{"id":62178,"date":"2026-08-19T23:43:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T23:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=62178"},"modified":"2026-08-19T23:43:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T23:43:47","slug":"periyazhwar-thirumozhi-4-5-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/08\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-4-5-1\/","title":{"rendered":"periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 4.5.1 \u2013 Asai vAy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: Sri varavaramunayE nama:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/06\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi\/\">periyAzhwAr thirumozhi<\/a>&nbsp;&gt;&gt;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/07\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-4\/\">Fourth Centum<\/a> &gt;&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/08\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-4-5\/\">Fifth decad<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2025\/11\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-2-4\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/08\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-4-4-11\/\">Previous<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>avathArikai<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">thiruvAimozhip piLLai, in his svApadhESam, says that it is beyond him to mention the benefits which accrue to those who recite emperumAn\u2019s divine names.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>AsaivAych chenRa sindhaiyarAgi annai aththan en puththirar bUmi<\/em><br><em>vAsavAr kuzhalAL enRu mayangi mALum ellaikkaN vAy thiRavAdhE<\/em><br><em>kesavA<\/em>! <em>purudOththamA<\/em>!<em> enRum kEzhalAgiya kEdilee<\/em>!<em> enRum<\/em><br><em>pEsuvAr avar eydhum perumai pEsuvAn pugil nam param anRE<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Word-by-Word Meanings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>en annai<\/em> \u2013 \u2018my mother,<br><em>en aththan<\/em> \u2013 my father,<br><em>en puththirar<\/em> \u2013 my children,<br><em>en bUmi<\/em> \u2013 my land,<br><em>vAsam Ar<\/em> \u2013 wafting fragrance<br><em>en kuzhalAL<\/em> \u2013 my spouse, who has locks\u2019<br><em>enRu<\/em> \u2013 saying these, repeatedly<br><em>AsaivAy<\/em> \u2013 through desire<br><em>senRa<\/em> \u2013 going about<br><em>sindhaiyar Agi<\/em> \u2013 having mind<br><em>mayangi<\/em> \u2013 being bewildered<br><em>mALum ellaikkaN<\/em> \u2013 at the time of dying<br><em>vAy thiRavAdhE<\/em> \u2013 instead of calling out to those people<br><em>kEsavA enRum<\/em> \u2013 calling as \u201cOh, kESava<em>!<\/em>\u201d<br><em>purudOththamA enRum<\/em> \u2013 calling as \u201c<em>Oh, purushOththama<\/em>!\u201d<br><em>kEzhal Agiya<\/em> \u2013 transforming himself to the form of a wild boar<br><em>kEdu ilee enRum <\/em>\u2013 saying \u201cOh one, whose basic nature does not get destroyed!!\u201d<br><em>pEsuvAr avar<\/em> \u2013 those who say<br><em>eydhum perumai<\/em> \u2013 the benefit which they acquire<br><em>pEsuvAn pugil<\/em> \u2013 if we were to speak about<br><em>nam param anRu<\/em> \u2013 we cannot speak about that to its completion<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Simple Translation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are people who will keep repeatedly referring to \u201cMy mother, my father, my children, my land, my spouse who has fragrant locks\u201d, going along with their minds, as per their desires. When such people, who, out of bewilderment during their last stages, instead of calling out to those people [their relatives and possessions], call out to the divine names of emperumAn such as \u201cOh, kESava! Oh, purushOththama! Oh, one, who despite transforming to a wild boar, does not have the basic nature destroyed!\u201d, it is not possible for us to speak to the full extent, about the benefits which will accrue to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>vyAkhyAnam<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Asai \u2026<\/strong> &#8211; with a mind, which goes after those who are dear them. Starting with mother and going up to the spouse who has locks with fragrance, these are all the people, who are dear to one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>mayangi<\/strong> \u2013 getting bewildered to the extent of not mentioning their names too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>mALum ellaikkaN<\/strong> \u2013 during the time of last stages in one\u2019s life, as mentioned in <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2016\/08\/thiruvaimozhi-3-3-10-vaiththa-nal\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"10233\">thiruvAimozhi 3.3.10<\/a> \u201c<em>vaiththanAL varai ellai kuRugi<\/em>\u201d (approaching the end of one\u2019s determined life)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>vAy thiRavAdhE<\/strong> \u2013 without calling out to the people, mentioned earlier, at that time. Whose name should be called out, if their names are not called out?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>kEsavA<\/strong> \u2013 if the pain of your death has to disappear, try and recite the name of \u201cOh, kESava! Oh, one who removes the grief!\u201d It is apt to recite, as mentioned in <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2019\/10\/thiruvaimozhi-10-2-1-kedum-idaraya\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"30314\">thiruvAimozhi 10.2.1<\/a> \u201c<em>kedum idarAya ellAm kEsavA enna<\/em>\u201d (As we just recite the name kESava , all our sorrows will be eliminated, eternally)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>purudOththamA<\/strong> \u2013 emperumAn, who has the quality of magnanimity. In other words, he removes the undesirables and grants the desirables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>kEzhalAgiya kEdilee enRum<\/strong> \u2013 emperumAn is one who considers his followers ruin as his ruin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>pEsuvAr eydhum perumai<\/strong> \u2013 it is not possible to sing about their eminence. All that we could say about them is the single syllable \u201cThey\u201d. We just cannot speak about the benefits which they would get.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>pEsuvAn pugil<\/strong> \u2013 If, despite that, we attempt to speak about that<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>nam param anRE<\/strong> \u2013 it is not possible for us to take that to its completion [their eminence and benefits will be high such that we cannot get to the end]. Only the one, who grants them the benefits, will know that. In other words, emperumAn, knowing the eminence in this, will think \u201cThey get rid of their attachment with others; during the time of their last moments, they will not call out to them; they will recite our names; how great is this!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We shall next consider the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> pAsuram of this thirumozhi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">adiyEn krishNa rAmAnuja dhAsan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">archived in <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\">https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">pramEyam (goal) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/koyil.org\/\">http:\/\/koyil.org<\/a><br>pramANam (scriptures) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org\">http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org<\/a><br>pramAthA (preceptors) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\">http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org<\/a><br>SrIvaishNava education\/kids portal \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/pillai.koyil.org\/\">http:\/\/pillai.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: Sri varavaramunayE nama: periyAzhwAr thirumozhi&nbsp;&gt;&gt;&nbsp;Fourth Centum &gt;&gt; Fifth decad Previous avathArikai thiruvAimozhip piLLai, in his svApadhESam, says that it is beyond him to mention the benefits which accrue to those who recite emperumAn\u2019s divine names. 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