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SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai (Introduction) nAyanAr says “AzhwAr only saw previously existing collection of pAsurams and revealed them”. chUrNikai 47 nAl vEdham kaNda purANa rishi manthra dharSigaLaip polE ivaraiyum rishi muni kavi ennum. Simple Explanation Just as those who saw … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai (Introduction) When asked “But just as that vEdham, should this (AzhwAr’s prabandhams) also remain as not being authored by anyone? Since AzhwAr is said to be the author of this, nithyathvam (being eternal) and apaurushEyathvam (not … Read more

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