{"id":61989,"date":"2026-08-08T23:44:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T23:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=61989"},"modified":"2026-08-08T23:44:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T23:44:59","slug":"periya-thirumozhi-9-1-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/08\/periya-thirumozhi-9-1-2\/","title":{"rendered":"periya thirumozhi \u2013 9.1.2 \u2013 kavaLamA"},"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\/08\/periya-thirumozhi-9\/\">Ninth centum<\/a>&nbsp;&gt;&gt;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/08\/periya-thirumozhi-9-1\/\">First decad<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/08\/periya-thirumozhi-9-1-1\/\">&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>kavaLamA kadhaththa kari uyyap poygaik karAm koLak kalangi uL ninaindhu<br>thuvaLa mEl vandhu thOnRi van mudhalai thuNi padach chudupadai thurandhOn<br>kuvaLai neeL muLari kumudham oN kazhunIr koymmalar neydhal oN kazhani<br>thivaLum mALigai sUzh sezhumaNip purisaith thirukkaNNangudiyuL ninRAnE<\/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\">kavaLam &#8211; having mounds of food <br>mA kadhaththa &#8211; being very exultant<br>kari &#8211; elephant<br>poygai &#8211; present in the pond<br>karAm &#8211; the crocodile<br>koLa &#8211; while holding (in the mouth) (that elephant)<br>kalangi &#8211; became bewildered<br>uL &#8211; in the mind<br>ninaindhu &#8211; thinking about emperumAn<br>thuvaLa &#8211; while becoming weak<br>uyya &#8211; to liberate it<br>mEl vandhu &#8211; arriving over the pond<br>thOnRi &#8211; being the one who appeared<br>van &#8211; having firm mind<br>mudhalai &#8211; crocodile<br>thuNi pada &#8211; to become broken into pieces<br>sudu &#8211; radiant<br>padai &#8211; thiruvAzhi (chakra)<br>thurandhOn &#8211; emperumAn who launched<br>kuvaLai &#8211; kuvaLai flowers<br>neeL &#8211; lengthy<br>muLari &#8211; lotus flowers<br>kumudham &#8211; Ambal flowers<br>oN kazhunIr &#8211; sengazhunIr flowers<br>koy &#8211; apt to be plucked<br>malar &#8211; having flowers<br>neydhal &#8211; neydhal flowers<br>oN &#8211; beautiful (due to these)<br>kazhani &#8211; having fertile fields<br>thivaLum &#8211; radiant <br>mALigai &#8211; mansions<br>sezhumaNi &#8211; filled with gemstones<br>purisai &#8211; forts (by these)<br>sUzh &#8211; surrounded<br>thirukkaNNangudiyuL ninRAnE &#8211; he is mercifully present in the dhivyadhESam, thirukkaNNangudi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Simple translation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the very exultant elephant, which is consuming mounds of food, was held by the crocodile which was in the pond, the elephant became bewildered and thought about emperumAn in its mind and became weak; to liberate that elephant, emperumAn appeared over the pond and launched his radiant, divine chakra and broke the firm-minded crocodile into pieces; such emperumAn is mercifully present in the dhivyadhESam, thirukkaNNangudi, which is surrounded by forts filled with gemstones, and is having radiant mansions and fertile fields which are beautiful due to the presence of kuvaLai flowers, lengthy lotus flowers, Ambal flowers, sengazhunIr flowers and ready-to-pluck neydhal flowers.<\/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>kavaLam &#8230;<\/strong> &#8211; Having consumed lots of food, being very exultant, the elephant pridefully entered the pond which is not its natural habitat; it got caught by the mouth of the crocodile which has the pond as its natural habitat and hence can act as it pleased; being unable to remedy the situation, the elephant became bewildered and thought in its mind as said in vishNu dharmam &#8220;<em>manasA chinthayaththarim<\/em>&#8221; (Meditated upon hari in its mind); at that time emperumAn appeared, filling the sky; the firm-minded crocodile became torn apart as said in SrI rAmAyaNam yudhdha kANdam &#8220;<em>chinnam binnam<\/em>&#8221; (Cut and broke); emperumAn launched the thiruvAzhi (chakra) which is spitting fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>kuvaLai &#8230;<\/strong> &#8211; Having beautiful fertile fields which are kuvaLai, lotus, Ambal, sengazhunIr and neydhal which is having easily pluckable flowers; having radiant mansions and radiant forts. emperumAn is mercifully present in such thirukkaNNangudi.<\/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;Ninth centum&nbsp;&gt;&gt;&nbsp;First decad &lt;&lt; Previous Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction) No specific introduction. pAsuram kavaLamA kadhaththa kari uyyap poygaik karAm koLak kalangi uL ninaindhuthuvaLa mEl vandhu thOnRi van mudhalai thuNi padach chudupadai thurandhOnkuvaLai neeL muLari kumudham oN kazhunIr koymmalar neydhal oN kazhanithivaLum mALigai sUzh sezhumaNip &#8230; <a title=\"periya thirumozhi \u2013 9.1.2 \u2013 kavaLamA\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/08\/periya-thirumozhi-9-1-2\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about periya thirumozhi \u2013 9.1.2 \u2013 kavaLamA\">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":[5,16,727],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-irandam-ayiram","category-periya-thirumozhi","category-periya-thirumozhi-9th-centum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61989","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=61989"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62015,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61989\/revisions\/62015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}