta kOvE!kodum &#8230; <a title=\"periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 2.8.8 \u2013 inbam adhanai\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/02\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-2-8-8\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 2.8.8 \u2013 inbam adhanai\">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-59053","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\/59053","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=59053"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59071,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59053\/revisions\/59071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}