SaTAri Satakam – 8

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SrI:

SrImahtE SaThakOpAya nama:

SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:

SrImathE nigamAnta mahA dESikAya nama:

 

Dear SrI vaishNavAs,

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nammAzhvAr portrayed himself as parAnkuSa nAyaki - a damsel in

distress at the separation of the Lord- whose `Love on the Lord' is

not easy to visualise by ordinary mortals.

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Details presented in this post:

1. VazhtthuppA 17 & 18

2. Abstract

 

17

malarinum mellidu * mAdavam seiyum *

palarukkum ihdaridu paRRa – silaradan *

sevvit talaipaDuvar seerSaTAri mAlkAmam *

divviyamAm tEntamizhil teerppu.

 

It is very difficult to understand bhagavat-kAmam of AzhvAr as it is

very subtle and softer than flowers. Only those, who grasp the

essence of our sampradAyam and SAstrams under the feet of a

sadAchAyan can feel the heart of SaTAri – nammAzhvAr.

 

18

taNvakuLat tArAn * tamizhmaRai dESikan *

vaNkurugUr ErengaL vAzhvAgum – eNguNamAl *

paNNallAl illaiyOr paNSaTa kOpantAL *

kaNNallAl illaiyOr kaN.

 

NammAzhvAr declared that " kaNNan kaNNalladu illaiyOr kaNNE " .

Similarly, following the way of madurakavi AzhvAr, other than

nammAzhvAr and his prabhandam we don't seek any thing else.

(madurakavi tOnRak kATTum tolvazhiyE nalvazhi).

 

 

 

Abstract:

AzhvAr's deep and subtle love on bhagavAn is expressed in the first

poem while the second affirms that AzhvAr and his SrIsUkthis are the

purpose of our life. (malar in the first poem and taNvakuLam in the

second are used to bring out the fragrance of AzhvAr's pAsurams)

 

The vAzhttu poems will end with the next posting and the main

prabhandam will start on the tirunakshatra-day of AzhvAr.

 

[saTAri Satakam is one of the many classic works of srI. U.vE.

M.S.Hari. The vyAkyanam was done by him in maNipravALa naDai. aDiyEn

requests you to kindly bear with me on unintentional typos and

translation errors.]

 

 

aDiyEn

Mukundan rAmAnuja dAsan