{"id":62717,"date":"2026-09-27T23:56:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T23:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=62717"},"modified":"2026-09-27T23:56:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T23:56:35","slug":"periyazhwar-thirumozhi-4-8-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/09\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-4-8-6\/","title":{"rendered":"periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 4.8.6 \u2013 kIzh ulagil"},"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-4-8\/\">Eighth 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-4-8-5\/\">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\">AzhwAr says in this pAsuram that SrIrangam is the divine abode, where emperumAn, who uprooted the monsters from <em>pAthAla lOkam<\/em> [the nether world] by releasing his divine disc, for the sake of celestial entities, resides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>kIzh ulagil asurargaLaik kizhangeduhthuk kiLarAmE<\/em><br><em>Azhi viduththu avarudaiya karu azhiththa azhippan Ur<\/em><br><em>thAzhai madal Udu urinjith thavaLa vaNNap podi aNindhu<\/em><br><em>yAzhinisai vaNdu inangaL ALam vaikkum arangamE<\/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>yAzh<\/em> \u2013 similar to sound from [the musical instrument] vINA<br><em>in<\/em> \u2013 sweet<br><em>isai<\/em> \u2013 having tune<br><em>vaNdu inangaL<\/em> \u2013 swarms of beetles<br><em>thAzhai madal Udu<\/em> \u2013 through the blossoming petals of fragrant screw-pine<br><em>urinji<\/em> \u2013 rubbing their physical forms [resulting from that]<br><em>thavaLa vaNNam<\/em> \u2013 having whitish colour<br><em>podi<\/em> \u2013 pollen dust<br><em>aNindhu<\/em> \u2013 donning, all over their physical forms<br><em>ALam vaikkum<\/em> \u2013 (due to that joy) humming with the sound \u201c<em>thena thena<\/em>\u201d<br><em>arangam<\/em> \u2013 the town of SrIrangam<br><em>kIzh ulagil<\/em> \u2013 residing in the <em>pAthAla lOkam<\/em> [nether world]<br><em>asurargaLai<\/em> \u2013 monsters<br><em>kizhangeduththu<\/em> \u2013 uprooting them<br><em>kiLarAmE<\/em> \u2013 such that they do not reappear<br><em>Azhi<\/em> \u2013 divine disc<br><em>viduththu<\/em> \u2013 releasing<br><em>avarudaiya<\/em> \u2013 those monsters\u2019<br><em>karu<\/em> \u2013 till their wombs<br><em>azhiththa<\/em> \u2013 one, who annihilated<br><em>azhippan<\/em> \u2013 one, who has the nature of removing the enemies of his followers<br><em>Ur<\/em> \u2013 dwelling place<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Simple Translation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Swarms of beetles, which sing with the tune of a vINA, enter the blossoming petals of screw-pine flowers, rubbing their physical forms against the pollen grains in the flowers, thus getting a coating of white powder on themselves. SrIrangam is the abode where they hum, as an outlet for that joy. It is also the divine abode, where emperumAn, who released his divine disc to annihilate the monsters such that they get uprooted right till their wombs, ensuring that they do not reappear, dwells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>vyAkhyAnam<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>kIzh ulagil asurargaLai<\/strong> \u2013 monsters, who reside in the nether world. Just as snakes live in anthills, though they are present everywhere, these monsters, though present everywhere, live specifically in the nether world. They come out of this nether world, engage in battles with celestial entities. During those times when they fight with celestial entities, emperumAn stands with the celestial entities and destroys them. Since this occurs often, despite annihilating them\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>kizhangirundhu kiLarAmE<\/strong> \u2013 to ensure that they do not reappear like this often<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Azhi viduththu avarudaiya karu azhiththa azhippan Ur<\/strong> \u2013 releasing the divine disc, which goes to the place thought of by emperumAn, destroys the enemies and returns to emperumAn\u2019s divine hands, such that they do not reappear. Here, it goes until the wombs, in order to destroy the monsters. emperumAn has such a divine nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ur<\/strong> \u2013 subsequently, emperumAn mercifully resides in this place [SrIrangam] to remove enemies who are like the monsters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>thAzhai madal Udu urinji<\/strong> \u2013 entering the petals of screw-pine flowers, due to their desire in its fragrance, rubbing their physical forms against the flowers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>thavaLa vaNNap podi aNindhu<\/strong> \u2013 applying the whitish coloured pollen grains, present inside those flowers, all over their physical form<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>yAzhin isai vaNdinangaL ALam vaikkum<\/strong> \u2013 SrIrangam is the divine abode, where the beetles, as an outlet for that joy [of applying pollen grains on their physical forms] will sing with the sweet tunes of the stringed instrument, vINA, humming the sounds \u201c<em>thena thena<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">thiruvAimozhip piLLai, in his svApadhESam, says the following at the end: SrIvaishNavas are like the screw-pine flowers, standing afar, but emitting a fragrance, through their nature of nobility. p<em>rapannas<\/em> [those, who have surrendered to emperumAn; here, this term refers to the beetles] bear the divine grains of sand from under the divine feet of such SrIvaishNavas [this refers to the whitish pollen grains, seen inside the screw-pine flowers] and live with joy [this refers to the joyous humming sung by the beetles, similar to the sound from the musical instrument, vINA].<\/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; Eighth decad Previous avathArikai AzhwAr says in this pAsuram that SrIrangam is the divine abode, where emperumAn, who uprooted the monsters from pAthAla lOkam [the nether world] by releasing his divine disc, for the sake of celestial entities, resides. kIzh ulagil &#8230; <a title=\"periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 4.8.6 \u2013 kIzh ulagil\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/09\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-4-8-6\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 4.8.6 \u2013 kIzh ulagil\">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-62717","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\/62717","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=62717"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62731,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62717\/revisions\/62731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}