{"id":62436,"date":"2026-09-07T23:50:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T23:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=62436"},"modified":"2026-09-07T23:50:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T23:50:00","slug":"periyazhwar-thirumozhi-4-6-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/09\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-4-6-9\/","title":{"rendered":"periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 4.6.9 \u2013 Uththaik kuzhiyil"},"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-4-6-8\/\">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>Uththaik kuzhiyil amudham pAyvadhu pOl ungaL<\/em><br><em>mUththirap piLLaiyai en mugil vaNNan pEr ittuk<\/em><br><em>kOththuk kuzhaiththuk kuNAlam Adith thiriminO<\/em><br><em>nAththagu 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>Uththaik kuzhiyil<\/em> \u2013 in a dirty pit<br><em>amudham<\/em> \u2013 nectar<br><em>pAyvadhu pOl<\/em> \u2013 just as it flows<br><em>ungaL<\/em> \u2013 your<br><em>mUththirap piLLaiyai<\/em> \u2013 for the child, who results from the union of reproductive fluids<br><em>en<\/em> \u2013 one, who is obedient to me<br><em>mugil<\/em> \u2013 like a cloud<br><em>vaNNan<\/em> \u2013 one, who has a divine complexion<br><em>pEr ittu<\/em> \u2013 keeping his name<br><em>kOththu<\/em> \u2013 synchronising with emperumAn<br><em>kalandhu<\/em> [kuzhaiththu] \u2013 mingling with him<br><em>kuNAlam Adith thirimin<\/em> \u2013 follow him and dance with him, feeling joyous<br>[keeping emperumAn\u2019s divine name for your child and reciting that name repeatedly will be]<br><em>nA<\/em> \u2013 for your tongue<br><em>thagum<\/em> \u2013 be apt<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\">Just as nectar flows into a dirty pit, keep the divine name of emperumAn, who is obedient and who has a divine complexion, like that of a cloud, for your child, who is the result of the union of reproductive fluids. After that, synchronise yourself with emperumAn, mingle with him, and follow him, dancing with him to your heart\u2019s content. Repeatedly calling out his divine name will be apt for your tongue. The mother of such a 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>Uththaik kuzhiyil amudham pAyvadhu pOl<\/strong> \u2013 A pit is full of dirt and is unfit to be touched by noble people. Just as nectar flows into that dirty pit \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">thiruvAimozhip piLLai, in his svApadhESam, says the following: In the front yard of the house is a pit, which is dirty, muddy and to be banned. Inside it flows nectar, which is fragrant, pure, enjoyable, white, capable of getting us across <em>narakam<\/em> [hell], capable of winning over death, apt for us to have it and desired by all the people of the world. Naming your child, who is the result of the union of two reproductive fluids, who stays inside the dirty womb and who comes out with dirty fluids during birth, after emperumAn\u2019s divine name is similar to nectar flowing into the dirty pit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ungaL mUththirap piLLaiyai<\/strong> \u2013 For your child, who is the result of the union of reproductive fluids<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>en mugil vaNNan pEr ittu<\/strong> \u2013 keeping the divine name, which is the most distinguished and enjoyable, of one, who is obedient to me and who has a divine complexion, matching a cloud in the bluish sky. Through this, AzhwAr has mercifully mentioned about the lowliness of the entity for whom the divine name has been kept as well as the distinction of emperumAn\u2019s divine name. When nectar flows in a dirty pit, it will become dirty and it will be unfit to be consumed for apt people. However, since the divine name is a <em>sparSavEdhi<\/em> [touchstone, one, which will transform base metals such as iron etc into gold], it will not have any flaw due to association with a lowly entity, and it will also purify the entity with which it is associated, making it to be appreciated by distinguished people too. This is the difference between the metaphor, nectar, and the subject of comparison, the divine name of emperumAn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">thiruvAimozhip piLLai says here that emperumAn has made himself to be apt for AzhwAr, being obedient to AzhwAr such that AzhwAr could claim emperumAn as <em>en mugil vaNNan<\/em>, leaving his protection with AzhwAr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>kOththuk kuzhaiththuk kuNAlamittuth [kuNAlamAdith] thiriminO<\/strong> \u2013 Synchronise yourself with emperumAn, mingle with him, follow him and dance with him. In other words, once you have kept the divine name of emperumAn for your child, emperumAn has accepted you. With that connection, you could mingle with him, dance with him and follow him, to your heart\u2019s content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">thiruvAimozhip piLLai says here that AzhwAr had said in <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2015\/06\/thiruppallandu-3-vazhatpattu\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2457\">thiruppallANdu 3<\/a> \u201c<em>engal kuzhuvinil pugudhalottOm<\/em>\u201d [we will not allow you to enter our assembly]. This was due to the fact that those people did not come under his affection. Here, AzhwAr says that since you have named your child after the one who is affectionate towards us, you could join with us, recite the divine names of emperumAn with us, mingle your heart with ours and dance with us; also, you could dance with the one who has us as his wealth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>nAththagum<\/strong> \u2013 Keeping the divine name of emperumAn for your child and calling that divine name repeatedly, will be apt for your tongue. Tongue is present only for reciting the divine names of emperumAn. Alternatively, as mentioned in SrI vishNu dharmam \u201csA <em>jihvA yA harim sthauthi<\/em>\u201d [that which praises hari is referred to as tongue], the apt entity for the tongue is nArAyaNan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">thiruvAimozhip piLLai says here that if you do this, it will be apt for your tongue. If you avoid servitude to others and food to be rejected, you will earn the qualification to be emperumAn\u2019s servitor and to receive his divine food. You will also get the benefit of having been provided with a tongue.<\/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 last 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. 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