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Sadagopan • August 20, 2002 


SrI:

Dear SrI Sarangan: 

Thanks very much for your transmisison of the review of recent
releases from PoundarIkapuram Aasramam by SrI V.N. Gopala Desikan
of Oppiliappan Koil.

During my recent trip to India , I acquired the copies of
each of these releases from HH SrI PoundarIkapuram Andavan at 
SrIrangam.  

Among these treasures , the 697 paged monograph on the commentaries 
of the 1008 Naamams of Swamy Desikan by the great scholar ,
Dr.V.VasudEvAcchAr Swamy of NaavalpAkkam moves me immensely.

This sahasranAma BhAshyam is a distillation of the essence of
the Bhagavavth RaamAnuja SiddhAntham as it came the way of
Swamy Naatha Muni, Swamy AlavanthAr , AchArya RaamAnujA and
captured and embellished by Swamy Desikan.

Extraordinary insights into SrI VaishNava SiddhAntham 
are housed under the different naamAs . 

As a part of the kainkaryam to the SrI VaishNava Community,
adiyEn will start translating the 1008 NaamAs as celebrated in 
this rare monograph, which is timeless.

The coverage includes the highlights of Satha DhUshaNi,
Taathparya Chandirikai (GeethA BhAshyam ),Tatthva Muktha Kalaapam 
( Summary of our SiddhAntham ), NikshEpa RakshA (Establishment of
Prapatthi as The UpAyam ), Saccharithra RakshA 
( The three aachArams of SrI vishNavAs : Sankhu-chakra dhAraNam ,
Adornig of ThirumaNN and offering of food for the Lord 
(Bhagavath Nivedhanam) , PaancharAthra rakshA ,
Gadhya thraya BhAshyam , ChathusslOki BhAshyam , 
Sankalpa SooryOdhayam and SrImath Rahasya Thraya Saaram 
and excerpts from ChillaRai Rahasyams.

AdiyEn has prayed at Swamy Desikan's sannidhis at 
ThUppul and ThiruvahIndhrapuram to bless me with 
the energy and insight to translate this magnum opus 
of the commentary on Thirukkudanthai Desikan's 
Swamy Desika Sahasra Naamams by Dr. V.VasudevacchAr Swamy
for the benefit of those , who want to delve deeper in to
this treasure house of rogorously extablished SrI VaishNava SiddhAntham
by one of the greatest AchArya PurushAs.

These postings will appear in Oppiliappan Net and SaranAgathi
List as well as in other nets , where the moderators wish to have it
released. 

adiyEn will commence this series on SrI HayagrIva Jayanthi
( Tomorrow, Aug 21 ) . 

SrImathE RaamAnujAya nama:
SrImath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam 
adiyEn, Oppiliappan KOil VaradAchAri Sadagopan         

At 12:41 PM 8/19/02 -0700, you wrote:
>Commentaries on hymns 
>http://www.hinduonnet.com/br/stories/2002082000040300.htm
>
>TIRUPPALLANDU: Commentary in Tamil by Tirukkudanthai
>Desikan and others; Rs.35. 
>
>KANNINUNN CHIRUTTAMBU: Commentary in Tamil by
>Tirukkudanthai Desikan and others; Rs.25. 
>
>DESIKA SAHASRANAMA STOTRAM AND NAMAVALI (Text in
>Sanskrit): Tirukkudanthai Desikan; Rs.25. 
>
>DESIKA SAHASRANAMA: Tirukkudanthai Desikan, commentary
>in Tamil by V.Vasudevachariar; Rs.250. All published
>by Poundarikapuram Srimad Andavan Asramam, 43-A/10,
>Asramam Road, Srirangam-620006. 
>
>
>GREAT SAINTS appear in this world now and then, to
>educate and enlighten the masses in their approach to
>religion and God, through their preaching and
>writings. One such all-time great savant was Gopala
>Desikan (1700-1783 A.D.), reverentially called as
>Tirukkudanthai Desikan, by virtue of his having
>settled down in Tirukkudanthai (Kumbakonam).
>Considered as a reincarnation of Vedanta Desika, he
>engaged himself in propagating Vaishnavism through his
>prolific writings and through his illustrious
>disciples, who carried the torch forward. 
>
>Like his ideal guru, Vedanta Desika, Tirukkudanthai
>Desikan also wrote many works extolling the efficacy
>and potency of Prapatti (self-surrender) to God as the
>sure means for salvation, zealously defending the same
>from attacks by rival systems of philosophy. Some of
>his works have now been published by the
>Poundarikapuram Srimad Andavan Ashram. 
>
>Among the divine compositions of Azhwars,
>Tiruppallandu of Periazhwar and Kanninunn Chiruttambu
>of Madhurakavi occupy a special position; the former
>because, Periazhwar in this decad, hails God Himself.
>And the latter, since it emphasises the principle that
>the Guru should be regarded as even greater than God,
>Madhurakavi has sung the praise of his Guru,
>Nammazhwar only, to the exclusion of God. The
>commentary in Manipravala (mixture of Sanskrit and
>Tamil) by Tirukkudanthai Desikan, besides other, on
>the above two works of Azhwars, under review has been
>published as two books by the Ashram. The beauty of
>these commentaries is that the inner meaning of the
>verses is well brought out, with appropriate
>references to and quotations from other sacred texts
>like Vedas and Puranas. 
>
>Tirukkudanthai Desikan has also composed Desika
>Sahasranama on Vedanta Desika. Modelled on the lines
>of Vishnu Sahasranama, the former has, however, 438
>slokas as against 107 in the latter; probably to
>emphasise the greater importance of Guru vis-a-vis
>God. 
>
>This superb composition is not merely devotional
>poetry but is a text of literary and spiritual
>excellence and provides all information on Desika and
>his works. 
>
>The work epitomises the significant points of
>Vaishnavite philosophy, contests the rival systems of
>philosophy and answers their criticisms too. 
>
>This handy book of Desika Sahasranama is in sloka form
>and also as Namavali, in Sanskrit, in bold letters,
>for easy recitation. A detailed Tamil commentary of it
>has also been brought out, as a separate book. To
>facilitate easy understanding, the names are given in
>Sanskrit and Tamil, followed by meaning in Tamil and
>further explanatory details. 
>
>The commentator of this work, Vasudevachariar, has
>taken enormous pains to explain in simple Tamil, even
>abstruse points of philosophy, giving copious
>quotations from Vedas, Puranas, the Ramayana, and the
>Mahabharata and Desika's works to elaborate the import
>of each of the 1008 names and the book is a veritable
>treat for the readers. 
>
>The commentator deserves all congratulations and
>gratitude for undertaking this noble work. 
>
>V.N. GOPALA DESIKACHARIAR 
>
>
>



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