Sarathy Thothathri

SrI: SrImathE satakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama:  Full Series << Previous sUthram 15 அணுவாய், ஹ்ருதயத்தளவிலே நிற்குமாகில் சரீரமெங்குமொக்க ஸுகதுக்கங்களை புஜிக்கிறபடியென்னென்னில் (aNuvAy, hrudhayaththaLavilE niRkumAgil SarIram engumokka sukha dhukkangaLai bhujikkiRapadi en ennil) Meaning: If the soul is atomic in size and remains in the region of the heart, how does it experience pleasure and pain … Read more

SrI: SrImathE satakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama:  Full Series << Previous sUthram 14 ஹ்ருதயப்ரதேசத்தில் நின்றும் உத்க்ரமித்துப் போவது வருவதாமென்று சாஸ்த்ரம் சொல்லுகையாலே, ஆத்மா அணுவாகக்கடவது (hrudhaya pradhEsaththil ninRum uthkramiththup pOvadhu varuvadhAm enRu SAsthram sollugaiyAlE, AthmA aNuvAgak kadavadhu) Meaning: Since the scriptures speak of the soul residing in the heart, departing from it, travelling, and returning, … Read more

SrI: SrImathE satakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama:  Full Series << Previous sUthram 13 அணுவானபடியென்னென்னில் (aNuvAnapadi en ennil) Meaning: If the self is distinct from matter, self-luminous, blissful, and eternal, how do we know that it is atomic in size? Explanation So far, the self has been described as: Even after accepting all … Read more

SrI: SrImathE satakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama:  Full Series << Previous sUthram 12 எப்போதுமுண்டாகில், ஜந்மமரணங்களுண்டாகிறபடியென்? என்னில்; ஜந்மமாவது – தே3ஹஸம்ப3ந்த4ம்; மரணமாவது – தே3ஹவியோக3ம் (eppOdhum uNdAgil, janma maraNangaL uNdAgiRapadiyen? ennil; janmamAvadhu – dhEha sambandham; maraNamAvadhu – dhEha viyOgam) Meaning: If the self exists at all times, how can there be birth and death? Birth … Read more

SrI: SrImathE satakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama:  Full Series << Previous sUthram 11 நித்யமாகையாவது – எப்போதுமுண்டாகை (nithyamAgaiyAvadhu – eppOdhum uNdAgai) Meaning: Being eternal means existing at all times. Explanation The commentator next explains the quality of நித்யத்வம் (nithyathvam), eternality. He defines it as: ஸர்வகால வர்த்தித்வம் (sarvakAla varthithvam) “Existence at all times”. Therefore … Read more

SrI: SrImathE satakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama:  Full Series << Previous sUthram 10 உணர்ந்தவன் “ஸுக2மாக உறங்கினேன்” என்கையாலே ஸுக2ரூபமாகக் கடவது (uNarndhavan “sukhamAga uRanginEn” engaiyAlE sukha rUpamAgak kadavadhu) Meaning: The self must be of the nature of bliss because, upon waking, a person says, “I slept happily”. Proof for the blissful nature of the … Read more

SrI: SrImathE satakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama:  Full Series << Previous sUthram 9 ஆநந்தரூபமாகையாவது – ஸுகரூபமாயிருக்கை (Anandha rUpamAgaiyAvadhu – sukha rUpamAy irukkai) Meaning: Being of the nature of bliss means that the self is naturally agreeable and desirable to itself. What is meant by “Anandha-rUpa”? In the previous sUthram, the commentator explained … Read more

SrI: SrImathE satakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama:  Full Series << Previous sUthram 8 அஜடமாகையாவது – ஜ்ஞாநத்தை யொழியவும் தானே தோற்றுகை (ajadamAgaiyAvadhu – gyAnaththai ozhiyavum thAnE thORRugai) Meaning: The self is not inert. It reveals itself without requiring another act of knowledge to make it known. What is meant by “ajadam”? In the previous … Read more

SrI: SrImathE satakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama:  Full Series << Previous sUthram 7 இந்த யுக்திகளுக்குக் கண்ணழிவுண்டேயாகிலும், சாஸ்த்ரபலத்தாலே ஆத்மா தேஹாதி விலக்ஷணனாகக் கடவன் (indha yukthigaLukkuk kaNNazhivu uNdEyAgilum, SAsthra balaththAlE AthmA dhEhAdhi-vilakshaNanAgak kadavan) Meaning: Even if objections are raised against these logical arguments, the self must still be accepted as distinct from the body and … Read more