SrI rAmAyaNa thani SlOkam – 2 – bAla kANdam 19.14 – aham vEdhmi – Part 1

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous ‘SrI rAmAyaNa thani SlOkam’ grantham is a vyAkhyAnam for a collection of SlOkams from vAlmeeki’s SrI rAmAyaNam. It is written by periyavAchchAn piLLai. periyavAchchAn piLLai, after thoroughly studying and understanding the Idu vyAkhyAnams and several upanyAsams has provided detailed explanations for … Read more

SrI rAmAyaNa thani SlOkam – 1 – Introduction

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full series The following is transcribed from SrI u vE sArathy thOthAthri swAmy’s ‘SrI rAmAyaNa thani SlOkam’ grantha kAlakshEpam. emperumAn has made many incarnations, of which SrI rAma avathAram is the most beloved for many people. Many of our AzhwArs and AchAryas have also glorified … Read more

AchArya hrudhayam – 46

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai (Introduction) When asked “But just as that vEdham, should this (AzhwAr’s prabandhams) also remain as not being authored by anyone? Since AzhwAr is said to be the author of this, nithyathvam (being eternal) and apaurushEyathvam (not … Read more

AchArya hrudhayam – 45

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai (Introduction) When asked “But are the glories of vEdham, such as its being SAsthram, being bhagavAn’s orders, not having faults, being Sruthi (heard), being truthful and having no beginning, present for nammAzhwAr’s prabandhams?” nAyanAr explains. chUrNikai … Read more

AchArya hrudhayam – 44

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai (Introduction) When asked “Do nammazhwAr’s prabandhams have prominence like vEdham is greater than other SAsthrams?” nAyanAr explains. Note: All through this section, while the main focus is on thiruvAimozhi, it does include all other prabandhams of … Read more

AchArya hrudhayam – 43

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << Previous vathArikai (Introduction) When asked “But vEdham has angas (ancillary texts) and upAngas (additional ancillary texts). Does thiruvAimozhi have anything like that?” that is explained here. chUrNikai 43 vEdha chathushtayAngOpAngangaL padhinAlum polE innAlukkum irundhamizh nUl pulavar panuval ARum … Read more

AchArya hrudhayam – 42

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai (Introduction) When asked “Let that language be anAdhi (beginningless); is there any statement which says that thiruvAimozhi is a type of vEdham?” the answer is given, chUrNikai 42 vadamozhi maRai enRadhu thenmozhi maRaiyai ninaiththiRE Simple Explanation … Read more

AchArya hrudhayam – 41

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai (Introduction) When asked “Can we say like that [as said in previous sUthram]? dhrAvida [thamizh] language is not anAdhi [existing for a long time] like samskrutha language; wasn’t it created by agasthya?” answer for that is … Read more

AchArya hrudhayam – 40

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai (Introduction) When asked “Alright – there can be different branches/types. But should they all not be in the same language? Aren’t samskrutham and dhrAvidam (thamizh) different languages?” nAyanAr clarifies here. chUrNikai 40 idhil samskrutham dhrAvidam engiRa … Read more

AchArya hrudhayam – 39

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai (Introduction) Subsequently, to establish that thiruvAimozhi is also a vEdham as said in thiruvAimozhi 10.9.11 “sandhangaL Ayiram” (among the thousand pAsurams which have different metres), first he clarifies the doubt “if such [dhrAvida] vEdham can exist”. … Read more