{"id":60324,"date":"2026-05-13T23:09:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T23:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=60324"},"modified":"2026-05-13T23:09:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T23:09:03","slug":"periya-thirumozhi-8-3-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/05\/periya-thirumozhi-8-3-8\/","title":{"rendered":"periya thirumozhi \u2013 8.3.8 \u2013 kongumali"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><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-8-3-7\/\">&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>kongumali karunguvaLai&nbsp;kaNNAga theNkayangaL<br>sengamala mugamalarththum thirukkaNNapuraththu uRaiyum <br>vangamali thadangadaluL vari aravin aNaith thuyinRa <br>sengamala nAbanukku izhandhEn en seRivaLaiyE<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Word-by-Word meanings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>kongu &#8211; by fragrance<br>mali &#8211; pervaded<br>karum &#8211; having black colour<br>kuvaLai &#8211; kuvaLai (water lily) flowers<br>kaNNAga &#8211; having as eyes<br>theN &#8211; clear<br>kayangaL &#8211; ponds<br>sem &#8211; reddish<br>kamalam &#8211; lotus flower<br>mugam &#8211; face<br>alarththum &#8211; making it blossom<br>thirukkaNNapuraththuRaiyum &#8211; mercifully residing in thirukkaNNapuram<br>vangam &#8211; by ships<br>mali &#8211; filled <br>thadam &#8211; vast<br>kadaluL &#8211; in the ocean<br>vari &#8211; beautiful<br>aravin &#8211; known as thiruvananthAzhwAn<br>aNai &#8211; on the mattress<br>thuyinRa &#8211; mercifully resting<br>sem &#8211; reddish<br>kamalam &#8211; lotus flower<br>nAbanukku &#8211; for padhmanAbha who has in his divine navel<br>en &#8211; my<br>seRi &#8211; well-fitting in (hand)<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 ponds are showing the black coloured water lily flowers which are pervaded with fragrance as eyes and making the red lotus flower as the face, blossom. emperumAn is mercifully resting on the mattress of beautiful thiruvananthAzhwAn (AdhiSEshan) on the vast ocean which are filled with ships. I lost my well-fitting bangle on my hand for such padhmanAbhan who has red lotus flower in his divine navel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Highlights from vyAkyAnam (Commentary)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>kongu &#8230; <\/strong>&#8211; sarvESvaran is mercifully residing in thirukkaNNapuram where the clear ponds are showing the black coloured water lily flowers which are pervaded with fragrance as eyes and making the red lotus flower as the face, blossom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>vanga mali &#8230; <\/strong>&#8211; On the ocean which is filled with abundant number of ships and is having the vastness to let bhagavAn mercifully rest there, padhmanAbhan is mercifully resting on thiruvananthAzhwAn. For such bhagavAn who has red lotus flower in his divine navel, I was faithful based on his being the creator and lost. 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 kongumali karunguvaLai&nbsp;kaNNAga theNkayangaLsengamala mugamalarththum thirukkaNNapuraththu uRaiyum vangamali thadangadaluL vari aravin aNaith thuyinRa sengamala nAbanukku izhandhEn en seRivaLaiyE Word-by-Word meanings kongu &#8211; by fragrancemali &#8211; pervadedkarum &#8211; having black colourkuvaLai &#8211; kuvaLai &#8230; <a title=\"periya thirumozhi \u2013 8.3.8 \u2013 kongumali\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/05\/periya-thirumozhi-8-3-8\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about periya thirumozhi \u2013 8.3.8 \u2013 kongumali\">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-60324","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\/60324","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=60324"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60386,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60324\/revisions\/60386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}