{"id":58615,"date":"2026-01-15T17:05:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T17:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=58615"},"modified":"2026-01-15T17:05:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T17:05:17","slug":"vazhi-thirunamams-emperumanar-simple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/01\/vazhi-thirunamams-emperumanar-simple\/","title":{"rendered":"AzhwAr \/AchAryas vAzhi thirunAmams \u2013 emperumAnAr &#8211; Simple Explanation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:&nbsp; SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:&nbsp; SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2024\/01\/vazhi-thirunamams-english-simple\/\"><strong>Full Series<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&lt;&lt; <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2026\/01\/vazhi-thirunamams-periyanambi-simple\/\">periya nambi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Glories of emperumAnAr&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"493\" src=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-4-1024x493.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-58616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-4-1024x493.png 1024w, https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-4-300x144.png 300w, https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-4-768x370.png 768w, https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-4-1536x739.png 1536w, https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-4.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/emperumanar\/\">SrI rAmAnujar<\/a> is an an avathAram of AdhiSEshan. He is also known as jagadhAchArya (AchArya of the whole universe). He stands as a central figure in SrIvaishNava\u00a0sampradhAyam. He made the SrIvaishNava sampradhAyam grow like a banyan tree. bhagavath rAmAnujar expanded to a great extent, the sampradhAyam that was fostered by nammAzhwar, who is hailed as \u2018prapanna jana kUtasthar\u2019 \u2013 i.e., the chief among the community of those who are surrendered to bhagavAn. emperumAnAr has a special position in our sampradhAyam. nammAzhwAr glorifies the appearance of emperumAnAr and presents bhavishyadhAchAryan thirumEni (divine deity) of emperumAnAr even before his appearance. bhagavath rAmAnujar also established 74 simhAsanAdhipathis to propagate our SrIvaishNava\u00a0sampradhAyam everywhere.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/mamunigal\/\">maNavALa mAmunigaL<\/a> mentions in his <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2015\/11\/upadhesa-raththina-malai\/\">upadhEsa raththina mAlai<\/a>, rAmAnujar has instructed all the AchAryas &#8211; \u201cAsai udaiyOrkku ellAm AriyargAL kURum enRu pEsi varambu aRuththAr pin\u201d (Oh AchAryas, teach all those whosoever is desirous of attaining emperumAn in this earth and remove the boundary for teaching). bhagavath rAmAnujar felt that every AthmA has a right to attain emperumAn and wanted to give the knowledge to everyone who had the desire for it without any distinction and spread the SrIvaishNava\u00a0sampradhAyam. His mercy is aptly described as \u201ckArEy karuNai irAmAnusa\u201d (meaning \u2013 his mercy is like a cloud that pours the rain with kindness). He reformed all the dhivyadhESams and ensured correct temple administration and kainkaryams (thiruvArAdhanam, thaLigai, reciting pAsurams, uthsavams etc.,) are performed without any deficiency. To this day, the sampradhAyam fostered by emperumAnAr is spread, expanded, and grown all over the bhAratha dhESam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was born in SrIperumbUdhUr during the month of chiththirai and in birth star &#8211; thiruvAdhirai. He has mercifully given us nine granthams which are considered as nava rathnams. They are SrI bhAshyam, gIthA bhAshyam, vEdhArtha sangraham, vEdhAntha dhIpam, vEdhAntha sAram, SaraNAgathi gadhyam, SrIranga gadhyam, SrIvaikuNta gadhyam and nithya grantham (thiruvArAdhana kramam). All of these are sanskrit granthams; he did not compose any texts in thamizh. He has explained the essence of vEdhantha in SrI bhAshyam, vEdhArtha sangraham, vEdhAntha dhIpam and vEdhAntha sAram. In gIthA bhAshyam, he has mercifully given a special vyAkhyAnam for the SrI bhagavath gIthA. Through his gadhya thrayam, emperumAnAr established the most important concept of our sampradhAyam &#8211; SaraNAgathi. Through nithya grantham, he has shown the method of performing thiruvArAdhanam. He also formulated the methodology\/approach for writing\u00a0 vyAkhyAnam for thiruvAimozhi. Like this, emperumAnAr\u2019s glories are many.