Divya Prabandham
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavara munayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai (Introduction) During the time of samudhra mathanam (churning of ocean), you had incarnated as tortoise [to support the manthara mountain]. Apart from this quality of simplicity, you had carried out several activities including churning of the ocean from both … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavara munayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai (Introduction) AzhwAr says in this pAsuram “The eminence of your lying in thiruppARkadal (milky ocean) such that celestial entities such as brahmA et al, who desire worldly pursuits, praise you, became the upper limit of simplicity. During the time … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavara munayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai(Introduction) In the previous pAsuram, AzhwAr had said “What simplicity is this when you come and recline in thiruppARkadal even when none has come and prayed to you for help!”. In this pAsuram, after seeing emperumAn carrying out many incarnations … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavara munayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai (Introduction) In the previous pAsuram, AzhwAr said nAgamUrthi sayanam and earlier, in pAsuram 15, he had said thadam kadal paNaththalaich chengaNAgaNaikkidandha, while describing the reclining posture of emperumAn in thiruppARkadal (milky ocean), as a prelude to his incarnations. Immediately, … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavara munayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai (introduction) emperumAn controls nithya vibhUthi (spiritualistic realm) by remaining in paramapadham (SrI vaikuNtam) as para vAsudhEvan. He also conducts the leelA vibhUthi (samsAram or materialistic realm) by taking incarnations among the four species of celestial, human, animal and plant. … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavara munayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai (Introduction) In the previous pAsuram, AzhwAr mentioned about how emperumAn incarnated as a celestial and human entity and protected the world. In this pAsuram he says that even though emperumAn incarnated in all the four classes of entities (celestial, … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavara munayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai (Introduction) AzhwAr says in this pAsuram “You are known only through vEdhams. In order to shower your mercy on your followers, you, who are reclining in kshIrAbdhi (milky ocean), which is equivalent to your form in paramapadham, come down … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavara munayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai (Introduction) emperumAn asks AzhwAr “How did you know the secrets about my incarnations?” AzhwAr says “While I cannot estimate your qualities of simplicity etc with which you had incarnated as a tortoise in order to help celestial entities who … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavara munayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai (Introduction) In the previous pAsuram, AzhwAr had said that there is none who had known the secrets about emperumAn’s incarnations. emperumAn asked AzhwAr “In that case, is there no one who knows this secret?” AzhwAr responds in this pAsuram … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavara munayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai (Introduction) In this pAsuram, AzhwAr asks of emperumAn “Being the causative factor for the world, you create, protect and destroy, protecting the world. Apart from this, you incarnate in this world with your divine form and protect this world. … Read more