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srI:
srImathE rAmAnujAya namaha
 
Dear Baghavatas,
 
Thanks to many bhAgavatAs adding bhagavAn namas in tiruppAvai to make satha ashtotra.  adiyEn has neither authority nor qualification to make it a nAmAvaLi.  This is just to identify various gunas that andAl has used to praise the lord.  When we prefix with pranavam and suffix with namaha, it becomes nAmAvaLi.  
 
Sometime back Sriman Sudharshan Swamin of Kuwait, had written a splendid explanation about the word "kim". When Yudhishtra asks 6 questions, enquiring "kim"
 
1.  kim Ekam daivatam lokE : Who is the supreme god
2.  kim vAp Ekam parAyanam : Who is the only abode
3.  stuvantah kim : Who is the god tobe praised (worshipped)
4.  kim archantha prApnuyur mAnava subham : By praising whom, human beings will obtain subham.
5.  kO dharma sarva dharmAnam : Of all dharmAs, which is the supreme dharmA
6.  kim jappan mUchyatE jantuh janma samsAra bandhanAth : By meditating on who, the living beings come out of this samsaric cycle.
 
Ironically, our temple in pluit, jakarta is also guarded by person named "Kim".  I understand from Badri mama thathe though being a muslim is a strict vegetarian. 
 
For this Bhisma pitAmakar starts replying that "jagad prabum, deva devam, anantham, purushottamam, stuvan namah sahasrEna purusha sathata uttitaha"  Hearing this, Yudishtra starts looking up and enquiring himself where is HE.   Bhisma concludes "HE is just sitting near to you and HE is dEvaki nandana".  Finally, these sahasra nAmAs are "yAni nAmAni gounAni".  The thousand names of Lord (sahasra nAmam), each nAmA represent a gunA of the Lord.  It was my bhAgyam to hear the upanyAsams of Swami Vellukudi Krishnan on tiruppAvai and prays for Swamin's anugraham.  adiyEn shall try to post some of Swamin's anubhavam on tiruppAvai and nAmA (guna) of the Lord.
 
Hence, namA represents gunA of the Lord.  The basic gunAs of the Lord (word bhagavAn means having six gunAs) gnanam, sakthi, veeryam, aiswaryam, tejas, balam and our Lord has anantha kalayana gunas in addition like dayA, soulabyam, sowseelyam, et al. That's why one of the Lord's nAmA is "nambi", which means guna paripoornan (emodiment of satva gunAs).  Let us try to relate each of the below mentioned nAmA to his gunA.  adiyEn request the enlighted people to correct my mistakes and shall be blessed to stand corrected.
 
namO nArAyanA
 
G. Sundarrajan
 
Pasuram 1 : 1. Nandagopan kumaran 2. Yasodhai iLam singam 3. karmenian 4. sengkannan 5. kadhir madiyam pol mugathan 6. nArAyanan
Pasuram 2 : 7. pArkadaluL paiya thuyindra paraman
Pasuram 3 : 8. Ongi ulagaLanthavan 9. Uthaman
Pasuram 4 : 10. am (beautiful) thOludayavan 11. oOzhi muthalavan 12. Padmanabhan
Pasuram 5 : 13. mAyan 14. vada mathurai maindhan 15. yamunai thuraivan 16. Ayar kula aniviLakku 17. dAmodharan
Pasuram 6 : 18. puL arayan 19. kalla sakatam kAlOchiyavan 20. vella tharavil thuyil amarndha vittu (ksheerapdi nathan)21. Hari
Pasuram 7 : 22. nArAyanan 23. mUrthi 24.kEsavan
Pasuram 8 : 25. mAvAi piLandhavan 26. mallarai mattiyavan 27. dEvAthi dEvan
Pasuram 9 : 28. mAmAyan 29. mAdhavan 30. vaikundan
Pasuram 10 : 31. natra thuzai mudi nArAyanan 32. parai tharubavan 33. puNiyan
Pasuram 11 : 34. mugil vannan
Pasuram 12 : 35. then ilangai komanai setravan 36. manathukku iniyan
Pasuram 13 : 37. pullin vai keendan 38. polla arakkanai killi kalaindhan
Pasuram 14 : 39. thadakkaiyan 40. pangaya kannan
Pasuram 15 : 41. vallanai konravan 42. matRu azhikka vallan 43. mAyan
Pasuram 16 : 44. nAyakan 45. mAyan 46. maNivannan
Pasuram 17 : 47. Ongi ulagalandhavan 48.umbar kOman 49. baladevanin umbi
Pasuram 18 : 50. nappinai maithunan
Pasuram 19 : 51. malar marban 52. maithadam kanniyin manalan
Pasuram 20 : 53. amararkku mun senravan 54. kappam thavirpavan 55. kali 56. seppam udayavan 57. thiral udayavan 58. setrarku veppam koduppavan 59. vimalan 60. thiru (thiruvukkum thiruvagiya selvan) 61. nappinnai manalan
Pasuram 21 : 62. Pasukkal atra padaithanin (nandagopan) magan 63. ootram udaiyavan 64. periyavan 65. thotramAi ninra sudar
Pasuram 22 : 66. thAmaraI poo pondra kannudayavan (pundareekashan) 67. sengkannan 68. tingalum adityanum pol kannudayavan (ravi chandrakshakaha)
Pasuram 23 : 69. seeriya singam 70. poo vannan 71. seeriya singasanathu irruppavan (namperumal sengkol)
Pasuram 24 : 72. (mundru) ulagam alanda adi  73. ilangai setra thiral 74. sagadam uthaitha pugazh 75. kanrai kunilai erintha kazhal  76. (govarthana malai) kudaiyai edutha gunam 77. pagai kedutha gunam 78. vEl kondavan 79. sevagam(E) koLbavan 80. (gopika sthreegalukku) irangubavan.
Pasuram 25 : 81. dEvaki magan (orutti maganai pirandhu) 82. yasOdhai magan (orutti maganai valarndha) 83. (kamsanin tavarana) karuthai pizhaipittavan 84. nedu mal 85. parai (kaimkaryam) tharubavan
Pasuram 26 : 86. mAl 87. manivannan 88. Alin ilayAi
Pasuram 27 : 89. koodarai (those who don't wish to associate with HIM) velbavan 90. gOvinda
Pasuram 28 : 91. Ayar kulathil pirandhavan 92. punniyan 93. kurai onrum illadha gOvinda 94. iRaiva
Pasuram 29 : 95. potramarai adi 96. (petram meithu unnum) kulathil pirandhavan 97. (bAghavatA's) kutra evalgalai kollubavan 98. gOvindha 99. matra kamangali matrubavan
Pasuram 30 : 100. vanga kadal kadaindhavan 101. mAdhavan 102. kEsavan 103. parai (kaimkaryam) koduppavan 104. irirandu thoL udayavan 105. mAl 106. sengkannan 107. selvan 108. thirumAl   
 
namO nArAyanA
 
G.Sundarrajan
Indonesia




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