Divya Prabandham
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: upadhEsa raththina mAlai << previous pAsuram 23 Twenty third pAsuram. He tells his heart that about the greatness of thiruvAdip pUram (divine star of pUram in the month of Adi), the day that ANdAL incarnated, since there is no match for it. periyAzhwAr peN piLLaiyAy … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: upadhEsa raththina mAlai << previous pAsuram 21 Twenty first pAsuram. AzhwArs are ten in number. They are also considered to be twelve in number. If one were to look at AzhwArs who were fully engaged only with emperumAn, they are considered as ten. mAmunigaL mercifully … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: upadhEsa raththina mAlai << previous pAsuram 19 Nineteenth pAsuram. mAmunigaL explains the greatness of thiruppallANdu (mercifully composed by periyAzhwAr) among the aruLichcheyal (collection of all the divine hymns) of all the AzhwArs, through an example. kOdhilavAm AzhwArgaL kURu kalaikkellAm Adhi thiruppallANdu Anadhavum – vEdhaththukku Om … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: upadhEsa raththina mAlai << previous pAsuram 16 Sixteenth pAsuram. Starting with this pAsuram, over the next five pAsurams mAmunigaL reveals the eminence of periyAzhwAr who is greater than the other AzhwArs. inRaip perumai aRindhilaiyO Ezhai nenjE inRaikku en ERRam enil uraikkEn – nanRi punai pallANdu … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: upadhEsa raththina mAlai << previous pAsuram 14 Fourteenth pAsuram. mAmunigaL celebrates the great day of vaikASi viSAka star, on which nammAzhwAr, who revealed the meanings of vEdhas in simple thamizh and who has the other AzhwArs as his limbs, incarnated. ErAr vaigAsi visAgaththin ERRaththaip pArOr … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: upadhEsa raththina mAlai << previous pAsuram 12 Twelfth pAsuram. Next, he mercifully explains so that all the people of the world know about the greatness of thirumazhisai AzhwAr who incarnated in makam star in the month of thai. thaiyil magam inRu thAraNiyIr ERRam indhath thayil … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: upadhEsa raththina mAlai << previous pAsuram 10 Tenth pAsuram. Since the star rOhiNi comes after the star kArththigai, mAmunigAL instructs the people of the world about the greatness of thiruppANAzhwAr, who incarnated in rOhiNi star in the month of kArththigai. rOhiNi is the star in … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: upadhEsa raththina mAlai << previous pAsuram 4 Fourth pAsuram. He gives the order in which AzhwArs incarnated, in this pAsuram. poygaiyAr bhUdhaththAr pEyar pugazh mazhisai ayyan aruL mARan sEralar kOn – thuyya bhatta nAdhan anbar thAL thULi naRpANan naRkaliyan Idhu ivar thORRaththu adaivAm ingu The … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: upadhEsa raththinamAlai << previous pAsuram 1 First pAsuram: In this pAsuram, mAmunigaL offers his salutation to his AchAryan (teacher) and clearly indicates his aim for mercifully composing this prabandham. endhai thiruvAimozhippiLLai innaruLAl vandha upadhEsa mArgaththaich chindhai seydhu pinnavarum kaRka upadhEsamAyp pEsuginREn manniya sIr veNbAvil vaiththu … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: upadhEsa raththina mAlai munnam thiruvAimozhippiLLai thAm upadhEsiththa nEr thannin padiyaith thaNavAdha sol maNavALa muni than anbudan sey upadhEsa raththina mAlai thannaith than nenju thannil tharippavar thALgaL charaN namakkE This thaniyan (a stand-alone hymn which provides an insight into the prabandham) has been mercifully composed by … Read more