thiruppAvai – 24 – anRu ivvulagam

srI: srImathE satakOpAya nama: srImathE rAmAnujAya nama: srImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series When they saw krishNan following their request by getting up from his bed to go to his royal throne (singhAsanam), gOpikAs forgot what they came for and enjoyed his beautiful walk; they start singing pallANdu (may you live forever) for that walk. Till … Read more

thiruppAvai – 23 – mAri malai muzhainjil

srI: srImathE satakOpAya nama: srImathE rAmAnujAya nama: srImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series As krishNan realized that these gOpikAs woke up so early in the morning, and they made all the gOpikAs who were still sleeping – to get up and join them, and they pleaded with the guards of His house to permit them in, … Read more

thiruppAvai – 22 – angaNmA gyAlaththu

srI:srImathE satakOpAya nama: srImathE rAmAnujAya nama:srImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series The previous pAsuram was about losing ahankAram (attitude of me-mine) – (mARRAr vali tholaindhu un vAsal kaN). This pAsuram says that after coming here to you there is no other place / person to go to. This is about ananyArha sEshathvam (subservience to perumAn and … Read more

thiruppAvai – 21 – ERRa kalangaL

srI:srImathE satakOpAya nama:srImathE rAmAnujAya nama:srImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series Since krishNan did not get up and open the door even after everyone tried, nappinnai pirAtti tells gOpikAs that she will also join them and plead to krishNan, to wake Him up and to enjoy Him, if they have come here for bhOgam with krishNan. In … Read more

thiruppAvai – 20 – muppaththu mUvar

srI:srImathE satakOpAya nama:srImathE rAmAnujAya nama:srImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series Based on what the gOpikAs requested in the previous pAsuram, nappinnai pirAtti tries to get krishNan to go and open the door, but He doesn’t move. So they tell pirAtti – He does not belong to Himself, you are the one for Him and us, you … Read more

thiruppAvai – 19 – kuththu viLakkeriya

srI: srImathE satakOpAya nama: srImathE rAmAnujAya nama: srImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series As she (nappinnai) tried to get up to open doors for gOpikAs, krishNan thought “She shouldn’t open the doors for my adiyArs”, and so He hugged Her and did not let Her get up. gOpikAs ask krishNan to please get up. But He … Read more

thiruppAvai – 18 – undhu madhakaLiRRan

srI:srImathE satakOpAya nama:srImathE rAmAnujAya nama:srImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series Since krishNan did not awake even after this, they try to awaken nappinnai pirAtti (purushakAra bhUthai (one who makes perumAn understand about his guNams related to accepting saraNAgathi, and mediates between us and perumAn). Since perumAn has both kindness and svAthanthriyam, when we go in front … Read more

thiruppAvai – 17 – ambaramE thaNNIrE

srI:srImathE satakOpAya nama:srImathE rAmAnujAya nama:srImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series As the guard of the thirumALigai of nandhagOpar removed the lock, opened the doors and let them in, they are going inside and waking up nandhagOpar and others. First they wake up nandhagOpar who was lying down in the front as he was wondering whether the … Read more

thiruppAvai – 16 – nAyaganAi ninRa

srI: srImathE satakOpAya nama: srImathE rAmAnujAya nama: srImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series ~~~~~~~~ nammAzhwAr sang ‘vEdham vallArgaLai-k koNDu viNNOr perumAn thiruppAdham paNindhu’. (phrase-wise translation: Through those who know/understand vEdhas, / the god of the dhEvas, nithyasUris, and mukthas, / pray unto His divine feet). ANdAL has laid out pAsurams in the same order of these … Read more

thiruppAvai – 15 – ellE iLam kiLiyE

srI:srImathE satakOpAya nama:srImathE rAmAnujAya nama:srImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series This is the 15th pAsuram of thiruppAvai, and 10th and final of the ones that wake up other gOpikAs. ==> This is also a nAyagak kal (central stone of an ornament) – main pAsuram, of thiruppAvai – “thiruppAvai Agiradhu ippAttu” [this song IS thiruppAvai)]. (So) it … Read more