{"id":60771,"date":"2026-06-12T23:52:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T23:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=60771"},"modified":"2026-06-12T23:52:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T23:52:40","slug":"periya-thirumozhi-8-6-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/06\/periya-thirumozhi-8-6-2\/","title":{"rendered":"periya thirumozhi \u2013 8.6.2 \u2013 porundhA arakkar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center 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\/06\/periya-thirumozhi-8-6\/\">Sixth decad<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/06\/periya-thirumozhi-8-6-1\/\">&lt;&lt; Previous<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No specific introduction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">pAsuram<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>porundhA arakkar venjamaththup ponRa anRu puLLUrndhu <br>perum thOL mAli thalai puraLap pErndha arakkar thennilangai <br>irundhAr thammai udan koNdu angu ezhilAr pilaththup pukkoLippa<br>karum thAL silai kaikkoNdAnUr kaNNapuram nAm thozhudhumE<\/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\">porundhA &#8211; not matching<br>arakkar &#8211; rAkshasas<br>venjamaththu &#8211; in the battle <br>ponRa &#8211; to be destroyed<br>anRu &#8211; at that time<br>puL Urndhu &#8211; riding the thiruvadi (garudAzhwAr)<br>perum &#8211; huge<br>thOL &#8211; having strong shoulders<br>mAli &#8211; mAli&#8217;s [a demon]<br>thalai &#8211; head<br>puraLa &#8211; to roll<br>pErndha &#8211; other<br>arakkar &#8211; rAkshasas<br>then &#8211; in the southern direction<br>ilangai &#8211; in the town of lankA<br>irundhAr thammai &#8211; the rAkshasas who were present<br>udan koNdu &#8211; gathering them<br>angu &#8211; from there<br>ezhil &#8211; by beauty<br>Ar &#8211; pervaded<br>pilaththu &#8211; in the pAthALam<br>pukku &#8211; entered<br>oLippa &#8211; to hide<br>karundhAL &#8211; very strong<br>silai &#8211; bow<br>kai &#8211; in the divine hand<br>koNdAn &#8211; one who held<br>Ur &#8211; town<br>kaNNapuram thozhudhumE &#8211; let us worship thirukkaNNapuram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Simple translation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">bhagavAn rode on garudAzhwAr when the rAkshasas, who did not align with his thoughts, engaged in a battle to destroy them. He held his very strong bow in his divine hand to make the head of mAli, who has huge shoulder strength, roll on the ground. Through this, he made the rAkshasas to gather the other rAkshasas from the town of lankA, which is in the southern direction, to enter the pAthALa which is pervaded by beauty and hide there. Let us worship such lord&#8217;s divine abode known as thirukkaNNapuram.<\/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>porundhA &#8230; <\/strong>&#8211; Even if bhagvAn remained fully favourable towards them, the rAkshasa clan was firm on non-alignment; to have them killed in the battle, bhagavAn rode garudAzhwAr, made the head of mAli, who has huge shoulder strength, roll on the ground; he also made the other rAkshasas take along the rAkshasas of lankA which remain as an ant-hill, filled with evil people always, and enter into the pAthALa which is an enjoyable abode and hide there. He did that by holding his very strong bow in his divine hands. Let us worship thirukkaNNapuram, which is the abode of such lord.<\/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;Sixth decad &lt;&lt; Previous Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction) No specific introduction. pAsuram porundhA arakkar venjamaththup ponRa anRu puLLUrndhu perum thOL mAli thalai puraLap pErndha arakkar thennilangai irundhAr thammai udan koNdu angu ezhilAr pilaththup pukkoLippakarum thAL silai kaikkoNdAnUr kaNNapuram nAm thozhudhumE Word-by-Word meanings porundhA &#8230; <a title=\"periya thirumozhi \u2013 8.6.2 \u2013 porundhA arakkar\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/06\/periya-thirumozhi-8-6-2\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about periya thirumozhi \u2013 8.6.2 \u2013 porundhA arakkar\">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-60771","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\/60771","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=60771"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60800,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60771\/revisions\/60800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}