SrIvishNu sahasranAmam – 92 (Names 911 to 920)

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Part 91 911) SabdhAthiga: (शब्दातिगः) bhagavAn’s glories cannot be hailed completely even by AdhiSEsha (or ‘anantha’) – who possesses infinite tongues or the vEdhas – which are thousands (of SAkhAs) in number, or even by saraswathi herself – who is popularly considered … Read more

SrIvishNu sahasranAmam – 91 (Names 901 to 910)

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Part 90 901) svasthidha: (स्वस्तिदः) In this way, bhagavAn bestows great auspiciousness upon the liberated souls.  Thus, he is called ‘svasthidha:’. Etymology: The one who bestows auspiciousness upon his dear devotees is called ‘svasthidha:’. भक्तॆभ्यॊ मङ्गलं स्वस्तिददानः स्वस्तिदः स्मृतः | 902) svasthikruth … Read more

SrIvishNu sahasranAmam – 90 (Names 891 to 900)

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Part 89 891) naikadha: (नैकदः) The one who gives just one thing is called ‘Ekadha:’. The opposite of this is ‘naikadha:’ – meaning, the one who gives aplenty. bhagavAn is the master of divine apsaras (said to be about five hundred in … Read more

thiruvAimozhi nURRandhAdhi – 44 – Ura ninaindha

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous Essence of thiruvAimozhi 5.4 Introduction In this pAsuram, mAmunigaL is following AzhwAr’s pAsurams of speaking as a nAyaki (heroine, pirAtti, consort of SrIman nArAyaNa) who is suffering in separation due to the lengthy night and is mercifully explaining it. How is … Read more

SrIvishNu sahasranAmam – 89 (Names 881 to 890)

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Part 88 881) jyOthi: (ज्यॊतिः) bhagavAn himself becomes the first step called ‘light’ or archis (अर्चिस्) in the ascension of an individual soul to the supreme abode of SrIvaikuNtam (thence, the divine route called archirAdhi mArgam to ascend to SrIvaikuNtam is hailed). … Read more

SrIvishNu sahasranAmam – 88 (Names 871 to 880)

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Part 87 ================================सत्त्ववान् सात्त्विकः सत्यः सत्यधर्मपरायणः ।अभिप्रायः प्रियार्हॊsर्हः प्रियकृत् प्रीतिवर्धनः ॥ ९३ ॥================================ 871) saththvavAn (सत्त्ववान्) Thence, bhagavAn’s divine quality of ‘saththva’ is hailed. The divine quality of saththva, which acts as the root for attaining mOksha by enabling a soul attain … Read more

SrIvishNu sahasranAmam – 87 (Names 861 to 870)

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Part 86 ================================धनुर्धरॊ धनुर्वॆदॊ दण्डॊ दमयितादमः ।अपराजितः सर्वसहॊ नियन्ता नियमॊ यमः ॥ ९२ ॥================================ 861) dhanurdhara: (धनुर्धरः) bhagavAn himself holds a mighty bow in order to protect such devotees who have earlier deviated from the path of yOga, but now desire to … Read more

SrIvishNu sahasranAmam – 86 (Names 851 to 860)

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Part 85 ================================भारभृत् कथितॊ यॊगी यॊगीशः सर्वकामदः ।आश्रमः श्रमणः क्षामः सुपर्णॊ वायुवाहनः ॥ ९१ ॥================================ 851) bhArabhruth (भारभृत्) bhagavAn is indeed the one who has borne the entire responsibility of the liberated souls, in terms of freeing such individual souls (interested in … Read more

thiruvAimozhi nURRandhAdhi – 43 – mAsaRu sOdhi

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous Essence of thiruvAimozhi 5.3 Introduction In this pAsuram, mAmunigaL is following AzhwAr’s pAsurams of performing madal due to not enjoying the physical beauty of emperumAn which was spoken about previously and is mercifully explaining it. How is that done? AzhwAr, after … Read more

SrIvishNu sahasranAmam – 85 (Names 841 to 850)

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Part 84 841) kruSa: (कृशः) Being lighter than cotton, air and other light objects, bhagavAn is capable of moving to any place of his wish. Therefore, he is called ‘kruSa:’. The root ‘kruS’ (कृश्) means to permeate. By grammatical rules, it gets … Read more