“….. the wise see the highest place of Vishnu-called Paramapada – as it were an eye fixed in
the heaven.”
Yajur Veda-siras reads as under:-
Narayanaha / Disascha Narayanaha / Vidisascha Narayanaha / Urdwamscha Narayanaha /
Adhascha Narayanaha / Antar-bahischa-Narayana/Narayana Eh Vedam Sarvam / Yat Bhootam
Yacchha Bhavyam / Nish-kalango Niranjano Nirvikalpo Nirakyadhas – suddhho Deva Eko
Narayanaha / Na dwiteeyosthi kaschit / ya evam Vedas Vishnu – reva Bhavati / Sa Vishnureva
Bhavathi / Etat yajur – veda sirodeeyathe //”
Tree
SRI VAISHNAVA GURUPARAMPARA
Nathayamuna maadhyamam
Asmad Acharya Paryantam
Vande Guruparamparam
Ranganatha Pundarikaksha
Ranganayaki Rama Misra
Vishwaksena Yamuda charya
Nammazhwar Maha purna
Nathamuni Ramanuja
Embar Thiruk-kurugaip-piranpillan
Bhattar
Nanjeeyar Engalazhwan
Nampillai Nadadoorammal
Vedakkut-Thiru Kidambi Appullar
Veedhippillai Vedantha Desika
Pillai Lokacharya Nayanacharya
Thiruvaimozhip-pillai
Contents
No.of Pasurams Total
2. Periazhwar Thirumozhi 461
3. Thirup-pavai 30
4. Nachiyar Thirumozhi 143
5. Perumal Thirumozhi 105
6. Thiru-chanda-viruttam 120
7. Thiru-malai 45
8. Thiru-palli-ezhuchi 10
9. Amala-nadip-piran 10
10. Kanni-nun-chiruttambhu 11 947
2. Thiruk-kurun-thandagam 20
3. Thiru-nedun-thandagam 30 1134
2. Erandam Thiruvandadi 100
3. Moonram Thiruvandadi 100
4. Nanmukan Thiruvandadi 96
5. Thiru-viruttam 100
6. Thiru-vaciryam 7
7. Peria-thiruvandadi 87
8. Thiru-vezhu-kootru-erukkai 1 These three are
9. Chriya Thirumadal 1 counted as 227
10. Peria Thirumadal 1 poems also.
—— 593
2. Ramanuja-nootrandadi 108 1210
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3884
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Although the exact count does not come to 4000, the Sri-Vaishnava Tradition holds that the
Azhwars Poems sum up to Nalayiram (4000). Hence it is called Nalayira Divya Pirabandam
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