Divya Prabandham
srI: srImathE satakOpAya nama: srImathE rAmAnujAya nama: srImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series Introduction of this pAsuram: nanjIyar and periyavAchchAn piLLai highlight that along with subrahmaNya who is the chief of the army of the dhEvas, all the dhEvas who are given the position to manage the activities of the material universes (by bhagavAn) have arrived … Read more
srI: srImathE satakOpAya nama: srImathE rAmAnujAya nama: srImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series As she (nappinnai) tried to get up to open doors for gOpikAs, krishNan thought “She shouldn’t open the doors for my adiyArs”, and so He hugged Her and did not let Her get up. gOpikAs ask krishNan to please get up. But He … Read more
srI: srImathE satakOpAya nama: srImathE rAmAnujAya nama: srImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series srIranga vimAnam and srIranganAthan gifted by srIrAma to vibhishaNAzhwAn Introduction of this pAsuram: nanjIyar highlights that thoNdaradippodi AzhwAr is saying to emperumAn that the dhEvas have arrived with flowers to worship him and since he (emperumAn) does not distinguish between his devotees (high/low), … Read more
srI:srImathE satakOpAya nama:srImathE rAmAnujAya nama:srImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series Since krishNan did not awake even after this, they try to awaken nappinnai pirAtti (purushakAra bhUthai (one who makes perumAn understand about his guNams related to accepting saraNAgathi, and mediates between us and perumAn). Since perumAn has both kindness and svAthanthriyam, when we go in front … Read more
srI: srImathE satakOpAya nama: srImathE rAmAnujAya nama: srImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series Introduction of this pAsuram: nanjIyar highlights that thoNdaradippodi AzhwAr is praying to emperumAn to wake up and help remove the hurdles that stop him from experiencing/enjoying emperumAn just like he helped his devotees as srI rAma by destroying their enemies. periyavAchchAn piLLai highlights … Read more
srI:srImathE satakOpAya nama:srImathE rAmAnujAya nama:srImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series As the guard of the thirumALigai of nandhagOpar removed the lock, opened the doors and let them in, they are going inside and waking up nandhagOpar and others. First they wake up nandhagOpar who was lying down in the front as he was wondering whether the … Read more
srI: srImathE satakOpAya nama: srImathE rAmAnujAya nama: srImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series ~~~~~~~~ nammAzhwAr sang ‘vEdham vallArgaLai-k koNDu viNNOr perumAn thiruppAdham paNindhu’. (phrase-wise translation: Through those who know/understand vEdhas, / the god of the dhEvas, nithyasUris, and mukthas, / pray unto His divine feet). ANdAL has laid out pAsurams in the same order of these … Read more
srI: srImathE satakOpAya nama: srImathE rAmAnujAya nama: srImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series Introduction of this pAsuram: nanjIyar and periyavAchchAn piLLai highlight that the sun has arrived with his radiant rays diminishing the shine of the stars. thoNdaradippodi AzhwAr desires to see the beautiful form of emperumAn with the divine disc (sudharsana chakram) in his divine hands. … Read more
srI:srImathE satakOpAya nama:srImathE rAmAnujAya nama:srImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series This is the 15th pAsuram of thiruppAvai, and 10th and final of the ones that wake up other gOpikAs. ==> This is also a nAyagak kal (central stone of an ornament) – main pAsuram, of thiruppAvai – “thiruppAvai Agiradhu ippAttu” [this song IS thiruppAvai)]. (So) it … Read more
srI: srImathE satakOpAya nama: srImathE rAmAnujAya nama: srImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series Introduction of this pAsuram: nanjIyar and periyavAchchAn piLLai highlight that the arrival of eastern winds and the waking up of swans indicate the morning. They highlight that thoNdaradippodi AzhwAr requests that bhagavAn being Asritha vathsala (one who is very attached to his devotees), … Read more