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SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous The Principal Identifier The nature of the individual soul (jīva) is a matter of philosophical inquiry. It bears significance to people of all faiths and traditions. In many cases, the nature of the individual soul forms the point of divergence and … Read more

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous śrībhaṭṭanātha-mukhābja-mitraḥ We will explore more instances in Srimad Bhagavad Gita to experience the influence of the hymns of Azhwars on the works of Swami Ramanuja.  The intention here is to show how the interpretation of Swami Ramanuja is unique due to … Read more

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous Thiruppavai Jeeyar திருப்பாவை ஜீயர் Thiruvarangaththamudhanār celebrates Swāmi Rāmānuja as ‘chūḍikkoduththavaḷ thollaruḷāl vāzhgiṇḍra vaḷḷal’ Swāmi Rāmānuja lives due to the natural grace of Āṇḍāḷ. He is also celebrated as Thiruppāvai Jīyar owing to an episode connected to the eighteenth hymn of Thiruppāvai. … Read more

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous Gajendra Moksham In the previous post, we had observed that the interpretation provided by Swāmi Emperumānār is based on the following hymn of Āzhwār: “mazuṅgāda vainudiya cakkara nalvalattaiyāy thozuṅkādal kaḷiraḷippān puḷḷūrndu thōṇḍṛinaiyē mazuṅgāda jñanamē paḍaiyāga malarulagil thozumbāyārkku aḷiththāl un cuḍarccōdi maṛaiyādē” … Read more

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous Avatāra prayojanam In Bhagavad Gītā, Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa says “paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṃ vināśāya ca duśkṛtām | dharmasaṃsthāpanārthāya saṃbhavāmi yuge yuge ||” For protecting the good, for destroying the wicked and for establishing dharma, I incarnate in every age.  It can be questioned … Read more

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous Sāmrājya Paṭṭābhiṣekam The Gadyatrayam is a delight to devotees.  In the section, starting akhilaheyapratyanīka in Śaraṇāgati Gadyam, Swami Emperumānār describes the outstanding nature of the Lord, His divine form, His auspicious attributes, His divine and beautiful ornaments, His divine weapons, and … Read more

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous Narayana as the Supreme Controller Bhagavad Rāmanuja identifies the Supreme Brahman manifest as Periya Perumāḷ in Srirangam as the supreme controller of all sentient and non-sentient entities. Sriranga Gadyam starts off with “svādhīna-trividha-cetanācetana-svarūpa-sthiti-pravrtti-bhedam”.   Nārāyaṇa is the supreme controller of the … Read more

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous   In this article, we will analyze the parts of Swami Emperumanar’s commentary for kapyāsa śṛti and try to understand the manner in which the ideas are borrowed from the hymns of Azhwars. gaṃbhīrāmbassamudbhūta-puṇḍarīka – The lotus is called jalaja or … Read more

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous The Lotus eyed Lord (i) Pundarikaksha is the Para Brahman The Chandogya Upanishad identifies the Para Brahman as the Lotus-Eyed or Puṇdarīkākṣa. This is conveyed by the verse, ‘tasya yathā kapyāsaṃ puṇḍarīkamevamakṣiṇī’. Swami Alavandar uses this as one of the ways … Read more

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous The Ocean and the Auspicious Attributes It is very common to observe in the works of acharyas that the Lord is referred as the repository of numerous auspicious attributes or in other words, He is an “ocean of auspicious attributes” (thirukkalyāṇaguṇasāgaran). … Read more