{"id":62430,"date":"2026-09-04T23:52:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T23:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=62430"},"modified":"2026-09-04T23:52:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T23:52:41","slug":"periyazhwar-thirumozhi-4-6-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/09\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-4-6-6\/","title":{"rendered":"periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 4.6.6 \u2013 nAdum nagarum"},"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-4-6-5\/\">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>nAdum nagarum aRiya nAttu mAnidap pEr ittu<\/em><br><em>kUdi azhunghik kuzhiyil vIzhndhu vazhukkAdhE<\/em><br><em>sAdiRap pAyndha thalaivA<\/em>!<em> dhAmOdharA<\/em>!<em> enRu<\/em><br><em>nAdumin 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>nAdum<\/em> \u2013 those, who are without distinguished knowledge<br><em>nagaramum<\/em> \u2013 those, who are with distinguished knowledge<br><em>aRiya<\/em> \u2013 to know that \u201cHe is an eminent person\u201d<br><em>nAttu mAnida pEr ittu<\/em> \u2013 keeping the name of lowly people<br><em>kUdi<\/em> \u2013 being together with them<br><em>azhungi<\/em> \u2013 suffering<br><em>kuzhiyil vIzhndhu<\/em> \u2013 falling into the deep pit, into which they had fallen<br><em>vazhukkAdhE<\/em> \u2013 instead of getting into sorrow<br><em>sAdu<\/em> \u2013 SakatAsuran [a monster sent by kamsan, to kill infant krishNa]<br><em>iRa<\/em> \u2013 to snap<br><em>pAyndha thalaivA enRu<\/em> \u2013 saying \u201cOh, one who has the eminence of killing him!\u201d<br><em>dhAmOdharA enRu<\/em> \u2013 saying \u201cOh, dhAmOdhara!\u201d<br><em>nAdumin<\/em> \u2013 go behind him, praising him<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\">Do not name your child after a person, who is known as being eminent by those who have distinguished knowledge or who do not have such distinguished knowledge and slip into the same pit in which that person has slipped into, by being with him and suffering. Instead, name your child after one, who killed the monster SakatAsuran, by calling him as \u201cOh one, who killed that SakatAsuran and became eminent!\u201d and as \u201cOh, dhAmOdhara!\u201d Go behind such emperumAn, praising him. The mother of that child 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>nAdu \u2026<\/strong> &#8211; Do not live and steep thoroughly with those, who are known as \u201cHe is a distinguished person\u201d by those, who may have and who may not have any distinguished knowledge; do not name your child after such people; do not slip into the same pit, which those people had fallen into, slipping further down; do not suffer on all these accounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">thiruvAimozhip piLLai, in his svApadhESam, says that <em>nAdu<\/em> refers to those, who do not have distinguished knowledge and <em>nagaram<\/em> refers to those, who have distinguished knowledge. Even when these people come and tell you that the person, after whom you are naming your child, is not great, and tell you to desist from that, without respecting their words, if you keep the name of lowly people, being together with them, steeped fully, falling into the same pit where they have fallen and slipping down further \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>sAdiRa \u2026<\/strong> &#8211; keep the divine name of sarvESvaran for your child. Call him as \u201c<em>Oh, thalaivA<\/em>, who killed the monster SakatAsuran! <em>Oh, dhAmOdhara<\/em>!\u201d Praise him to the satisfaction of your mouth and go behind him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">thiruvAimozhip piLLai says here additionally that after keeping the divine name of emperumAn, think that this is your strength.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>nAraNan 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 7<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. nAdum nagarum aRiya nAttu mAnidap pEr ittukUdi azhunghik kuzhiyil vIzhndhu vazhukkAdhEsAdiRap pAyndha thalaivA! dhAmOdharA! enRunAdumin nAraNan tham annai naragam pugAL Word-by-Word Meanings nAdum \u2013 those, who are without distinguished &#8230; <a title=\"periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 4.6.6 \u2013 nAdum nagarum\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/09\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-4-6-6\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 4.6.6 \u2013 nAdum nagarum\">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-62430","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\/62430","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=62430"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62443,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62430\/revisions\/62443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}