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periyAzhwAr thirumozhi<\/a> >> Fourth Centum<\/a> >> Fourth decad<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Previous<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n avathArikai<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n thiruvAimozhip piLLai, in his svApadhESam, says that AzhwAr expresses his inability to measure the eminence of those who recite the divine names of emperumAn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n kAsinvAyk karam viRkilum karavAdhu mARRili sORittuth<\/em> Word-by-Word Meanings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n kAsinvAy<\/em> \u2013 a small quantity of gold [equivalent to a little under 5 grams in modern times] kiLar sOdhiyAy<\/em> \u2013 oh, one who has effulgence! Simple Translation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n During times of famine when one has to offer a small quantity of gold in order to get a fistful of paddy, without hiding the materials which they have searched for and kept, without expecting anything in return, there are people in thirukkOttiyUr, who will offer food to those who come to their houses as guests. They have widespread fame, across countries and are magnanimous. They will recite the divine names of emperumAn, calling out to him as \u201cOh, kESavA! Oh, purushOththamA! Oh, one who has effulgence! Oh, one who took the guise of a dwarf!\u201d Those, who are servitors to such people [who recite the divine names of emperumAn] have the authority to even sell us, as they like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n vyAkhyAnam<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n kAsin vAyk karam viRkilum<\/strong> \u2013 Even during the time when a small quantity of gold is exchanged for a fistful of paddy. During good times, welcoming and rendering hospitality to a guest is not that eminently spoken of. However, even during times of famine, proffering that, which is with self, to a guest, is an eminent quality. There is no terrible time, which is worse than exchanging a quantity of gold for a fistful of paddy. To emphasise that, AzhwAr is mercifully mentioning this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n karavAdhu<\/strong> \u2013 Instead of hiding one\u2019s possession of wealth and grains, for one\u2019s own use, at a later point of time, thinking \u201cFor this time, for this purpose, only to offer to others, are we having this\u201d, carrying out this [noble activity].<\/p>\n\n\n\n thiruvAimozhip piLLai says here that such people [who have the tendency to share their belongings with others], will bring out their belongings [of grains and foodstuff] such that those in poverty will be able to see their action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n mARRili sORittu<\/strong> \u2013 Offering food, without expecting anything from the person who is accepting it. This is being done for the reason of (1) being ordained [in SAsthrams] for honouring a guest; (2) the knowledge that the person [who is in need and is unable to procure food] is an inhabitant of emperumAn\u2019s vibhUthi [realm; here, materialistic realm] and (3) the compassion arising out of the miserable state of the person who is coming as a guest. For one whose tendency is to help others, it is not possible to distinguish between the person who is to be helped and one, who is not to be helped. Hence, for those who are greedy, those who are in abject poverty and those who are hungry, everything should be done. It is not being carried out, expecting any return of favour from these people. Hence, the verse says \u201cmARRili sORittu<\/em>\u201d. Could this be treated on a par with the situation mentioned in the verse, in the first pAsuram of this decad, periyAzhwAr thirumozhi 4.4.1<\/a> \u201cnAdoRum virundhOmbuvAr<\/em>\u201d (They will welcome and proffer food, every day, to SrIvaishNavas, as if they were coming for the first time)? Since words such as sORu<\/em> and ittu<\/em> have been mentioned here, this is related to ordinary people [and not to SrIvaishNavas, as in the first pAsuram]. Since this is readily accepted in SAsthrams, to mention the rich customs of the place is AzhwAr\u2019s desire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n thiruvAimozhip piLLai says additionally here that these people will even build resting place for such persons who have impoverished minds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n dhEsavArththai padaikkum<\/strong> \u2013 speaking with words of praise. In other words, making people, wherever they may be, to speak about their qualities of magnanimity, compassion etc and to celebrate. Even if they did not carry out such deeds desiring fame, this [fame] will come, automatically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n thiruvAimozhip piLLai says here that people in other places [countries] will wonder \u201cIs it that qualities such as magnanimity, radiance and compassion are seen only with these people!