{"id":62606,"date":"2026-09-22T01:47:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T01:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=62606"},"modified":"2026-09-22T01:47:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T01:47:34","slug":"periyazhwar-thirumozhi-4-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/09\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-4-8\/","title":{"rendered":"periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 4.8 \u2013 mAdhavaththOn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: Sri varavaramunayE nama:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

periyAzhwAr thirumozhi<\/a> >> Fourth Centum<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Previous<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

pravEsam<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just as it has been mentioned in nAchchiyAr thirumozhi 8.10<\/a> \u201cbOgaththil vazhvAdha pudhuvaiyar kOn<\/em>\u201d (periyAzhwAr had no deficiency in his enjoyable experiences in matters relating to emperumAn), periyAzhwAr had exclusively enjoyed the divine qualities and activities of the incarnation of krishNa, starting with his divine time of incarnation. In the decad 3.9<\/a> \u201cennAdhan dhEvikku<\/em>\u201d, due to his desire to enjoy the divine qualities and activities of SrI rAma\u2019s incarnation too, he enjoyed both the incarnations [SrI rAma and krishNa], by taking two sides [through the girls in thiruvAyppAdi], imploring each other to sing praises of the respective incarnation. Subsequently, in the decad 4.1<\/a> \u201ckadhirAyiram kalavi<\/em>\u201d, he enjoyed the divine qualities and activities of SrI rAmAvathAram as well as krishNAvathAram, along with the divine qualities and activities of other incarnations, in an alternating manner. Desiring to enjoy emperumAn in divine abodes, where these divine qualities and activities shine splendorously, AzhwAr first enjoyed azhagar, in thirumAlirum sOlai, and the divine mountain itself, which is a step above emperumAn himself in purushArtham<\/em> [attaining the ultimate benefit]. Later, he experienced with joy, the emperumAn who is mercifully residing in thirukkOttiyUr. He reviled those people, who inhabited that divine abode, but who were going after other deities instead of considering emperumAn who was there to support them; he also praised those people, who were followers of emperumAn, residing in that divine abode. Unable to give up on those who he had reviled earlier, due to his supreme compassion, he instructed them, through the process of parOpadhESam<\/em> [instructing others], in decad 4.5<\/a> [AsaivAy<\/em>] and 4.6<\/a> [kAsum kaRaiyudai<\/em>]. Once again, desiring to enjoy emperumAn in divine abodes, as mentioned in 4.7.9<\/a> \u201cvada thisai madhurai \u2026<\/em>\u201d, he enjoyed emperumAn in several divine abodes, through the decad 4.7<\/a> \u201ckaNdam ennumkadi nagar<\/em>\u201d, where all the divine qualities and activities stood manifested radiantly, in the earlier thirumozhi<\/em> [divine verses].<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike those divine abodes, emperumAn in the divine abode of SrIrangam, manifests his divine qualities and activities, in all the five states of para, vyUha, vibhava, antharyAmi<\/em> and archA<\/em> [in SrI vaikuNtam as para vAsudhEvan<\/em>, in thiruppARkadal [milky ocean, as vyUha vAsudhEvan<\/em>], as various incarnations as SrI rAma, krishNa et al, as the indwelling soul inside all the jIvAthmAs and in the divine abodes in the form of idol, respectively], as mentioned in thiruvAimozhi 7.2.10<\/a> \u201dvadivudai vAnOr thailavanE<\/em>\u201d (Oh, one who is the lord of