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SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavara munayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai (Introduction) A query was posed to AzhwAr “Meditating on thiruppARkadal nAthan is possible only for those who live in SvEtha dhvIpam which is in proximity to that abode; how is it possible for others?” AzhwAr responds saying “Only those … Read more

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavara munayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai (Introduction) In the previous pAsuram, AzhwAr had said that those who carry out devotion with thirumanthram will attain parama padham (SrI vaikuNtam). To a question “For meditation which is in the form of devotion, is not a divine form, … Read more

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavara munayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai (Introduction) In the previous two pAsurams, AzhwAr had mercifully said that through bhakthi yOgam (path of devotion) which is achieved through karma yOgam (path of deeds) and gyAna yOgam (path of knowledge), one could attain emperumAn. This was done … Read more

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavara munayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai (Introduction) If one were to start with karma yOgam (path of deeds) initially, in order to carry out the deeds, lot of materials will have to be earned. During the process of earning as well as during activities such … Read more

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavara munayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai (Introduction) In the previous pAsuram, AzhwAr had said “Either through surrendering to emperumAn, considering him as the means and end-goal or through reciting his divine names, treating that [the recitation] itself as the end benefit, one can get rid … Read more

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavara munayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai (Introduction) If the mercy of emperumAn, who is apt to be attained, is the means for getting mOksham (SrI vaikuNtam), what should the person, who desires mOksham, do, in order to get emperumAn’s mercy? AzhwAr says that worshipping at … Read more

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavara munayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai (Introduction) In the previous pAsuram, it was mentioned that “Only emperumAn is apt to be attained. Since brahmA and Sivan are badhdha jIvas (souls bonded in samsAram) they are not apt to be attained”. In this pAsuram, AzhwAr says … Read more

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavara munayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai (Introduction) Some people asked AzhwAr “We see in this world that some people take refuge under Sivan since he grants mOksham. In SaivAgamam (principles governing temple worship for followers of Siva) and in thAmasa purANams [treatises which praise thAmasic … Read more

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavara munayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai (Introduction) AzhwAr says in this pAsuram “rudhran had vowed that he would protect his devotee bANAsuran from kaNNan, and had taken the help of his sons as well as other deities such as kALi, agni et al. However, since … Read more

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavara munayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai (Introduction) When some people asked “Could we say about those deities as ‘varam thara midukkilAdha dhEvar’? Haven’t many people attained deities such as rudhran and been granted their desires?” AzhwAr responds in this pAsuram saying “Those celestial entities who were … Read more