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>emperumAnAr\u2019s vAzhi thirunAmam<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>aththigiri aruLALar adipaNindhOn vAzhiyE<br>arutkachchi nambiyurai ARupeRROn vAzhiyE<br>paththiyudan pAdiyaththaip pagarndhittAn vAzhiyE<br>pathinmarkalai utporuLaip parindhukaRRAn vAzhiyE<br>suththamagizh mARanadi thozhudhuyndhOn vAzhiyE<br>thol periya Nambi saraN thOnRinAn vAzhiyE<br>chiththirayil AdhiraiNAL siRakkavandhOn vAzhiyE<br>sIr perumbUthUr munivan thiruvadigaL vAzhiyE<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>emperumAnAr\u2019s vAzhi thirunAmam<\/strong> &#8211; <strong>Explanation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>aththigiri aruLALar adipaNindhOn vAzhiyE<\/strong> \u2014 Even while rAmAnujar was iLaiyAzhwAr, he performed kainkaryam to dhEvap perumAL under the guidance of <a href=\"https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2013\/02\/15\/thirukkachi-nambi-english\/\">thirukkachchi nambi<\/a>. bhagavath rAmAnujar accepted sanyAsa ASramam from dhEvap perumAL. It was pEraruLALap perumAL who bestowed him the name &#8221; yathirAja&#8221; (King of yathis &#8211; sanyAsis). May emperumAnAr, who worshipped the divine feet of aththigiri (hasthigiri known as kAnchIpuram) pEraruLALa emperumAn, live long (pallANdu)!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>arutkachchi nambiyurai ARupeRROn vAzhiyE<\/strong> &#8211; When SrI rAmAnujar had some lingering doubts in his mind, he went to thirukkachchi nambi and requested him to find the answers for his doubts from dhEvap perumAL. thirukkachchi nambi even without asking about his doubts, goes to dhEvap perumAL and states to dhEvap perumAL that iLaiyAzhwAr has some doubts. dhEvap perumAL also without asking what the doubts were,\u00a0gives out what is famously known as 6 vArththaigaL (6 commandments) through thirukkachchi nambi to iLaiyAzhwAr. The words of emperumAn are:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cahamEva param thathvam\u201d &#8211; \u201cI am the supreme. There is no god above or equal to me\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cdharSanam bhEdham Eva\u201d &#8211; \u201cjIvAthmAs and achEthanams are different from me\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cupAyam prapaththi (SaraNAgathi)\u201d &#8211;\u00a0\u201caccepting me as the only refuge is the only means to attain me\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cdhEhavasAnE mukthi\u201d \u2013 \u201cprapannas will attain liberation at the end of his present body\u201d&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201canthima smrthi varjanam\u201d \u2013 \u201cFor the surrendered one, there is no need for them to think about me while leaving their body, there will be no shortcoming because of that. Since I am always thinking of him, I will take care of him during the last moment and take him\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cpUrNAchArya padhASrItha:\u201d \u2013 \u201cAccept\u00a0mahA pUrNar (periya nambi)\u00a0as AchAryan\u201d. (This was a direct upadhESam to emperumAnAr).\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>May SrI rAmAnujar who received the 6 vArththaigaL from dhEvap perumAL\u00a0through thirukkachchi nambi, live long (pallANdu)!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>paththiyudan pAdiyaththaip pagarndhittAn vAzhiyE<\/strong> \u2014 &#8220;pAdiyam&#8221; is the thamizh word of SrI bhAshyam. bhagavath rAmAnujar composed it with great devotion.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To write this grantham, emperumAnAr visited SrI SAradhA pItam in kashmIr along with kUrathAzhwAn to bring the bOdhAyana vruththi grantham. Although they got the grantham, it was snatched away from emperumAnAr on the way back. But since kUraththAzhwAn had memorized everything, on reaching SrIrangam, emperumAnAr wrote SrIbhAshyam with the help of AzhwAn. He centered it on bhakthi yOga, the primary upAyam to reach emperumAn as mentioned in the vEdhAntham. Later, in SaraNAgathi gadhyam, he showed that SaraNAgathi at emperumAn\u2019s lotus feet is the best path to attain emperumAn in SrIvaishNava sampradhAyam. He said that for a vEdhAnthi, bhakthi yOgam is the means to attain emperumAn. May emperumAnAr with such greatness live long (pallANdu)!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>pathinmarkalai utporuLaip parindhukaRRAn vAzhiyE<\/strong> \u2014 As instructed by <a href=\"https:\/\/koyil.org\/index.php\/koyilperiyanambi\/\">periya nambi<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2013\/02\/27\/thirukkoshtiyur-nambi-english\/\">thirukkOshtiyUr nambi<\/a>, he learned the prabandhams of the ten AzhwArs from <a href=\"https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/thirumalai-andan\/\">thirumAlai AndAn<\/a> in SrIrangam. May emperumAnAr, who mastered the inner meanings of the AzhwArs&#8217; prabandhams with deep involvement, live long (pallANdu)!