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Thiruvaimozi of Nammazvar

 

Bhaktha:mrtham visvajana:numo:dhanam

sarva:rthadham srisatagopava:ngmayam

sahasrasa:khpo:panishadsama:gamam

nama:myaham dhra:vidave:dhass:garam.(Na:dha muni)

 

 

Thiruvaimozi of Satagopa (namma:zva:r) is the ocean of Tamil scripture, veda

itself in Tamil.I bow down to this which is like nectar to devotees, delight of

all people in the world,and comprises of all the truhs and the essence of the

upanishads.

 

Thiruvaimozi is the work of Namma:zvar also known as Satakopa because he was not

born in the natural way but manifested himself and hence not influenced by the

Satava:yu which destroys the memory of previous births before the embodied soul

is expelled from the womb of the mother. He manifested in the month of vis:akha

and the star of visa:kha in Thirukkurugur. He never ate or drunk anything since

his manifestation and nor talked and while young he sat in meditation under a

tamarind tree in front of the temple in Thirukkurugur.

 

Thiruvaimozi is supposed to be equal to the vedas and expounds the

meaning of dhvaya manthra and arthapanchaka.It contains more than thousand

pasurams, divided into ten parts of ten sections each,and rich in meaning. We

will enjoy the nectar of Thiruvaimozi in these pages.

 

First centum1.1 Pasuram I.I.1

uyarvara vuyarnala mudaiyavan yavanavan

mayarvaramadhinalam arulinan yavanavan

ayarvarum amarargal adhipath yavanavan

thuyarru sudradi thozudhezen manane||

 

Let us understand the meanings in the coming posts.

to be continued ...