Divya Prabandham
tnkrishnan SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai AzhwAr was asked “you are saying that only emperumAn is fit to be attained. But wherever we see, there are people who are trying to attain and those who are trying to be attained”. AzhwAr responds “unlike the situation where … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai AzhwAr was asked “you make fun of sivan as being body to emperumAn and hence he cannot preach others about emperumAn. You are also emperumAn’s SEshabhUthar (servitor) only. How then would you be able to know about emperumAn and preach … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai Earlier AzhwAr had mentioned through all resources that only emperumAn is the supreme entity. He has to say that others are not emperumAn. He says that now. AzhwAr was asked, “you had mocked at sivan saying ‘aran aRivAnAm’. But there … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai AzhwAr says that despite emperumAn bestowing unblemished knowledge on him, he was finding it difficult to know him, while Siva, by carrying out some penance holding on to his breath, is trying through his own efforts to know emperumAn. How … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai AzhwAr says “do we need all these deeds to prove that emperumAn is superior to everyone else? Through this one deed (of measuring the worlds) which is beyond the capabilities of human race, is it not enough to remind everyone … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai AzhwAr says “what have I done? Do I need to prove through conjecture that emperumAn is there because there are effects and hence there should be a cause? Through his athimAnusha deeds (deeds that are beyond the capabilities of human … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << avathArikai (Introduction) vaiyam thagaLiyA vArkadalE neyyAga veyya kadhirOn viLakkAga – seyya sudarAziyAn adikkE sUttinEn sol mAlai idarAzhi nIngugavE enRu Word by Word Meaning vaiyam thagaLiyA – earth as holding vessel for oil vAr kadalE neyyAga – sea, surrounding the earth, as ghee (clarified … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << thaniyan The vyAkhyAnam for mudhal thiruvandhAdhi was divined first by nampiLLai and later on, by parama kArunIkar (the most compassionate) periyavAchchAn piLLai. appiLLai, one of the ashtadhikgajangaLs (eight protectors, like elephants, in the eight directions) of maNavALa mAmunigaL wrote arumpadha urai (explaining … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series thaniyan for mudhal thiruvandhAdhi was divined by mudhaliyANdAn: kaidhaisEr pUmpozhil sUzh kachchi nagar vandhudhiththa poygaippirAn kavigyar pOrERu – vaiyaththu adiyavargaL vAzha arum thamizh nURRandhAdhi padi viLangachcheydhAn parindhu The vyAkhyAnam for this thaniyan was divined by SrI piLLai lOkam jIyar. Word by word meaning … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full series << Previous The vyAkhyAtha (commentator) has given the connection of each pAsuram with the previous pAsuram, for all the 45 pAsurams in this prabandham. Instead of aiming for a benefit at random, the thirunAma sankIrthanam that he composed with reciting itself being the … Read more