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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

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous Azhvars and Bhagavad Ramanujacharya – 2 paritrāṇāya sādhūnām In the fourth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita occurs the famous hymn starting “paritrāṇāya sādhūnām”.   The meaning of this hymn is easily understood by even the layman – “To protect the good, to … Read more

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous Azhwars and Bhagavad Ramanujacharya – 1             Swami Manavala Mamunigal says, “This verily is Emperumanar Darsanam, as declared by Lord Namperumal.”  Even outside the Srivaishnava fold, it is common knowledge that the seeds of the nationwide … Read more

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous Swami Alavandar and the Azhwars The Lord of ascetics Swami Alavandar is Yamunacharya, Yamunai Thuraivar or Yamuna Muni,  the grandson of Sriman Nathamunigal who revived the Divya Prabandhams. He is the Paramacharya of Swami Ramanuja. It can be said that all … Read more

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous The Taitiriya has the following verse   सहस्रपरमा देवी शतमूला शताङ्कुरा | सर्वं हरतु मे पापं दूर्वा दुस्स्वप्ननाशिनी ||  This verse contains a prayer rendered towards Divya Prabandham or Dramidopanishad.   The word देवी comes from the root दिवु.  दिवु – क्रीडाविजिगीषाव्यवहारद्युतिस्तुतिमोदमदस्वप्नकान्तिगतिषु … Read more

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous         In the topics discussed so far, it has been said that Swami Nammazhwar is the highest acharya of the Vedanta and that Swami Ramanuja was deeply attached to Divya Prabandham.  In the sections that follow it will … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series Swami Ramanuja and the Divya Prabandham As the Divya Prabandham is recognized to be a body of knowledge delivered by the Azhwars, it leads us to the next issue of understanding the relationship of Swami Ramanuja with Divya Prabandham.   An individual’s relationship with … Read more