Granthams
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai (Introduction) When asked “But are the glories of vEdham, such as its being SAsthram, being bhagavAn’s orders, not having faults, being Sruthi (heard), being truthful and having no beginning, present for nammAzhwAr’s prabandhams?” nAyanAr explains. chUrNikai … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai (Introduction) When asked “Do nammazhwAr’s prabandhams have prominence like vEdham is greater than other SAsthrams?” nAyanAr explains. Note: All through this section, while the main focus is on thiruvAimozhi, it does include all other prabandhams of … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << Previous vathArikai (Introduction) When asked “But vEdham has angas (ancillary texts) and upAngas (additional ancillary texts). Does thiruvAimozhi have anything like that?” that is explained here. chUrNikai 43 vEdha chathushtayAngOpAngangaL padhinAlum polE innAlukkum irundhamizh nUl pulavar panuval ARum … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai (Introduction) When asked “Let that language be anAdhi (beginningless); is there any statement which says that thiruvAimozhi is a type of vEdham?” the answer is given, chUrNikai 42 vadamozhi maRai enRadhu thenmozhi maRaiyai ninaiththiRE Simple Explanation … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai (Introduction) When asked “Can we say like that [as said in previous sUthram]? dhrAvida [thamizh] language is not anAdhi [existing for a long time] like samskrutha language; wasn’t it created by agasthya?” answer for that is … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai (Introduction) When asked “Alright – there can be different branches/types. But should they all not be in the same language? Aren’t samskrutham and dhrAvidam (thamizh) different languages?” nAyanAr clarifies here. chUrNikai 40 idhil samskrutham dhrAvidam engiRa … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai (Introduction) Subsequently, to establish that thiruvAimozhi is also a vEdham as said in thiruvAimozhi 10.9.11 “sandhangaL Ayiram” (among the thousand pAsurams which have different metres), first he clarifies the doubt “if such [dhrAvida] vEdham can exist”. … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai (Introduction) Response to the statement “For those who have studied that [samskrutha] vEdham [understood the meanings and put them in practice], when they don’t have the same kind of engagement in this [dhrAvida] vEdham, they only … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai (Introduction) Now, nAyanAr shows how brAhmaNyathva (being a brAhmaNa) and vaishNavathva (being a vaishNava) is achieved by karma nishtas and kainkarya nishtas respectively. chUrNikai 37 adhyayana gyAna anushtAnangaLAlE brAhmaNyam AgirAp polE chandhangal Ayiramum aRiyak kaRRu vallArAnAl … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai (Introduction) Now, prime ancestors for both karma nishtas and kainkarya nishtas are explained. chUrNikai 36 viprarkku gOthra charaNa sUthra kUtasthar parASara pArASarya bOdhAyanAdhigaL; prapanna jana kUtasthar parAnkuSa parakAla yathivarAdhigaL Simple Explanation The prime ancestors for brAhmaNas … Read more