{"id":61097,"date":"2026-06-30T00:01:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T00:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=61097"},"modified":"2026-06-30T00:01:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T00:01:38","slug":"periyazhwar-thirumozhi-3-10-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/06\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-3-10-9\/","title":{"rendered":"periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 3.10.9 \u2013 dhikku niRai"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: Sri varavaramunayE nama:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/06\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi\/\">periyAzhwAr thirumozhi<\/a>&nbsp;&gt;&gt;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/03\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-3\/\">Third Centum<\/a> &gt;&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/06\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-3-10\/\">Tenth decad<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/11\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-2-4\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/06\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-3-10-8\/\">Previous<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>avathArikai<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is no specific avathArikai for this pAsuram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>dhikku niRai pugazhALan thI vELvich chenRa nAL<\/em><br><em>mikka perum savai naduvE vil iRuththAn mOdhiram kaNdu<\/em><br><em>okkumAl adaiyALam anumAn<\/em>! <em>enRu uchchi mEl<\/em><br><em>vaiththukkoNdu ugandhanaLAl malarkkuzhalAL sIthaiyumE<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Word-by-Word Meanings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>malar<\/em> \u2013 decorated with flowers<br><em>kuzhalAL<\/em> \u2013 having locks<br><em>sIthai<\/em> \u2013 sIthAp pirAtti<br><em>dhikku<\/em> \u2013 in all directions<br><em>niRai<\/em> \u2013 filled with<br><em>pugazhALan<\/em> \u2013 SrI janakarAjan [king janaka, father of sIthAp pirAtti], who had fame<br><em>thI<\/em> \u2013 nurturing three types of fire<br><em>vELvi<\/em> \u2013 in the <em>yAgam<\/em> [ritual]<br><em>senRa nAL<\/em> \u2013 during the time when [SrI rAma had] mercifully gone with sage viSvAmithra<br><em>mikka peru<\/em> \u2013 being huge<br><em>savai naduvE<\/em> \u2013 in the midst of the assembly<br><em>vil<\/em> \u2013 the bow, which was kept as the wager in the competition<br><em>iRuththAn<\/em> \u2013 perumAL, who broke it<br><em>mOdhiram<\/em> \u2013 the divine ring<br><em>kaNdu<\/em> \u2013 looking at<br><em>anumAn<\/em> \u2013 Oh, hanuman!<br><em>adaiyALam<\/em> \u2013 the identifications which you had mentioned earlier and the identification of this<br>divine ring<br><em>okkum enRu<\/em> \u2013 are congruent, saying this<br><em>uchchi mEl<\/em> \u2013 on top of her divine head<br><em>vaiththuk koNdu<\/em> \u2013 keeping the divine ring<br><em>ugandhanaL<\/em> \u2013 became happy in her divine mind (the syllable <em>Al<\/em> at the end is for poetic metrics)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Simple Translation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SrI janaka, the king, had fame filled in all the directions. For the yAgam, which he conducted, SrI rAma had gone along with sage viSvAmithra. There, he broke the bow, which had been kept as the wager, for marrying sIthAp pirAtti, in the middle of the huge assembly. pirAtti saw the divine ring on his hand. Looking at that divine ring, now given by hanuman, pirAtti, who has locks decorated with flowers, told him \u201cOh, hanuman! The identifications which you mentioned earlier and the divine ring which you now gave are congruent\u201d. Saying this, she kept the divine ring on top of her head and became very happy in her divine mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>vyAkhyAnam (Commentary)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>dhikku \u2026<\/strong> &#8211; Due to his knowledge of <em>thathvam<\/em> [truth], detachment from worldly matters, carrying out deeds ordained, without any expectation of the result, as a <em>mumukshu<\/em> [one who is desirous of attaining mOksham, SrI vaikuNtam], king janaka had fame spread in all the directions. For the yAgam [vEdhic ritual] which he conducted through <em>AvahanIyAgni<\/em> etc [there are three rituals which are to be conducted viz. <em>AvahanIyAgni, dhAkshnAgni<\/em> and <em>gArhapathyAgni<\/em>], Sri rAma had mercifully gone along with sage viSvAmithra. During that time \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">thiruvAimozhip piLLai says, in his svApadhESam, that the term \u201c<em>dhikku niRaindha pugazhALan<\/em>\u201d could be construed for viSvAmithra. The universe, which is fifty crore yOjana [one yOjana is approximately 10 miles] long, is inhabited by the controller of the universe et al. A sage [vasishta] cursed a king [thriSanku] to become a <em>chaNdALan<\/em> [person of lowly conduct]. Another sage [viSvAmithra] conducted a <em>yAgam<\/em> with that <em>chaNdALan<\/em> and made him ascend to <em>svarga<\/em> [heaven] with his physical form. When the lord of <em>svarga<\/em> pushed him down towards earth, the sage stopped him midway, through the strength of his penance. He had risen from the level of a rAjarishi to the level of brahmarishi and did not go back to his regal ways. His fame of penance had spread throughout the world. His penance