pUrva dhinacharyA – 10

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous SlOkam 10 Smayamana mukhambhojam dayamana druganchalam | Mayi prasada pravanam madhurodara bhashanam || Word to word meaning Smayamana mukhambhojam  – Mamunigal, who has lotus like face always sporting a smile, dayamana druganchalam  – with an elated benign look with grace, Mayi  … Read more

pUrva dhinacharyA – 9

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous SlOkam 9 Mantra ratna anusanthana santhatha spurithadharam | Tadartha tattva nityana sannadhdha pulakothkamam || Word to word meaning Mantra ratna anusanthana santhatha spurithadharam  –  His lips are  gently shaking always because he keeps pronouncing Dvaya, the crowning jewel among Mantras, Tadartha … Read more

pUrva dhinacharyA – 8

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous SlOkam 8 Kasmeera kesara sthoma kadara snigtha rochisha | Kowseyena samindhanam skanda moolavalambina || Word to word meaning Kasmeera kesara sthoma kadara snigtha rochisha  – Like assembly of saffron, red coloured with gleaming light, skanda moolavalambina  – adorned in the arms, … Read more

pUrva dhinacharyA –7

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous SlOkam 7 Ambhoja beejamalabhihi abhijatha bhujantharam | Urdhva pundraihi upachchishtam uchisthana lakshanaihi || Word to word meaning  Ambhoja beejamalabhihi  – by arranging the garland with the lotus bead, abhijatha bhujantharam – adorned in the beautiful arms and chest, uchisthana lakshanaihi  – … Read more

SrIvaikuNta gadhyam – pravESam

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous Let us now look at SrI periyavAchchAn piLLai‘s pravESam (introduction) for SrIvaikuNta gadhyam. bhAshyakArar (another name of SrI rAmAnuja which means the author of SrI bhAshyam which is a detailed commentary for vEdha vyAsa’s brahma sUthram) feels that the meanings that … Read more

SrIvaikuNta gadhyam – thaniyan

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series ALavandhAr (yAmunAchAryar) – kAttu mannAr kOyil yAmunArya sudhAmbhOdhim avagAhya yathAmathi AdhAya bhakthiyOgAkhyam rathnam sandharSayAmyaham II Explanatory Notes: yAmunArya – yAmunAcharya (ALavandhAr, one of the principal preceptors in our SrIvaishNava sampradhAyam, who was the grandson of nAthamunigaL and the AchAryar for all 5 AchAryas … Read more

SrIvaikuNta gadhyam

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: paramapadhanAthan – paramapadham (SrIvaikuNtam) SrI rAmAnuja – SrIrangam periyavAchchAn piLLai e-book – https://1drv.ms/b/s!AiNzc-LF3uwyggpsEcFZ3i7Q4EUt After SrIranga gadhyam, bhagavath rAmAnuja continues to recite SrIvaikuNta gadhyam in glorification of paramapadhanAthan and his divine abode paramapadham (SrIvaikuNtam) . Let us enjoy this treatise now. thaniyan (Invocation) pravESam (Introduction) chUrNai … Read more

pUrva dhinacharyA – 6

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous SlOkam 6 Mrunalathanthu santhana samsthana dhavaladhvisha | Sobhitham yajnasuthrena nabhibhinbha sanbhina || Word to word meaning Mrunalathanthu santhana samsthana dhavaladhvisha – glittering  white like the continuous  thread in the fibrous root of lotus, nabhibhinbha sanbhina – possessing the circle shaped navel, … Read more

pUrva dhinacharyA – 5

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous SlOkam 5 Amlana  komalakaram athamra vimalambaram | Apeenavipuloraskam ajanubhujabhushanam || Word to word meaning Amlana  komalakaram  – His divya mangala vigraha is like the unwithered  flower, athamra vimalambaram – dressing thick red with pure cloth of saffron, Apeenavipula uraskam  – with great … Read more

pUrva dhinacharyA – 4

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous SlOkam 4 Parswathaha  Pani Padmabhyam Parigrahya bhavat priyayow | Vinyasntham sanairangree mruthulow medhineethale || Word to word meaning priyayow  – worthy acharyas like Koil Annan and his brother, bhavat – of him [Mamunigal], Parswathaha  – on both sides, Pani Padmabhyam  – … Read more