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SrI: SrImathE satakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series The Bound Soul Under Beginningless Ignorance The bound soul (badhdha jIva) remains immersed in the darkness of beginningless ignorance. The scriptures describe this condition as: अनादिमायया सुप्तः [mAndUkya kArikA – 2-21](anAdhimAyayA suptha:) “Sleeping under the influence of beginningless ignorance.” Because of its beginningless … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous 25. parabrahma yOgi yOgi is one who is in union with parabrahmam. Thus, AzhwAr is always in union with parabrahmam. parabrahmam is the term which indicates Sriman nArAyaNa. brahmam means that which is great and also that which makes others great. … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai (Introduction) When asked “Why are you saying like this? Isn’t he only saying that there is no known good deeds of his? What if bhagavAn accepted him due to his unknown/incidental good deeds?” nAyanAr explains chUrNikai … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous 23. muni vEndhu muni means manana Seela. That is, one who always meditates and thinks about bhagavAn. nammAzhwAr himself is said to be SatakOpa muni. He is always thinking about bhagavAn. He himself declares, “sindhai maRRonRin thiRaththadhallAth thanmai dhEva pirAn aRiyum” … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai (Introduction) When asked “If bhagavAn unconditionally accepts in this manner, instead of accepting everyone, why is he accepting AzhwAr only?” nAyanAr says “The prideful acts based on the ISvarathvam (control over all) of bhagavAn who is … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai (Introduction) When asked “Is there any place where ISvara’s efforts fructified without any goodness in our side?” nAyanAr starts saying “kOsala gOkula …“. chUrNikai 105 kOsala gOkula charAcharam seyyum guNamonRu inRiyE aRpudham ennak kaNdOm. Simple Explanation … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai (Introduction) For the question “In such case, what is the cause for AzhwAr’s bhakthi?”, nAyanAr is using the example of a field, farmer, his efforts and the result to explain that AzhwAr’s bhakthi is the result … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous 21. bhavarOga paNditha bhava means samsAra (material world). rOga means disease. paNditha means a scholar, or a great, wise, and learned personality. samsAra itself is a disease for AthmAs like us. Generally, people think that in this samsAra (world) people get … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous 19. kumarith thuRaivan The ocean on the southern side of bhAratha dhESam is known as the kumari ocean. The region near the kumari ocean is said to be the kumari region. Even today, it is known as kanyAkumAri. In that region, … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous 17. porunal thuRaivan porunal is the name of river thAmirabharaNi which is a holy river. Even before the birth of nammAzhwAr, thirukurugUr kshEthram, namely kurugApuri kshEthram, was a puNya kshEthram where bhagavAn joyfully resided. After the birth of nammAzhwAr, it became … Read more