{"id":61376,"date":"2026-07-10T00:03:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T00:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=61376"},"modified":"2026-07-10T00:03:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T00:03:11","slug":"periya-thirumozhi-8-8-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/07\/periya-thirumozhi-8-8-5\/","title":{"rendered":"periya thirumozhi \u2013 8.8.5 \u2013 thozhu nIr"},"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-8-8-4\/\">&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>thozhunIr vadivil kuRaL uruvAy vandhu thOnRi mAvali pAl <br>muzhunIr vaiyam mun koNda mUvA uruvil ammAnai <br>uzhunIr vayaluL pon kiLaippa oru pAl mullai mugaiyOdum <br>kazhunIr malarum 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\">thozhum &#8211; To be worshipped by all<br>nIr &#8211; having nature<br>vadivil &#8211; having form<br>kuRaL uruvAy &#8211; having vAmana form<br>vandhu thOnRi &#8211; came and incarnated<br>mAvali pAl &#8211; towards mahAbali<br>muzhu nIr &#8211; surrounded by ocean<br>vaiyam &#8211; world<br>koNda &#8211; one who begged and accepted<br>mUvA &#8211; always singular<br>uruvil &#8211; having a form<br>ammAnai &#8211; sarvESvaran<br>uzhu nIr &#8211; having ploughing as a natural activity<br>vayaluL &#8211; in fertile fields<br>pon &#8211; gold<br>kiLaippa &#8211; to yield<br>oru pAl &#8211; on one side<br>mullai &#8211; mullai flower<br>mugai &#8211; karumugil flower<br>kazhunIr &#8211; sengazhunIr flower<br>malarum &#8211; blossoming<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\">sarvESvaran, having a singular form, came and incarnated with vAmana form, which is having the nature of being worshipped by everyone; he went to mahAbali, begged and accepted the world which is surrounded by ocean; I, who am a servitor, got to see such emperumAn in thirukkaNNapuram which is having fertile fields which are naturally ploughed to yield gold and is having mullai flower, karumugil flower and sengazhunIr flower on one side.<\/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>thozhu nIr &#8230; <\/strong>&#8211; sarvESvaran incarnated with a vAmana form seeing which one cannot avoid worshipping, as said in mahAbhAratham udhyOga parvam &#8220;<em>avaSA: prathibhEdhirE<\/em>&#8221; (Stood up, without being in control); he begged and accepted the world surrounded by the ocean, as if it is owned by mahAbali and getting it from him in alms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>mUvA uruvil ammAnai <\/strong>&#8211; sarvESvaran, who is always having a singular form. AzhwAr is saying this vAmana form to be his eternal form [due to overwhelming affection towards that form].<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>uzhu nIr vayaluL pon kiLaippa <\/strong>&#8211; Gold will grow in the fertile fields which have the nature of being ploughed. Gold is abundantly present. Where gold is not seen mullai, karumugai and sengazhunIr flowers are seen.<\/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 thozhunIr vadivil kuRaL uruvAy vandhu thOnRi mAvali pAl muzhunIr vaiyam mun koNda mUvA uruvil ammAnai uzhunIr vayaluL pon kiLaippa oru pAl mullai mugaiyOdum kazhunIr malarum kaNNapuraththu adiyEn kaNdu koNdEnE Word-by-Word meanings &#8230; <a title=\"periya thirumozhi \u2013 8.8.5 \u2013 thozhu nIr\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/07\/periya-thirumozhi-8-8-5\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about periya thirumozhi \u2013 8.8.5 \u2013 thozhu nIr\">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-61376","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\/61376","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=61376"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61442,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61376\/revisions\/61442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}