{"id":63053,"date":"2026-10-20T00:05:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T00:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=63053"},"modified":"2026-10-20T00:05:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T00:05:17","slug":"periya-thirumozhi-9-4-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/periya-thirumozhi-9-4-8\/","title":{"rendered":"periya thirumozhi \u2013 9.4.8 \u2013 thUmbudaikkai"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><small>SrI:&nbsp; SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:&nbsp; SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:&nbsp; SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2020\/11\/periya-thirumozhi\/\">periya thirumozhi<\/a> &gt;&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/08\/periya-thirumozhi-9\/\">Ninth centum<\/a> &gt;&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/periya-thirumozhi-9-4\/\">Fourth decad<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/periya-thirumozhi-9-4-7\/\">&lt;&lt; Previous<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No specific introduction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">pAsuram<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>thUmbudaikkai vEzham veruva marupposiththa <br>pAmbinaNaiyAn aruL thandhavA! namakku <br>pUnjerundhi pon soriyum pullANi kai thozhudhEn <br>thEmbal iLambiRaiyum endhanakkOr vem thazhalE<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Word-by-Word meanings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">thUmbudai &#8211; having holes like a tap<br>kai &#8211; having trunk<br>vEzham &#8211; kuvalayApeedam<br>veruva &#8211; to fear<br>maruppu &#8211; tusks<br>osiththa &#8211; one who plucked<br>pAmbin aNaiyAn &#8211; sarvESvaran who is having thiruvananthAzhwAn as his mattress <br>namakku &#8211; on our matters<br>aruL thandhavA &#8211; how he has given his mercy!<br>pU &#8211; beautiful<br>serundhi &#8211; the serundhi trees<br>pon &#8211; gold like flowers<br>soriyum &#8211; pouring down<br>pullANi &#8211; thiruppullANi<br>kai thozhudhEn &#8211; performed anjali;<br>thEmbal &#8211; shining due to the youthfulness<br>iLam piRaiyum &#8211; the bAlachandhran (young moon)<br>en thanakku &#8211; in my case<br>Or &#8211; unique<br>vem thazhal &#8211; is like hot fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Simple translation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">krishNa, the sarvESvaran, plucked the tusks from kuvalayApeedam&#8217;s trunk having tap like holes, to cause fear in it, is having thiruvananthAzhwAn as his mattress; how has such emperumAn given his mercy towards us! I performed anjali towards thiruppullANi where beautiful serundhi trees are pouring down gold like flowers; even the young moon who is shining due to the youthfulness, is appearing like unique hot fire in my case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Highlights from vyAkyAnam (Commentary)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>thUmbudaikkai vEzham veruva marupposiththa <\/strong>&#8211; To frighten the elephant which was having trunk with tap like holes, he plucked its tusks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>pAmbin aNaiyAn aruL thandhavA namakku<\/strong> &#8211; See how the one who grants himself to his beloved ones [bhagavAn resting on AdhiSEshan], has eliminated our hurdles and has given himself to us! [We are still suffering]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>pUnjerundhi &#8230; <\/strong>&#8211; It has become difficult for us to go to the abode where we can enjoy. Further, our hurdles are growing. Even the moon, being unable to eliminate his own shortcomings, still is able to torment me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the next article we will enjoy the next pAsuram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">adiyen sarathy ramanuja dasan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">archived in <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/\">https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">pramEyam (goal) \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/koyil.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/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=\"https:\/\/pillai.koyil.org\/\">http:\/\/pillai.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SrI:&nbsp; SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:&nbsp; SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:&nbsp; SrImath varavaramunayE nama: periya thirumozhi &gt;&gt; Ninth centum &gt;&gt; Fourth decad &lt;&lt; Previous Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction) No specific introduction. pAsuram thUmbudaikkai vEzham veruva marupposiththa pAmbinaNaiyAn aruL thandhavA! namakku pUnjerundhi pon soriyum pullANi kai thozhudhEn thEmbal iLambiRaiyum endhanakkOr vem thazhalE Word-by-Word meanings thUmbudai &#8211; having holes like a &#8230; <a title=\"periya thirumozhi \u2013 9.4.8 \u2013 thUmbudaikkai\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/periya-thirumozhi-9-4-8\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about periya thirumozhi \u2013 9.4.8 \u2013 thUmbudaikkai\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,16,727],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-irandam-ayiram","category-periya-thirumozhi","category-periya-thirumozhi-9th-centum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63053","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63053"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63055,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63053\/revisions\/63055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}