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SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai (Introduction) piLLai lOkAchAryar is elaborating it. sUthram 212 uthkrushtamAga bramiththa janmam bramSa sambAvanaiyAlE “SarIrE cha” engiRapadiyE bhaya janakam. Simple Explanation The birth which was misunderstood to be superior will lead to fear due to the scope for falling down as … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai (Introduction) piLLai lOkAchAryar is mercifully responding with the divine heart of considering the reverse of the questioner – that is considering what is thought to be superior by the questioner to be inferior and what is thought to be inferior … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series Previous eRumbiyappA takes refuge under jIyar Later a SrIvaishNava visited eRumbi on his way to thirumalai hills. appA saw him, invited him and asked him to mercifully narrate about kOyil (SrIrangam temple) and mAmunigaL. The SrIvaisshNava told him “kandhAdai aiyangArs such as kandhAdai … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai (Introduction) piLLai lOkAchAryar is raising the question “When individuals of both superior and inferior births are related to bhagavAn, they are equal due to being bhAgavathas; with that, isn’t the one who has superior birth more distinguished than the other … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series Previous jIyar matam is burnt down in AzhwAr thirunagari While periya jIyar was living mercifully with abundant wisdom, some people, who could not tolerate this and who were jealous, in a demonic behaviour, set fire to jIyar’s matam in the middle of the … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series Previous The meeting between jIyar and thirunArAyaNapuram Ayi When mAmunigaL was mercifully explaining the meaning of sUthram (aphorism) 22 of AchArya hrudhayam [an esoteric compilation by piLLai lOkAchAryar’s younger brother, azhagiya maNavALap perumAL nAyanAr, based on nammAzhwAr’s thiruvAimozhi], he was not much satisfied … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai (Introduction) When asked “In that case, what is the cause for the gain or the loss?” piLLai lOkAchAryar mercifully responds. sUthram 209 prayOjakam bhagavath sambandhamum asambandhamum. Simple Explanation The cause is relationship with bhagavAn and lack of the same. vyAkyAnam … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series Previous As said in the SlOkam yAniyAnicha dhivyAni dhESE dhESE jagannithE:thAni thAni samsthAni sthAni samasEvatha (on the way, wherever emperumAn had taken divine abode mercifully, he worshipped the divine feet at all those places), he carried out mangaLASAsanam (praising sarvESvaran) appropriately at all … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai (Introduction) When asked “In this manner (as explained in previous sUthrams), if superior birth etc could lead to loss, could inferior births etc lead to the result?” piLLai lOkAchAryar mercifully responds. sUthram 208 janma vruththangaLinudaiya uthkarshamum apakarshamum, pERRukkum izhavukkum aprayOjakam. … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series Previous ANdaperumAL takes refuge under kandhAdai aNNan One day jIyar called Sudhdhasathvam aNNA and told him mercifully “dhEvarIr is fortunate that just as madhurakavi AzhwAr was towards nammAzhwAr, dhEvarIr is towards aNNan, being a much liked person. One can carry out service to … Read more