nAnmugan thiruvandhAdhi – 37 – vAnulavu thIvaLi

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai AzhwAr was asked whether emperumAn is the causative entity for all. This pAsuram is his response. Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings: vAnulavau thIvaLi mAkadal mAporuppu thAnulavu vengadhirum thaNmadhiyum mEnilavu koNdal peyarum dhisaiyettum sUzhchchiyum aNdandhirumAl agaippu Word … Read more

nAnmugan thiruvandhAdhi – 36 – nAgaththaNai

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous ArAvamudhan – thirukkudandhai avathArikai AzhwAr wonders whether it was in only one place where he had reclined. The reasons for reclining in many places were due to the tiredness of measuring the worlds and for entering the minds of devotees who … Read more

nAnmugan thiruvandhAdhi – 35 – thALAl ulagam

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous SrI ranganAtha with ubhaya nAchchiyArs – thiruvallikkENi avathArikai In the 31st pAsuram, AzhwAr despised people who do not praise emperumAn as perumAnai EththAdha pEygAL. The subsequent pAsurams until the previous one were corollaries of that. In this pAsuram he says “When … Read more

nAnmugan thiruvandhAdhi – 34 – kuRippenakku

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous SrIdhEvi bhUdhEvi and sowmya nArAyaNap perumAL – thirukkOshtiyUr avathArikai AzhwAr was asked “You had said that one should involve with the faultless qualities of emperumAn without any break. Are you involved like that?” to which he responds in this pAsuram saying … Read more

nAnmugan thiruvandhAdhi – 33 – adichchagadam sAdi

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai In the previous pAsuram, AzhwAr had implored samsAris (dwellers of materialistic realm) to attain emperumAn by saying adaiminO. Would the hurdles which have been chasing samsAris from time immemorial allow them to attain emperumAn? AzhwAr says in this pAsuram that … Read more

nAnmugan thiruvandhAdhi – 32 – kadhaip poruldhAn

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai In the previous pAsuram, AzhwAr had spoken ill of those who are ignorant of matters relating to emperumAn by calling them as “perumAnai EththAtha pEygAL” (the foolish people who do not praise emperumAn). Some people asked him “You are full … Read more

nAnmugan thiruvandhAdhi – 30 – avan ennai ALi

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai AzhwAr was asked “If he is ugappuruvan, oLiyuruvan and magappuruvan (as seen in the previous pAsuram), how did you see him?” He responds “When he has discarded SrIvaikuNtam and taken residence in my heart, what is the difficulty in seeing … Read more

nAnmugan thiruvandhAdhi – 29 – ugappuruvam thAnE

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai When AzhwAr was asked “Do you then know the divine form of emperumAn completely?” he responds saying “Isn’t he one whose divine form cannot be known by anyone!” Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings: ugappuruvam thAnE oLiyuruvam … Read more

nAnmugan thiruvandhAdhi – 28 – idhuvilangai Idazhiya

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai When some people asked AzhwAr “You say that you had seen the divine feet of emperumAn which had not been seen by even Siva. Where did you see them?”  AzhwAr responds saying “Did I see only his divine feet? I … Read more

nAnmugan thiruvandhAdhi – 27 – mAl thAn pugundha

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai After AzhwAr prayed in the previous pAsuram “eRRaikkum kaNdukoL kaNdAy kadal vaNNa yAn unnaik kaNdukoLkirkumARu”, emperumAn blessed him significantly, saying let it be so. Some people who heard about AzhwAr’s prayer asked him “Is it enough if you are always … Read more