{"id":62721,"date":"2026-09-28T23:34:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T23:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=62721"},"modified":"2026-09-28T23:34:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T23:34:03","slug":"periyazhwar-thirumozhi-4-8-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/09\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-4-8-7\/","title":{"rendered":"periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 4.8.7 \u2013 kozhuppu udaiya"},"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-4-8-6\/\">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 annihilated monsters who were torturing the world, resides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>kozhuppudaiya sengurudhi kozhiththu izhindhu kumizhththu eRiya<\/em><br><em>pizhakkudaiya asurargaLai piNam paduththa perumAn Ur<\/em><br><em>thazhuppariya sandhanangaL thadavarai vAy Irththuk koNdu<\/em><br><em>thezhippudaiya kAviri vandhu adithozhumsIr 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>thada<\/em> \u2013 huge<br><em>varai vAy<\/em> \u2013 on the mountain (since it grows)<br><em>thazhuppu ariya<\/em> \u2013 difficult for one or two persons to embrace it fully<br><em>sandhanangaL<\/em> \u2013 sandalwood trees<br><em>Irththuk koNdu<\/em> \u2013 (uprooting them and) pulling them<br><em>thezhippu udaiya<\/em> \u2013 making a sound such as \u201cyou should mercifully accept this\u201d<br><em>kAviri<\/em> \u2013 the river kAviri<br><em>vandhu<\/em> \u2013 coming uproariously<br><em>adi<\/em> \u2013 divine feet<br><em>thozhum<\/em> \u2013 worshipping<br><em>sIr<\/em> \u2013 having greatness<br><em>arangam<\/em> \u2013 SrIrangam<br><em>kozhuppu udaiya<\/em> \u2013 having fat<br><em>sezhu<\/em> \u2013 flourishing<br><em>kurudhi<\/em> \u2013 blood<br><em>kozhiththu<\/em> \u2013 rising, without any shortcoming to its secretion<br><em>izhindhu<\/em> \u2013 flowing on the land, like a river descending from a mountain<br><em>kumizhththu<\/em> \u2013 bubbling<br><em>eRiya<\/em> \u2013 making waves<br><em>pizhakku udaiya<\/em> \u2013 having the fault of harming the world<br><em>asurargaLai<\/em> \u2013 monsters<br><em>piNam paduththa<\/em> \u2013 one, who destroyed<br><em>perumAn<\/em> \u2013 sarvESvaran, dwelling permanently<br><em>Ur<\/em> \u2013 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\">SrIrangam is the divine abode, where river kAviri uproots and pulls down sandalwood trees, which are such huge that one or two persons could not embrace it fully, pushing them towards periya perumAL, making sound as if saying \u201cYou should mercifully accept these\u201d, worshipping his divine feet. It is the permanent dwelling place for emperumAn, who destroyed monsters, who were troubling the people of the world and, whose blood, which is flourishing with fat, flows on the land, like a stream descending from a mountain, bubbling froth, rising up and making waves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>vyAkhyAnam<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>kozhuppudaiya sezhum kurudhi<\/strong> \u2013 when a pig, which enjoys eating, is fed nourishing food such that its flesh becomes fat and it roams around, it would look beautiful with its blood and fat. To reflect this, AzhwAr mercifully says <em>kozhuppudaiya sengurudhi.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">thiruvAimozhip piLLai, in his svApadhESam, says that the monsters eat such that their flesh becomes fat; with that vanity, along with the strength of their boons and physical forms, they indulge in harming others. emperumAn pierces their physical forms, as mentioned in periya thirumozhi 11.4.4 \u201c<em>piLavu ezhavitta kuttam<\/em>\u201d (the stream of blood which came out when the physical form was pierced into two) such that blood flows on to the land, just like a river descending, rising up with bubbles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>kozhiththu izhindhu kumizhththu eRiya<\/strong> \u2013 when such blood comes on to the ground, like a river descending [from a mountain], it will flow on the land, rising up, with bubbles forming, looking like a river with waves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>pizhakkudaiya asurargaLai<\/strong> \u2013 monsters, who indulge in wrongful and unjust activities, roam around, harming the people in the world. This conveys the meaning that not all the monsters, who are born in the clan of monsters, would need to be destroyed. Only those, who indulge in harmful activities need to be destroyed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>piNam paduththa perumAn Ur<\/strong> \u2013 while dealing with such monsters, instead of removing a few limbs from them or leaving them half dead, emperumAn destroys them fully. SrIrangam is the divine abode, where such emperumAn resides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>thazhuppariya sandhanangaL thadavarai vAy IrththukkoNdu<\/strong> \u2013 sandalwood trees grow on huge mountains and grow large such that one or two persons cannot embrace them fully; river kAviri uproots these trees and pulls them along, as she flows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">thiruvAimozhip piLLai says here that the sandalwood trees are large such that even two or four persons could not embrace them fully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>thezhippudaiya kAviri vandhu adi thozhum<\/strong> \u2013 kAviri river makes a sound, as she flows, as if saying [to emperumAn] \u201cYou should mercifully accept these [sandalwood trees]\u201d. She comes with affection, to emperumAn, bringing the <em>sAththuppadi<\/em> [an offering made to emperumAn for him to wear \u2013 could be dress, sandalwood, garland etc], and worships his divine feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>sIr arangamE<\/strong> \u2013 it is SrIrangam which has all such eminence [where emperumAn resides permanently].<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">thiruvAimozhip piLLai says at the end that through this pAsuram, it is clear that those who live in SrIrangam, would offer anything good which they see [like kAviri proffering sandalwood trees] at the divine feet of emperumAn, without any cause, and worship his divine feet.<\/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 annihilated monsters who were torturing the world, resides. kozhuppudaiya sengurudhi kozhiththu izhindhu kumizhththu eRiyapizhakkudaiya asurargaLai piNam paduththa perumAn Urthazhuppariya sandhanangaL thadavarai vAy Irththuk &#8230; <a title=\"periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 4.8.7 \u2013 kozhuppu udaiya\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/09\/periyazhwar-thirumozhi-4-8-7\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u2013 4.8.7 \u2013 kozhuppu udaiya\">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-62721","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\/62721","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=62721"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62739,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62721\/revisions\/62739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}