{"id":60502,"date":"2026-05-31T02:19:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T02:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=60502"},"modified":"2026-05-31T02:19:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T02:19:02","slug":"periya-thirumozhi-8-5-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/05\/periya-thirumozhi-8-5-3\/","title":{"rendered":"periya thirumozhi \u2013 8.5.3 \u2013 Ayan mAyamE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><small>SrI:&nbsp; SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:&nbsp; SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:&nbsp; SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><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-8-5\/\">Fifth decad<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/05\/periya-thirumozhi-8-5-2\/\">&lt;&lt; Previous<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No specific introduction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Note: This pAsuram can be seen as being spoken by parakAla nAyaki&#8217;s well-wishers on seeing her state in the past two pAsurams.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">pAsuram<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Ayan mAyamE anRi maRRu en kaiyil vaLaigaLum iRai nillA <br>pEyin Aruyir uNdidum piLLai nam peN uyirkku irangumO? <br>thUya mAmadhik kadhir sudath thuNai illai iNaimulai vEginRadhAl <br>Ayan vEyinukku azhiginRadhu uLLamum anjel enbAr ilaiyE<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Word-by-Word meanings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ayan &#8211; krishNa&#8217;s<br>mAyamE anRi &#8211; other than the mischiefs<br>maRRu &#8211; other<br>en &#8211; what?<br>kaiyil &#8211; present on hand<br>vaLaigaLum &#8211; bangles<br>iRai &#8211; even for a moment<br>nillA &#8211; not remaining;<br>pEyinAr &#8211; pUthanA&#8217;s<br>uyir &#8211; life<br>uNdidum &#8211; consumed<br>piLLai &#8211; krishNa, the child<br>nam &#8211; our<br>peN &#8211; girl&#8217;s<br>uyirkku &#8211; for the life<br>irangumO &#8211; will he feel sad?<br>thUya &#8211; blemishless<br>mA &#8211; huge<br>madhi &#8211; moon&#8217;s<br>kadhir &#8211; rays<br>suda &#8211; as they burn<br>thuNai &#8211; (to eliminate that) companion<br>illai &#8211; not having;<br>iNai &#8211; remaining together<br>mulai &#8211; bosoms<br>vEginRadhu &#8211; are being burnt;<br>Al &#8211; alas!<br>Ayan &#8211; krishNa&#8217;s<br>vEyinukku &#8211; for the flute<br>uLLamum &#8211; (her) heart<br>azhiginRadhu &#8211; being destroyed;<br>anjelenbAr &#8211; those who would say &#8220;Don&#8217;t fear&#8221;<br>illaiyE &#8211; not there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Simple translation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For our girl, what else other than krishNa&#8217;s mischiefs is present? Her bangles are not remaining on her hand even for a moment. Will krishNa, the child who consumed pUthanA&#8217;s life feel sad for our girl&#8217;s [my] life? She is not having a companion, while the blemishless, moon&#8217;s rays are burning her. Her bosoms, which are remaining together, are being burnt; alas! Her heart is being destroyed for krishNa&#8217;s flute. Those who would say &#8220;Don&#8217;t fear&#8221; are not there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Highlights from vyAkyAnam (Commentary)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ayan &#8230; <\/strong>&#8211; When krishNa went away he said &#8220;I will not separate from you; even if I did, I will not survive&#8221; and left. Unlike that these bangles quickly slipped out. This is as said in SrIvishNu purANam 5.18.29 &#8220;<em>SaithilyamupayAnthyASu karEshu valayAnyapi<\/em>&#8221; (When krishNa left us, our bangles also slipped away). <em>ASu Saithilyam upayAnthi <\/em>&#8211; I observed that they immediately slipped away. Hope it is not the time when those, who are in our hands [reach], leave us!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>iRai nillA <\/strong>&#8211; They won&#8217;t stay even for a moment. After he left, they did not stay even for one moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>pEy &#8230; <\/strong>&#8211; Will the one, who planned to get caught by pUthanA and thus torment us, show his mercy now? From the beginning, he set out to torment the women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>thUya mA madhik kadhir suda <\/strong>&#8211; As the blemishless moon&#8217;s rays blow fire and burn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>thuNai illai iNai mulai vEginRadhAl <\/strong>&#8211; There was no one who could extinguish the fire. It burnt as it saw\/desired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ayan &#8230; <\/strong>&#8211; The cowherd boy&#8217;s flute appeared to destroy the heart which was saying &#8220;He is still not coming, even at this stage of suffering&#8221;. She will not be immersed in the flute played by brAhmaNas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>anjal enbArillaiyE <\/strong>&#8211; No one who can say as in SrI bhagavath gIthA 18.66 &#8220;<em>mA Sucha:<\/em>&#8221; (Don&#8217;t grieve), is present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the next article we will enjoy the next pAsuram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">adiyen sarathy ramanuja dasan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">archived in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/\">https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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;Fifth decad &lt;&lt; Previous Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction) No specific introduction. Note: This pAsuram can be seen as being spoken by parakAla nAyaki&#8217;s well-wishers on seeing her state in the past two pAsurams. pAsuram Ayan mAyamE anRi maRRu en kaiyil vaLaigaLum iRai nillA &#8230; <a title=\"periya thirumozhi \u2013 8.5.3 \u2013 Ayan mAyamE\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/05\/periya-thirumozhi-8-5-3\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about periya thirumozhi \u2013 8.5.3 \u2013 Ayan mAyamE\">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-60502","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\/60502","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=60502"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60637,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60502\/revisions\/60637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}