Granthams
Granthams English tag
SrI: SrImathE satakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << 7 – Stealing butter and getting caught Previously we enjoyed how bhagavAn was bound by yaSOdhA. Once, after binding krishNa to a mortar, she went to do her chores. krishNa was stunned at that time, not able to do anything. … Read more
SrI: SrImathE satakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << 6 – yaSOdhA sees the world in mouth nammAzhwAr says in thiruviruththam “sUttu nanmAlaigaL thUyanavEndhi viNNOrgaL nannIr Atti andhUbam tharA niRkavE angu Or mAyaiyinAl Ittiya veNNey thodu uNNappoNdhumilERRuvan kUn kOttidaiyAdinai kUththu adalAyar tham kombinukkE” explaining that there are two reasons … Read more
SrI: SrImathE satakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << 5 – Killing of thruNAvarthAsura krishNa and balarAma started crawling nicely. They went everywhere crawling, played in the dirt, returned to their mothers yaSOdhA and rOhiNi, climbed on their lap and drank their milk beautifully. In general, in the cowherd … Read more
SrI: SrImathE satakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << 4 – Killing of SakatAsura Let us now see an incident from the phase of krishNa coming to a sitting posture. In gOkulam, once krishNa was sitting on the ground. A demon named thruNAvartha, who was sent by kamsa, arrived … Read more
SrI: SrImathE satakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << 3 – Killing of pUthanA Another amazing leelA during krishNa’s cradle times is killing of SakatAsuran. This incident is also enjoyed and beautifully expressed by AzhwArs in many places. nammAzhwAr beautifully enjoys this incident saying “thaLarndhum muRindhum sakatavasurar udal vERA … Read more
SrI: SrImathE satakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series >> 2 – Summary krishNa was growing up nicely in SrI gOkulam. Mother yaSOdhA, SrI nandhagOpar and the cowherd girls were giving very loving care for him. Somehow, kamsan came to know that it was krishNa who would kill him. … Read more
SrI: SrImathE satakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << 1 – Birth periyAzhwAr, in the mood of mother yaSOdhA, enjoyed krishNa leelAs and presented the same to us in the form of beautiful pAsurams. In his periyAzhwAr thirumozhi, in many padhigams (decads), he enjoyed krishNa’s many leelAs … Read more
SrI: SrImathE satakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series AzhwArs, who were divinely blessed with knowledge matured into devotion, and ANdAL nAchchiyAr, who is an incarnation of SrI bhUmip pirAtti, greatly celebrate krishNAvathAram as in “AtkoLLath thOnRiya Ayar tham kOvinai” (One who incarnated as the king of cowherds … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: SrIman nArAyaNan blessed a select few AthmAs with divine knowledge and great devotion towards him and made them AzhwArs. AzhwArs compiled many pAsurams (verses) in glorification of SrIman nArAyaNan. These pAsurams total up to 4000 verses approximately and are thus called 4000 dhivya prabandham. dhivya … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: adhyayanam means to study, to learn, to repeat/recite, etc. vEdham is studied under AchAryas by hearing from them and repeating the same. vEdha manthrams are also regularly recited as part of daily anushtAnams. anadhyayanam means to refrain from learning/reciting. There are certain times of the … Read more