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periyAzhwAr thirumozhi<\/a> >> Fourth Centum<\/a> >> Tenth decad<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Previous<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n avathArikai<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In the svApadhESam, it is mentioned that AzhwAr says that emperumAn, who is the antharyAmi [in-dwelling soul] of all, should protect him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n thaNNanavillai naman thamargaL sAlak kodumaigaL seyyAniRpar<\/em> Word-by-Word Meanings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n naman thamargaL<\/em>– the servitors of yama Simple Translation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The messengers of yama, without any mercy in them, carry out most cruel punishments. Oh, one who is the lord of all, who remains as the five causative elements, viz. earth, water, fire, wind and sky, along with their effective entities as your attributes, with your being the substrate for them all! During the time when I have the strength to meditate upon you, I have meditated upon all your divine names, as my sustenance and my enjoyment [purushArtham<\/em>, the ultimate benefit]. You should mercifully keep me in your divine mind, at all the times, and protect me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n vyAkhyAnam<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n thaNNanavillai<\/strong> \u2013 the servitors of yama are not soft. Their speech as well as actions are hard. periya thirumozhi 1.6.5<\/a> too says \u201ckadum solAr kadiyAr<\/em>\u201d (they have cruel words and cruel acts). Alternatively, thaN<\/em> would refer to rest, thus implying here that the servitors of yama were harming, without giving any rest. They do not give a rest and then, resume punishing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n naman thamargaL<\/strong> \u2013 had it been yama himself, looking at the sorrow in our eyes, he might have left us alone, after some time. Since these people are his servitors, thinking \u201cWe have to carry out everything mentioned by yama, without leaving anything\u201d, they will carry out their acts of cruelty, without looking at the sorrow in our eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n sALak kodumaigaL seyyA niRpar<\/strong> \u2013 they will carry out the cruelest punishments. In other words, before the physical form separates, with their reddish locks, burning eyes, fiery face, folded mouth etc, with a fierce form, having spear, rope [lasso] etc in their hands, as mentioned in periyAzhwAr thirumozhi 4.5.7<\/a> \u201csEvadhakkuvArAip pOlE<\/em>\u201d (like those, subduing bulls), their very presence would create a burning sensation in the stomach. They will make the person, at the time of giving up the physical form to feel vexed, as mentioned in thiruvAimozhi 3.2.10<\/a> \u201cnamanthamar pAsam vittAl alaippUN uNNum<\/em>\u201d (In the last moments, the servitors of yama will cast their rope and torture the jIvAthmA); they will make the jIvAthmA to enter the yAthanA SarIram<\/em> [a physical form meant to take punishment]; they will cast their rope on the jIvAthmA and pull him such that his head falls on the ground, bewildered, and feet would be up, as mentioned in periyAzhwAr thirumozhi 4.5.7<\/a> \u201cpinnum van kayiRRAl piNiththu eRRIp pin munnAga izhuppadham munnam<\/em>\u201d (Further, with strong ropes, they will tie such people, hurting them, and drag them to the land of yama, with their faces rubbing on the ground);\u00a0 they will let loose dogs such that the dogs will grab the flesh in the thigh region; they will pierce with spears. Thus, there is no limit to their cruelties. Since the verse seyyAniRar<\/em> is in the present tense [they keep carrying out activities], this signifies the series of punishments meted out by yama\u2019s servitors on the jIvAthmA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n maN \u2026<\/strong> – The five causative elements such as earth, water, fire, wind and sky, which create the worlds and the worlds which are created as the result, are contained in the word nI<\/em> [you]. Oh, one, who is the substrate for these elements and who has these elements as your attributes! Thus, through this feature of being the causative entity for everything and being the substrate for all entities, there is none who is not under your control. Hence, you should change the harm which comes my way, through these servitors of yama, yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the svApadhESam, the following has been mentioned: the five elements, which are the reasons for each in the ascending order [starting from earth], the five subtle elements [of Sabdha, sparSa, rUpa, rasa<\/em> and gandha<\/em> representing the five elements of sky, fire, water, wind and earth, respectively], the sensory organs, the mahath<\/em> and ahankAram<\/em> [the great entity and the entity of ego, respectively], the primordial matter, which is the cause for these and all the jIvAthmAs are included in the term maRRu<\/em>. You stood as the antharyAmi<\/em> of all these entities such that these could be mentioned through the concept of sAmAnAdhikaraNyam<\/em> with you [they are your attributes and you are their substrate].