{"id":61334,"date":"2026-07-08T02:05:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T02:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=61334"},"modified":"2026-07-08T02:05:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T02:05:11","slug":"periya-thirumozhi-8-8-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/07\/periya-thirumozhi-8-8-3\/","title":{"rendered":"periya thirumozhi \u2013 8.8.3 \u2013 pArAr 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<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/07\/periya-thirumozhi-8-8-2\/\">&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<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">pAsuram<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>pArAr aLavum mudhu munnIr parandha kAlam vaLai maruppil<br>ErAr uruvaththu EnamAy eduththa ARRal ammAnai <br>kUrAr Aral irai karudhik kurugu pAyak kayal iriyum <br>kArAr 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\">pAr Ar aLavum &#8211; entire earth<br>mudhu mun nIr &#8211; ocean<br>parandha kAlam &#8211; when it surrounded<br>vaLai &#8211; curved<br>maruppil &#8211; having horn<br>Er &#8211; by beauty<br>Ar &#8211; complete<br>uruvaththu &#8211; having body<br>EnamAy &#8211; being in a varAha form (that earth)<br>eduththa &#8211; one who brought (due to that)<br>ARRal &#8211; having great strength<br>ammAnai &#8211; sarvESvaran<br>kUr Ar &#8211; very sharp (having beak)<br>kurugu &#8211; crane<br>Aral &#8211; fish<br>irai &#8211; as prey<br>karudhi &#8211; thinking (on those fish)<br>pAya &#8211; as it jumps<br>kayal &#8211; fish<br>iriyum &#8211; fleeing<br>kAr &#8211; by clouds<br>Ar &#8211; pervaded<br>puRavil &#8211; having surroundings <br>kaNNapuraththu &#8211; in thirukkaNNapuram<br>adiyEn kaNdu koNdEnE &#8211; I, who am a servitor, 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\">When the entire earth was surrounded by the ocean, very strong emperumAn, assuming a varAha form which has a curved horn and body which is complete with beauty, brought out the earth. I, who am a servitor, got to see him in thirukkaNNapuram which is having surroundings pervaded by clouds and where crane with sharp beak jumps on Aral fish considering those to be its prey and the kayal fish were fleeing seeing that.<\/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>pArAr &#8230; <\/strong>&#8211; Appearing as a varAha with a curved horn, when the entire earth was consumed by ocean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ErAr uruvaththu <\/strong>&#8211; If we get to see such beauty filled form, we can endure thousands of deluges. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>edhuththa ARRal ammAnai <\/strong>&#8211; sarvESvaran, who has the strength to pluck out the earth, which went and became attached to the wall of the oval shaped universe and rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>kUrAr &#8230; <\/strong>&#8211; The crane which has sharp beak considered the Aral fish as its prey and jumps on those. At that time, the kayal fish will flee the spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>kArAr &#8230; <\/strong>&#8211; In thirukkaNNapuram, which is having surroundings with constant movement of clouds.<\/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 &lt;&lt; Previous Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction) No specific introduction. pAsuram pArAr aLavum mudhu munnIr parandha kAlam vaLai maruppilErAr uruvaththu EnamAy eduththa ARRal ammAnai kUrAr Aral irai karudhik kurugu pAyak kayal iriyum kArAr puRavil kaNNapuraththu adiyEn kaNdu koNdEnE Word-by-Word meanings pAr Ar &#8230; <a title=\"periya thirumozhi \u2013 8.8.3 \u2013 pArAr aLavum\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/07\/periya-thirumozhi-8-8-3\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about periya thirumozhi \u2013 8.8.3 \u2013 pArAr 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-61334","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\/61334","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=61334"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61404,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61334\/revisions\/61404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}