was such powerful that he could convert the curse of a sage [vasishta] who had transformed a king to a <em>chandALan<\/em> like this. Thus, if penances arise out of a reason [to achieve a goal], anything could be carried out. Alternatively, the term <em>dhikku niRai pugazhALan<\/em> could refer to perumAL. His fame had spread throughout the worlds. When viSvAmithra took perumAL with him to help him in conducting yAgams, he told dhaSaratha that he knew about perumAL, that he was a <em>mahAthmA<\/em> [an eminent entity], <em>sathya parAkrama<\/em> [valorous forever] etc. He also said that great entities such as vasishta et al knew these truths. <em>thI vELvi<\/em> \u2026 &#8211; During the time when perumAL went behind viSvAmithra to protect his yAgams \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>mikka perum savai naduvE<\/strong> \u2013 In the middle of the huge assembly which had gathered there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">thiruvAimozhip piLLai says here that in the assembly of brAhmaNas and kings, when SrI rAma broke the bow [which was kept as a wager] and held the divine hand of pirAtti, she saw the form of that divine ring on his divine finger, through her divine eyes and felt the divine ring on her hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>vil iRuththAn mOdhiram kaNdu<\/strong> \u2013 SrI rAma had broken a bow, which was kept as a wager in the competition, for marrying sIthAp pirAtti. During that time, pirAtti had seen the divine ring on his divine finger. Later, when he held her hand, she felt the divine ring and subsequently, she had been seeing that divine ring, all the time. Looking at that divine ring, now given by hanuman \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>okkum \u2026<\/strong> &#8211; Oh, hanuman! The incidents which you narrated earlier, as identifications, and the identification of this divine ring are congruent. Just as it has been mentioned in SrI rAmAyaNam sundhara kANdam 36.4 \u201c<em>gruhIthvA prEkshamANA sA bharthu<\/em>:<em> kara vibhUshaNam<\/em> l <em>bharthAram iva samprApthA jAnakImudhithAbhavath <\/em>\u201d (That sIthA, taking the divine ring of her consort, which had adorned his divine hand, looked at it and became happy as if she had attained her husband), she took that divine ring, and manifesting the reverence for that divine ring and her desire, she kept it on her head. Then, she held it in her hand, looking at it intently. She thought of the divine finger, associated with that divine ring, the divine hand associated with that divine finger, then the divine shoulder and through that, the divine form of SrI rAma. Thinking of all these, through the maturing nature of her thoughts, she thought of perumAL donning her divine locks with flowers, with both of them sitting on one mattress and became happy. AzhwAr is amazed at her happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">thiruvAimozhip piLLai says here that pirAtti\u2019s divine form was similar to the form which all the fragrances on earth could have had unitedly. pirAtti could be termed as fragrance; such was the effect. The conjunction <em>um<\/em> [as in the last word, <em>sIthaiy<strong>um<\/strong>E<\/em>] indicates that both perumAL and pirAtti became happy, at that time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We shall next consider the last pAsuram of this thirumozhi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">adiyEn krishNa rAmAnuja dhAsan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">archived in <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\">https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">pramEyam (goal) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/koyil.org\/\">http:\/\/koyil.org<\/a><br>pramANam (scriptures) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org\">http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org<\/a><br>pramAthA (preceptors) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\">http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org<\/a><br>SrIvaishNava education\/kids portal \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/pillai.koyil.org\/\">http:\/\/pillai.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: Sri varavaramunayE nama: periyAzhwAr thirumozhi&nbsp;&gt;&gt;&nbsp;Third Centum &gt;&gt; Tenth decad Previous avathArikai There is no specific avathArikai for this pAsuram. dhikku niRai pugazhALan thI vELvich chenRa nALmikka perum savai naduvE vil iRuththAn mOdhiram kaNduokkumAl adaiyALam anumAn! enRu uchchi mElvaiththukkoNdu ugandhanaLAl malarkkuzhalAL sIthaiyumE Word-by-Word Meanings malar \u2013 decorated with flowerskuzhalAL &#8230; <a title=\"periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 3.10.9 \u2013 dhikku niRai\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/06\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-3-10-9\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 3.10.9 \u2013 dhikku niRai\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,717,724],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mudhalayiram","category-periyazhwar-thirumozhi","category-periyazhwar-thirumozhi-3rd-centum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61097","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\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61097"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61165,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61097\/revisions\/61165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}