saptha kAdhai

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama:

Ar vachana bUdaNaththin Azh poruL ellAm aRivAr
Ar adhu sol nEril anuttippAr – Or oruvar
uNdAgil aththanai kAN uLLamE ellArkkum
aNdAdhadhanRO adhu

— upadhESa raththina mAlai 55

viLAnchOlai piLLai

As maNavALa mAmunigaL explains in upadhEsa raththina mAlai, there are only a few who fully know and practice piLLai lOkAchAryar’s SrIvachana bhUshaNa dhivya SAsthram which is considered as the most important grantham in our SrIvaishNava sampradhAyam. viLAnjOlaip piLLai, who is piLLai lOkAchAryar’s true disciple and who has well grasped the essence of this SrIvachana bhUshaNa dhivya SAsthram, due to his great mercy, beautifully presented its meanings in just seven pAsurams which are easily understandable.

piLLai lOkAm jIyar has mercifully written a beautiful commentary for this saptha kAdhai. He has explained the meanings of the pAsurams citing many pramANams (authentic references).

We are setting out to translate this beautiful commentary into English for the benefit of those who would like to understand the same in an easy manner. We conclude this preface by praying to the elders/scholars to ignore the mistakes and accept the good intention.

adiyen sarathy ramanuja dasan

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About Sarathy Thothathri

Disciple of SrImath paramahamsa ithyAdhi pattarpirAn vAnamAmalai jIyar (29th pattam of thOthAdhri mutt). Descendant of komANdUr iLaiyavilli AchchAn (bAladhanvi swamy, a cousin of SrI ramAnuja). Born in AzhwArthirungari, grew up in thiruvallikkENi (chennai), lived in SrIperumbUthUr, presently living in SrIrangam. Learned sampradhAyam principles from (varthamAna) vAdhi kEsari azhagiyamaNavALa sampathkumAra jIyar swamy, vELukkudi krishNan swamy, gOmatam sampathkumArAchArya swamy and many others. Full time sEvaka/servitor of SrIvaishNava sampradhAyam. Engaged in translating our AzhwArs/AchAryas works in Simple thamizh and English, and coordinating the translation effort in many other languages. Also engaged in teaching dhivyaprabandham, sthOthrams, bhagavath gIthA etc and giving lectures on various SrIvaishNava sampradhAyam related topics in thamizh and English regularly. Taking care of koyil.org portal, which is a humble offering to our pUrvAchAryas. koyil.org is part of SrI varavaramuni sambandhi Trust (varavaramuni.com) initiatives.

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