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>suththamagizhmARanadi thozhudhuyndhOn vAzhiyE<\/strong> \u2014 &#8220;magizh mARan&#8221; refers to <a href=\"https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/nammazhwar\/\">nammAzhwar<\/a>. May emperumAnAr, who took refuge and immersed himself at the lotus feet of SrI SatakOpar &#8211; nammAzhwAr (who always believed that emperumAn is both upAyam and upEyam) and attained mOksha, live long (pallANdu)!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May emperumAn who lived by worshipping nammAzhwArs divine feet, that is shown in the rAmAnusa nURRanthAdhi pAsuram, \u201c<em>pUmannu mAdhu porundhiya mArban pugazh malindha pA mannu mARan adi paNindhu uynthava<\/em>n\u201d live long (pallANdu)! (Meaning &#8211; Oh heart! periya pirAtti who has lotus as her dwelling place, left that after experiencing the sweetness of emperumAn\u2019s divine chest and started to reside on that divine chest. nammAzhwAr is fully engaged in thiruvAimozhi that is full of the auspicious qualities of that emperumAn who has pirAtti on his divine chest. rAmAnujar uplifted himself by attaining the divine feet of that nammAzhwAr)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once emperumAnAr went to AzhwArthirunagari to perform mangaLAsAsanam to nammAzhwAr. AzhwAr who was greatly delighted by emperumAnAr\u2018s devotion, gave a\u00a0 divine order &#8211; \u201cHereafter my thiruvadi\/pAdhukAs (lotus feet, divine sandals) will be known as \u2018SrI rAmAnujam\u2019.\u00a0 Hence, to this today, in <a href=\"https:\/\/koyil.org\/index.php\/azhwarthirunagari\/\">AzhwArthirunagari<\/a> alone, nammAzhwAr\u2019s thiruvadi is called as \u201cSrI rAmAnujam\u201d following nammAzhwAr\u2018s own orders, however, in other places his thiruvadi is called \u201cmadhurakavigaL\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>thol periyanambicharaN thOnRinAn vAzhiyE<\/strong> \u2014 May bhagavath rAmAnujar who is very affectionate to the lotus feet of the ancient periya nambi,\u00a0 live long (pallANdu)!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>chiththirayil AdhiraiNAL siRakkavanthOn vAzhiyE<\/strong> \u2014 (Adhirai star is called as thiruvAdhirai because bhagavath rAmAnujar was born on that star). May emperumAnAr who gave greatness to that day &#8211; chiththirai month, thiruvAdhirai star,\u00a0 due to\u00a0 his birth, live long (pallANdu)!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>sIr perumbUthUr munivan thiruvadigaL vAzhiyE<\/strong> \u2014 May the divine feet of bhagavath rAmAnujar, born in the famous SrIperumbudhUr, live long (pallANdu)!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus concludes the vAzhi thirunAmam of SrI rAmAnujar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AzhwAr emperumAnAr jIyar thiruvadigaLE SaraNam<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2020\/12\/vazhi-thirunamams-periyanambi-emperumanar-tamil-simple\/\">https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2020\/12\/vazhi-thirunamams-periyanambi-emperumanar-tamil-simple\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>adiyEn govindarAja rAmAnuja dhAsan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>archived in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/\">https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>pramEyam (goal) \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/koyil.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/koyil.org<\/a><br>pramANam (scriptures) \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org\/\">http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org<\/a><br>pramAthA (preceptors) \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/\">http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org<\/a><br>SrIvaishNava education\/kids portal \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/pillai.koyil.org\/\">http:\/\/pillai.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:&nbsp; SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:&nbsp; SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series &lt;&lt; periya nambi Glories of emperumAnAr&nbsp; SrI rAmAnujar is an an avathAram of AdhiSEshan. He is also known as jagadhAchArya (AchArya of the whole universe). He stands as a central figure in SrIvaishNava\u00a0sampradhAyam. 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