{"id":61407,"date":"2026-07-12T23:31:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T23:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=61407"},"modified":"2026-07-12T23:32:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T23:32:02","slug":"periya-thirumozhi-8-8-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/07\/periya-thirumozhi-8-8-8\/","title":{"rendered":"periya thirumozhi \u2013 8.8.8 \u2013 oRRaik kuzhaiyum"},"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-8-8-7\/\">&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>oRRaik kuzhaiyum nAnjilum oru pAl thOnRath thAn thOnRi<br>veRRith thozhilAr vEl vEndhar viN pAl sella venjamaththuch <br>cheRRa koRRath thozhilAnaich chendhI mUnRum illiruppa<br>kaRRa maRaiyOr 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\">oRRai &#8211; hanging in one ear<br>kuzhaiyum &#8211; golden ear-ring (on one side)<br>oru pAl &#8211; on the other side<br>nAnjilum &#8211; plough<br>thOnRa &#8211; to appear<br>thAn &#8211; sarvESvaran himself<br>thOnRi &#8211; incarnated as balarAma<br>veRRi &#8211; victory only<br>thozhilAr &#8211; having as his act<br>vEl &#8211; armed with weapons<br>vEndhar &#8211; kings<br>viN pAl &#8211; to vIra svargam (heaven, attained after valorous death)<br>sella &#8211; to reach<br>vem samaththu &#8211; in the battle<br>seRRa &#8211; by making them die<br>koRRa &#8211; victory only<br>thozhilAnai &#8211; having as his act<br>sem &#8211; having redflames<br>thI mUnRum &#8211; three fires (namely gArhapathya, AhavanIya, dhakshinNAgni)<br>il &#8211; in the homes<br>iruppa &#8211; as they are present<br>kaRRa &#8211; those who have learnt vEdha SAsthram<br>maRaiyOr &#8211; inhabited by brAhmaNas<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 himself incarnated as balarAma having a golden ear-ring in one ear and a plough on the other side, always remained victorious by giving vIra svargam (heaven, attained after valorous death) to those victorious kings who are armed with weapons, after killing them in the battle; I, who am a servitor, got to see such emperumAn in thirukkaNNapuram, which is inhabited by brAhmaNas who are well learned in vEdha SAsthrams and are having three types of fires namely gArhapathya, AhavanIya, dhakshinNAgni, with reddish flames, in their homes.<\/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>oRRaik kuzhaiyum &#8230; <\/strong>&#8211; balarAma, who appeared with a golden ear-ring in one ear and a plough, is having victorious acts of sending off victorious kings to vIra svargam, in the battles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>sem thI &#8230; <\/strong>&#8211; Having three types of fire in their homes. These brAhmaNas are so well learned in vEdha SAsthram that they worship bhagavAn through the three fires and sarvESvaran himself is present in their homes to accept the havis (sacrificial offering).<\/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 oRRaik kuzhaiyum nAnjilum oru pAl thOnRath thAn thOnRiveRRith thozhilAr vEl vEndhar viN pAl sella venjamaththuch cheRRa koRRath thozhilAnaich chendhI mUnRum illiruppakaRRa maRaiyOr kaNNapuraththu adiyEn kaNdu koNdEnE Word-by-Word meanings oRRai &#8211; hanging &#8230; <a title=\"periya thirumozhi \u2013 8.8.8 \u2013 oRRaik kuzhaiyum\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/07\/periya-thirumozhi-8-8-8\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about periya thirumozhi \u2013 8.8.8 \u2013 oRRaik kuzhaiyum\">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-61407","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\/61407","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=61407"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61541,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61407\/revisions\/61541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}