SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: Sri varavaramunayE nama:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
periyAzhwAr thirumozhi<\/a> >> Fourth Centum<\/a> >> Fifth decad<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Previous<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n avathArikai<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In this pAsuram, AzhwAr says that those, who had carried out upAya varaNam<\/em> [the act of surrendering] once, earlier, to emperumAn, could get to see emperumAn always.<\/p>\n\n\n\n angam vittavai aindhum agaRRi Avi mUkkinil sOdhiththa pinnai<\/em> Word-by-Word Meanings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n avai aindhum<\/em> \u2013 the five different prANans<\/em> [five types of air, circulating inside the physical form] Simple Translation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n When relatives and others are near a person, in his last moments, five types of air would leave the physical form. Those who are near, would check if breathing has stopped, by keeping their fingers near the person\u2019s nose. When those, who have come to see the person, ask those who are in proximity, as to what had happened, they will spread their hands out, indicating that everything is over. Before the relatives and others leave the place, hanging their heads down, in sympathy, if the person [who was in his last moments] had ensured to keep madhusUdhanan [emperumAn], who had killed the monster madhu, and had reclined in the ocean, where boats keep moving about continuously, in his heart and proffered his AthmA to emperumAn [in carrying out the act of surrendering], he could have carried out kainkaryam to emperumAn forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n vyAkhyAnam<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n angam vittu avai aindhum agaRRi<\/strong> \u2013 the five types of air which function in the physical form in five different ways, leaving one\u2019s physical form [(1) prANa<\/em>, which moves inward and upward, controlling intake of breath, sensory inputs and thoughts etc (2) apANa<\/em>, which moves downward and outward, controlling elimination of waste, urination, reproduction etc (3) vyAna<\/em>, moving from centre to periphery, controlling blood circulation, movement of muscles etc (4) udhAna<\/em>, moving upward and outward, controlling speech, expression, growth etc and (5) samAna<\/em>, moving from periphery towards centre, controlling digestion, metabolism etc]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Avi mUkkinil sOdhiththa pinnai<\/strong> \u2013 after knowing that the person has stopped breathing<\/p>\n\n\n\n sangam vittu<\/strong> \u2013 leaving aside the hope that the person would survive; alternatively, the verse sangam vittu<\/em> would refer to those who had been pestering the person all along to tell as to where he had kept his wealth hidden, dispersing from the assembly; another meaning \u2013 leaving aside the desire that they would be able to get some wealth from him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n kaiyai maRiththu<\/strong> \u2013 when those, who had just then come to see the person, who was in his last moments, ask those who are nearby, as to what had happened, those who are nearby, would spread their hands out, indicating that nothing could be done to save him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n paiyavE thalai sAyppadhan munnam<\/strong> \u2013 moving slowly away from the person [who had died], hanging their heads down, indicating their loss<\/p>\n\n\n\n vangam vittu ulavum kadal paLLi mAyanai<\/strong> \u2013 one, who is an amazing entity, who reclines in the ocean, where boats are moving about continuously. Alternatively, the word mAyanai<\/em> would indicate one, who has knowledge, who reclines on his volition, as mentioned in periya thirumozhi 3.6.7<\/a> \u201ckurai kadal mEl aravaNaimEl kulavaraipOl paLLikoNdu<\/em>\u201d (reclining on the vast milky ocean, like a huge anchoring mountain, on top of thiruvananthAzhwAn)<\/p>\n\n\n\n madhusUdhanai<\/strong> \u2013 one who removes the enemies of followers, just as he had annihilated the monster, madhu. It is pertinent to recall periya thirumozhi 8.10.7<\/a> \u201cveLLai nIr veLLaththu aNaindha aravaNai mEl thuLLu nIr meLLath thuyinRa perumAnE, vaLLalE un thamarkku enRum naman thamar kaLLar pOl<\/em>\u201d (Oh supreme, generous lord who is residing in thirukkaNNapuram and who is mercifully reclining on thiruvanthAzhwAn (AdhiSEshan) who is gently lying on the flowing water of thiruppARkadal, as the jumping droplets touch you! For your devotees, yama’s servitors are always like thieves, who are living in hiding).