Sarathy Thothathri

srI: srImathE rAmAnujAya nama: srImadh varavaramunayE nama: srI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama:   In the previous article (https://granthams.koyil.org/2013/07/anthimopaya-nishtai-16/),we observed the glories of srIvaishNavas irrespective of their birth. We will continue with the next section where we see srIvaishNavas being glorified by emperumAn, AzhwArs and AchAryas and some incidents from our pUrvAchAryas lives which demonstrate the same. … Read more

srI: srImathE rAmAnujAya nama: srImadh varavaramunayE nama: srI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama:   In the previous article (https://granthams.koyil.org/2013/07/anthimopaya-nishtai-15/),we observed the glories of the prasAdham and srIpAdha thIrtham of AchAryas and bhAgavathas. We will continue with the next section which discusses the glories of srIvaishNavas irrespective of their birth.  piLLai lOkAchAryar,  azhagiya maNavALa perumAL nAyanAr, maNavALa mAmunigaL … Read more

srI: srImathE rAmAnujAya nama: srImadh varavaramunayE nama: srI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama:   In the previous article (https://granthams.koyil.org/2013/06/anthimopaya-nishtai-14/), we observed the ill effects of bhAgavatha apachAram. We will continue with the section which explains how to deal with and serve AchAryas and srIvaishNavas in general – specifically the glories of AchArya/bhAgavatha prasAdham (food remnants) and srIpAdha … Read more

srI: srImathE rAmAnujAya nama: srImadh varavaramunayE nama: srI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama:   In the previous article (https://granthams.koyil.org/2013/07/anthimopaya-nishtai-13/), we observed AchArya apachAram in detail and the ill-effects of committing such apachArams. We will continue with understanding bhAgavatha apachAram in this section.   Next we shall see bhAgavatha apachAram.   srIvachana bhUshaNa dhivya sAsthram 307   ivai … Read more

srI: srImathE rAmAnujAya nama: srImadh varavaramunayE nama: srI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama:   In the previous article (https://granthams.koyil.org/2013/06/anthimopaya-nishtai-12/), we observed that AchAryan is an avathAram of bhagavAn and he should be treated as such only. We will continue with the section which explains the ill-effects of considering the AchAryan as a mortal human.  emperumAnAr – AzhwAn, … Read more

srI: srImathE rAmAnujAya nama: srImadh varavaramunayE nama: srI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama:   In the previous article (https://granthams.koyil.org/2013/06/anthimopaya-nishtai-11/), we observed the divine attitude of embAr and a few other incidents. In this article, it is established that AchAryan is an avathAram of bhagavAn and he should be treated as such only.   purushArtham (utlimate goal for … Read more

srI: srImathE rAmAnujAya nama: srImadh varavaramunayE nama: srI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama:   In the previous article (https://granthams.koyil.org/2013/06/anthimopaya-nishtai-10/), we observed the divine glories of srI rAmAnuja‘s sishyas. We will continue with more such incidents (mainly embAr‘s nishtai) in this article. emperumAnAr – embAr   embAr (gOvindhar) was born in vattamaNi kulam (a particular family lineage) and … Read more

srI: srImathE rAmAnujAya nama: srImadh varavaramunayE nama: srI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama:   In the previous article (https://granthams.koyil.org/2013/06/anthimopaya-nishtai-9/), we observed the divine glories of nampiLLai in this article. We will continue with more incidents from various sishyas of emperumAnAr in this article. Once during the times of udayavar, aruLALa perumAL emperumAnAr was ill. kUrathAzhwAn did not … Read more

srI: srImathE rAmAnujAya nama: srImadh varavaramunayE nama: srI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama:   In the previous article (https://granthams.koyil.org/2013/06/anthimopaya-nishtai-8/), we observed the most wonderful incident in the lives of our pUrvAchAryas, i.e., srIranganAthan accepting mAmunigaL as his AchAryan and submitting srIsailEsa dhayApAthram thaniyan for him and propagating the same to all dhivyadhEsams. We will continue to observe … Read more

srI: srImathE rAmAnujAya nama: srImadh varavaramunayE nama: srI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama:   In the previous article (https://granthams.koyil.org/2013/06/anthimopaya-nishtai-7/), we observed nampiLLai‘s  greatness through several incidents in his life. We will now observe the most wonderful incident in the lives of our pUrvAchAryas.   malai kuniya ninRa perumAL (AzhwAn/bhattar lineage) is the leader of our sampradhAyam and … Read more