{"id":62477,"date":"2026-09-12T23:45:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T23:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=62477"},"modified":"2026-09-12T23:45:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T23:45:10","slug":"periyazhwar-thirumozhi-4-7-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/09\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-4-7-3\/","title":{"rendered":"periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 4.7.3 \u2013 adhir mugam"},"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\/09\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-4-7\/\">Seventh 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-4-7-2\/\">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>adhir mugam udaiya valam puri kumizhththi azhal umizh Azhi koNdu eRindhu angu<\/em><br><em>edhir muga asurar thalaigaLai idaRum em purudOththaman irukkai<\/em><br><em>sadhumgan kaiyil sadhuppuyan thALil sangaran sadaiyinil thangik<\/em><br><em>kadhir mugam maNi koNdu izhi punal gangaik kaNdam ennum kadi nagarE<\/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\">(When empermAn\u2019s divine feet were washed, by brahmA)<br><em>sadhu mugan<\/em> \u2013 brahmA\u2019s<br><em>kaiyil<\/em> \u2013 on his hands<br><em>sadhup puyan<\/em> \u2013 thrivikrama, who has four shoulders, his<br><em>thALil<\/em> \u2013 divine foot (then)<br><em>sangaran<\/em> \u2013 rudhran\u2019s<br><em>sadaiyinil<\/em> \u2013 matted locks<br><em>thangi<\/em> \u2013 staying<br><em>kadhir mugam<\/em> \u2013 having splendour, and being distinguished<br><em>maNi koNdu<\/em> \u2013 taking gemstones<br><em>izhi<\/em> \u2013 descending<br><em>punal<\/em> \u2013 having water<br><em>gangai<\/em> \u2013 on the banks of gangA<br><em>kaNdam ennum kdi nagar<\/em> \u2013 the distinguished abode, named as <em>kaNdam<\/em><br><em>adhir<\/em> \u2013 resounding<br><em>mugam udaiya<\/em> \u2013 having face<br><em>valam puri <\/em>\u2013 SrI pAnchajanyam [divine conch]<br><em>kumizhththu<\/em> \u2013 blowing, keeping on the divine mouth<br><em>azhal<\/em> \u2013 fire<br><em>umizh<\/em> \u2013 spitting out<br><em>Azhi koNdu<\/em> \u2013 with the divine disc<br><em>eRindhu<\/em> \u2013 flinging<br><em>angu<\/em> \u2013 in that place<br><em>edhir <\/em>\u2013 those, who came opposing<br><em>mugam<\/em> \u2013 having faces<br><em>asurar<\/em> \u2013 demons<br><em>thalaigaLai<\/em> \u2013 heads<br><em>idaRum<\/em> \u2013 one, who rolled<br><em>em<\/em> \u2013 our<br><em>purudOththaman<\/em> \u2013 for purushOththaman<br><em>irukkai<\/em> \u2013 is his divine abode<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Simple Translation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">River gangA came into the hands of brahmA, then onto the divine foot of thrivikrama, who had four divine shoulders and later, onto the matted locks of rudhran. She was resplendent, carrying distinguished rubies, descending with water to earth. On the banks of such gangA, the abode <em>kaNdam<\/em> is located. It is the divine abode of our purushOththaman, who has the resounding SrI pAnchajanyam, which emperumAn keeps on his divine mouth and blows, as well as the divine disc, which spits out fire and severs the heads of monsters who come to fight with emperumAn there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>vyAkhyAnam<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>adhir mugam udaiya<\/strong> \u2013 when emperumAn was mercifully measuring the worlds, monsters such as namuchi [son of mahAbali] opposed him; emperumAn kept the divine conch SrI pAnchajanyam on his divine mouth and blew on it. He flung the divine disc, sudharSanAzhwAn, rolling the heads of monsters who came to oppose him there. He is also the most attainable entity for us. <em>kaNdam<\/em>, on the banks of river gangA, is his dwelling abode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">thiruvAimozhip piLLai, in his svApadhESam, says here that for SrI pAnchajanyam, making resounding noise is the nature, as mentioned in <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2016\/06\/thiruvaimozhi-2-10-2-sadhirila-madavar\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"9169\">thiruvAimozhi 2.10.2<\/a> \u201c<em>adhir kural sangaththu<\/em>\u201d (for the divine conch which makes joyful sounds). <em>kumizhththu<\/em> \u2013 blowing, as mentioned in <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/05\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-3-6-11\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60291\">periyAzhwAr thirumozhi 3.6.11<\/a> \u201c<em>kuzhal muzhanjugaLinUdu kumizhndhu<\/em>\u201d (rising up, through the holes in the divine flute). <em>angu<\/em> \u2013 after annihilating his opponents, it is the dwelling place for our purushOththaman. Alternatively, it could also refer to the opponents who were seen during the mahAbhAratha war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>sadhumugan \u2026<\/strong>&#8211; just as it has been mentioned in \u201c<em>gruhIthvA dharma pAnIyam pAdham nAthasya thushtayE kshALitham parayAbhakthyA pAdhyArghyAdhipir architham<\/em>\u201d (with the water of righteousness, the divine foot of thrivikraman, our lord, was cleansed by brahmA, to make him happy, due to eminent devotion; subsequently, he was worshipped with separate containers for arghyam, pAdhyam etc), when emperumAn\u2019s divine foot was washed, the water was in the hands of brahmA, who has four faces. Later, it fell on the divine foot of sarvESvaran, who has four divine shoulders. Subsequently, as mentioned in Isvara samhithai \u201c<em>thadhambupathitham dhrushtvA thadhAraSirasA hara<\/em>:\u201d seeing the river gangA, which fell from the divine foot of emperumAn, Siva, ascertaining that he is qualified to receive the river on his head, bore the river on his matted locks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>kadhir<\/strong> \u2013 on the bank of river gangA, which descends from sky, having radiance on account of carrying the distinguished gemstones such as ruby etc<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>kaNdam ennum kadi nagarE<\/strong> \u2013 It is the divine name, <em>kaNdam<\/em>, for that divine abode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We shall next consider the 4<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; Seventh decad Previous avathArikai There is no specific avathArikai for this pAsuram. adhir mugam udaiya valam puri kumizhththi azhal umizh Azhi koNdu eRindhu anguedhir muga asurar thalaigaLai idaRum em purudOththaman irukkaisadhumgan kaiyil sadhuppuyan thALil sangaran sadaiyinil thangikkadhir mugam maNi koNdu izhi &#8230; <a title=\"periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 4.7.3 \u2013 adhir mugam\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/09\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-4-7-3\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 4.7.3 \u2013 adhir mugam\">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-62477","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\/62477","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=62477"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62506,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62477\/revisions\/62506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}