{"id":61708,"date":"2026-08-02T23:39:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T23:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=61708"},"modified":"2026-08-02T23:39:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T23:39:24","slug":"periya-thirumozhi-8-10-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/08\/periya-thirumozhi-8-10-7\/","title":{"rendered":"periya thirumozhi \u2013 8.10.7 \u2013 veLLai 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-8-10\/\">Tenth decad<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/08\/periya-thirumozhi-8-10-6\/\">&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\">AzhwAr says &#8220;Is it just that the yama&#8217;s servitors don&#8217;t come close? By your greatness, they end up living in hiding&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">pAsuram<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>veLLai nIr veLLaththu aNaindha aravaNai mEl <br>thuLLu nIr meLLath thuyinRa perumAnE! <br>vaLLalE! un thamarkku enRum naman thamar<br>kaLLar pOl kaNNapuraththuRai ammAnE!<\/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\">veLLai nIr &#8211; thiruppARkadal&#8217;s (milk ocean&#8217;s)<br>veLLaththu aNaindha &#8211; lying on the flowing water<br>aravaNai mEl &#8211; on thiruvananthAzhwAn (AdhiSEshan)<br>thuLLum &#8211; jumping<br>nIr &#8211; droplets (due to their touch)<br>meLLa &#8211; gently<br>thuyinRa &#8211; one who is mercifully reclining<br>perumAnE &#8211; being sarvAdhika (greater than all)<br>vaLLalE &#8211; one, who is generous<br>kaNNapuraththuRai ammAnE &#8211; Oh lord, who is residing in thirukkaNNapuram!<br>un thamarkku &#8211; towards your devotees<br>enRum &#8211; always<br>naman thamar &#8211; yama&#8217;s servitors<br>kaLLar pOl &#8211; will live in hiding, like thieves<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Simple translation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oh supreme, generous lord who is residing in thirukkaNNapuram and who is mercifully reclining on thiruvanthAzhwAn (AdhiSEshan) who is gently lying on the flowing water of thiruppARkadal, as the jumping droplets touch you! For your devotees, yama&#8217;s servitors are always like thieves, who are living in hiding.<\/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>veLLai &#8230; <\/strong>&#8211; In thiruppARkadal, on thiruvananthAzhwAn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>thuLLu nIr <\/strong>&#8211; As the tiny droplets of the ocean caress, matching your tender nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>meLLath thuyinRa perumAnE <\/strong>&#8211; Oh supreme lord, who is gently reclining with your ears waiting to see who is coming under the control of yama and who is calling out?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>vaLLalE <\/strong>&#8211; How great is the flood of generosity shown by him towards devotees!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>un thamarkku enRum <\/strong>&#8211; Is it just that the yama&#8217;s servitors will not come close to your devotees? They remain in hiding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>kaNNapuraththu uRai ammAnE <\/strong>&#8211; When you, the protector, are present in close proximity, how can they roam around freely?<\/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;Tenth decad &lt;&lt; Previous Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction) AzhwAr says &#8220;Is it just that the yama&#8217;s servitors don&#8217;t come close? By your greatness, they end up living in hiding&#8221;. pAsuram veLLai nIr veLLaththu aNaindha aravaNai mEl thuLLu nIr meLLath thuyinRa perumAnE! vaLLalE! un &#8230; <a title=\"periya thirumozhi \u2013 8.10.7 \u2013 veLLai nIr\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/08\/periya-thirumozhi-8-10-7\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about periya thirumozhi \u2013 8.10.7 \u2013 veLLai 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-61708","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\/61708","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=61708"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61906,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61708\/revisions\/61906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}