Divya Prabandham
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full series << Part 9 (rAmAnusa nURRandhAdhi) upadhEsa raththina mAlai upadhEsa raththina mAlai is a wonderful work and from the name itself, we come to know that this is a mAlA/garland made with upadhESas (Instructions). These upadhESas are compared to those like emeralds and rubies … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full series << thiruvAimozhi Our SrIvaishNava sampradhAyam is mainly called and highly revered as rAmAnuja dharSanam. Our AchArya rAmAnuja’s greatness is widely glorified in irAmAnusa nuRRandhAdhi. This was mercifully composed by thiruvarangaththu amudhanAr. It was AchAryar rAmAnuja’s grace which transformed thiruvarangaththu amudhanAr, who was previously … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full series << Part 7 (thiruvezhukURRirukkai, siRiya thirumadal, periya thirumadal) We have gone through the introduction of what dhivya prabandham is and how we got them. It is by our AchArya’s grace, we have come to know that the works of AzhwArs are called dhivya … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full series << Part 6 (thiruviruththam, thiruvAsiriyam, periya thiruvandhAdhi) AzhwArs are the ones blessed with divine devotion due to blemishless knowledge (mayarvaRa madhinalam). Their overflowing experience of bhagavAn came out as dhivya prabhandam. dhivya prabhandhams give the essence of vEdhas. The goal of dhivya prabandhams … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full series << Part 5 (mudhal, iraNdAm, mUnRAm, nAnmugan thiruvandhAdhi) We have seen the first four prabandhams of iyaRpA so far viz., mudhal thiruvandhAdhi, iraNdAm thiruvandhAdhi, mUnRAm thiruvandhAdhi and nAnmugan thiruvandhAdhi. The next set of prabandhams in iyaRpA are – thiruviruththam, thiruvAsiriyam and periya thiruvandhAdhi, … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full series << Part 4 (periya thirumozhi, thirukkuRundhANdagam, thirunedundhANdagam) dhivya prabandham is also called aruLichcheyal. prabandham means one that binds. AzhwAr’s prabandhams have the ability to bind emperumAn Himself to adiyArgaLs/devotees and it helps adiyArgaLs/devotees to engage in bhagavad vishayam and binds them to emperumAn.Hence … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full series << Part 3 (perumAL thirumozhi, thiruchchandha viruththam, thirumAlai, thiruppaLLiyezhuchchi, amalanAdhipirAn) In this article, we will learn about periya thirumozhi, thirukkuRundhANdagam, and thirunedundhANdagam We have covered the following important concepts in the previous articles: What is dhivya prabandham? What is the goal of each … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full series << Part 2 (periyAzhwAr thirumozhi, thiruppAvai, nAchchiyAr thirumozhi) dhivya prabandhams are the aruLichcheyals (merciful compositions) of AzhwArs. We have seen their classification into mudhalAyiram, iraNdAm Ayiram, iyarpA and thiruvAimozhi. We have seen the constituents of each of the Ayiram (thousand). The classification and … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full series << Part 1 (thaniyans, thiruppallANdu, kaNNinuN chiRuth thAmbu) emperumAn selected and graced a few AthmAs with “mayarvaRa madhinalam”, that is, he gave them true knowledge and devotion and destroyed their ignorance.They expressed this outpouring knowledge and bhakthi as pAsurams, known as dhivya prabandham, … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full series << Introduction In the first part, we learnt about AzhwArs, aruLichcheyal and the classifications similar to how vEdham is classified into 4 parts. While vEdhas are huge, available in samskrutham, and not available for everyone, dhivya prabandham is in thamizh and is not … Read more