Divya Prabandham
tnkrishnan SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous manniya nAgaththaNai mElOr mAmalai pOl minnu magara kuNdlangaL vil veesa Word by word meaning manni – fitting well a nAgaththaNai mEl – on top of that mattress of thiruvananthAzhwAn (AdhiSEshan) Or mAmalai pOl – reclining like a distinguished dark mountain minnu … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous manniya palpoRi sEr Ayira vAy vAL aravin senni maNik kudumith theyvach chuddar naduvuL Word by Word Meaning manniya – may you live long! pal poRi sEr Ayira vAy vAL aravin – thiruvananthAzhwAn (AdhiSEshan, the divine mattress for emperumAn), who has many … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous In thamizh literature it is said “kadalanna kAmaththarAgilum mAdhar madalUrAr maRRaiyAr mEl” (even if their lust is as deep as the sea, women will not engage in madal). Thus, while men are permitted to engage in madal, women are forbidden from … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous periya thirumadal, like siRiya thirumadal, is a prabandham in which AzhwAr gets bewildered, due to excessive affection, which does not allow him to realise his svarUpam (basic nature) and parasvarUpam (emperumAn’s nature). This attempt to attain emperumAn through the path of … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series avathArikai (Introduction) piLLai thirunaRaiyUr araiyar, who had composed this thaniyan, reflects the same opinion in his thaniyan which thirumangai AzhwAr had mentioned in the prabandham. The thaniyan says that if emperumAn, who is praised by everyone, who is complete in all respect and … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: thirunaRaiyUr nambi with nAchchiyAr parakAla nAyaki (thirumangai AzhwAr in feminine mood) There are two thirumadal prabandhams (sacred hymns relating to the love that the nAyaki (lady) has towards the nAyaka (the man loved by the lady)) composed mercifully by thirumangai AzhwAr – siRiya thirumadal which … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai When AzhwAr said in the previous pAsuram “en ninaindhu pOkkuvar ippOdhu” (thinking of what, will they spend their time now), his heart told him “We are seeing many people in the world spending their time in many ways”. AzhwAr tells … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai In the 84th pAsuram, AzhwAr had said that it is not possible to live without involving with emperumAn with all three faculties [of thought, speech and action]. In the 85th pAsuram, looking at the normal events in life, he said … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai AzhwAr, who had been alternating between satisfaction and dissatisfaction in enjoying emperumAn, looked at the world at large. Looking at the clouds which were roaming in the sky, AzhwAr involves himself with emperumAn’s matter and wonders “By carrying out which … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai AzhwAr continues to fault his heart, in this pAsuram. Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings: vAzhththi avan adiyaip pUppunaindhu nin thalaiyaith thAzhththi iru kai kUppu enRAl kUppAdha pAzhththa vidhi enguRRAyenRu avanai EththAdha en nenjamE thangaththAnAmElum thangu Word … Read more