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 Podu Taniyan (1 of 5) - Salutation to Swami Desikan
Taniyan composed by Sri Brahmatantra Swatantra Jeeyar
(1st Jeeyar of parakala mutt and a direct disciple of Sri Vedanta
Desikan)

rAmAnuja dayApAtram jnAna vairAgya bhooshaNam |

srImat vEnkatanAthAryam vandE vEdAnta dEsikam ||

(He was a) receptacle of Ramanuja’s mercy,

Knowledge and detachment were his ornaments,
(He is) Sri Venkatanathan (his birth name),
I prostrate to him, Vedanta Desikan (master/teacher
of Vedanta)
Chanting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUJ_utRHvWs

Ramanuja here refers to Swamy Vedantha Desikan’s Acharya Sri AthrEya Ramanujacharya (also called
Kidambi AppuLLAr), Swami’s maternal uncle. Presumably, Swami Desikan also had the mercy of the
other Ramanuja – Bhagavad Ramanujar.
(The above is also one of the podu taniyans -- ெபா$ தன(ய*க, – of Divya Prabandham, recited
by Sri VaishNavAs of the vadakalai sect.) 3
 A podu taniyan (#2 of 5)
Preface to Divya Prabandhams

ल"मीनाथ समार+भां
नाथयामन
ु म0यमाम ्।
अ4मदाचाय7 पय79तां
व9दे गु> पर+पराम ्।।
Chanting: https://youtu.be/XUJ_utRHvWs?t=10

lakshmI nAtha samArambhAm

nAthayAmuna madhyamAm |
asmadAchArya paryantAm
vandE guru paramparAm ||

I worship the entire guruparamparaa that:

• starts with Emperumaan, Sriya: Pathi
Sriman Narayanan,
• has Sri NAthamuni (in the middle), and
• goes upto my AchArya (Sri Ramanuja).

This taniyan is composed by Sri

KooratthAzhwAn (Sri Ramanujacharya’s
most ardent disciple). 4
 Outline

ெபா,ைக ஆ0வா1 7த8தா0வா1 ேபயா0வா1

• Poigai Azhvar’s Mudal tiruvantAdi (!த# தி&வ(தாதி/ெபா,ைக ஆ0வா1)

• BhoodathaazhvAr’s IraNDAm tiruvantAdi (இர4டா6 தி&வ(தாதி/ 7த8தா0வா1)

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 Mudal tiruvantAdi (Poigai azhvAr)

!த# தி&வ(தாதி (ெபா,ைக ஆ0வா1)

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pAsurams at a glance “What penance have you done, O, black ocean?”

மா#$ க'(கடேல! எ.
ேநா0றா2?

O, intoxicated black ocean,

What penance have you done?

# 2100
4த6 தி'வ9தாதி
(Mudal tiruvantAdi)
ெபா2ைக ஆ>வா?
(Poigai Azhvar)
pAsuram #19
Lyric:
http://www.prapatti.com/slokas/tamil/naalaayiram/poygaiyaazva
ar/mudaltiruvandaadi.pdf
Lyric:
http://www.prapatti.com/slokas/english/naalaayiram/poygaiyaazva
ar/mudaltiruvandaadi.pdf
Chanting: https://youtu.be/jXbDPIzX_zA?t=293

O, black ocean, intoxicated (by contact with EmperumAn)!* What penance have you done?* The one who
swallowed the world
And slept on the banyan leaf, that chakra-dhAri* while that beautiful
Black-bodied* red-eyed EmperumAn sleeps (in the ocean of milk)* Forever
You get to caress His thiru-mEni! 7
pAsurams at a glance Rivers seek the restless dark ocean

ெபய&3 க&4கடேல ேநா9:3 ஆ;

ஒ=> உய&3 கதிரவேன ேநா9:3

!த# தி&வ(தாதி
(Mudal tiruvantAdi)
ெபா,ைக ஆ0வா1
(Poigai Azhvar)
pAsuram #67
Lyric:
http://www.prapatti.com/slokas/tamil/naalaayiram/poygaiyaazva
ar/mudaltiruvandaadi.pdf
Lyric:
http://www.prapatti.com/slokas/english/naalaayiram/poygaiyaazva
ar/mudaltiruvandaadi.pdf
Chanting:
https://youtu.be/jXbDPIzX_zA?t=1054

The rivers seek the restless dark ocean. * The beautiful lotus
seeks the rising sun.* Lives
seek Yama (the God of Death, though not wilfully)*
Knowledge seeks only the consort of the beautiful lotus-living Sri Devi. 8
Featured pAsuram He lives, know, O, my heart!