\u201d Even though they may hear such praiseworthy words about themselves, these people will not think of whatever they had done in the past. They will keep thinking about the activities which they have to undertake to help others. They will consider such a magnanimous quality to be their life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n vaN kaiyinArgaL<\/strong> \u2013 Those, who have magnanimous hands. In other words, they have the magnanimous quality to \u201cOffer whatever is available, for the sake of others\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n vAzh thirukkOttiyUr<\/strong> \u2013 thirukkOttiyUr has such people, who feel that inhabiting this divine abode is their life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n kEsavA<\/strong> \u2013 oh, one who has beautiful, divine locks!<\/p>\n\n\n\n purudOththamA<\/strong> \u2013 Oh, one who has the magnanimity of giving the experience of enjoying that [the divine locks, mentioned in the previous word], to your followers!<\/p>\n\n\n\n kiLar sOdhiyAy<\/strong> \u2013 Oh, one who has the effulgence to manifest that that such an action [of offering the experience to followers] as your fortune!<\/p>\n\n\n\n kuRaLA<\/strong> \u2013 In order to retrieve your possession, oh, one, who even takes to alms!<\/p>\n\n\n\n enRu pEsuvAr adiyArgaL<\/strong> \u2013 those who become servitors to those who lose out to his basic characteristics and speak about his divine qualities. Those who speak in such a manner [about emperumAn\u2019s basic characteristics] are not the ones who we desire. Those who we desire are the ones who speak about such people, wondering \u201cHow are they able to know so much about emperumAn\u2019s divine qualities and speak about him!\u201d To what extent would they be desired?<\/p>\n\n\n\n endhammai viRkavum peRuvArgaL<\/strong> \u2013 they have the authority to even sell us, who remain thinking that being servitors to them is our ultimate benefit. It is pertinent to recall the saying \u201cthadhbhakthi nigna manasAm krayavikrayArha<\/em>:\u201d (those, who are the servitors of servitors of servitors have the authority to sell or buy us).<\/p>\n\n\n\n thiruvAimozhip piLLai says here that carrying out servitude to those who are followers of emperumAn is the ultimate benefit to be attained. He says at the end, the following: During times of famine, during the time when the entire world is bewildered, during the time of diseases and during the time of poverty, considering that carrying out servitude to emperumAn, followers of emperumAn and AchAryas , without having any greediness, is the ultimate benefit to be attained; this quality is praised by SrIvaishNavas and by all in nithya vibhUthi [spiritual realm of SrI vaikuNtam]. Such people will get the splendour, even when they are living, here itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We shall next consider the last pAsuram of this thirumozhi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n adiyEn krishNa rAmAnuja dhAsan<\/p>\n\n\n\n archived in https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n pramEyam (goal) \u2013 http:\/\/koyil.org<\/a> SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: Sri varavaramunayE nama: periyAzhwAr thirumozhi >> Fourth Centum >> Fourth decad Previous avathArikai thiruvAimozhip piLLai, in his svApadhESam, says that AzhwAr expresses his inability to measure the eminence of those who recite the divine names of emperumAn. kAsinvAyk karam viRkilum karavAdhu mARRili sORittuththEsavArththai padaikkum vaNkaiyinArgaL vAzh thirukkOttiyUrkEsavA! purudOththamA! kiLar sOdhiyAy! … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,717,726],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mudhalayiram","category-periyazhwar-thirumozhi","category-periyazhwar-thirumozhi-4th-centum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62087","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\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62087"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62157,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62087\/revisions\/62157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
thEsavArththai padaikkum vaNkaiyinArgaL vAzh thirukkOttiyUr<\/em>
kEsavA<\/em>! purudOththamA<\/em>! kiLar sOdhiyAy<\/em>! kuRaLA<\/em>! enRu<\/em>
pEsuvAr adiyArgaL endhammai viRkavum peRuvArgaLE<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
karam<\/em> \u2013 one fistful of paddy
viRkilum<\/em> \u2013 even during the time when it is sold [such a famine affected time]
karavAdhu<\/em> \u2013 without hiding the materials, searched for and kept
mARu ili<\/em> \u2013 without any expectation
sORu ittu<\/em> \u2013 giving food (to those who come as guests)
(Due to that)
dhEsam vArththai<\/em> \u2013 fame
padaikkum<\/em> \u2013 those, who have attained
vaN kaiyinArgaL<\/em> \u2013 those who are magnanimous
vAzh<\/em> \u2013 in thirukkOttiyUr, where they live
kEsavA<\/em> \u2013 oh, kESavA!
purudOththamA<\/em> \u2013 oh, purushOththamA!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
kuRaLA<\/em> \u2013 oh, one who took the guise of a dwarf!
enRu<\/em> \u2013 like this
pEsuvAr<\/em> \u2013 those, who speak
adiyArgaL<\/em> \u2013 those who are servitors
endhammai<\/em> \u2013 us
viRkavum peRuvArgaL<\/em> \u2013 they have the authority to even sell us, as they like<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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