{"id":59651,"date":"2026-03-19T23:54:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T23:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=59651"},"modified":"2026-03-30T01:04:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T01:04:54","slug":"periyazhwar-thirumozhi-3-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/03\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-3-2\/","title":{"rendered":"periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 3.2 \u2013 anjana vaNNanai"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: Sri varavaramunayE nama:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

periyAzhwAr thirumozhi<\/a> >> Third Centum<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Previous<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

pravEsam<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the earlier thirumozhis [divine verses], saying \u201cammam uNNath thuyil ezhAy<\/em>\u201d (wake up to have your milk), \u201csuNa nanRu aNi mulai uNNath tharuvan nAn<\/em>\u201d (I will give you my spotted and beautiful bosoms for you to have my milk), yaSOdhAp pirAtti, krishNa\u2019s mother, gave him her bosom milk, thinking that the milk was the apt sustenance for his age. Upon seeing his activities which were beyond the realm of human endeavours, she refused to believe that he was her son and believed that he was a celestial entity. As a result, even when krishNa told her \u201cGive me milk\u201d and cried for it, she told him through many pAsurams that \u201cI will be afraid to give you my bosom milk\u201d. AzhwAr recalling her words, recited those, through his pAsurams in the previous thirumozhi [3.1] and experienced her pathos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

yaSOdhAp pirAtti forgot those thoughts [that krishNa is not her son and is a celestial entity] then and considered him as her son again. Just as it is the duty for brAhmaNas to follow the stage of brahmacharyam<\/em> (going out to learn about brahmam, the supreme being, through an AchAryan [guru, teacher], and later get into the stage of married life, for herd-folks too, at a young age, it is appropriate for their clan to graze calves and once they mature, they look after cows. In line with SrI vishNu purANam SlOkam 5-6-35 \u201csarvasya jagatha<\/em>: pAlau vathsa pAlau bhabhUvathu<\/em>:\u201d (they became protectors of calves which are themselves protectors of all the worlds), once krishNa reached the appropriate age for grazing calves, yaSOdhAp pirAtti offered him food in the morning, prepared him and allowed him to go behind the calves to grazing areas in forests. As soon as he left, unable to bear the separation from krishNa even for a short while, recounting his activities in the herd-village, in the way he pleased, without any restriction, she started feeling sorrowful saying \u201cFor what did I send him behind calves?\u201d instead of letting him to roam as he pleased here. She thinks of his tenderness as well as the hardness of the areas [in the forests] and says \u201cI have allowed this tender krishNa to go to the forests\u201d; it is not only that, she says further \u201cWithout giving him an umbrella and sandals, I have allowed him to go to areas which are full of stones and thorns\u201d. Recalling her words, spoken many times, with sadness, AzhwAr too speaks in her situation, with her pathos, in this thirumozhi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

thiruvAimozhip piLLai, in his svApadhESam, says the following: In the earlier thirumozhis, yaSOdhAp pirAtti had said \u201coru puLLuvan poyyE thavazhum<\/em>\u201d, \u201cmeyppAl uNdu azhu piLLaigaL pOla poyppAl uNdu azhum<\/em>, \u201cvadakkil agam pukku vERRuruvam seydhu vaiththa anbA<\/em>\u201d, \u201csUzh valai vaiththuth thiriyum arambA<\/em>\u201d, the way krishNa had annihilated monstrous entities such as pUthanA, Sakata, yamaLArjuna et al. Since his activities were not of one type [he had qualities of both a child and beyond the realm of human endeavours], yaSOdhAp pirAtti was unable to determine his identity. When krishNa came crawling [even after reaching the stage of walking] and asked for milk, she told him \u201cI am afraid to give you milk\u201d on many occasions. Since she did not give him milk, recounting his faults and mistakes in his qualities, krishNa thought \u201cLet her give milk when she wishes to; until then, let us graze calves, which is appropriate for our clan and for our age\u201d. After krishNa left, to graze calves, yaSOdhAp pirAtti recounts his activities and says many times \u201cWas it not I alone who allowed him to go?\u201d AzhwAr, recalling her words, experiences her pathos, in this thirumozhi. Through this, AzhwAr recalls that krishNa went \u201cIn order to protect samsAris [those who reside in samsAram, the materialistic realm] who are unable to protect themselves\u201d, as well as the distressful situations which he had to face in the forests. AzhwAr also recalls that it was he who was the reason for krishNa\u2019s sorrowful situations and engages with the form of mangaLASAsanam, in this thirumozhi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n