nAchchiyAr thirumozhi – Simple Explanation – iraNdAm thirumozhi – nAmam Ayiram

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: nAchchiyAr thirumozhi << mudhal thirumozhi emperumAn felt sad that he had let them [ANdAL and other cowherd girls] down since they had fallen at the feet of another deity, manmadha, like this. During the time when he was in thiruvAyppAdi (SrI gOkulam), as SrI krishNa, … Read more

nAchchiyAr thirumozhi – Simple Explanation – mudhal thirumozhi – thai oru thingaLum

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: nAchchiyAr thirumozhi <<thaniyans ANdAL considered emperumAn as the means in thiruppAvai. She also revealed that carrying out kainkaryam (service) alone to that emperumAn, without any selfishness [that the service is being rendered for his happiness and not for our happiness], is the benefit for attaining … Read more

తిరుమాలై – పాసురం 1 – భాగము 1

శ్రీః  శ్రీమతే శఠకోపాయ నమః  శ్రీమతే రామానుజాయ నమః  శ్రీమత్ వరవరమునయే నమః తిరుమాలై << అవతారిక 2 అవతారిక : చేతనులు ఇప్పటికే చేసిన, ఇప్పటకీ చేస్తున్న పాపాల వలన, యమధర్మరాజు ఆధీనంలో ఉంటారు. అంటే నరకాన్ని, స్వర్గాన్ని, అనుభవించి మళ్ళీ మళ్ళీ పుడుతూ చస్తూ కర్మలను అనుభవించాల్సిందే. కానీ, భగవంతుడి నామాలను సంకీర్తన చేసినంత మాత్రాన మనం పునీతులమై యముడి బారి నుండి బయట పడగలము అని ఈ పాశురములో తోరడిపొడి ఆళ్వార్లు చెపుతున్నారు. కావలిల్ … 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

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

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