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உ34வா1 உ3ள67 உள8 க9டா,

ேவ>கட67 ேமயா;< …

!த# தி&வ(தாதி
(Mudal tiruvantAdi)
ெபா,ைக ஆ0வா1
(Poigai Azhvar)
pAsuram #99
Lyric:
http://www.prapatti.com/slokas/tamil/naalaayiram/poygaiyaazva
ar/mudaltiruvandaadi.pdf
Lyric:
http://www.prapatti.com/slokas/english/naalaayiram/poygaiyaazva
ar/mudaltiruvandaadi.pdf
Chanting: https://youtu.be/jXbDPIzX_zA?t=1566

He lives, know, O, my good heart!* This One who lives for others, always
lives, know (O, heart)!* In the heart of those who think of Him, He lives, know (O, heart)*
The One who lives in the ocean (of milk)* And the one who lives on the Tiruvenkatam hills*
He lives inside the heart, Know (O, heart)! 9
 Related The three Azhvars thought alike அவ#க&டா)
கா=> த@ ந@ A வா# க2வைர ம&
இர&டா4 தி2வSதாதி (iraNDAm tiruvantAdi)
UதFதாVவாA (Bhoodathaazhvaar), pAsuram #24

அவ# க&டா) ந#ென-ேச ஆர234 ேக54,

அவ# க&டா) ஐ48லனா) நி#றா#, - அவ#க&டா)
கா=> த@ ந@ A வா# க2வைர ம& காA ஓத,
சீ=றFத@ யாவாH4 ெச#>.

He is the one, O, my good heart! The great grace (moksha) and curse (this life)
He is the one who stands as our five senses – He is the one that is
Air, fire, water, sky, black mountains, earth, and also the
World-destroying angry fire (vadavAmukhAgni)
Lyric: http://www.prapatti.com/slokas/tamil/naalaayiram/bhuudattaazvaar/irandaantiruvandaadi.pdf வO&ெணா5QகR ேகா5 உய24
Lyric: http://www.prapatti.com/slokas/english/naalaayiram/bhuudattaazvaar/irandaantiruvandaadi.pdf வQக2வO
@ ேவQகடFதா#
Chanting: https://youtu.be/2ONgaXyv3lQ?t=385

Compare these verses w/ the one on previous page

Lyric: http://prapatti.com/slokas/tamil/naalaayiram/peyaazvaar/muunraantiruvandaadi.pdf
Lyric: http://prapatti.com/slokas/english/naalaayiram/peyaazvaar/muunraantiruvandaadi.pdf
Chanting: https://youtu.be/t99D_OXXET8?t=694

W#றா4 தி2வSதாதி (moondrAm tiruvantAdi)

ேபயாVவாA (PEyAzhvAr), pAsuram #40

உள# க&டா) ந#ென-ேச உFதம# எ#>4

உள# க&டா), உM3வாA உMளFN --உள# க&டா),
வO&ெணா5QகR ேகா5 உய24 வQக2வO
@ ேவQகடFதா#
ம&ெணா5QகF தா# அளSத ம#

He lives, know, O, my good heart!* This One who lives for others, always
lives, know (O, heart)!* In the heart of those who think of Him, He lives, know (O, heart)*
The hills (of Thiruvenkatam), with swollen waterfalls rise up and push the upper worlds aside, - This ThiruvenkatathAn.
When He measured the worlds, all the lands were squeezed under a tiny part of His holy feet. 10
Featured pAsuram They see a shooting star and get scared!
இ& வ7@;ப7# மB C வழD
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2றவ1 ைக4 ெச(த6 ெவ&வ78 9ன; <ற(த ேவழ; கEF அH@; ேவIகடேம

