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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.

AzhwAr/AchAryas vAzhi thirunAmams – mudhalAzhwArs – Simple explanation

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SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series The greatness of poigai AzhwAr: poigai AzhwAr’s place of appearance is thiruvekkhA dhivya dhEsam near kAnchIpuram. He appeared from a flower in a pond (poigai) as an ayOnijar (not born from the womb of a mother). The first 3 AzhwArs are all ayOnijars … Read more

AzhwAr/AchAryas vAzhi thirunAmams – Simple explanation

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SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Whenever we study any prabandham, we have to look for 3 important aspects.  vakthru vailakshaNyam – The greatness of the author prabandha vailakshaNyam – The greatness of the work itself in its final form  vishaya vailakshaNyam – The greatness of the subject that is being … Read more

Simple guide to dhivyaprabandham – Part 10 (upadhEsa raththina mAlai, thiruvAimozhi nURRandhAdhi)

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SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full series << Part 9 (rAmAnusa nURRandhAdhi) upadhEsa raththina mAlai upadhEsa raththina mAlai is a wonderful work and from the name itself, we come to know that this is a mAlA/garland made with  upadhESas (Instructions). These upadhESas are compared to those like emeralds and rubies … Read more

Simple guide to dhivyaprabandham – Part 9 (rAmAnusa nURRandhAdhi)

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SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full series << thiruvAimozhi Our SrIvaishNava sampradhAyam is mainly called and highly revered as rAmAnuja dharSanam. Our AchArya rAmAnuja’s greatness is widely glorified in irAmAnusa nuRRandhAdhi. This was mercifully composed by thiruvarangaththu amudhanAr. It was AchAryar rAmAnuja’s grace which transformed thiruvarangaththu amudhanAr, who was previously … Read more

Simple guide to dhivyaprabandham – Part 8 (thiruvAimozhi)

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SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full series << Part 7 (thiruvezhukURRirukkai, siRiya thirumadal, periya thirumadal) We have gone through the introduction of what dhivya prabandham is and how we got them. It is by our AchArya’s grace, we have come to know that the works of AzhwArs are called dhivya … Read more

Simple guide to dhivyaprabandham – Part 7 (thiruvezhukURRirukkai, siRiya thirumadal, periya thirumadal)

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SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full series << Part 6 (thiruviruththam, thiruvAsiriyam, periya thiruvandhAdhi) AzhwArs are the ones blessed with divine devotion due to blemishless knowledge (mayarvaRa madhinalam). Their overflowing experience of bhagavAn came out as dhivya prabhandam. dhivya prabhandhams give the essence of vEdhas. The goal of dhivya prabandhams … Read more

Simple guide to dhivyaprabandham – Part 6 (thiruviruththam, thiruvAsiriyam, periya thiruvandhAdhi)

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SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full series << Part 5 (mudhal, iraNdAm, mUnRAm, nAnmugan thiruvandhAdhi) We have seen the first four prabandhams of iyaRpA so far viz., mudhal thiruvandhAdhi, iraNdAm thiruvandhAdhi, mUnRAm thiruvandhAdhi and nAnmugan thiruvandhAdhi. The next set of prabandhams in  iyaRpA  are  – thiruviruththam, thiruvAsiriyam and periya thiruvandhAdhi, … Read more

Simple guide to dhivyaprabandham – Part 5 (mudhal, iraNdAm, mUnRAm, nAnmugan thiruvandhAdhi)

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SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full series << Part 4 (periya thirumozhi, thirukkuRundhANdagam, thirunedundhANdagam) dhivya prabandham is also called aruLichcheyal. prabandham means one that binds. AzhwAr’s prabandhams have the ability to bind emperumAn Himself to adiyArgaLs/devotees and it helps adiyArgaLs/devotees to engage in bhagavad vishayam and binds them to emperumAn.Hence … Read more

Simple guide to dhivyaprabandham – Part 4 (periya thirumozhi, thirukkuRundhANdagam, thirunedundhANdagam)

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SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full series << Part 3 (perumAL thirumozhi, thiruchchandha viruththam, thirumAlai, thiruppaLLiyezhuchchi, amalanAdhipirAn) In this article, we will learn about periya thirumozhi, thirukkuRundhANdagam, and thirunedundhANdagam We have covered the following important concepts in the previous articles: What is dhivya prabandham? What is the goal of each … Read more

Simple guide to dhivyaprabandham – Part 3 (perumAL thirumozhi, thiruchchandha viruththam, thirumAlai, thiruppaLLiyezhuchchi, amalanAdhipirAn)

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SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full series << Part 2 (periyAzhwAr thirumozhi, thiruppAvai, nAchchiyAr thirumozhi) dhivya prabandhams are the aruLichcheyals (merciful compositions) of AzhwArs. We have seen their classification into mudhalAyiram, iraNdAm Ayiram, iyarpA and thiruvAimozhi. We have seen the constituents of each of the Ayiram (thousand). The classification and … Read more