{"id":60311,"date":"2026-05-12T23:44:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T23:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=60311"},"modified":"2026-05-12T23:44:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T23:44:36","slug":"periya-thirumozhi-8-3-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/05\/periya-thirumozhi-8-3-7\/","title":{"rendered":"periya thirumozhi \u2013 8.3.7 \u2013 vaNdamarum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><small>SrI:&nbsp; SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:&nbsp; SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:&nbsp; SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2020\/11\/periya-thirumozhi\/\">periya thirumozhi<\/a>&nbsp;&gt;&gt;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/02\/periya-thirumozhi-8\/\">Eighth centum<\/a>&nbsp;&gt;&gt;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/05\/periya-thirumozhi-8-3\/\">Third decad<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/05\/periya-thirumozhi-8-3-6\/\">&lt;&lt; Previous<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>No specific introduction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">pAsuram<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>vaNdamarum malarp punnai vari neezhal aNimuththam<br>theN thiraigaL varath thirattum thirukkaNNapuraththu uRaiyum<br>eN thisaiyum ezhu sudarum irunilanum peruvisumbum<br>uNdumizhndha perumAnukku izhandhEn en oLivaLaiyE<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Word-by-Word meanings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>vaNdu &#8211; beetles<br>amarum &#8211; settled on<br>malar &#8211; having flowers<br>punnai &#8211; punnai tree&#8217;s<br>vari &#8211; dark<br>neezhal &#8211; shadow&#8217;s (amidst)<br>aNi muththam &#8211; in the outside places<br>theN &#8211; clear<br>thiraigaL &#8211; waters<br>vara &#8211; bring pearls<br>thirattum &#8211; and collect<br>thirukkaNNapuraththuRaiyum &#8211; mercifully residing in thirukkaNNapuram<br>eNdhisaiyum &#8211; eight directions<br>ezhu &#8211; rising<br>sudarum &#8211; luminous objects such as sun<br>iru &#8211; vast<br>nilanum &#8211; earth<br>peru &#8211; vast<br>visumbum &#8211; sky<br>uNdu &#8211; (during deluge) swallowed (and then)<br>umizhndha &#8211; spat out (to let them see the outside)<br>perumAnukku &#8211; for sarvESvaran<br>en &#8211; my<br>oLi &#8211; shining <br>vaLai izhandhEnE &#8211; lost my bangle<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Simple translation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>sarvESvaran is mercifully residing in thirukkaNNapuram where the clear waters bring pearls and collect them in the outside places of the punnai tree&#8217;s dark shadow, where the tree is having flowers which have beetles settling on them. Such bhagavAn swallowed the eight directions, luminous objects such as the rising sun, vast earth and vast sky, and spat those out. For such sarvESvaran, I lost my shining bangle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Highlights from vyAkyAnam (Commentary)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>vaNdu amarum &#8230; <\/strong>&#8211; In the dark shadow of the punnai tree which is having flowers which have beetles settled on them, there is one place which is outside and one place which is under shade; of them, in the outside places, the clear waters bring pearls and collect them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>eNdisaiyum &#8230; <\/strong>&#8211; The eight directions, the seven oceans; when it is recited as &#8220;<em>ezhu sudarum<\/em>&#8220;, AzhwAr was thinking about the rising sun etc. The vast earth and the vast ether which gives space to everything, were placed inside his stomach during deluge and then spat out by sarvESvaran. For such sarvESvaran, I lost my shining bangle. I believed his Apathsakathvam (being a friend in need) and lost &#8211; says parakAla nAyaki.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the next article we will enjoy the next pAsuram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>adiyen sarathy ramanuja dasan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>archived in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/\">https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>pramEyam (goal) \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/koyil.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/koyil.org<\/a><br>pramANam (scriptures) \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org\/\">http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org<\/a><br>pramAthA (preceptors) \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/\">http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org<\/a><br>SrIvaishNava education\/kids portal \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/pillai.koyil.org\/\">http:\/\/pillai.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SrI:&nbsp; SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:&nbsp; SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:&nbsp; SrImath varavaramunayE nama: periya thirumozhi&nbsp;&gt;&gt;&nbsp;Eighth centum&nbsp;&gt;&gt;&nbsp;Third decad &lt;&lt; Previous Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction) No specific introduction. pAsuram vaNdamarum malarp punnai vari neezhal aNimuththamtheN thiraigaL varath thirattum thirukkaNNapuraththu uRaiyumeN thisaiyum ezhu sudarum irunilanum peruvisumbumuNdumizhndha perumAnukku izhandhEn en oLivaLaiyE Word-by-Word meanings vaNdu &#8211; beetlesamarum &#8211; settled onmalar &#8211; having flowerspunnai &#8230; <a title=\"periya thirumozhi \u2013 8.3.7 \u2013 vaNdamarum\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/05\/periya-thirumozhi-8-3-7\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about periya thirumozhi \u2013 8.3.7 \u2013 vaNdamarum\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,16,721],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-irandam-ayiram","category-periya-thirumozhi","category-periya-thirumozhi-8th-centum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60311","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60311"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60370,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60311\/revisions\/60370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}