Divya Prabandham
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai AzhwAr mentioned as to how he received the experience of enjoying emperumAn, without any distinction between day and night, in the previous pAsuram. He feels sorrowful in this pAsuram as to how he lost that enjoyment. Let us go through … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai In the previous pAsuram, AzhwAr said that the time when he forgets emperumAn, even if he is in a state of liberation, is sorrowful. In this pAsuram, he describes the way emperumAn rules over him without making any distinction between … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai AzhwAr had said in the previous pAsuram that even if one were born in a lowly birth in this world, that birth in which a chEthana engages in servitude to emperumAn is the greatest. In this pAsuram he says that … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai In the previous pAsuram, AzhwAr had instructed his heart to stay focussed on experiencing the auspicious qualities of emperumAn. In this pAsuram, he mentions about the glory of those who are focussed like that. Let us go through the pAsuram … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai In the previous pAsuram, AzhwAr said that apart from emperumAn, there is no other relative. In this pAsuram, he tells emperumAn, as if he is instructing his heart, that even if there are relatives who are dear and even if … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai In the previous pAsuram, AzhwAr, by mentioning ulagaLandha mUrththy, recalled emperumAn’s quality of being a relative in all ways to all souls, when he manifested his activity of measuring the worlds. In this pAsuram, he is asking whether there is … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai In the previous pAsuram, AzhwAr spoke about “entering through my ears” thus speaking about knowledge through hearing. In this pAsuram which begins with the words uLLilum (even if one thinks of), he speaks about knowledge through one’s mind, as a … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai In the previous pAsuram, AzhwAr was sad that emperumAn was not showing any mercy on him and that emperumAn was not showing himself to him. Hearing this, emperumAn tells him “Could you feel sad like this? Did I not create … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai This AzhwAr, who is called as dhIrga chinthayanthI (one who alternates between happiness and sadness repeatedly, just like chinthayanthi, the cowherd girl in gOkulam), alternates between happiness when he gets to experience emperumAn through his mind and sadness when he … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai In the previous pAsuram, AzhwAr established that only emperumAn is the apt entity to be attained. Having established this, he enjoys that emperumAn, who is the ordained lord, in this pAsuram. Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings: pUvaiyum … Read more