{"id":60723,"date":"2026-06-07T23:39:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T23:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=60723"},"modified":"2026-06-07T23:39:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T23:39:36","slug":"periyazhwar-thirumozhi-3-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/06\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-3-9\/","title":{"rendered":"periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 3.9 – ennAdhan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: Sri varavaramunayE nama:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

periyAzhwAr thirumozhi<\/a> >> Third Centum<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Previous<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

pravESam<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having overflowing affection towards krishNAvathAram [incarnation as krishNa], periyAzhwAr enjoyed krishNa\u2019s auspicious qualities and activities, in the earlier thirumozhi. Now, he has a desire to enjoy qualities and activities of krishNAvathAram as well as the preceding one, SrI rAmAvathAram, simultaneously. To achieve that, he takes the pathos of two herd-girls, with one of them engaging in the auspicious qualities and activities of SrI rAmAvathAram and the other, engaging in the auspicious qualities and activities of krishNAvathAram. The two girls keep extolling the auspicious qualities and activities of each incarnation, opposing each other, in the style of undhipaRaththal<\/em> [a literary game, in which two or more persons sing songs, extolling virtues of their chosen entity, in a competition]. Thus, periyAzhwAr sings the auspicious qualities and activities of both incarnations, and becomes pleased, in this thirumozhi. Is it possible to attain the pathos of two herd-girls at the same time? If emperumAn\u2019s mercy is there, due to that distinguishing feature, without any hurdle in knowledge, this is possible. In the periya thirumozhi padhigam 11.5 \u201cmAnamarum mennOkki<\/em>\u201d, two girls were indulging in a similar vein. nanjIyar, one of our preceptors, asked his AchAryan \u201cHow is it possible to attain the pathos of two pirAttimArs [consorts] simultaneously?\u201d bhattar famously responded, saying \u201cIn SrI vaikuNtam, a mukthAthmA [one liberated from samsAram and who has attained emperumAn] takes many forms simultaneously and carries out kainkaryam. If emperumAn showers his mercy here too, it is possible\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

thiruvAimozhip piLLai, in his svApadhESam, says the following: In the earlier thirumozhi, AzhwAr spoke about krishNAvathAram in several instances, and the way a disciple of an AchAryan, who is totally dependent on the AchAryan, attained emperumAn [and carried out servitude]. AzhwAr meditated on both the eminent and the affable qualities of krishNAvathAram. AzhwAr splits himself into two entities, taking on the pathos of two herd-girls in thiruvAyppAdi, with one speaking about the greatness of SrI rAmAvathAram and the other, of krishNAvathAram, in which the former has qualities of both eminence and affability while the latter has only the qualities of affability. He becomes happy, meditating on both, carrying out mangaLASAsanam for both the incarnations. Both kinds of qualities [eminent and affable] are full of auspiciousness only. Is it possible for a jIvAthmA to take up two forms simultaneously? thiruvAimozhip piLLai says here that in SrI vaikuNtam, as mentioned in chAndhOgya upanishadh, \u201canEkadhAbhavathi<\/em>\u201d takes place [one takes many forms]. When nammAzhwAr says of distinguished people in samsAram, as in thiruviruththam 79<\/a> \u201cviNNuLArilum sIriyar<\/em>\u201d (those, in samsAram, who worship emperumAn are more eminent than nithyasUris), this also could happen. In the thiruchchAzhal padhigam, periya thirumozhi 11.5, when two girls were playing undhipaRaththal<\/em>, nanjIyar asked his AchAryan, parASara bhattar \u201cIs it possible to take the pathos of two pirAttis simultaneously?\u201d bhattar responded, saying \u201cHave you not heard of anEkadhAbhavathi<\/em> in SrI vaikuNtam?\u201d This has been quoted by AchchAn piLLai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n