{"id":60360,"date":"2026-05-18T23:39:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T23:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=60360"},"modified":"2026-05-18T23:39:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T23:39:35","slug":"periya-thirumozhi-8-4-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/05\/periya-thirumozhi-8-4-2\/","title":{"rendered":"periya thirumozhi \u2013 8.4.2 \u2013 vEdha mudhalvan"},"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-8-4\/\">Fourth decad<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/05\/periya-thirumozhi-8-4-1\/\">&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>vEdha mudhalvan viLangu purinUlan <br>pAdham paravip palarum paNindhEththi <br>kAdhanmai seyyum kaNNapuraththu emperumAn <br>thAdhu naRundhuzhAy thAzhndhUdhAy kOl thumbI!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Word-by-Word meanings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>vEdha mudhalvan &#8211; having the prominence of being revealed in vEdham<br>viLangu &#8211; shining (in his divine form)<br>puri nUlan &#8211; one who is having SrI yagyOpavItham (sacred thread)<br>palarum &#8211; everyone<br>pAdham &#8211; his divine feet<br>paravi &#8211; speak expansively<br>paNindhu &#8211; worship<br>Eththi &#8211; praise (due to that)<br>kAdhanmai &#8211; friendliness<br>seyyum &#8211; apt to show<br>kaNNapuraththu emperumAn &#8211; emperumAn, who is mercifully residing in thirukkaNNapuram<br>thAdhu &#8211; having pollens<br>naRum &#8211; fragrant<br>thuzhAy &#8211; in the thiruththzhAy<br>thAzhndhu &#8211; immerse <br>UdhAy kOl thumbi &#8211; Oh, dragonfly which is present on a pole! Blow on me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Simple translation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>bhagavAn, who is mercifully residing in thirukkaNNapuram, is having the prominence of being revealed in vEdham; he is having SrI yagyOpavItham (sacred thread) which is shining on his divine form; he is spoken of expansively, worshipped, praised and is apt to be friendly with everyone. Oh, dragonfly which is present on a pole! Immerse in the thiruththuzhAy which is having pollens and fragrance, and blow its fragrance on me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Highlights from vyAkyAnam (Commentary)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>vEdha mudhalvan <\/strong>&#8211; Am I speaking about the one who is spoken of by men, based on their own prefereneces? It is not speaking about the one who is spoken of by Agamam etc [ancillary literature]. But he is having the prominence of being exclusively and completely spoken of by unauthored, faultless vEdham<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>viLangu puri nUlan <\/strong>&#8211; As said in chAndhOgya upanishath &#8220;<em>hiraNmaya: purusha:<\/em>&#8221; (The lord has a golden form), he is having a beautiful form and a SrI yagyOpavItham which is shining on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>pAdham &#8230; <\/strong>&#8211; Praising the divine feet incoherently, falling at those feet, everyone praises and shows their friendliness. I am asking you to pursue the one who is said in bruhadhAraNyaka upanishath \u201c<em>AthmAvA arE dhrashtavya: SrOthavya: manthavya: <strong>nidhidhyAsithvya<\/strong>:\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;(Oh maithrEya! bhagavAn is to be heard, contemplated and meditated upon, and seen).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>thAdhu &#8230; <\/strong>&#8211; You should immerse into the thiruththuzhAy which is well blossomed and fresh, and then come here and blow on me.<\/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;Fourth decad &lt;&lt; Previous Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction) No specific introduction. pAsuram vEdha mudhalvan viLangu purinUlan pAdham paravip palarum paNindhEththi kAdhanmai seyyum kaNNapuraththu emperumAn thAdhu naRundhuzhAy thAzhndhUdhAy kOl thumbI! Word-by-Word meanings vEdha mudhalvan &#8211; having the prominence of being revealed in vEdhamviLangu &#8211; &#8230; <a title=\"periya thirumozhi \u2013 8.4.2 \u2013 vEdha mudhalvan\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/05\/periya-thirumozhi-8-4-2\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about periya thirumozhi \u2013 8.4.2 \u2013 vEdha mudhalvan\">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-60360","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\/60360","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=60360"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60483,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60360\/revisions\/60483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}