mudhal thiruvandhAdhi – 4 – neRi vAsal

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai AzhwAr says that despite emperumAn bestowing unblemished knowledge on him, he was finding it difficult to know him, while Siva, by carrying out some penance holding on to his breath, is trying through his own efforts to know emperumAn. How … Read more

mudhal thiruvandhAdhi – 2 – enRu kadal kadaindhadhu

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai AzhwAr says “what have I done? Do I need to prove through conjecture that emperumAn is there because there are effects and hence there should be a cause? Through his athimAnusha deeds (deeds that are beyond the capabilities of human … Read more

mudhal thiruvandhAdhi – 1 – vaiyam thagaLiyA

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << avathArikai (Introduction) vaiyam thagaLiyA vArkadalE neyyAga veyya kadhirOn viLakkAga – seyya sudarAziyAn adikkE sUttinEn sol mAlai idarAzhi nIngugavE enRu Word by Word Meaning vaiyam thagaLiyA – earth as holding vessel for oil vAr kadalE neyyAga –  sea, surrounding the earth, as ghee (clarified … Read more

mudhal thiruvandhAdhi – avathArikai (Introduction)

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << thaniyan The vyAkhyAnam for mudhal thiruvandhAdhi was divined first by nampiLLai and later on, by parama kArunIkar (the most compassionate) periyavAchchAn piLLai. appiLLai, one of the ashtadhikgajangaLs (eight protectors, like elephants, in the eight directions) of maNavALa mAmunigaL  wrote arumpadha urai (explaining … Read more

mudhal thiruvandhAdhi – thaniyan

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series thaniyan for mudhal thiruvandhAdhi was divined by mudhaliyANdAn: kaidhaisEr pUmpozhil sUzh kachchi nagar vandhudhiththa poygaippirAn kavigyar pOrERu – vaiyaththu adiyavargaL vAzha arum thamizh nURRandhAdhi padi viLangachcheydhAn parindhu The vyAkhyAnam for this thaniyan was divined by SrI piLLai lOkam jIyar. Word by word meaning … Read more

mudhal thiruvandhAdhi

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: e-book – https://1drv.ms/b/s!AiNzc-LF3uwyhHC79bdFyUWrJpC0 poygai AzhwAr, the first among the mudhalAzhwArgaL (first 3 AzhwArs namely poygai AzhwAr, bhUthaththAzhwAr and pEyAzhwAr) divined a beautiful prabandham named mudhal thiruvandhAdhi. This is part of the iyaRpA section of the dhivya prabandham. iyaRpA is generally recited during puRappAdu (ceremonial procession … Read more

rAmAnusa nURRanthAdhi – 108 (and conclusion)

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << previous (inbuRRa seelaththu irAmAnusA) irAmAnusan adip pU mannavE, pAvaiyaip pORRudhum Introduction (given by maNavALa mAmunigaL) In the end – the destiny he talked about in the beginning of this prabandham as ‘irAmAnusan charaNAravindham nAm manni vAzha [rAmAnusa nURRanthAdhi – 1]’ (for us … Read more

rAmAnusa nURRanthAdhi – 107

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << previous (iruppidam vaikuntham) Introduction (given by maNavALa mAmunigaL) Looking at the divine face of emperumAnAr who is showing so much love towards him, amudhanAr says ‘there is one request that I got to ask of your highness’, and requesting emperumAnAr about the … Read more

rAmAnusa nURRanthAdhi – 106

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << previous (kaiyil kaniyenna) emperumAnAr residing in the divine heart of thiruvarangaththu amudhanAr Introduction (given by maNavALa mAmunigaL) Seeing the abundant love amudhanAr has towards emperumAnAr, emperumAnAr greatly loved amudhananAr’s divine mind, and seeing that, amudhanAr is happily divining this. Introduction (given by … Read more

rAmAnusa nURRanthAdhi – 105

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << previous (kaiyil kaniyenna) Introduction (given by maNavALa mAmunigaL) Whereas everyone has determined with finality that samsAram is to be shunned and paramapadham is to be wished for, and only that paramapdham is the place to be in, you are considering paramapadham and … Read more