SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n
Full Series<\/a><\/p>\n << thaniyans<\/a><\/p>\n SlOkam 1<\/b> \u2013 In first SlOkam, ALavandhAr<\/a> salutes nAthamunigaL<\/a>\u2018s excellence in the real wealth of gyAnam and vairAgyam.<\/p>\n namO\u2019chinthyAdhbhudhAklishta gyAna vairAgyarASayE | I offer my salutations to nAthamunigaL<\/a> who is a collection of beyond-comprehension, amazing knowledge and detachment, which were easily attained (by the grace of bhagavAn<\/a>), who meditates upon bhagavAn and is an ocean of deep devotion towards bhagavAn.<\/p>\n SlOkam 2<\/b> \u2013 In this SlOkam, the ultimate greatness of nAthamunigaL\u2019s knowledge etc relating to bhagavAn\u2019s avathArams is explained. Alternatively, it explains \u201chis knowledge etc (explained in previous SlOkam) instead of being curtailed in him, is flooding down to me (ALavandhAr)\u201d.<\/p>\n thasmai namO madhujidhangri sarOja thathva My salutations to SrIman nAthamunigaL<\/a> whose divine feet are always my refuge in this world and the other world as well, who is the pinnacle of greatness of true knowledge and devotion at the divine lotus feet of emperumAn<\/a>, who killed madhu, and one who is [my] lord.<\/p>\n SlOkam 3 \u2013 <\/b>Like a thirsty person\u2019s thirst does not get quenched by drinking more and more water, ALavandhAr<\/a> is saying \u201cI am his servitor, again and again\u201d.<\/p>\n bhUyO namO\u2019parimithAchyutha bhakthi thathva Again my salutations to nAthamunigaL<\/a> who has incarnated in this world in the form of auspicious words overflowing from the ocean of unlimited devotion towards bhagavAn and true knowledge, who is the ultimate benefit, who is complete, who is having bhakthi yOga and is best among the yOgis.<\/p>\n SlOkam 4 <\/b>\u2013 ALavandhAr salutes SrI parASara bhagavAn due to his contribution in the form of SrIvishNu purANam.<\/p>\n thathvEna yaSchidhachIdhISwara thath svabhAva My salutations to that magnanimous parASara rishi who is the best among rishis, who mercifully gave SrIvishNu purANam, gem (best) among purANams which clearly explains the three entities namely chith (sentient entities), achith (insentient entities) and ISwara (God)<\/a>, their nature, the pleasures (of this material realm), mOksham (liberation), the means for pleasures in this material realm and liberation from this realm, and the goal reached by the jIvAthmAs, as they are (truthfully).<\/p>\n SlOkam 5<\/b> \u2013 ALavandhAr<\/a> is falling at the divine feet of nammAzhwAr<\/a> and surrenders unto him.<\/p>\n mAthA pithA yuvathayas thanayA vibhUthi: nammAzhwAr<\/a>\u2018s divine feet are always mother, father, woman [spouse], children, great wealth and everything else (that is not mentioned here) for [me and] my descendants. I worship and bow down with my head at the two divine feet of such AzhWAr, who is the leader and the head of our [vaishNava] clan, who is decorated with magizha flowers and is having SrIvaishNavaSrI (wealth of kainkaryam).<\/p>\n SlOkam 6 \u2013<\/b> As said in thiruvAimozhi 7.9.7 \u201cvaigunthanAgap pugazha\u201d (emperumAn<\/a> making AzhwAr praise him as the lord of SrIvaikuNtam), since praises are dear to him (ISwara), and also praising emperumAn is dear to the AchAryas, with the intent to praise him, briefly explaining the upAyam (means) and upEyam (goal), starts praising bhagavAn.<\/p>\n yanmUrdhni mE SruthiSirassu cha bhAthi yasmin I am going to praise the divine lotus feet of puNdarIkAksha (lotus eyed lord) who is being the wealth of our clan and being the (dependable) deity of our clan, on whose divine feet all our overflowing love reaches beautifully, whose divine feet are seen on my head and also in vEdhAntham.<\/p>\n SlOkam 7<\/b> \u2013 ALavandhAr<\/a> withdraws from the effort as arjuna gave up fighting after setting out to fight as said in SrI bhagavath gIthA 1.47<\/a> \u201cvisrujya saSaram chApam\u201d (dropped the bow along with the arrows).<\/p>\n thathvEna yasya mahimArNavaSIkarANu: It is impossible for Siva, brahmA et al to truly measure even a small atom in a droplet of the ocean of greatness of that emperumAn<\/a>. I who have set out to do [sing] praises about such emperumAn\u2019s greatness shamelessly claiming to be a poet, should salute myself [for this laughable effort].