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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 – 5.6.2 – pErAnai

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SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: periya thirumozhi >> Fifth centum >> Sixth decad << Previous Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction) No specific introduction. pAsuram pErAnaik kuRungudi emperumAnai thiruththaNkAlUrAnaik karambanUr uththamanai muththilangukArAr thiN kadal Ezhum malai Ezhu ivvulagEzhu uNdumArAdhenRu irundhAnaik kaNdadhu thennarangaththE Word-by-Word meanings pErAnai – one who is present in the … Read more

periya thirumozhi – 5.6.1 – kaimmAna

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SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: periya thirumozhi >> Fifth centum >> Sixth decad Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction) No specific introduction. pAsuram kaimmAna mazhakaLiRRaik kadal kidandha karumaNiyaimaimmAna maradhagaththai maRai uraiththa thirumAlai emmAnai enakku enRum iniyAnaip panikAththa ammAnai yAn kaNdadhu aNinIrth thennarangaththE Word-by-Word meanings mAnam – lengthykai – having trunkmazham – youngkaLiRRai … Read more

periya thirumozhi – 5.6 – kaimmAnam

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SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: periya thirumozhi >> Fifth Centum << Previous decad As said in periya thirumozhi 5.5.8 “maRavAdhE eppozhudhum mAyavanE! mAdhavanE! enginRaLAl” (Without forgetting, she is saying “Oh amazing person! Oh lord of SrI mahAlakshmi!”), thirumangai AzhwAr [in the pathos of parakAla nAyaki] repeated the divine names of … Read more

nAchchiyAr thirumozhi – mudhal thirumozhi (First Decad) – thaiyoru thingaL

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Full Series The introduction for this decad can be seen in the main avathArikai itself. adiyEn krishNa rAmAnuja dhAsan archived in https://divyaprabandham.koyil.org pramEyam (goal) – https://koyil.orgpramANam (scriptures) – http://granthams.koyil.orgpramAthA (preceptors) – http://acharyas.koyil.orgSrIvaishNava education/kids portal – http://pillai.koyil.org

AzhwAr/AchAryas vAzhi thirunAmams – thirumazhisai AzhwAr – Simple explanation

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SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous thirumazhisai AzhwAr was born in thirumazhisai. His birth star is thai magham – thai month and magha nakshathra. He graced this world with many prabandhams. But unfortunately, only two of his prabandhams are available now. They are nAnmugan thiruvandhAdhi and thiruchchandha … Read more

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 describes the greatness and special skills and qualities of the author. prabandha vailakshaNyam describes the greatness of the literary work. vishaya vailakshaNyam describes the greatness of the subject matter explained … 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