!த# தி&வ(தாதி
(Mudal tiruvantAdi)
ெபா,ைக ஆ0வா1
(Poigai Azhvar)
pAsuram #40
Lyric:
http://www.prapatti.com/slokas/tamil/naalaayiram/poygaiyaazva
ar/mudaltiruvandaadi.pdf
Lyric:
http://www.prapatti.com/slokas/english/naalaayiram/poygaiyaazva
ar/mudaltiruvandaadi.pdf
Chanting: https://youtu.be/jXbDPIzX_zA?t=620

The big bow and arrow-wielding gypies – their hands carrying flaming torches (to chase elephants out of plantations),
The elephants that got scared and vacated the plantation*
See a shooting star fall from the expansive sky* And get scared in Thiruvenkatam*
(thinking that the gypsies are dropping the torches from the sky)
The hills of the Lord who rejoiced (on Prahlada’s behalf) by seeing the demon king Hiranyakasipu fall. 11
Related pAsurams at a glance How did my lost tusk get up there?

ெப#யா&வா( தி,ெமாழி
(PeriyazhvAr Tirumozhi)
pAsuram # 3-5-5
ெப#யா&வா(
(PeriyAzhvAr)

PeriyAzhvAr about Govardhana Giri

வான0தி1 உ3ள 5( வலிய7( உ3ள 5ேர1* அைறேயா வ=> வா?@மிA எAபவAேபா1*

ஏன0> உ,வாகிய ஈசA எ=ைத* இடவA எழ வா?கி எI0த மைல*
கானJ களK யாைன தA ெகாLபMழ=>* க>வாN மதL ேசார0 தA ைகெயI0>*
Oன1 பMைறேவPQ அPணா=> நிT@L* ேகாவ(0தனெமAUL ெகாTறJ @ைடேய

“O, those in Heaven, if there is any mighty one among you, come & take this hill from me” – He seemed to challenge,
While He, my father, the Lord, who once took the form of a boar, uprooted the hill like a small lump of dirt.
A cocky, wild elephant, with its tusk lost (in an imprudent adventure) and its mouth drooling, lifts its trunk
And looks up to the sky seeking that curved crescent (thinking it’s the lost tusk), on that umbrella of a mountain
called Govardhana.
Lyric: http://www.prapatti.com/slokas/tamil/naalaayiram/periyaazvaar/attukkuvi.pdf
Lyric: http://www.prapatti.com/slokas/english/naalaayiram/periyaazvaar/attukkuvi.pdf
Chanting: https://youtu.be/NchNWD6u-ls?list=PLdaj9FZ1UkWjdAMKm_yWZWIiMCCpoGvJL&t=121 12
 IraNDAm tiruvantAdi (BhoodathAzhvAr)

இர#டா& தி*வ,தாதி (-த.தா/வா0)

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Featured pAsuram We don’t need His help! We’ve got Hers!!
இர#டா& தி)வ+தாதி
(iraNDAm tiruvantAdi)
,த-தா.வா/
(Bhoodathaazhvaar)
pAsuram #56

If my abundant desire to see EmperumAn* increases beyond limit*

Then, if you order it to subside, will it subside?
This dark-hued Lord* before He shows his beautiful ThirumEni on His own*
Our Periya PirAtti (Sri Devi) will show EmperumAn (for us, out of her abundant mercy)
Lyric:
http://www.prapatti.com/slokas/tamil/naalaayiram/bhuudattaazvaar/irandaantiruvandaadi.pdf
Lyric:
http://www.prapatti.com/slokas/english/naalaayiram/bhuudattaazvaar/irandaantiruvandaadi.pdf
Chanting: https://youtu.be/2ONgaXyv3lQ?t=875
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Related “She’s the very embodiment of His mercy” (dayA satakam)
Sri Padmavathi Thaayaar

dayA satakam
Lyric:
https://www.sadagopan.org/pdfuploads/D (Swami Desikan)
aya%20Satakam.pdf Slokam #6

