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SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series Previous thirumanjanam appA’s daughter takes refuge under jIyar One early morning, when jIyar was going towards kAvEri for his divine bath, it started raining heavily, unexpectedly. Hence, jIyar waited near the pedestal of a house, for the rain to stop. Seeing this, the … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series Previous thirumanjanam appA and bhattarpirAn jIyar take refuge under jIyar Every day, jIyar would go just before sunrise to the divine kAvEri to have his bath. thirumanjanam appA, who was fully engaged with sathva (purely good) activities, and who was carrying out kainkaryam … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series Previous nAyanAr embraces sanyAsASramam During that time, a few people from the southern direction, came and conveyed to nAyanAr about bereavement in his family which made his service to perumAL inappropriate. He felt that for him who had kept the divine feet of … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series Previous nAyanAr listens to SrIbhAshyam commentary from kidAmbi nAyanAr There [at kAnchIpuram], he prostrated before the divine feet of kidAmbi nAyanAr who hailed in the divine clan of kidAmbi AchchAn [one who was appointed by thirukkOttiyUr nambi to carry out madappaLLi kainkaryam (cooking … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series Previous nAyanAr mercifully leaves for SrIperumbudhUr Subsequently, nAyanAr left for SrIperumbUthUr, as mentioned in the SlOkam yathIndhrathjananImprApya purIm purushapungava:antha: kimapi sampaSyannathrAksheella kshamaNam munim (azhagiya maNavALar, the best among men, went to SrIperumbUthUr, the birth-place of yathirAjar (rAmAnujar), looked at the distinguishing features of … Read more
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 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 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 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 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