{"id":59842,"date":"2026-04-06T00:12:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T00:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=59842"},"modified":"2026-04-06T00:12:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T00:12:52","slug":"periyazhwar-thirumozhi-3-3-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/04\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-3-3-6\/","title":{"rendered":"periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 3.3.6 \u2013 anjudar Azhi"},"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>\u00a0>>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/03\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-3\/\">Third Centum<\/a> >> <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/03\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-3-3\/\">Third 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\/03\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-3-3-5\/\">Previous<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>avathArikai<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>thiruvAimozhip piLLai, in his svApadhESam, says that yaSOdhAp pirAtti, recalling a peril, which happened in the past, imagines it as happening in the present, and tells krishNa \u201cYou did what made your unfavourable ones happy\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>anjudar Azhi un kaiyagaththu Endhum azhagA<\/em>! <em>nI poygai pukku<\/em><br><em>nanjumizh nAgaththinOdu piNangavum nAn uyir vAzhndhirundhEn<\/em><br><em>en seyya ennai vayiRu maRukkinAy<\/em>? <em>Edhum Or achcham illai<\/em><br><em>kanjan manaththukku ugappanavE seydhAy kAyAm pU vaNNam koNdAy<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Word-by-Word Meanings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>am sudar<\/em> \u2013 having beautiful radiance<br><em>Azhi<\/em> \u2013 divine chakra<br><em>un<\/em> \u2013 your<br><em>kaiyagathtu<\/em> \u2013 on the divine hand<br><em>Endhum<\/em> \u2013 holding<br><em>azhagA<\/em> \u2013 oh, one who has beauty!<br><em>nI<\/em> \u2013 you<br><em>poygai<\/em> \u2013 in the poisonous pond<br><em>pukku<\/em> \u2013 immersing<br><em>nanju umizh<\/em> \u2013 spitting poison<br><em>nAgaththinOdu<\/em> \u2013 with the snake, <em>kALiyan<\/em><br><em>piNangavum<\/em> \u2013 when you were engaging in a battle<br><em>nAn<\/em> \u2013 I, your mother<br><em>uyir vAzhndirundhEn<\/em> \u2013 was holding my breath<br><em>ennai<\/em> \u2013 me<br><em>en seyya<\/em> \u2013 for what purpose<br><em>vayiru maRukkkinAy<\/em> \u2013 churned the stomach<br><em>Edhum<\/em> \u2013 even a little bit<br><em>Or achcham<\/em> \u2013 fear<br><em>illai<\/em> \u2013 you don\u2019t have<br><em>kAyAm pU<\/em> \u2013 purple coloured flower<br><em>vaNNam<\/em> \u2013 complexion<br><em>koNdAy<\/em> \u2013 oh, one who has!<br><em>kanjan<\/em> \u2013 kamsan\u2019s<br><em>manaththukku<\/em> \u2013 for mind<br><em>ugappanavE<\/em> \u2013 liked<br><em>seydhAy<\/em> \u2013 you were doing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Simple Translation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh, one who has the beauty of holding the beautifully radiant divine disc on your divine hand! When you entered the poisonous pond and engaged in a battle with the snake <em>kALiyan<\/em>, I was holding my breath. Why did you frighten me? You do not have even a little bit of fear. Oh, one who has the complexion of a purple-coloured flower! You were engaging in activities which were pleasant to kamsan\u2019s mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>vyAkhyAnam (Commentary)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>anjudar \u2026<\/strong> &#8211; your divine hand is beautiful, as it is, such that one has to ward off evil spirits. On top of that, you are holding the divine, beautifully radiant disc on your hand. Oh, one who is holding the divine disc which complements the complexion of your divine form!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>thiruvAimozhip piLLai says additionally here that the entity [divine disc], which is meant for protection, is the cause of beauty too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>nI poygai pukku<\/strong> \u2013 You had entered the pond, not considering your tenderness, as if you had none to help you, while still having the divine disc, which reaches the place that you think of, on your divine hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>thiruvAimozhip piLLai says here that krishNa entered the pond, which is mentioned as in <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2024\/02\/thiruchchandha-viruththam-86\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"52792\">thiruchchandha viruththam 86<\/a> \u201c<em>salam kalandha poygai vAy<\/em>\u201d (it appeared that water had been added to the poisonous pond)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>nanju umizh nAgaththinOdu piNangavum nAn uyir vAzhndhirundhEn<\/strong> \u2013 the poisonous snake, <em>kALiyan<\/em>, was spitting poison in a furious state. When you entered the pond, he tried to tie you down with his form. You broke free from his attempts, stood atop his spread-out heads, took hold of his tail and danced on him such that he became weak and spat out blood from his mouth. Even when you were engaging in a battle with him like this, I was still alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>thiruvAimozhip piLLai says here that one had to guess that water was present in the pond while outwardly it appeared as if it had only poisonous liquid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>en seyya ennai vayiRu maRukkinAy<\/strong> \u2013 Why did you frighten me like this?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>thiruvAimozhip piLLai says here that the term <em>maRukkudhal<\/em> refers to getting frightened on account of an event which took place in the past, even as yaSOdhAp pirAtti was keeping krishNa on her lap and thinking repeatedly of his entering the poisonous pond and fighting with <em>kALiyan.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Edhum Or achcham illai<\/strong> \u2013 if you indulge in a daring act like this, it could (1) lead to harm for you, (2) make me feel frightened, (3) make it unbearable for the world. You did not have even a little bit of fear for any of these.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>thiruvAimozhip piLLai says here that krishNa did not fear about any harm to himself, about any harm to others, about the world being unable to bear the result of his daring act, and about the fright that it would cause yaSOdhAp pirAtti. However, this daring act would have caused happiness to kamsan et al.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>kanjan manaththukku ugappanavE seydhAy<\/strong> \u2013 you indulged in an action which would have made kamsan feel happy since he is waiting to see \u201cWhen will a calamity befall you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>kAyAmbU vaNNam koNdAy<\/strong> \u2013 Oh, one who has the complexion of a purple-coloured lily flower! yaSOdhAp pirAtti prays to krishNa, feeling happy that she is alive seeing that no shortcoming came to krishNa\u2019s beautiful divine form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>thiruvAimozhip piLLai says here that yaSOdhAp pirAtti tells krishNa \u201cOh, one who stole the fresh colour from the purple-coloured lily flower!\u201d She further says that looking at the beauty of his divine form [coming from the colour of the flower] and the tenderness of his divine form [coming from the soft nature of that flower], due to her fortune, she was able to remain alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We shall next consider the 7<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\u00a0>>\u00a0Third Centum >> Third decad Previous avathArikai thiruvAimozhip piLLai, in his svApadhESam, says that yaSOdhAp pirAtti, recalling a peril, which happened in the past, imagines it as happening in the present, and tells krishNa \u201cYou did what made your unfavourable ones happy\u201d anjudar Azhi &#8230; <a title=\"periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 3.3.6 \u2013 anjudar Azhi\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/04\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-3-3-6\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 3.3.6 \u2013 anjudar Azhi\">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":[10,717,724],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mudhalayiram","category-periyazhwar-thirumozhi","category-periyazhwar-thirumozhi-3rd-centum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59842","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=59842"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59854,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59842\/revisions\/59854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}