I salute the mother of all;

the breast milk She gives us is enlightenment.
She’s most auspicious,
and the very embodiment of Lord Srinivasa’s mercy. 15
Featured pAsuram You are the essence of itihAsAs and purANAs!
ெநறி+த க)56ழ8 மடவா:! நி< அ>ேய< வA#ணCப&
இர#டா& தி)வ+தாதி (Hanuman offers his obeisance to Sri Sita in Lanka)
(iraNDAm tiruvantAdi)
,த-தா.வா/
(Bhoodathaazhvaar)
pAsuram #64

Ramayana
Sri Krishna comes to Draupadi’s rescue

Lyric:
http://www.prapatti.com/slokas/tamil/naalaayiram/bhuudattaazvaar/irandaantiruvandaadi.pdf
Lyric:
http://www.prapatti.com/slokas/english/naalaayiram/bhuudattaazvaar/irandaantiruvandaadi.
pdf
Chanting: https://youtu.be/2ONgaXyv3lQ?t=997

(Below: * He stands as the alphabet of itihAsAs and purANAs,

so studying and reciting them amounts to a nAma-
samkeertanam.) Mahabharata
O, Krishna! The itihAsAs and the purANAs and their great substance are all You! Your name
Is their heart (core, deep meaning) if we understand them as they are and praise them.
O, EmperumAn, who stands as the alphabet of itihAsAs and purANAs*,
Please ordain that I worship You with the language of the muktas and nitya suris!
(i.e. grant me paramapadam -- srivaikuntam)
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Featured pAsuram BhAgavatAs’ feet are my object of worship

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அைன-@&

தா1 இர#3&
வழC
A சர&
Lyric: @ர+தா9 …
http://www.prapatti.com/slokas/t
amil/naalaayiram/bhuudattaazvaa
r/irandaantiruvandaadi.pdf
Lyric:
http://www.prapatti.com/slokas/e
nglish/naalaayiram/bhuudattaazva
ar/irandaantiruvandaadi.pdf

Chanting:
https://youtu.be/2ONgaXyv3lQ
?t=677

இர#டா&
தி)வ+தாதி
(iraNDAm tiruvantAdi)
,த-தா.வா/
(Bhoodathaazhvaar)
pAsuram #43
His (Ravana’s) twenty (2+8+7+3) shoulders and all his heads*
And both of his feet – He (Sri Rama) released His arrows to destroy them all. His (EmperumAn’s) two feet,
Whoever worships them – Worshipping their (that bhAgavatA’s) feet only
Is the best help that my good shoulders can render. 17
 Charama slokam -- sarva dharmAn

(From Bhagavad Gita, Ch. 18, verse 66)

(“charama” = ultimate
This slokam is so called, because it is said to
indicate the ultimate path to liberation.)

sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śharaṇaṁ vraja

ahaṁ tvāṁ sarva-pāpebhyo mokṣhayiṣhyāmi mā śhuchaḥ
sarva-dharmān—all varieties of dharmas; parityajya—abandoning; mām—unto me; ekam—only; śharaṇam—take
refuge; vraja—take; aham—I; tvām—you; sarva—all; pāpebhyaḥ—from sinful reactions; mokṣhayiṣhyāmi—shall
liberate; mā—do not; śhuchaḥ—fear

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ2MtrdXkFE )

Translation
BG 18.66: Abandon all varieties of dharmas and simply surrender unto me alone. I shall liberate you
from all sinful reactions; do not fear. (Giving up dharmas here means giving up the fruits of dharmas,
not dharmas themselves, and relying on saranAgati to Him as the sole upAyam for liberation.)
(from https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/18/verse/66)
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 Mangalam -- mangaLam kOsalEndrAya

(attributed to Sri maNavALa mAmunigaL)

mangaLam kOsalEndrAya mahanIya gunAbdhayE

cakravarti tanujAya sArvabhaumAya mangaLam

Salutations or auspiciousness to:

* the leader [indraH] of the land of Kosala

* the One who is an ocean [abdhiH] of great [mahanIya] virtues [guNa]
* the One who is the son [tanUjaH] of the Emperor (Dasharatha) [cakravartiH]
* the Great King who rules over all lands
[sarva-bhUmInAm adhipatiH - sArvabhaumaH]
(from http://brain-snacks.info/sanskrit/ShriRama-Mangalam/index.html)

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sarvam krishNArpaNam

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