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SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai (Introduction) piLLai lOkAchAryar mercifully explains the lack of such defects for birth which is opposite the previously explained one. sUthram 214 apakrushtamAga bramiththa uthkrushta janmaththukku iraNdu dhOshamum illai. Simple Explanation Both the defects are not present for the superior birth … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series Previous Later, mAmunigaL, as said in the SlOkam thathas sajamUlajIthasyAma kOmalavigrahEpIthakauSEyasam vIdhE pInavruththa chathurbhujESankhachakra gadhAdharE thunga rathna vibhUshaNEkamalA kausthubhOraskE vimalAyatha lOchanEaparAdhasahE nithyam dhaharAkASa gOcharErEmEdhAmni yathAkASam yugyAnOdhyAna sampadhAsathathra niSchalam chEtha: chirENa vinivarthayan (mAmunigaL, through his dhyAna samrudhdhi (abundant meditation) was in total union with … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series Previous Subsequently, as said in the SlOkam ayampuna svayamvyaktha anavathArAn anuththamAnnidhAya hrudhinIrantharam nidhyAyan prathabhudhyathaviSEshENE sishEvEcha SEshabhOga vibhUshaNamamEyamAth imamdhAmam ramESam rangaSAyinamdhyAyam dhyAyam vapusthasya pAyam pAyam dhayOdhathimkAyam kAyam guNAnuchchais sOyam thadhbhUyasAnvabhUth (maNavALa mAmunigaL opened his divine eyes, meditating on archAvathArams (sarvESvaran in idol form) which … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai (Introduction) piLLai lOkAchAryar mercifully explains another defect of this [what is confused to be superior birth]. sUthram 213 adhukku svarUpa prApthamAna naichyam bhAvikka vENum. Simple Explanation One [who is having the so-called superior birth] should assume humility which is apt … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series Previous eRumbiyappA’s thiruvArAdhanap perumAL chakravarthith thirumagan ordered him in his dream “You have carried out an offence on maNavALa mAmunigaL who is a reincarnation of AdhiSEshan. Have you not heard of SrI nAradha bhagavAn’s origin ‘bhagavadh bhaktha sambhuktha pAthra sishtOdhanArAth kOpidhAsI suthOpyAsI samruthO … Read more
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