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Disciple of SrImath paramahamsa ithyAdhi pattarpirAn vAnamAmalai jIyar (29th pattam of thOthAdhri mutt). Descendant of komANdUr iLaiyavilli AchchAn (bAladhanvi swamy, a cousin of SrI ramAnuja). Born in AzhwArthirungari, grew up in thiruvallikkENi (chennai), lived in SrIperumbUthUr, presently living in SrIrangam. Learned sampradhAyam principles from (varthamAna) vAdhi kEsari azhagiyamaNavALa sampathkumAra jIyar swamy, vELukkudi krishNan swamy, gOmatam sampathkumArAchArya swamy and many others. Full time sEvaka/servitor of SrIvaishNava sampradhAyam. Engaged in translating our AzhwArs/AchAryas works in Simple thamizh and English, and coordinating the translation effort in many other languages. Also engaged in teaching dhivyaprabandham, sthOthrams, bhagavath gIthA etc and giving lectures on various SrIvaishNava sampradhAyam related topics in thamizh and English regularly. Taking care of koyil.org portal, which is a humble offering to our pUrvAchAryas. koyil.org is part of SrI varavaramuni sambandhi Trust (varavaramuni.com) initiatives.

periya thirumozhi – 7.9.1 – kaLLam manam

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SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: periya thirumozhi >> Seventh centum >> Ninth decad Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction) No specific introduction. pAsuram kaLLam manam viLLum vagai karudhik kazhal thozhuvIrveLLam mudhu paravaith thirai viriyak karai engumtheLLum maNi thigazhum siRupuliyUrch chalasayanaththuuLLum enadhu uLLaththuLum uRaivArai uLLIrE Word-by-Word meanings kaLLam – Having deceit of stealing the AthmAmanam – heartviLLum … Read more

periya thirumozhi – 7.9 – kaLLam manam

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SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: periya thirumozhi >> Seventh centum << Previous decad In the previous thirumozhi (decad), AzhwAr said “bhagavAn is the only refuge”; people ask him “In such case, what should we do?” AzhwAr says “Instead of ending up facing disaster due to listening to the words of bhAhya (those … Read more

AzhwAr/AchAryas vAzhi thirunAmams – uyyakkoNdAr – Simple Explanation

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SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << nAthamunigaL puNdarIkAkshar (uyyakkondAr) – thiruveLLarai Glories of uyyakkoNdAr  uyyakkoNdAr’s original name was puNdarIkAkshar. He was nAthamunigaL’s Sishya and learnt nAlAyira dhivya prabandham from him. He was born in thiruveLLarai. He was born in the month of chiththirai on kArththigai star. We have … Read more

AzhwAr/AchAryas vAzhi thirunAmams – nammAzhwAr (AchArya) – Simple Explanation

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SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << sEnai mudhaliyAr nammAzhwAr vaibhavam nammAzhwAr – AzhwAr thirunagari He possesses other names such as SatakOpan, mARan, magizhmARan, and vazhudhi vaLanAdan. He is celebrated as the leader of the vaishNava clan (kulapathi). Since he is the leader of those who have surrendered (prapannas), … Read more

AzhwAr/AchAryas vAzhi thirunAmams – sEnai mudhaliyAr – Simple Explanation

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SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << periya pirAtti sEnai mudhaliAr – thiruvallikEni Glories of sEnai mudhaliyAr sEnai mudhaliyAr is a nithyasUri, celebrated as vishwaksEnar. nithyasUris are those who reside in paramapadham and perform kainkaryam (services) to emperumAn, eternally. They are entirely free from the bonds of samsAram. vishwaksEnar … Read more

AzhwAr/AchAryas vAzhi thirunAmams – periya pirAtti – Simple Explanation

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SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << periya perumAL Glories of periya pirAtti SrIranganAyakith thAyAr is periya pirAtti, SrImahAlakshmi, who is next in order to periya perumAL in our OrAN vazhi guru paramparai. emperumAn, took the role of an AchAryan and instructed the dhvaya mahA manthram to periya pirAtti. … Read more

AzhwAr/AchAryas vAzhi thirunAmams – periya perumAL – Simple Explanation

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SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series < < OrAN vazhi AchAryas – Introduction In the series of vAzhi thirunAmams composed by appiLLai, let us see the explanation for the vAzhi thirunAmams of OrANvazhi AchAryas. Glories of periya perumAL periya perumAL is considered as the first AchArya of our guru … Read more

AzhwAr/AchAryas vAzhi thirunAmams – OrAN vazhi AchAryas – Introduction

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SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous There have been many AchAryas in our sampradhAya. But generally, it is customary for us to recite the vAzhi thirunAmams of our OrAN vazhi AchAryas. OrAN vazhi AchAryas can be understood as those who successively held the seat of the AchArya … Read more

AzhwAr/AchAryas vAzhi thirunAmams  – thirumangai AzhwAr – Simple explanation

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SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous Glories of thirumangai AzhwAr thirumangai AzhwAr was born in thirukkuRaiyalUr dhivyadhEsam. He is also known as neelan, kaliyan, and parakAlan. He was a great warrior and also has had extraordinary prowess. Thus, he was aptly called kaliyan (warrior). He was like a kAlan … Read more

periya thirumozhi – 7.8.10 – panRiyAy mInAgi

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SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: periya thirumozhi >> Seventh centum >> Eighth decad << Previous Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction) No specific introduction. pAsuram panRiyAy mInAgi ariyAyp pAraippadaiththuk kAththu uNdu umizhndha paraman thannaianRu amararkku adhi padhiyum ayanum sEyumadi paNiya aNiyazhundhUr ninRa kOvaikanRi neduvEl valavan Ali nAdankalikanRi oli seydha inbap pAdalonRinodu nAngum Oraindhum vallArolikadal sUzh ulagALum … Read more