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SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai When AzhwAr was asked “Why do brahmA and rudhra worship him like this?” AzhwAr responds saying “When these knowledgeable entities lose their knowledge, is it not emperumAn who protects them by carrying out benefits for them?” He further says “ … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai It is not that brahmA, Siva et al come to thiruvEngadam and worship emperumAn there for obtaining their desirables and removal of their undesirables. This pAsuram says that even for carrying out the daily worship (nithya thiruvArAdhanam) of emperumAn, they … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai Some people asked AzhwAr “What we need is attainment of desirables and removal of undesirables; will these fructify if we travel to thiruvEngadam?” AzhwAr responds “There is no need to climb the hills and worship the father (emperumAn) there. It … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai AzhwAr says that since emperumAn’s standing posture at thiruvEngadamalai is more distinguished than his stature as antharyAmi  (indwelling soul) inside his heart, he desires to go to thiruvEngadam and have dharSan (seeing) of emperumAn there. Just as emperumAn desires to … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai AzhwAr says that the deed that he carried out was very small while the benefit he obtained was huge. Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings: veRpenRu vEngadam pAdinEn vIdAkki niRkinREn ninRu ninaikkinREn kaRkinRa nUlvalaiyil pattirundha nUlAttik kELvanAr … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai AzhwAr was asked “You say that it is only because everything is dependent on sarvESvaran’s sankalpa (vow of emperumAn) that he is the causative factor for all. But in vEdhas prevalent in samsAram, it is very well known that brahmA … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai AzhwAr was asked whether emperumAn is the causative entity for all. This pAsuram is his response. Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings: vAnulavau thIvaLi mAkadal mAporuppu thAnulavu vengadhirum thaNmadhiyum mEnilavu koNdal peyarum dhisaiyettum sUzhchchiyum aNdandhirumAl agaippu Word … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous ArAvamudhan – thirukkudandhai avathArikai AzhwAr wonders whether it was in only one place where he had reclined. The reasons for reclining in many places were due to the tiredness of measuring the worlds and for entering the minds of devotees who … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous SrI ranganAtha with ubhaya nAchchiyArs – thiruvallikkENi avathArikai In the 31st pAsuram, AzhwAr despised people who do not praise emperumAn as perumAnai EththAdha pEygAL. The subsequent pAsurams until the previous one were corollaries of that. In this pAsuram he says “When … Read more