SaTAri Satakam – 45 (Quintessence of AzhvAr pAsurams)

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SrI:

SrImahtE SaThakOpAya nama:

SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:

SrImathE nigamAnta mahA dESikAya nama:

 

Dear SrI vaishNavAs,

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paramanaip payilum tiruvuDaiyAr

emai ALum paramarE--- tvm 3.7.1

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1.Prabhandam - pAsurams 67 & 68

2.Pearls from the poems

 

SS-67

tArilangum nATkamazh taNvakuLa nARRattAl *

seerilangum sentamizhaich chEvittEn – pArilangum *

vaNDanna tEntiru vAimozhiyai bhagavata *

toNDuNarttum tUya toDai.

 

Seshatvam to bhAgavatAs is the PurushArta kAshTai. This can well be

understood from tiruvAimozhi pAsurams such

as `neDumARkaDimai'(8.10.1), `payilum suDaroLi'(3.7.1) etc. (`mikka

vEdiyar vEdattinuT poruL' as mentioned in kaNNinuN chiruttAmbu

pAsuram is nothing but bhAgavata SEshatvam.)

 

 

SS-68

toDaiyAl poruLaNiyAl * tUchchol aNiyAl *

naDaiyAl maRaiviLakki nanRai – iDaiviDAthu *

mAlin guNangaLai mARannUl kATTiDum *

mUlamezhut teTTAdi mUnRu.

 

NammAzhvAr pAsurams have all the qualities required for an

outstanding prabhandam. His prabhandams are here to explain the

vEdAs. They always bring us the anubhavam of bhagavat kalyANa guNAs.

The base for these prabhandams is the rahasya trayam encompassing

ashTAksharam etc.

 

Pearls from the poems:

When one goes through AzhvAr pAsurams, he can experience the kalyANa

guNAs of perumAL and can empathize that bhAgavata SEshatvam is the

quintessence and ellai-nilam of bhagavat SEshatvam.

 

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

M.S.Hari.]

 

dAsan