{"id":61430,"date":"2026-07-18T23:54:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T23:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=61430"},"modified":"2026-07-18T23:54:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T23:54:40","slug":"periya-thirumozhi-8-9-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/07\/periya-thirumozhi-8-9-3\/","title":{"rendered":"periya thirumozhi \u2013 8.9.3 \u2013 vidai Ezh"},"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-8-9\/\">Ninth decad<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/07\/periya-thirumozhi-8-9-2\/\">&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\">When asked &#8220;How long such servitude will last?&#8221; AzhwAr says &#8220;I am not subservient to anyone else&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">pAsuram<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>vidai Ezh anRadarththu veguNdu vilangaluRap<br>padaiyAl Azhi thatta paraman paranjOdhi <br>madaiyAr neelam malgum vayal sUzh kaNNapuram onRu<br>udaiyAnukku adiyEn oruvarkku uriyEnO?<\/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\">anRu &#8211; at that time<br>vidai Ezh &#8211; seven bulls<br>veguNdu &#8211; angrily<br>adarththu &#8211; one who killed<br>vilangal &#8211; in thrikUta parvatham (mountain) [lankA city]<br>uRa &#8211; to reach<br>padaiyAl &#8211; by the vAnara (monkey) army<br>Azhi &#8211; on the ocean<br>thatta &#8211; built a bridge<br>paraman &#8211; being greater than all<br>param jOdhi &#8211; having a very radiant form<br>madai &#8211; in the channels<br>Ar &#8211; pervaded<br>neelam &#8211; neelOthpala flowers [blue lotus]<br>malgum &#8211; filled<br>vayal &#8211; by fertile-fields<br>sUzha &#8211; surrounded<br>kaNNapuram onRu &#8211; only thirukkaNNapuram <br>udaiyAnukku &#8211; for emperumAn, who is having (as his eternal abode)<br>adiyEn &#8211; I, who am a servitor<br>oruvarkku &#8211; to anyone else<br>uriyEnO &#8211; will I be subservient?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Simple translation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">emperumAn at that time (in the past) angrily killed the seven bulls; to make the vAnara army reach thrikUta parvatham, he built a bridge on the ocean; he is greater than all and is having a very radiant form; such emperumAn is having thirukkaNNapuram as his exclusive eternal abode, which is surrounded by fertile-fields which are filled with neelOthpala flowers which are pervaded in the channels; will I, who am a servitor of such emperumAn, become subservient to anyone else?<\/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>vidai &#8230; <\/strong>&#8211; Angrily killed the seven bulls, built a bridge across the ocean to let everyone reach thrikUta Sikaram as said in <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/09\/periya-thirumozhi-6-10-6\/\">periya thirumozhi 6.10.6<\/a> &#8220;<em>kAna eNgum kurangum musuvum padaiyA<\/em>&#8221; (an army of bears, monkeys and gOlAngUla monkeys from the forests). Alternative explanation &#8211; in the mountain of sunset, to make others believe that the sun has set, krishNa concealed the radiance of the sun with the thiruvAzhi (sudharSana chakra).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>paraman <\/strong>&#8211; One who lacks an equal or higher person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>param jOdhi <\/strong>&#8211; One who is having the radiance due to eliminating the hurdle for pirAtti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>madai &#8230; <\/strong>&#8211; For the one who is having thirukkaNNapuram which is surrounded by fertile-fields having channels filled with neelOthpala flower, as his abode. It appears that being the lord of thirukkaNNapuram is greater than being the lord of SrIvaikuNta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>adiyEn <\/strong>&#8211; AzhwAr is talking about his own nature which is to be a SEshabhUtha (servitor). He is informing that he belongs to no one else other than bhagavAn. He is informing that he belongs to the one who is with a distinguished vibhUthi (thirukkaNNapuram).<\/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;Ninth decad &lt;&lt; Previous Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction) When asked &#8220;How long such servitude will last?&#8221; AzhwAr says &#8220;I am not subservient to anyone else&#8221;. pAsuram vidai Ezh anRadarththu veguNdu vilangaluRappadaiyAl Azhi thatta paraman paranjOdhi madaiyAr neelam malgum vayal sUzh kaNNapuram onRuudaiyAnukku adiyEn &#8230; <a title=\"periya thirumozhi \u2013 8.9.3 \u2013 vidai Ezh\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/07\/periya-thirumozhi-8-9-3\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about periya thirumozhi \u2013 8.9.3 \u2013 vidai Ezh\">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-61430","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\/61430","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=61430"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61637,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61430\/revisions\/61637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}