mudhal thiruvandhAdhi – 23 – thazhumbirundha sArnganAN

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai emperumAn tried to hide the scar [mentioned in the previous pAsuram] saying “How can I, the sarvESvaran (supreme entity), be afraid of a woman? How can I be tied down by her? How can the world know about it?”. AzhwAr … Read more

mudhal thiruvandhAdhi – 21 – ninRu nilamangai

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai AzhwAr tells his heart “do not retreat, looking at emperumAn’s greatness. Mingling with followers is his nature”. Alternatively, it can be said that AzhwAr tells his heart “even though emperumAn is great, ignoring that, he will carry out tasks for … Read more

mudhal thiruvandhAdhi – 20 – peRRAr thaLaikazhala

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai In the previous pAsuram, AzhwAr spoke about the happiness that the ocean had in attaining emperumAn. In this pAsuram, he says that when emperumAn left that ocean and incarnated himself, some persons had the fortune of enjoying him. When he … Read more

mudhal thiruvandhAdhi – 19 – mAlum karum kadalE

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai AzhwAr says “When he himself came one day [as thrivikrama] and approached all, I lost him; this earth, because he came one day and measured it, was touched by him on that day. What fortune do you [referring to thiruppARkadal] … Read more

mudhal thiruvandhAdhi – 18 – nAnRa mulaiththalai

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai AzhwAr says that it is not that he had lost his opportunity of having dharSan of emperumAn because he could  not go to thiruppARkadal or because he was not present when emperumAn measured the worlds. When he came in an … Read more

mudhal thiruvandhAdhi – 17 – adiyum padi kadappa

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai AzhwAr says “did I lose emperumAn because he is at a long distance at thiruppARkadal (milky ocean) and attaining him there would be difficult? Did I not lose him when he came very close?” Let us go through the pAsuram … Read more

mudhal thiruvandhAdhi – 16- pazhudhE pala pagalum

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai AzhwAr feels regretful that he has wasted lengthy period of time in other means and other deities and thus lost emperumAn. Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings. pazhudhE pala pagalum pOyina enRu anji azhudhEn aravaNai mEl kaNdu … Read more

mudhal thiruvandhAdhi – 15 – mudhal AvAr mUvarE

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai AzhwAr was asked “you say that emperumAn is the primary deity. But in the world we see that there are people who follow other deities and that these deities fulfil their wishes”. AzhwAr responds saying “all those are of no … Read more

mudhal thiruvandhAdhi – 14 – avar avar thAm

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai When asked “While emperumAn stands ahead and creates interest in him among the samsAris, why are these people following various other dhEvathAs (deities)?”, AzhwAr says that even if they do so, the deities that they hold on to, ultimately attain … Read more