<\/p>\n\n\n\n eNNalAm pOdhE un nAmam ellAm eNNinEn<\/strong> \u2013 Through this, AzhwAr mentions his deep engagement with kainkaryam<\/em> [servitude to emperumAn]. AzhwAr says \u201cEven when the sensory organs are under my control, I meditated upon your divine names, which are my nourishment and enjoyment. Since all the divine names of emperumAn dwell within the divine name of nArAyaNan<\/em>, mentioning this one divine name is equivalent to reciting all the divine names. AzhwAr doesn\u2019t know of any divine name other than this divine name, as mentioned in periyAzhwAr thirumozhi 5.1.3 \u201cnanmaigaL theemaigaL onRum aRiyEn nAraNA ennum iththanai allAl<\/em>\u201d (I do not know of any benefit or disadvantage, othere than this divine name, nArAyaNa), and as mentioned in periyAzhwAr thirumozhi 5.1.6 \u201cOvAdhE namO nAraNA enRu<\/em>\u201d (reciting forever the divine name of nArAyaNan). Even for mangaLASAsanam, this is the word which he recites, as mentioned in thiruppallANdu 12<\/a> \u201cnAmO nArAyaNA enRu –\u00a0 paramAthmanaich chUzhndhu irundhu – pallANdu Eththuvar <\/em>\u201d (Surrounding emperumAn, the mukthAthmAs will keep reciting the divine name of nArAyaNA<\/em>, praising him to live forever, as a means of carrying out mangaLASAsanam). Hence, he would not be able to sustain himself, without reciting the divine name of emperumAn. He is one, who says that the day he does not recite the divine name of nArAyaNa is a day of fasting for him, as mentioned in periyAzhwAr thirumozhi 5.1.6 \u201cuNNA nAL pasi Avadhu onRu illai \u2013 namO nArAyaNa enRu eNNA nAL<\/em>\u201d (I do not feel hungry on a day when I do not eat; however, I feel hungry the day that I do not recite the divine name of nArAyaNan). Thus, I kept meditating on your divine names in this manner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the svApadhESam, it is mentioned that AzhwAr says that he carried out mangaLASAsanam for emperumAn by reciting his divine names, which are related to his auspicious qualities of eminence and simplicity, as well as the beauty of his divine physical form, even when his sensory organs were within his control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ennaik kuRikkoNdu<\/strong> \u2013 you should keep me, who cannot sustain himself even for a moment, without reciting your divine name and carrying out mangaLASAsanam to you, in your divine mind, at all times. This situation does not arise once in a rare time for him, but occurs every moment [carrying out mangaLASAsanam].<\/p>\n\n\n\n The svApadhESam says here that emperumAn should keep in his divine mind that \u201cAzhwAr is in this manner\u201d such that at all times, the loss of AzhwAr becomes the loss for emperumAn. AzhwAr desires that emperumAn, who is the lord of all, should protect him mercifully, since AzhwAr is looking up to emperumAn for providing the means to attain him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n aNNalE<\/strong> \u2013 Oh, one who is the lord for all! The relationship between us is such that my gain or loss becomes yours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n nI ennaik kAkka vENdum<\/strong> \u2013 you, who are like these, should protect me, who is deeply engaged with purushArtham<\/em> [cannot sustain myself without carrying out mangaLASAsanam], such that I do not get caught in the torture carried out by the servitors of yama, which is inimical to my purushArtham<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n arangaththu aravaNaip paLLiyAnE<\/strong> \u2013 Do I need to make an appeal to you today, for this? Is it not for this that you had already come mercifully to SrIrangam and reclined here?<\/p>\n\n\n\n The svApadhESam says here that emperumAn has mercifully come and reclined in SrIrangam, for all those, who are unable to discern emperumAn\u2019s form of being the antharyAmi [indwelling soul] of all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We shall next consider the 7th<\/sup> pAsuram of this thirumozhi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n adiyEn krishNa rAmAnuja dhAsan<\/p>\n\n\n\n archived in https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n pramEyam (goal) \u2013 http:\/\/koyil.org<\/a> SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: Sri varavaramunayE nama: periyAzhwAr thirumozhi >> Fourth Centum >> Tenth decad Previous avathArikai In the svApadhESam, it is mentioned that AzhwAr says that emperumAn, who is the antharyAmi [in-dwelling soul] of all, should protect him. thaNNanavillai naman thamargaL sAlak kodumaigaL seyyAniRparmaNNodu nIrum eriyum kAlum maRRum AkAsamum Agi ninRAyeNNelAm pOdhE unnAmam … 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-63074","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\/63074","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=63074"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63100,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63074\/revisions\/63100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
maNNodu nIrum eriyum kAlum maRRum AkAsamum Agi ninRAy<\/em>
eNNelAm pOdhE unnAmam ellAm eNNinEn ennaik kuRIkkoL kaNdAy<\/em>
aNNalE nI ennaik kAkka vEndum arangaththu aravaNaip paLLiyAnE<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
thaNNana illai<\/em> \u2013 being without mercy
sAla<\/em> \u2013 most
kodumaigaL<\/em> \u2013 cruel punishments
seyyA niRpar<\/em> \u2013 they are carrying out
maNNodu nIrum<\/em> \u2013 earth and water too
eriyum<\/em> \u2013 fire too
kAlum<\/em> \u2013 wind too
AkAsamum<\/em> \u2013 sky too, all the five elements [these are the causative entities]
maRRum<\/em> \u2013 world, which is in the form of the effective entity
Agi<\/em> – as your attributes
ninRAy<\/em> \u2013 one, who remained as the substrate for all of them
aNNalE<\/em> \u2013 oh, one who is sarvaswAmy<\/em> [lord of all]!
eNNalAm pOdhE<\/em> \u2013 during the time, when I have the capability to meditate upon
un<\/em> \u2013 you
nAmam ellAm<\/em> \u2013 all your divine names
eNNinEn<\/em> \u2013 I meditated upon, as my sustenance and enjoyment
ennai<\/em> \u2013 me, who carries out pallANdu<\/em> [mangaLASAsanam]
nI<\/em> \u2013 your highness
enRum<\/em> \u2013 at all times
kuRikkoNdu<\/em> \u2013 keeping in the divine mind
kAkka vENdum<\/em> \u2013\u00a0should mercifully protect me<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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