Divya Prabandham
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: periya thirumozhi >> First centum >> Second decad << Previous Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction) AzhwAr is thinking/speaking about such sarvESvaran who reclined on thiruppARkadal, mercifully coming and residing here. This pAsuram is also explained as dhEvathAs saying “You who mercifully arrived and reclined in thiruppARkadal for … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: periya thirumozhi >> First centum >> Second decad << Previous Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction) AzhwAr is thinking about emperumAn arriving at thiruppARkadal (milk ocean) and mercifully resting there, to be the origin for such incarnations. pAsuram karaisey mAkkadal kidandhavankanaikazhal amarargaL thozhudhEththaaraisey mEgalai alarmagaL avaLodumamarndha nal imayaththuvaraisey … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: periya thirumozhi >> First centum >> Second decad << Previous Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction) AzhwAr is speaking about emperumAn’s help for the child [SrI prahlAdhAzhwAn), similar to helping nappinnaip pirAtti. In context of eliminating the enemies of the devotees, his help is greater than helping his … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: periya thirumozhi >> First centum >> Second decad << Previous Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction) In the previous pAsuram, AzhwAr explained how emperumAn destroyed lankA for [sIthAp] pirAtti and in this pAsuram, he is speaking about how he destroyed the bulls for the sake of nappinnaip pirAtti. … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: periya thirumozhi >> First centum >> Second decad << Previous Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction) In speaking about how emperumAn removed AzhwAr’s loss [in previous decad 4th pAsuram], AzhwAr spoke about emperumAn removing sugrIva mahArajar’s loss in the first pAsuram; perumAL (SrI rAma) removed his own loss … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: periya thirumozhi >> First centum >> Second decad pAsuram vAli mAvalaththu oruvanadhu udalkeda varisilai vaLaiviththu anRu Elam nARu thaN thadam pozhil idampeRa irundha nal imayyaththuL Ali mAmugil adhirthara aruvarai agaduRa mugadERi peeli mAmayil nadanjeyum thadanjunaip piridhi senRadai nenjE Word-by-Word meanings nenjE – Oh heart! anRu – … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: periya thirumozhi >> First Centum << Previous decad thirumangai AzhwAr having meditated upon the nature of samsAram (material realm) and his own attachment towards worldly pleasures, explained in the previous decad “emperumAn considered such suffering itself as the reason, accepted me out of his nirhEthuka … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: periya thirumozhi >> First centum >> First decad << Previous pAsuram manjulAm sOlai vaNdaRai mAnIr mangaiyAr vAL kalikanRi senjolAl eduththa dheyva nal mAlai ivaikoNdu chikkenath thoNdIr! thunjumbOdhu azhaimin thuyarvaril ninaimin thuyarileer sollilum nanRAm nanjudhAn kaNdIr nammudai vinaikku nArAyaNA ennum nAmam Word-by-Word meanings manju – clouds … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: periya thirumozhi >> First centum >> First decad << Previous Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction) In the first pAsuram, AzhwAr explained “I was engaged in worldly pleasures since time immemorial, and was facing away from bhagavath vishayam; when I realised the limit of worldly pleasures, I … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: periya thirumozhi >> First centum >> First decad << Previous Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction) The poets who were invited in previous pAsuram asked “If you look at our previous conduct, how can we become experts in the principle you are explaining?” AzhwAr responds “What an … Read more