{"id":62005,"date":"2026-08-09T23:26:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T23:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=62005"},"modified":"2026-08-09T23:26:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T23:26:37","slug":"periya-thirumozhi-9-1-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/08\/periya-thirumozhi-9-1-3\/","title":{"rendered":"periya thirumozhi \u2013 9.1.3 \u2013 vAdhai vandhu adara"},"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-9-1-2\/\">&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\">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>vAdhai vandhu adara vAnamum nilanum malaigaLum alai kadal kuLippa <br>mIdhu koNdu ugaLum mIn uruvAgi viripunal vari agattoLiththOn <br>pOdhalar punnai malligai mauval pudhu virai madhumalar aNaindhu <br>sIdha oN thenRal thisai thoRum kamazhum 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\">vAdhai &#8211; torment (during deluge)<br>vandhu &#8211; rising<br>adara &#8211; as it works<br>vAnamum &#8211; sky<br>nilanum &#8211; and earth<br>alai &#8211; having waves<br>kadal &#8211; in the ocean<br>kuLippa &#8211; while remaining submerged<br>mIdhu koNdu &#8211; having all of these on him<br>ugaLum &#8211; having joy<br>mIn uruvAgi &#8211; in the form of a fish<br>viri &#8211; vast<br>punal &#8211; water<br>variyakattu &#8211; in his beautiful stomach<br>oLiththOn &#8211; emperumAn who placed <br>pOdhu &#8211; in time<br>alar &#8211; blossoming <br>punnai &#8211; punnai flower<br>malligai &#8211; jasmine flower<br>mauval &#8211; mullai flower<br>pudhu &#8211; fresh<br>virai &#8211; fragrance<br>madhu &#8211; having honey<br>malar &#8211; in the flowers<br>aNaindhu &#8211; getting contact<br>sIdha &#8211; cool<br>oN &#8211; gently blowing<br>thenRal &#8211; southerly breeze<br>thisai thoRum &#8211; in every direction<br>kamazhum &#8211; present<br>thirukkaNNangudiyuL ninRAnE &#8211; mercifully present in thirukkaNNangudi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Simple translation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the torment is on the rise and as sky, earth and mountains are submerged in the ocean having waves, bhagavAn in the form of a joyful fish, keeping all of those on him, is having vast water in his beautiful stomach and controlled it; such emperumAn is mercifully present in thirukkaNNangudi where the gently blowing cool, southerly breeze gets in contact with fresh fragrance of punnai, malligai and mullai flowers which blossom at the right time and which are having honey, and spreading in every direction.<\/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>vAdhai &#8230; <\/strong>&#8211; As the deluge torments everywhere, sky, earth and anchoring mountains get caught inside the ocean, emperumAn being able to hold all of them on him, in a joyful fish form, and controlled the vast water inside a small portion of his fins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>pOdhu &#8230; <\/strong>&#8211; Entering the flowers which blossom at the right time, such as punnai, malligai, mauval etc and which have fresh fragrance and honey, the southerly breeze traverses in them avoiding their heat; it is having coolness and is gently blowing in all directions. 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 vAdhai vandhu adara vAnamum nilanum malaigaLum alai kadal kuLippa mIdhu koNdu ugaLum mIn uruvAgi viripunal vari agattoLiththOn pOdhalar punnai malligai mauval pudhu virai madhumalar aNaindhu sIdha oN thenRal thisai thoRum kamazhum &#8230; <a title=\"periya thirumozhi \u2013 9.1.3 \u2013 vAdhai vandhu adara\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/08\/periya-thirumozhi-9-1-3\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about periya thirumozhi \u2013 9.1.3 \u2013 vAdhai vandhu adara\">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-62005","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\/62005","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=62005"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62033,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62005\/revisions\/62033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}