Divya Prabandham
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai AzhwAr says “We were thinking that we will have emperumAn, who is capable of removing our strong hurdles, as the means and will attain paramapadham (SrIvaikuNtam) through him. Isn’t this the way that we should be?” Let us go through the … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai emperumAn tells AzhwAr “You are considering me as the means and goal and keep praising me to spend your time. But the other people in samsAram are just the opposite of this” to which AzhwAr responds “They are people without … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai In the previous pAsuram, AzhwAr said that he considered worshipping emperumAn as a way of spending his time. In this pAsuram, he tells his heart to consider emperumAn as the means and the goal. Let us go through the pAsuram … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai In the previous pAsuram, AzhwAr said that only due to the effect of their sins in previous births, do samsAris not engage with emperumAn. When the question arose as to what he did, AzhwAr says “thinking of the sorrow which … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai In the previous pAsuram, there was a reference to troubles with which samsAris (dwellers of the materialistic world) toil without praising emperumAn. As a corollary for that, AzhwAr says in this pAsuram that this is the result of their sins. … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai emperumAn is one who removes hurdles of chEthanas (sentient entities). AzhwAr says that for those who do not attain such emperumAn, it is not possible to overcome the mental agonies which they suffer in this world. Let us go through … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai In the previous pAsuram, AzhwAr said that earth stabilised because of emperumAn. In this pAsuram, he says “Is this the only one activity [by which he showed that he is the protector]? Are there not many ways by which he … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai Once AzhwAr mentioned about pUthanA in the previous pAsuram, he continues about emperumAn destroying the wrestlers in this pAsuram. Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings: valiyam ena ninaindhu vandhedhirndha mallar valiya mudi idiya vAngi valiya nin ponnAzhikkaiyyAl … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai In order to ensure that his heart does not step back again, thinking of its unsuitability, AzhwAr tells his heart “Do not make an attempt at going away from emperumAn again, when you have an opportunity to speak about him … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai Just as AzhwAr had ordained it, his heart set out to speak about emperumAn and this was very sweet for the heart. AzhwAr tells it “Oh heart! Have you seen that there is nothing wrong in what I had told … Read more