<\/p>\n\n\n\n mArvil thanga vittu vaiththu<\/strong> \u2013 thanga viduvadhu<\/em> refers to keeping in one place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Avadhu Or karumam<\/strong> \u2013 Athma samarpaNam<\/em> [proffering AthmA to emperumAn, during the time of surrendering to him], which is easy to perform, and which is ordained for us. It is pertinent to recall here, thiruvAimozhi 3.3.6<\/a> \u201cnama ennalAm kadamai<\/em>\u201d (for those who performed the activity of carrying the word nama<\/em>: [which highlights the eradication of independence, indicates total dependence on emperumAn, easy means, that which matches one\u2019s true nature], on their heads)<\/p>\n\n\n\n sAdhippArkku enRum sAdhikkalAmE<\/strong> \u2013 upAyam<\/em> [surrendering to emperumAn] is carried out once; upEyam<\/em> [the ultimate benefit of kainkaryam, upon reaching emperumAn] is to be carried out forever. periyAzhwAr thirumozhi 4.2.6<\/a> \u201cAvaththanam enRu sEviththirukkum<\/em>\u201d (sages and celestial entities, considering emperumAn as their wealth during their times of danger, keep worshipping him) \u2013 Avaththu thanam<\/em> \u2013 thinking once; sEviththirukkum<\/em> – forever<\/p>\n\n\n\n We shall next consider the 7th<\/sup> 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 >> Fifth decad Previous avathArikai In this pAsuram, AzhwAr says that those, who had carried out upAya varaNam [the act of surrendering] once, earlier, to emperumAn, could get to see emperumAn always. angam vittavai aindhum agaRRi Avi mUkkinil sOdhiththa pinnaisangam vittu avar … 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-62196","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\/62196","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=62196"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62304,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62196\/revisions\/62304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
sangam vittu avar kaiyai maRiththup paiyavE thalai sAyppadhan munnam<\/em>
vangam vittu ulavum kadaRpaLLi mAyanai madhusUdhananai mArbil<\/em>
thangavittu vaiththu AvadhOr karumam sAdhippArkku enRum sAdhikkalAmE<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
angam vittu agaRRi<\/em> \u2013 leaving from the physical form (the word aganRu<\/em> has got transformed to agaRRi<\/em>)
avar<\/em> \u2013 those, who are in proximity
mUkkinil<\/em> – holding the hand, near the nose
Avi sOdhiththa pinnai<\/em> \u2013 after confirming that breathing has stopped
sangam vittu<\/em> \u2013 leaving aside the desire that the person will survive
(when those, who came to see him, ask the persons who were in his proximity \u201cWhat happened?\u201d)
kaiyai maRiththu<\/em> \u2013 spreading their hands [as an indication that everything is over]
paiyavE<\/em> \u2013 slowly
thalai sAyppadhan<\/em> \u2013 before hanging their heads down
munnam<\/em> \u2013 before [that occurs]
vangam<\/em> \u2013 boats
vittu ulavum<\/em> \u2013 continuously sailing to and fro
kadal<\/em> \u2013 in the ocean
paLLi<\/em> \u2013 one, who is reclining
mAyanai<\/em> \u2013 one, who has amazing activities
madhusUdhanai<\/em> \u2013 emperumAn, who annihilated the monster, madhu
mArvil<\/em> \u2013 in the heart
thangavittu vaiththu<\/em> \u2013 such that he remains
Avadhu<\/em> \u2013 ordained for us
Or<\/em> \u2013 easy to perform
karumam<\/em> \u2013 upAya varaNam<\/em> [Athma samarpaNam<\/em> or carrying out SaraNAgathi<\/em> to
emperumAn)
sAdhippArkku<\/em> \u2013 for those, who carry out once
enRum<\/em> \u2013 till the entity \u2018time\u2019 remains [in other words, forever]
sAdhikkalAm<\/em> \u2013 he could be worshipped<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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