nithyasUris, with a matching divine form!), in thiruvAimozhi 7.2.7<\/a> \u201ckadal idam koNda kadal vaNNA<\/em>\u201d(mercifully resting in the divine milky ocean, like an ocean reclining on another ocean), in thiruvAimozhi 7.2.3<\/a> \u201ckatkilee<\/em>\u201d (Oh, one who is difficult to be seen by the eyes!), in thiruvAimozhi 7.2.3 \u201ckAguththA kaNNanE<\/em>\u201d (one who incarnated as SrI rAma, the divine son of dhaSaratha, manifesting his divine beauty to those who were living in cities and forests, and one who incarnated as krishNa, in the clan of cowherds, manifesting his divine beauty to the cowherd girls). It is from this divine abode that emperumAn rules over both nithya vibhUthi [spiritual realm] and leelA vibhUthi [materialistic realm], as mentioned in nAchchiyAr thirumozhi 11.3<\/a> \u201cpongOdham sUzhndha buvaniyum<\/em>\u201d (earth, surrounded by oceans with agitating waves \u2026). Also, SrIrangam is the divine abode which is the root for other divine abodes, as mentioned in nAchchiyAr thirumozhi 4.1<\/a> \u201cmAlirum sOlai maNALanAr paLLi koLLum idam<\/em>\u201d (it is in SrIrangam that emperumAn, who has mercifully taken residence as the bridegroom in thirumAlirum sOlai, takes rest), as mentioned in periya thirumozhi 9.9.2 \u201cponni sUzh aranganagaruL munaivan – thirumAlirum sOlai ninRAn<\/em>\u201d (the primary entity, who is mercifully reclining in SrIrangam, which is surrounded by the river ponni [kAviri] is the one who mercifully stands in thirumAlirum sOlai), as mentioned in iraNdAm thiruvandhAdhi 46<\/a> \u201cpayinRadhu arangam thirukkOtti<\/em>\u201d (emperumAn is mercifully resting in SrIrangam and in thirukkOttiyUr) and as mentioned in mUnRAm thiruvandhAdhi 62<\/a> \u201cthEnar thiruvarangam then kOtti<\/em>\u201d (divine abode of SrIrangam, which is surrounded by gardens with flood of honey and thirukkOttiyUr in the southern direction).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just as it has been mentioned in siRiya thirumadal \u201cArAmam sUzhndha arangam<\/em>\u201d (SrIrangam, surrounded by gardens; here, the term \u2018gardens\u2019 refers to other divine abodes of emperumAn), the other abodes act as the dwelling places of emperumAn during daytime [during night time, emperumAn from all the other divine abodes would come to SrIrangam and take rest]. In order for all the people in all the worlds to get uplifted, as mentioned in perumAL thirumozhi 1.10<\/a> \u201cvan peru vAnagam uyya<\/em>\u201d (ethereal worlds such as brahmA\u2019s sathyalOkam<\/em> to get uplifted), for people from all the worlds, who have the desire to engage with emperumAn, to come, enjoy and attain emperumAn, as mentioned in periyAzhwAr thirumozhi 4.9.11 \u201cthennAdum vadanAdum thozha ninRa<\/em>\u201d(emperumAn has mercifully taken residence in SrIrangam such that people from the southern side and from the northern side come and worship him here) and in perumAL thirumozhi 8.10<\/a> \u201cyAvarum vandhu adi vaNanga<\/em>\u201d (to enable all the living entities to come to SrIrangam and worship at the divine feet), periya perumAL has mercifully taken residence at SrIrangam. He looks in the southern direction, as mentioned in periyAzhwAr thirumozhi 4.9.2 \u201cmannudaiya vibIdaNaRkAy madhiL ilangaith thisai nOkki malarkkaN vaiththu<\/em>\u201d (looking in the direction of lankA, which has fortified walls as protection, with his divine eyes, which are like lotus, at SrI vibhIshaNAzhwAn, who has the wealth of servitude). periya perumAL manifests his eminence of being Sriya<\/em>:pathi<\/em> (divine consort of SrI mahAlakshmi), with happiness in his divine mind, reclining in SrIrangam, as mentioned in periyAzhwAr thirumozhi 4.9.10 \u201cthiruvALan inidhAgath thirukkaNgaL vaLarginRa<\/em>\u201d (It is in the divine abode of SrIrangam that emperumAn, who has periya pirAttiyAr as his divine consort, reclines with joy in his divine mind). AzhwAr enjoys the auspicious qualities and divine activities of krishNAvathAram and SrI rAmAvathAram, as well as the activities of other incarnations, in a focussed manner, on emperumAn at SrIrangam. More than the emperumAn, he enjoys the divine abode where emperumAn is reclining mercifully, as mentioned in nAnmugan thiruvandhAdhi 41<\/a> \u201cthiruvEngadam adhanaich chenRu<\/em>\u201d (I desire to come to thiruvEngadam and have your dharSan there). Thus, AzhwAr speaks mercifully about the divine abode of SrIrangam, which is more apt than emperumAn himself, through many facets, in this thirumozhi<\/em> and becomes joyous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

thiruvAimozhip piLLai, in his svApadhESam, says that AzhwAr mentioning in the earlier thirumozhi pAsuram 4.7.9<\/a> \u201cvadadhisai madhurai sALakkirAmam \u2026 vaigundham<\/em>\u201d is to be considered as speaking about all the five forms of emperumAn [para, vyUha, vibhava, antharyAmi<\/em> and archai<\/em>]. All these five forms are aptly seen in periya perumAL, the presiding emperumAn in SrIrangam. Other divine abodes are present for periya perumAL to mercifully reside during day time; he rules both the vibhUthis, from SrIrangam, with his sceptre. It is only in kOyil<\/em> [in our sampradhAyam, the term kOyil<\/em> refers to SrIrangam] that the divine mind of emperumAn fits aptly, as mentioned in nAchchiyAr thirumozhi 11.3<\/a> \u201cpongOdham<\/em>\u201d (emperumAn rules all the worlds, staying in SrIrangam, on this earth, which is surrounded by oceans with agitating waves) and in thiruvAimozhi 4.5.1<\/a> \u201cvIRRirundhu Ezhulagum thanikkOl sella veevil sIr<\/em>\u201d (sarvESvaran, the lord of all, being distinct from every other entity, seated to conduct seven types of worlds, with his matchless sceptre, being with groups of auspicious qualities). It is here that his divine mind fits aptly, as mentioned in \u201cpaigoL nAgaththaNaiyAn payilum idam<\/em>\u201d (SrIrangam is the divine abode, where sarvESvaran resideseternally,on the vast AdhiSEshan). It is periya perumAL who is referred to as in periya thirumozhi 7.3.4<\/a> \u201carangamALi … viNNALi<\/em>\u201d (one, who protects SrIrangam, is the controller of paramapadham) and as in periya thirumozhi 5.7.6<\/a> \u201cAyiram sudar vAy aravaNaith thuyinRAn<\/em>\u201d (emperumAn is resting on the mattress of thiruvananthAzhwAn who has a thousand radiant mouths). It is periya perumAL who resides as the king at dhwArakA. It is the same periya perumAL, who mercifully had the divine worship conducted for him at SrI ayOdhyA, by SrI rAma and sIthAp pirAtti. It is he, who resides in the minds of brAhmaNas too, as mentioned in thirunedundhANdakam 14<\/a> \u201carangamEya andhaNanai andhaNar tham sindhaiyAnai<\/em>\u201d. While periya perumAL mercifully reclines, facing the southern direction, there are two primary reasons for this \u2013 to ensure that his followers do not go in that direction [towards the land of yama] and to shower his mercy on SrI vibhIshaNAzhwAn. It is periya perumAL who resides in all the abodes such as vadadhisai madhurai sALakkirAmam vaigundham thuvarai ayOdhdhi idamudai vadhari idavagaiyAga vaigundhan pugazhAth thirukkaNdam kadinagar<\/em>, ruling from all those abodes. While it is only periya perumAL who is present in all those places, AzhwAr says in this thirumozhi that it is \u201cthiruvarangamenbadhuvE en thirumAl sErvidamE<\/em>\u201d (it is only in SrIrangam that my emperumAn resides aptly]<\/p>\n\n\n\n