Bhagavad Ramanuja Vaibhavam- 1.9- Glories of Satakopa- our Srivaishnava Kulapathi

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SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya nama:

Dearest all,

Let us continue to enjoy the acharya’s glories. More on our Kulapathi's

greatness.

 

Sri Satakopar (NammazhwAr), an incarnation of Sri Vishvaksena (who is a Nitya

Soori, commander-in-chief of Vishnu's divine army),is attributed with four

divine works called Divya Prabandams in Tamil namely " Tiru Vaai Mozhi, Tiru

Virutham, Tiru Aasiriyam and Periya Tiru Andaadi " . These four works are purport

of four Vedas.

 

The six divya prabandams of Tiru Mangai Alwar are equivalent to the six angas of

the Veda. Sri Satakopar NammazhwAr made the Veda in Tamil and that is why he is

called " Vedam Tamil Seydavar " .

 

He is the head of our Sri Sampradaya and that is why he is called " Sri Vaishnava

Kula Pathi " . He is in the lotus feet of the Lord Sriman Naaraayana. Only by his

divine mercy, we can get the correct knowledge regarding liberation so that we

can adopt Prapatthi. He is therefore called as " Saranaagatha Santhana Jana

Kootasta " - The head of all Prapannas. He is called Vakulaabharana because he

used the Vakula (Magizam Poo) flower garland.

 

During the birth time, a Vayu named " Satam " makes the child to forget

his iGnayaanam. As NammazhwAr is a divine incarnation, he made a roar

" Humkaaram " with anger and made the Sata-Vayu not to come near him.

Therefore he was born with divine knowledge and also the Lord blessed

him with the ultimate knowledge. He is therefore called " Satakopa,

Satari, Satavairi, Satajit etc. " .

 

Only Sri Madhurakavi Alwar can tell Sri Satakopa's greatness as it is infinite.

" Kanninun Chiru Tambu " prabandam talks about that.

 

Sri Bhagavat Ramanuja Yatiraja had the highest regards and respect

for Sri Satakopa Namalvar and used his Divya Prabandams to comment

on Brahma Sutra. He made his disciple Tiru Kurugai Piran Pillan to

write commentry on Tiru Vai Mozhi which is called Bhagavat Vishayam's

Tiru Aaraayira Padi.

 

Srimath Vedanta Maha Desikar and Srimath Manavaala Ma Munigal

have written extraordinary articles/works on Alwar's divya prabandams.

 

Sri Satakopa's divya prabandams resulted because of his divine

experiences with the Lord. He got very much impressed by the divine

beauty of Lord Hari's Eyes which are celebrated in the Veda. Whenever

Alwar refers the Lord by the name " Kamala Kannan " , the heart

of Alwar melts because of the beauty of the Lord's eyes. But whenever

we listen to the meaning of Alwar's prabandams, our heart melts because

of the beauty of Alwar's prabandams. Just like each Guna of the Lord

is an extraordinary wonder and each form of Lord is full of divine

beauty, each Paasuram/word of Alwar's prabandams is even more

wonderful and beautiful as Alwar's prabandams have the capacity to

make the Lord to show all his gunas and forms to the listener of

the same.

 

Swamy Desikan pays his tribute to our Prapanna Jana SanthAna Kootasthar,

Swamy NammAzhwAr:

 

munnuraittha thiuviruttha nooRu paattu

muRayinvarum aasiriya-mEzhu pattu

manniya naRR poruttpperiya ThiruvandhAthi

maRavAthapadi yeNpatthEzhu paattum

pinnuraitthathOr ThiruvAimozhi yeppOthum

pizhaiaRavA-aayirtthoru nooRRirandu paattum

innalatthil VaikAsi VisAkam tannil

Yezhirkkuruhai varumAru irangu neeyE

 

---Prabhandha Saaram Of Swamy Desikan : Paasuram 6

 

Oh Swamy Sri NammAzhwAr! You were born in this beautiful world at the beautiful

temple town of Thirukkuruhai during VaikAsi VisAkam

as Maaran SatakOpan. Please bless adiyEn to recite without any mistakes the

first prabhandham of Yours known as Thiruviruttham with its hundred paasurams.

 

Please bless adiyEn also to recite the next prabhandham of yours known as

ThiruvAsiriyam with its seven paasurams; afterwards , please bless adiyEn to

recite without error your third unforgettable prabhandham

with its 87 passurams filled with the essence of VaishNava anubhavams and

thereafter, please bless adiyEn to have the bhAgyam of reciting without any

mistakes Your great ThiruvAimozhi with its 1102 paasurams.

 

More on this – next post

 

AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo Narayana

dAsan