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SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous madhurakavi AzhwAr, ANdAL, emperumAnAr avathArikai After AzhwAr said “AlmEl vaLarndhAnaith thAn vaNangumARu …..uraiththAn” (as mentioned in the previous pAsuram), some people asked him “would you say that attaining emperumAn is the most superior means?”. AzhwAr responds in this pAsuram saying “attaining … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai When some people asked AzhwAr “did not rudhra protect those who attained him?”, AzhwAr mercifully responded saying ”isn’t it by speaking about the auspicious qualities of emperumAn and telling them that he worships emperumAn, that rudhra, who is distinguished in … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai In the previous pAsuram, AzhwAr spoke about those, who, when someone attains them, instead of protecting them, point them out to another entity (emperumAn) who will protect them [the incidence of mArkaNdEya with rudhra]. In this pAsuram, AzhwAr speaks about … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai In the previous pAsuram, AzhwAr said that many people (in samsAram, the materialistic realm) get into the muddle of samsAram repeatedly. Instead of suffering like that, AzhwAr asks people to know that emperumAn is the apt entity to be attained. … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai AzhwAr was asked “You say that nArAyaNa is both the means and object of attainment. But many in the world do not believe this. What is the reason for this?”. AzhwAr responds “This is the handiwork of people who belong … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai After AzhwAr mercifully stated that those who know emperumAn attain him, he was asked ‘it is said that attaining him is very difficult as mentioned in vEdhas “yagyEna dhAnEna thapasA’nAsanEna brAhmaNa vividhishanthi” (brAhmaNas desire to know emperumAn through rituals, donations, … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai AzhwAr implores people to analyse the hardships which those who do not know emperumAn face and the benefit that gajEndhrAzhwAn (the elephant gajEndhra) accrued by thinking about him as mentioned in the SlOkam “sa thu nAgavara: SrImAn manasA’chinthayath harIm” (that … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai AzhwAr instructs the others to engage their sensory organs, which were given in order to carry out service for emperumAn, in the matter of that sulabhan (simple person). Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings: vAzhthuga vAy kANga … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai AzhwAr was asked “brahmA, rudhra et al as well as you take refuge under emperumAn with your faults, without any distinction. Does this mean that there is no difference between them and you?” to which AzhwAr responds in this pAsuram, … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai In the previous pAsuram, AzhwAr mentioned that there is no refuge (other than emperumAn) when we are in difficulties. In this pAsuram, by saying that even for brahmA, rudhra et al who are thought of as being complete in all … Read more