{"id":61435,"date":"2026-07-20T00:02:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T00:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=61435"},"modified":"2026-07-20T00:02:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T00:02:14","slug":"periya-thirumozhi-8-9-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/07\/periya-thirumozhi-8-9-4\/","title":{"rendered":"periya thirumozhi \u2013 8.9.4 \u2013 mikkAnai"},"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\">&lt;&lt; Previous<\/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>mikkAnai maRaiyAy virindha viLakkai ennuL<br>pukkAnaip pugazh sEr poliginRa pon malaiyai<br>thakkAnaik kadigaith thadangunRin misai irundha<br>akkArakkaniyai adaindhu uyndhu pOnEnE<\/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\">mikkAnai &#8211; being greater than all<br>maRaiyAy &#8211; revealed by vEdham<br>virindha &#8211; being the one who cannot be comprehended<br>viLakkai &#8211; self-illuminous like a lamp<br>en &#8211; my<br>uL &#8211; in heart<br>pukkAnai &#8211; one who entered (due to that)<br>pugazh sEr &#8211; having fame<br>poliginRa &#8211; radiant<br>pon malaiyai &#8211; one who is like a golden mountain<br>thakkAnai &#8211; being merciful<br>kadigai &#8211; known as thirukkadigai [present-day shOlingapuram]<br>thadam &#8211; vast<br>kunRin &#8211; mountain&#8217;s<br>misai &#8211; on the peak<br>irundha &#8211; mercifully present<br>akkArak kaniyai &#8211; like sugar and kOvai fruit, emperumAn who is sweet<br>adaindhu &#8211; surrendered<br>uyndhu pOnEnE &#8211; became uplifted<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Simple translation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">sarvESvaran, being greater than all, being revealed by vEdham and being incomprehensible, who is self-illuminous like a lamp, entered my heart and became eminent due to that; he is radiant like a golden mountain; he is merciful and is mercifully present atop the peak of the vast mountain named as thirukkadigai; he is very sweet like sugar and kOvai fruit; I surrendered unto him and became uplifted.<\/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>mikkAnai <\/strong>&#8211; Greater than all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>maRaiyAy virindha viLakkai <\/strong>&#8211; Being self-illuminous and not needing any other tool to see him. When trying to be known through pramANams (authentic scriptures), he is having the endless greatness of shining through those.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>en uL pukkAnai <\/strong>&#8211; One who voluntarily entered my heart; having great fame since everyone says, in the same way &#8220;While the samsAri chEthana (bound soul) has no desire to invite bhagavAn into him, bhagavAn himself enters there. What an amazing quality is this!&#8221; and because of that he is radiant; he is the most righteous lord; on the thirukkadigai mountain, he is remaining perfectly sweet like sugar and a fruit.<\/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) No specific introduction. pAsuram mikkAnai maRaiyAy virindha viLakkai ennuLpukkAnaip pugazh sEr poliginRa pon malaiyaithakkAnaik kadigaith thadangunRin misai irundhaakkArakkaniyai adaindhu uyndhu pOnEnE Word-by-Word meanings mikkAnai &#8211; being greater than allmaRaiyAy &#8211; revealed by vEdhamvirindha &#8211; being &#8230; <a title=\"periya thirumozhi \u2013 8.9.4 \u2013 mikkAnai\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/07\/periya-thirumozhi-8-9-4\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about periya thirumozhi \u2013 8.9.4 \u2013 mikkAnai\">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-61435","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\/61435","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=61435"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61520,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61435\/revisions\/61520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}