<\/p>\n SlOkam 8 <\/b>\u2013 Like ISwara<\/a> motivated arjuna who withdrew from the battle to say as in SrI bhagavath gIthA<\/a> 18.73 \u201ckarishyE vachanam thava\u201d (I will fight as you said), here, he motivates ALavandhAr saying \u201cthe mouth is present only to praise him; as said in SrIvishNu sahasranAmam \u2018sthavya: sthavapriya:\u2019 (he is praiseworthy and he likes to be praised), it is dear to me to be praised\u201d. Hearing this, ALavandhAr<\/a> becomes convinced [to praise emperumAn].<\/p>\n yadhvA SramAvadhi yathAmathi vApyaSaktha: Or, I who am incapable shall praise until becoming tired or as much as I know; in this manner only the vEdhams that always praise, the four-headed brahmA et al are praising; what is the difference between a (small) atom and a (big) mountain which are submerged inside a huge ocean?<\/p>\n SlOkam 9<\/b> \u2013 Now, ALavandhAr<\/a> says that he is more qualified to bhagavAn<\/a> praise than brahmA et al.<\/p>\n kinchaisha SakthyathiSayEna na thE\u2019nukampya: Further, I am not qualified to have you shower your mercy due to greatness of my abilities to praise you; but I am qualified to have you shower your mercy due to becoming tired in praising you; in this case, I will become fatigued easily due to having very little intelligence; thus, this effort [of praising you] is only apt for me [in comparison with brahmA et al].<\/p>\n SlOkam 10<\/b> \u2013 After stepping back from praising emperumAn and then having been convinced to praise, ALavandhAr<\/a> explains emperumAn<\/a>\u2018s parathvam (supremacy) which makes him the refuge, in the subsequent five SlOkams. In this first SlOkam (among the five), ALavandhAr mercifully explains emperumAn\u2019s supremacy through kAraNa vAkyas (passages in SAsthram which speak about emperumAn being the origin).<\/p>\n nAvEkshasE yadhi thathO bhuvanAnyamUni Oh my lord! if (you) had not bestowed your merciful glance after the total deluge, these worlds would not have been created;\u00a0 it is obvious that no actions would have occurred [if the worlds were not created to start with]. Oh lord! In this manner, it is not strange to see this quality of manifesting motherly affection towards your devotees, when you are the natural friend for all creatures.<\/p>\n adiyen sarathy ramanuja dasan<\/p>\n archived in https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n pramEyam (goal) \u2013 https:\/\/koyil.org<\/a> SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << thaniyans SlOkam 1 \u2013 In first SlOkam, ALavandhAr salutes nAthamunigaL\u2018s excellence in the real wealth of gyAnam and vairAgyam. namO\u2019chinthyAdhbhudhAklishta gyAna vairAgyarASayE | nAthAya munayE\u2019gAdhabhagavadh bhakthisindhavE || I offer my salutations to nAthamunigaL who is a collection of beyond-comprehension, amazing knowledge and … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other","category-sthothra-rathnam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39402\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/i>nAthAya munayE\u2019gAdhabhagavadh bhakthisindhavE ||<\/i><\/p>\n
\n<\/i>gyAnAnurAga mahimAthiSayAnthasImnE |
\n<\/i>nAthAya nAthamunayE\u2019thra parathra chApi
\n<\/i>nithyam yadhIya charaNau SaraNam madhIyam ||<\/i><\/p>\n
\n<\/i>gyAnAmruthAbdhi parivAha Subair vachOpi: |
\n<\/i>lOkE\u2019vathIrNa paramArtha samagra bhakthi
\n<\/i>yOgAya nAthamunayE yaminAm varAya ||<\/i><\/p>\n
\n<\/i>bhOgApavarga thadhupAyagathIrudhAra: |
\n<\/i>sandharSayan niramimItha purANarathnam
\n<\/i>thasmai namO munivarAya parASarAya ||<\/i><\/p>\n
\n<\/i>sarvam yadhEva niyamEna madhanvayAnAm |
\n<\/i>Adhyasya na: kulapathEr vaguLAbhirAmam
\n<\/i>SrImath thadhangriyugaLam praNamAmi mUrdhnA ||<\/i><\/p>\n
\n<\/i>asman manOrathapadhas sakalassamEthi |
\n<\/i>sthOshyAmi na: kuladhanam kuladhaivatham thath
\n<\/i>pAdhAravindham aravindhavilOchanasya ||<\/i><\/p>\n
\n<\/i>SakyO na mAthumapi SarvapithAmahAdhyai: |
\n<\/i>karthum thadhIyamahimasthuthimudhyathAya
\n<\/i>mahyam namO\u2019sthu kavayE nirapathrapAya ||<\/i><\/p>\n
\n<\/i>sthaumyEvamEva kalu thE\u2019pi sadhA sthuvantha: |
\n<\/i>vEdhASchathurmukha mukhAScha mahArNavAntha:
\n<\/i>kO majjathOraNukulAchalayOrviSEsha: ||<\/i><\/p>\n
\n<\/i>sthOthApi thu sthuthi kruthEna pariSramENa |
\n<\/i>thathra Sramasthu sulabhO mama mandhabudhdhE:
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