irAmAnusa nURRandhAdhi – Simple Explanation – pAsurams 21 to 30

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: irAmAnusa nURRandhAdhi << Previous Twenty first pAsuram. emperumAnAr, who attained the divine feet of ALavandhAr as the means, mercifully protected me. Hence, I will not sing about the greatness of lowly people. nidhiyaip pozhiyum mugil enRu nIsar tham vAsal paRRi thudhi kaRRu ulagil thuvaLginRilEn ini … Read more

nAchchiyAr thirumozhi – Simple Explanation – thaniyans

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: nAchchiyAr thirumozhi alli nAL thAmarai mEl AraNangin inthuNaivi malli nAdANda mada mayil – melliyalAL Ayar kula vEndhan AgaththAL then pudhuvai vEyar payandha viLakku ANdAL nAchchiyAr has a soft nature; she is the dear friend of the deity periya pirAttiyAr who resides permanently on lotus flower … Read more

nAchchiyAr thirumozhi – Simple Explanation

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: mudhalAyiram maNavALa mAmunigal beautifully reveals the greatness of ANdAL in the twenty fourth pAsuram of upadhEsa raththina mAlai. anju kudikku oru sandhadhiyAy AzhwArgaL tham seyalai vinji niRkum thanmaiyaLAy – pinjAyp pazhuththALai ANdALaip paththiyudan nALum vazhuththAy manamE magizhndhu ANdAL incarnated as the only inheritor in the … Read more

amalanAdhipirAn – Simple Explanation

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: mudhalAyiram SrI maNavAla mAmunigaL beautifully reveals the greatness of amalanAdhipirAn in the tenth pAsuram of upadhEsa raththina mAlai: kArththigaiyil rOhiNi nAL kANmininRu kAsiyinIr vAyththa pugazhp pANar vandhu udhippAl – AththiyargaL anbudanE thAn amalan AdhipirAn kaRRadhaR pin nangudanE koNdAdum nAL Oh people of the world! Behold, … Read more

thiruppAvai – Simple Explanation – pAsurams 21 to 30

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: thiruppAvai << pAsurams 16 to 20 nappinaip pirAtti joins the group of ANdAL saying “I am one among you in enjoying emperumAn” Twenty first pAsuram. In this, she celebrates kaNNa’s birth in the clan of nandhagOpa, his supremacy and his quality realised through the stable … Read more

thiruppAvai – Simple Explanation – pAsurams 16 to 20

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: thiruppAvai << pAsurams 6 to 15 In the sixteenth and seventeenth pAsurams, ANdAL is waking up in samsAram, representatives of nithyasUris such as kshEthrapAlas (guards of the town), dhvArapAlas (guards at the entrance), AdhiSEshan et al. In the sixteenth pAsuram, she wakes up the guards … Read more

thiruppAvai – Simple Explanation – pAsurams 6 to 15

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: thiruppAvai << pAsurams 1 to 5 Now, from  the sixth to fifteenth pAsuram, ANdAL nAchchiyAr wakes up ten cow-herd girls as representative of waking up the five lakh cow-herd girls in thiruvAyppAdi (SrI gOkulam). These pAsurams have been organised in such a way that she … Read more

irAmAnusa nURRandhAdhi – Simple Explanation – pAsurams 11 to 20

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << pAsurams 1 – 10 Eleventh pAsuram. amudhanAr says that he cannot speak enough about the greatness of activities of those who have taken refuge under rAmAnuja who has donned the divine feet of thiruppANAzhwAr on his head. sIriya nAnmaRaich chemporuL sendhamizhAl aLiththapAr … Read more

thiruppAvai – Simple Explanation – pAsurams 1 to 5

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: thiruppAvai << thaniyans First pAsuram. Praising time, cow-herd girls and emperumAn, who is both the means and the end result, ANdAL resolves that she will observe mArgazhi nOnbu (a fasting or religious penance observed in the thamizh month of mArgazhi) so that she could have … Read more

thiruppAvai – Simple Explanation – thaniyans

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: thiruppAvai nILA thunga sthanagiri thatIsuptham udhbOdhya krishNampArArthyam svam Sruthi Satha Siras sidhdham adhyApayanthIsvOchchishtAyAm sraji nigaLitham yA balAth kruthya bhungthEgOdhA thasyai nama idham idham bhUya Ev’sthu bhUya kaNNa (SrI krishNa) sleeps on the bosom of nappinnaippirAtti, who is the incarnation of nILA dhEvi (one of the … Read more