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SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series Previous nAyanAr mercifully goes to perumAL kOyil nAyanAr left thiruvEngadam, stopped over on the way for a couple of days and then, as said in the pAsuram “ulagEththum AzhiyAn aththiyUrAn” (the one who holds the divine disc and who resides in kAnchIpuram), reached … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai (Introduction) When asked about the level of cruelty of judging archAvathAram based on the material that it is made of, piLLai lOkAchAryar mercifully explains that. sUthram 197 aththai mAthruyOni parIkshaiyOdu okkum enRu SAsthram sollum. Simple Explanation SAsthram says that it … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series Previous nAyanAr took rest there for sometime and then started to climb up further. Hearing this, periya kELvi jIyar and other SrIvaishNavas, with all the temple employees, mercifully took out the divine feet (SrI SatAri) of thiruvEngadamudaiyAn (this is called as pUvArkazhalgaL), along … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai (Introduction) piLLai lOkAchAryar is mercifully explaining the cruel nature of judging bhAgavathas by birth. sUthram 196 idhudhAn archAvathAraththil upAdhAna smruthiyilum kAttil krUram. Simple Explanation This is more cruel than judging the divine archA form of bhagavAn based on the raw … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series Previous Now, thirumalai narration On the first day, in the month of purattAsi (kanyA mAsam), the brahmOthsavam starts at thiruvEngadam hills. periya kELvi jIyar (the prime person at the hill, looking after the temple there) had a dream that night where people told … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai (Introduction) Among those apachArams, to mercifully explain the cruel nature of judging bhAgavathas by their birth, piLLai lOkAchAryar explains that. sUthram 195 adhilE onRu avargaL pakkal janma nirUpaNam. Simple Explanation Judging them by their birth is one among those. vyAkyAnam … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series Previous nAyanAr leaving for thiruvEngadam nAyanAr thought in his divine mind to embark on a yAthrA (travel) to go to thiruvEngadam and other divine abodes in the northern parts of the country and to worship empeurmAns there. He went to periya perumAL’s sannidhi, … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai (Introduction) piLLai lOkAchAryar mercifully highlights the multifarious nature of bhAgavatha apachAram. sUthram 194 bhAgavatha apachArandhAn anEka vidham. Simple Explanation Mistakes/offences committed towards bhAgavathas are of many types. vyAkyAnam (Commentary) bhAgavatha apachArandhAn … anEka vidham There are many types of mistakes/offences … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series Previous nAyanAr was then offered thIrthaprasAdham (perumAL’s sacred water), SatAri (symbolising his divine feet) and divine garlands. He felt happy as if he had received crown and garlands [as a King], thinking “We have become the target for SrIranganAthan’s divine mercy”. Looking at … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai (Introduction) piLLai lOkAchAryar reveals bhagavAn’s words in highlighting the cruel nature of bhAgavatha apachAram. sUthram 193 “avamAna kriyA:” Simple Explanation mahAbhAratham aSvamEdhika parvam “avamAna kriyA:” (insulting acts). vyAkyAnam (Commentary) bhagavAn himself said in mahAbhAratham aSvamEdhika parvam “yA prIthir mayi samvruththA … Read more