{"id":62394,"date":"2026-09-03T00:21:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T00:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=62394"},"modified":"2026-09-03T00:21:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T00:21:44","slug":"periyazhwar-thirumozhi-4-6-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/09\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-4-6-4\/","title":{"rendered":"periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 4.6.4 \u2013 mAnida sAdhiyil"},"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-4-6\/\">Sixth 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\/09\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-4-6-3\/\">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\">There is no specific avathArikai for this pAsuram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>mAnida sAdhiyil thOnRiRRu Or mAnida sAdhiyai<\/em><br><em>mAnida sAdhiyin pEr ittAl maRumaikku illai<\/em><br><em>vAnudai mAdhavA<\/em>!<em> gOvindhA<\/em>!<em> enRu azhaiththakkAl<\/em><br><em>nAnudai nAraNan tham annai naragam pugAL<\/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>mAnida sAdhiyil<\/em> \u2013 in the species of human beings<br><em>thOnRiRRu<\/em> \u2013 one, who was born<br><em>Or<\/em> \u2013 a<br><em>mAnida sAdhiyai<\/em> \u2013 human being<br><em>mAnida sAdhiyin<\/em> \u2013 born in the species of humans, who have to experience the results of their <em>karma<\/em> [past deeds]<br><em>pEr ittAl<\/em> \u2013 if the name is kept<br><em>maRumaikku<\/em> \u2013 for mOksham [liberation]<br><em>illai<\/em> \u2013 it will not benefit<br><em>nAnudai<\/em> \u2013 having me as his form<br><em>nAraNan<\/em> \u2013 the divine name of nArAyaNan<br><em>vAn udai<\/em> \u2013 one, who has paramapadham as his royal assembly<br><em>madhavA<\/em> \u2013 oh, SrImAn!<br><em>gOvindhA<\/em>&#8211; oh, gOvindha!<br><em>enRu<\/em> \u2013 calling in this manner<br><em>azhaiththakkAl<\/em> \u2013 if called<br><em>nAraNan<\/em> \u2013 nArAyaNan<br><em>tham annai<\/em> \u2013 the mother of that child<br><em>naragam pugAL<\/em> \u2013 will not enter hell<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Simple Translation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taking birth in the species of human beings is to experience the result of past deeds. When such is the case, there is no benefit in keeping the name of a human being, for a human being, who has been born in that species. If the divine name of nArAyaNan, who has paramapadham as his royal assembly, is kept for the child and he is called as \u201cOh, SrImAn!\u201d \u201cOh, gOvindha!\u201d, then the mother of that child nArAyaNan will not enter <em>narakam<\/em>,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>vyAkhyAnam<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>mAnida sAdhiyil thOnRiRRu Or mAnida sAdhiyai<\/strong> \u2013 a human being, who has been born in the species of human beings. AthmA, due to its past deeds, keeps taking birth in species such as <em>dhEva<\/em> [celestial], <em>manushya<\/em> [human bings], <em>thiryak<\/em> [animals] and <em>sthAvara<\/em> [botanical]. The reason for being born in the species of humans is to experience the results of both the sinful and the virtuous deeds [carried out in the past] and to earn a living. Hence, for a person, who has been born in such a species.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>mAnida sAdhiyin pEr ittAl maRumaikku illai<\/strong> \u2013 Desiring a benefit, which is seen by the eyes [such as money or material], if the name of a person, who is under the control of his <em>karma<\/em> [past deeds], is kept, even if a few benefits may accrue in this birth [even this, mAmunigaL says, is doubtful], there is no benefit in future births. <em>maRumai<\/em> \u2013 <em>adhrishtam<\/em>, that which is not seen [it could be attaining paramapadham or getting into births repeatedly, in future].<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>vAnudai \u2026<\/strong> &#8211; keeping the name of sarvESvaran, who uplifts those who are engaged with him. If the child were called as \u201cOh, SrImAn, who has nithya vibhUthi (spiritual realm, SrI vaikuNtam)! Oh gOvindha, who desires to protect leelA vibhUthi (materialistic realm)!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>nAnudai nArAnan<\/strong> \u2013 my nArAyaNan. For the pAsuram which begins with <em>mANidasAdhi<\/em>, since this word is at the beginning of the fourth line, in the place of <em>ennudai<\/em> (for the reason of <em>edhugai<\/em>, which is a poetic metric, related to rhyming, consonance etc), the term <em>nAnudai<\/em> is seen. This is similar to <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2021\/05\/periya-thirumozhi-1-6-9\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"43048\">periya thirumozhi 1.6.9<\/a> \u201c<em>Unidaich chuvar vaiththu<\/em>\u201d (flesh is kept as the wall for this physical form), where, in the fourth line, the term <em>nAnudaith thavaththAl<\/em> has been mercifully used [instead of <em>ennudaith thavaththAl<\/em>, for the same reason of <em>edhugai<\/em>]. While the name refers to the child, whose name has been kept as <em>nArAyaNan<\/em>, due to his overflowing affection towards emperumAn, AzhwAr uses terms such as \u201c<em>nAyagan nAraNan<\/em>\u201d \u201c<em>nAnudai nAaNan<\/em>\u201d et al.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">thiruvAimozhip piLLai says here that just as it has been mentioned in SrI bhAshyam jigyAsu adhikaraNam \u201c<em>aham arthO nachEthAthmA<\/em>\u201d (if the word <em>aham<\/em>, nAn, does not refer to <em>AthmA<\/em>, soul\u2026], the word <em>nAn<\/em> here refers to \u2018my\u2019 only. It shows the name of paramachEthanan (supreme entity), nArAyaNan, who is the meaning of the word [in going with the saying that all the names refer to emperumAn only, through the concept of <em>antharyAmi<\/em> (one, who resides inside every AthmA)].<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>tham annai naragam pugAL<\/strong> \u2013 thus, the mother of the child will not come under the control of yama and will not enter <em>narakam<\/em> [hell]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We shall next consider the 5<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; Sixth decad Previous avathArikai There is no specific avathArikai for this pAsuram. mAnida sAdhiyil thOnRiRRu Or mAnida sAdhiyaimAnida sAdhiyin pEr ittAl maRumaikku illaivAnudai mAdhavA! gOvindhA! enRu azhaiththakkAlnAnudai nAraNan tham annai naragam pugAL Word-by-Word Meanings mAnida sAdhiyil \u2013 in the species of &#8230; <a title=\"periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 4.6.4 \u2013 mAnida sAdhiyil\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/09\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-4-6-4\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 4.6.4 \u2013 mAnida sAdhiyil\">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-62394","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\/62394","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=62394"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62417,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62394\/revisions\/62417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}