Sri U.Ve. Abhinava Desika Sri UtthamUr Swamy Thirunakshathram: January 17, 2001 ( Thai SvAthi)
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• January 17, 2001
Sri Lakshmi Nrusimha parabrahmaNE nama: Dear BhakthAs : Today is the Thirunakshathram of a great AchAryan. He would have been 103 years young today .His Sathamaana Uthsavam (100th Birthday ) was celebrated splendidly on January 31, 1997 at Chennai by a committee headed by Sri K.G.KrishNan Swamy .Members of the Bhakthi list presented a check for the Uthsavam committee as a token of their reverence for the great contributions of this apoorva Scholar-AchAryan of an illustrious Guru Paramparai . On this day , I am delighted to learn that a special Home Page for Swami has been released by Sri K.G.K.Ananad with help on web design from Singapore BhakthAs .The URL is: http://www.abhinava-desikan.freeservers.com Swamy's one hundred plus granthams , the centenary project activities , Srimukhams from AchAryAs and SishyAs are assembled there along with the plans for bringing out books that are out of print at this time. Duirng that SathamAna Uthsavam in 1997 , the third edition of Periya Thirumozhi was released. adiyEn was reading it today and enjoying this 562 page long vyAkyAnam of Swamy following closely poorvAchArya commentaries and Swamy's own apoorva insights on specific passages and words of Periya Thirumozhi's 473 paasurams. Just to illustrate the uniqueness of his commentary on PeriyAzhwAr Paasurams , one can quote one or two examples: (1) Fifth ThiruppallANDu Paasuram ( aNDaikkulatthukkapathiyAhi--): Swamy explains that the four paadhams of this paasuram contain the coverage of the four chapters of Brahma Soothram (SaarIraka Saasthram). By choice of the word " aNDaikkulatthiRkku adhipathyAhi", AzhwAr refers to the saaram of the first adhyAyam of Brahma Soothram : Our Lord is the Sarva-KaaraNa, Sarva Swamy .The passage "asurar irAkkatharai-kaLaintha" refers to the sAram of the second adhyAyam . The reference here is to the "asurar irAkkatharai " and this relates to the rejection of Veda Baahya and vipirItha Jn~Anam based mathams(Kudhrushti Mathams). The third adhyAyam refers to kaimkaryam in a spirit of VairAgyam and the observance of Sath Karmams like Naama sankIrthanam ( ThoNDaikkulatthuLLIr vanthadi ThozhuthAyiram naamam solli).The fourth adhyAyam is referred to as the Phalan of proceeding by archirAdhi Maargam and singing PallANDu at Parama Padham ( paNDaik kulatthai tavirnthu PallANDu pallAyiratthANDenmin ). (2) "sEvadi sevvu ThirukkAppu": The translation of "Sevvi" as the day in Chitthirai leading to the observance of RakshA Bhandhanam (ThirukkAppu) for the Lord for His BrahmOthsavam is a beautiful one to experience and understand the Bhakthi Prakarsha BhAvanai ( Intensity of the Bhakthi Driven anubhavam )of PeriyAzhwAr . (3) The translation of "Panthanai" into Vaatam or anukkam is another masterly insight . Normal translation for Panthanai is nibhandhanai or kattu Paadu. Swamy says that he came upon this translation (Vaattam ) for SaamAnyAdhikAris to grasp it readily. Such is Swamy's KaaruNyam in writing his commentaries for Dhivya Prabhandhams so that one and all can enjoy . (4) His summary of ThiruppallANDu is a gem of a statement: ThiruppallANDU is praNavam for the Tamizh Vedham of Dhivya prabhandham. Just as the VedArthams are housed in PraNavam ,Prabhandhaarthams are housed in Thiru- PallANDu. In this great treasure of a Prabhandham , the entire VaishNava SamudhAchAram (noble Code of conduct and Tattvams of VaishNavAs) is explained. These are: EmperumAn ,His GuNa-vigraha VibhUthis, The glory of Periya PirAtti , Our requirement to perform Kaimkaryam in a spirit of Svayam PrayOjanam to Him ,the adhikAram of Mumukshu's alone to perform antharanga kaimkaryam to Them , the need for VairAghyam over Isvaryam and Kaivalyam , Engagement in Kaimkaryam after initiation with Pancha SamskAram ,the coverage of Pancha SamskAram for all the members of family to overcome dhOshams of any one in the family being left out , the uniquenes of BhaagavathAs (Bhagavath DaasAs ), who come from a kaimkarya paramparai , the way to recognize and revere new paramaikAnthis joining the paramparai paramaikAnthis , the types and character of Naama SankIrthanam and SaraNAgathy at the lotus feet of Sriman NaarAyaNan . Since ThiruppallANDU covers the entire gamut of the above Taathvams and codes of conduct , it is like PraNavam serving as the essence of VedAs. This is just a small sampling of Swamy's commentary on dhivya prabhandhams. The Sanskrit Sri Sookthis have their own depth of Scholarship and excellence , which will take many years for even scholars to comprehend and appreciate. Sri Abhinava Desikan has blessed us with many , many Granthams , which need to be cherished .Reprint of these granthams is a noble kaimkaryam undertaken by the SathamAna Uthsavam Committee and it is our duty to help with any support that we can give to them in their noble endeavour . All this week in Madras , reputed scholars have come together to present UpanyAsams on the subject matter of Swamy's Sri Sookthis and Sri VaishNava Tatthvams as well as PoorvAchAryA's Sri Sookthis. I have requested Sriman Anand to capture these UpanyAsams in tapes and share it with us through postings for the benfit of all of us , who could not be there in person. Sri Anand has kindly agreed to undertake this kaimkaryam for the benefit of Sri VaishNavA Community .Our thanks are due to him . adiyEn,Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan -------------------------------------------------------------- - SrImate rAmAnujAya namaH - To Post a message, send it to: bhakti-list@eGroups.com Search archives at http://ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/index.html#SEARCH Manage your subscription at http://www.egroups.com/mygroups
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