periya thiruvandhAdhi – 52 – mANbhAviththa agygyAnRu

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai AzhwAr says in this pAsuram that whatever he had mentioned in the previous pAsuram that SrIvashNavas should possess, in general, is very much present in him. Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings: mANbAviththa agygyAnRu maNNirandhAn mAyavaL nanju … Read more

periya thiruvandhAdhi – 51 – manamALum Oraivar

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai In the previous pAsuram, AzhwAr loathed, finding that emperumAn had not graced him mercifully. In this pAsuram he says “the possession should accept whatever the possessor does, patiently. It is not correct to speak out in disgust”. Let us go … Read more

periya thiruvandhAdhi – 50 – pirindhonRu nOkkAdhu

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai AzhwAr loathes in this pAsuram saying “Looking at the similes (cloud, ocean, mountain etc), we are thinking that these are only emperumAn. But he is not showering his grace on us ”. Just as AzhwAr had mentioned in his thiruvAimozhi … Read more

periya thiruvandhAdhi – 49 – koNdaldhAn mAlvaraidhAn

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai In the previous pAsuram, AzhwAr ascertained that emperumAn is the means who will remove our hurdles and grant us paramapadham (SrIvaikuNtam). In this pAsuram, he gives out the way by which those who are with the firm belief [that emperumAn is … Read more

periya thiruvandhAdhi – 48 – emakkiyAm viNNattukku

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai AzhwAr says “We were thinking that we will have emperumAn, who is capable of removing our strong hurdles, as the means and will attain paramapadham (SrIvaikuNtam) through him. Isn’t this the way that we should be?” Let us go through the … Read more

periya thiruvandhAdhi – 47 – ninaiththiRainji

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai emperumAn tells AzhwAr “You are considering me as the means and goal and keep praising me to spend your time. But the other people in samsAram are just the opposite of this” to which AzhwAr responds “They are people without … Read more

periya thiruvandhAdhi – 45 – vinaiyAr thara muyalum

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai In the previous pAsuram, AzhwAr said that only due to the effect of their sins in previous births, do samsAris not engage with emperumAn. When the question arose as to what he did, AzhwAr says “thinking of the sorrow which … Read more

periya thiruvandhAdhi – 44 – vagai sErndha

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai In the previous pAsuram, there was a reference to troubles with which samsAris (dwellers of the materialistic world) toil without praising emperumAn. As a corollary for that, AzhwAr says in this pAsuram that this is the result of their sins. … Read more

periya thiruvandhAdhi – 43 – avayam ena

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai emperumAn is one who removes hurdles of chEthanas (sentient entities). AzhwAr says that for those who do not attain such emperumAn, it is not possible to overcome the mental agonies which they suffer in this world. Let us go through … Read more