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

thiruppaLLiyezhuchchi – 3 – sudaroLi

srI: srImathE satakOpAya nama: srImathE rAmAnujAya nama: srImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series Introduction of this pAsuram: nanjIyar and periyavAchchAn piLLai highlight that the sun has arrived with his radiant rays diminishing the shine of the stars. thoNdaradippodi AzhwAr desires to see the beautiful form of emperumAn with the divine disc (sudharsana chakram) in his divine hands. … 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

thiruppaLLiyezhuchchi – 2 – kozhungodi

srI: srImathE satakOpAya nama: srImathE rAmAnujAya nama: srImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series Introduction of this pAsuram: nanjIyar and periyavAchchAn piLLai highlight that the arrival of eastern winds and the waking up of swans indicate the morning. They highlight that thoNdaradippodi AzhwAr requests that bhagavAn being Asritha vathsala (one who is very attached to his devotees), … Read more

thiruppAvai – 14 – ungaL puzhaikkadai

srI: srImathE satakOpAya nama: srImathE rAmAnujAya nama: srImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series The one who was to organize everything about nOnbu, and who had talked about doing all these wake-ups, is the one being woken up in this pAsuram. This gOpikA would connect all the bhAgavathas with emperumAn; full in gyAna, bhakthi, vairAkyam. உங்கள் புழக்கடைத் … Read more

thiruppaLLiyezhuchchi – 1 – kathiravan

srI: srImathE satakOpAya nama: srImathE rAmAnujAya nama: srImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series Introduction of this pAsuram: nanjIyar highlights that the worshippers (dhEvas) of emperumAn have arrived to worship him and thus AzhwAr requests emperumAn to wake up. Through this pAsuram, it is established that srIman nArAyaNan is the worshippable supreme being and all other dhEvathas … Read more

thiruppAvai – 13 – puLLin vAi kINdAnai

srI:srImathE satakOpAya nama:srImathE rAmAnujAya nama:srImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series This gOpikA is thinking that if her eyes are beautiful enough (if we have the svarUpa gyAnam (that it is He who looks after us)), then kaNNan would automatically come to her. So she is just lying in her bed. She heard the gOpikAs singing praise … Read more

thiruppAvai – 12 – kanaiththiLam kaRRerumai

srI:srImathE satakOpAya nama:srImathE rAmAnujAya nama:srImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series (In this article, look out for an explanation of how this pAsuram is talking about SrI rAmAnujar) The gOpikAs wake up another gOpikA whose brother is always with krishNan, like iLaiya perumAL with chakravarthy thirumagan. krishNan does not stand straight, He always leans on someone. That … Read more

thiruppAvai – 11 – kaRRuk kaRavai

srI:srImathE satakOpAya nama:srImathE rAmAnujAya nama:srImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series If krishNan is there for all the girls, this girl is special among all. She is thinking “Do I have to do nOnbu to get kaNNan? Let him do nOnbu and come to me”, and she is sleeping early in the morning in her bed. All … Read more