{"id":62194,"date":"2026-08-23T23:41:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T23:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=62194"},"modified":"2026-08-23T23:41:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T23:41:29","slug":"periyazhwar-thirumozhi-4-5-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/08\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-4-5-5\/","title":{"rendered":"periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 4.5.5 \u2013 madi vazhindhu"},"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-4-5-4\/\">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\">AzhwAr says that for those, who praise emperumAn, who removes enemies [our senses are our enemies], there is no need to go in the path, where we had gone earlier, with suffering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>madi vazhindhu nIr pulan sOra vAyil attiya kanjiyum mINdE<\/em><br><em>kadai vazhi vArak kaNdam adaippak kaN uRakkam adhu Avadham munnam<\/em><br><em>thodai vazhi ummai nAygaL kavarA sUlaththAl ummaip pAyvadhum seyyAr<\/em><br><em>idai vazhiyil nIr kURaiyum izhavIr irudIkEsanai Eththa valleerE<\/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\">(due to the fear of seeing the messengers of <em>yama<\/em>, the deity of righteousness)<br><em>madi<\/em> \u2013 located near the lap<br><em>nIr pulan vazhi vandhu<\/em> \u2013 through the reproductive organ<br><em>sOra<\/em> \u2013 as urine flows<br><em>vAyil<\/em> \u2013 in the mouth<br><em>attiya<\/em> \u2013 poured<br><em>kanjiyum<\/em> \u2013 gruel, made of rice<br><em>kaNdam adaippa<\/em> \u2013 as it chokes the neck<br><em>mINdu<\/em> \u2013 again<br><em>kadai vazhi<\/em> \u2013 through a corner of the mouth<br><em>vAra<\/em> \u2013 as it comes down<br><em>kaN uRakkam adhu Avadhan munnam<\/em> \u2013 before deep sleep sets it<br><em>irudIkEsan enRu <\/em>\u2013 saying \u201c<em>oh,hrishIkESa<\/em>!\u201d<br><em>Eththa valleer<\/em> (El) \u2013 if you are capable of praising<br>(in yamalOkam, the land of yama, who is the deity of righteousness)<br><em>ummai<\/em> \u2013 your<br><em>thodai vazhi<\/em> \u2013 in the thigh<br><em>nAygaL<\/em> \u2013 reddish dogs<br><em>kavarA<\/em> \u2013 will not grab<br><em>ummai<\/em> \u2013 you<br><em>sulaththAl<\/em> \u2013 with trident<br><em>pAyvadhum seyyAr<\/em> \u2013 messengers of yama, will not poke you<br><em>nIr<\/em> \u2013 you<br><em>idai vazhiyil<\/em> \u2013 in the middle of the path<br><em>kURaiyum<\/em> \u2013 dress<br><em>izhavIr<\/em> \u2013 will not lose<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Simple Translation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On looking at the messengers of yama, urine will flow from reproductive organ, on its own. Before the gruel, made of rice, poured in the mouth, chokes the neck and starts dripping from a corner of one\u2019s mouth, and deep sleep sets in, if you are capable of calling out \u201c<em>Oh, hrishIkESa<\/em>!\u201d and praise him, dogs will not grasp your thigh, in yamalOkam. The messengers of yama will not poke you with trident. You will not lose your dress, in the middle of the path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>vyAkhyAnam<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>madi vazhi vandhu nIrp pulan sOra<\/strong> \u2013 upon seeing the messengers of yama, out of fear, urine will start flowing on account of an organ of sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>vAyil attiya kanjiyum mINdE kadai vazhi vArak kaNdam adaippa<\/strong> \u2013 when rice gruel is given to the person, since his throat is choking, the gruel will not flow into the neck, but will drip down from a corner of the mouth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>kaN uRakkam adhu Avadhan munnam<\/strong> \u2013 before deep sleep sets in [final moments in one\u2019s life]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>thodai vazhi ummai nAygaL kavarA<\/strong> \u2013 this is the result of doing, as in <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2021\/05\/periya-thirumozhi-1-6-6\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"42992\">periya thirumozhi 1.6.6<\/a> \u201c<em>nAyinaththodum thiLaiththittu Odiyum uzhanRum<\/em>\u201d (having enjoyed hunting with dogs, running afar, anguishing and killing creatures), making others to suffer and killing them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>sUlaththAL ummaip pAyvadhum seyyAr<\/strong> \u2013 this is the result of killing others, with weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>idaivazhyil nIr kURaiyum izhavIr<\/strong> \u2013 this is the result of removing the dress of others. They [the messengers of yama] will keep saying these [that this is the result of what you had done, on earth, to others] and hurt you on the way. If you wish to escape from all these \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>irudIkEsan enRu Eththa valleerEl<\/strong> \u2013 If you are capable of worshipping one, who controls our senses, with affection, these incidents will not come your way. The reason for being controlled by yama is our being under the control of our senses [when we were on earth]. Hurting others is because of being under the control of senses. AzhwAr says that emperumAn will destroy that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We shall next consider the 6<sup>th<\/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 AzhwAr says that for those, who praise emperumAn, who removes enemies [our senses are our enemies], there is no need to go in the path, where we had gone earlier, with suffering. madi vazhindhu nIr pulan sOra &#8230; <a title=\"periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 4.5.5 \u2013 madi vazhindhu\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/08\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-4-5-5\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 4.5.5 \u2013 madi vazhindhu\">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-62194","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\/62194","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=62194"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62269,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62194\/revisions\/62269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}