{"id":61293,"date":"2026-07-06T00:13:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T00:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=61293"},"modified":"2026-07-06T00:13:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T00:13:52","slug":"periya-thirumozhi-8-8-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/07\/periya-thirumozhi-8-8-1\/","title":{"rendered":"periya thirumozhi \u2013 8.8.1 \u2013 vAnOr aLavum"},"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\/07\/periya-thirumozhi-8-8\/\">Eighth decad<\/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>vAnOr aLavum mudhu munnIr vaLarndha kAlam valiyuruvin<br>mInAy vandhu viyandhuyyak koNda thaN thAmaraik kaNNan <br>AnA uruvil AnAyan avanai ammAviLai vayaluL <br>kAnAr puRavil kaNNapuraththu adiyEn kaNdu koNdEnE<\/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\">vAnOr aLavum &#8211; up to the boundaries of the dhEvathAs (celestial beings)<br>mudhu &#8211; ancient<br>mun nIr &#8211; flowing in the ocean (which has 3 waters viz river water, ground water and rain water)<br>vaLarndha kAlam &#8211; when it rose<br>vali &#8211; strong<br>uruvil &#8211; having body<br>mInAy &#8211; in mathsya (fish) form<br>vandhu &#8211; came and incarnated<br>viyandhu &#8211; being amazed (on seeing the protective ocean rising)<br>uyyak koNda &#8211; one protected the world<br>thaN &#8211; cool<br>thAmarai &#8211; like lotus flower<br>kaNNan &#8211; having divine eyes<br>AnA &#8211; indestructible<br>uruvil &#8211; having form<br>AnAyan &#8211; one who incarnated as a cow-herd boy<br>avanai &#8211; that krishNa<br>am &#8211; beautiful<br>mA &#8211; vast<br>viLai &#8211; flourishing <br>vayaluL &#8211; having fertile-fields<br>kAn Ar &#8211; filled with forests<br>puravil &#8211; having surroundings<br>kaNNapuraththu &#8211; in thirukkaNNapuram<br>adiyEn &#8211; I, who am a servitor<br>kaNdu koNdEnE &#8211; got to see<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Simple translation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">bhagavAn came and incarnated as strong bodied mathsya (fish) when the ancient ocean water rose up to the boundaries of the celestial beings; he became amazed seeing that the protective ocean started rising; he has cool, lotus flower likfe divine eyes; he incarnated with an indestructible form as krishNa; I who am a servitor got to see him in thirukkaNNapuram which is having beautiful, vast, flourishing fertile-fields and is having surroundings which are filled with forests.<\/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>vAnOr &#8230; <\/strong>&#8211; On the day when the overflowing ocean reached up to the boundaries of dhEvathAs. Incarnating as a strong mathsya which can encapsulate that ocean in just one of its scales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>viyandhu uyyak koNda <\/strong>&#8211; bhagavAn becomes amazed thinking &#8220;The ocean I had placed as protection have now become a threat? What is this?&#8221; Alternative explanation. AzhwAr is talking about bhagavAn thinking &#8220;I who am the cause of entire creation and am distinguished, has placed myself amidst brahmA et al as vishNu; this will not match my stature; not even that, now incarnating in a different species [as fish], is much greater&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>thaN thAmaraik kaNNan <\/strong>&#8211; It is said &#8220;<em>mathsya: kamalalOchana:<\/em>&#8221; (mathsya bhagavAn, who is having lotus eyes).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>AnA uruvil AnAyan <\/strong>&#8211; One who is having a singular form always [in paramapadham as paramapadhanAthan] has now incarnated amongst one among the cow-herd clan. AnAdh uru &#8211; decayless form. In thirukkaNNapuram which is having beautiful, vast fertile-fields and surroundings which are filled with forests. It appears that one side is having forests [already we know that one side of thirukkaNNapuram was having ocean].<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>adiyEn kaNdu koNdEnE <\/strong>&#8211; I, who am a servitor, got to see him.<\/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;Eighth decad Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction) No specific introduction. pAsuram vAnOr aLavum mudhu munnIr vaLarndha kAlam valiyuruvinmInAy vandhu viyandhuyyak koNda thaN thAmaraik kaNNan AnA uruvil AnAyan avanai ammAviLai vayaluL kAnAr puRavil kaNNapuraththu adiyEn kaNdu koNdEnE Word-by-Word meanings vAnOr aLavum &#8211; up to the &#8230; <a title=\"periya thirumozhi \u2013 8.8.1 \u2013 vAnOr aLavum\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/07\/periya-thirumozhi-8-8-1\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about periya thirumozhi \u2013 8.8.1 \u2013 vAnOr aLavum\">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-61293","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\/61293","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=61293"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61324,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61293\/revisions\/61324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}