Release of Volume 4 , 5 and 6 of Swamy Desikan's sthOthrams by The RaamAnujA Mission, Inc. of USA : Congratulations on a Major Task Completed with distinction
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• June 28, 2001
SrI: SrI NigamAntha MahA DesikAya Nama: Dear BhakthAs: An oft-quoted Sanskrit slOkam pays its tribute to the divine language of Sanskrit this way: BhAshAsu MukhyA MadhurA DhivyA GheervANa BharathI TasyAm hi Kaavyam madhuram TasmAdhapi SubhAshitham (Meaning): Among all the languages spoken by human kind , Sanskrit(GheervANa BharathI) is the divine language of Sanskrit. Out of which originated the delectable MahA Kaavyams , SthOthrams and Good words(SubhAshithams/NanneRI) instructing us on the code of conduct for aasthikAs. This slOkam points out that the GambhIra GhIrvana(devA's) language is both Madhuram and Dhivyam. Many AchAryaas have chosen Sanskrit to bless us with Sri Sookthis ( Swamy Alavandhaar , RaamAnujA , Kuresar et al). The choice of the word "Bharathi" in this slOkam connects Sanskrit to the Vedhic heritage , where the speech is divided in to three: iLA ,Sarasvathi and BhArathi. In no one's life is the usage of Sanskrit for Sri Sookthis more prominent than in that of Swamy Desikan ( 1268-1369 CE). He used Sanskrit to bless us with Pancha MahA Kaavyams , 28 Sthothra granthams , 25 Sri Sookthis pertaining to philosophy and religion .The 28 sthOthra granthams are a class in their own right since they are Sakala Vedha-Saashtra Saaram besides having manthra sakthi. It is my pleasure to let you know that three BhagavathAs of Sri Ramanuja Mission inc. of Maryland have released the last set of three audio CD ROMs housing 12 sthOthrams of Swamy Desikan: Volume 4: (1) Abheethi Sthavam (29 SlOkams) (2) NyAsa dasakam (10 SlOkams) (3) NyAsa Vimsathi ( 21 SlOkams) (4) NyAsa Tilakam ( 32 SlOkams) (5) SaraNAgathi Deepikai Volume 5: (6) Garuda PanchAsath(52 SlOkams) (7) VaradarAja PanchAsath(51 slOkams) (8) DeavanAyaka PanchAsath(53 SlOkams) Volume 6: (9) Raghu Veera gadhyam (4 Gadhya Vaakhyams ) (10)GopAla Vimsahty( 21 SlOkams) (11)YathirAja sapthathi (74 SlOkams) (12)Swamy Desika Mangalam ( A salutation to Swamy by His sishyar) adiyEn had the bhAgyam of listening to all of the 826 SlOkams of the 28 SthOthrams of Swamy Desikan in 22 metres prior to official release . These 826 sthOthrams are housed in the 6 superbly crafted Audio CD ROMs produced by Sriman Nadadur Madhavan . The recitation of all of the 826 slOkams have been done with devotion by the two brothers from New Jersey ,SrImAns ShyAmsundar and Venkatanathan SreenivAsan , who are recipients of this treasure from their revered grandfather from their childhod days. adiyEn would like to recommend to you all to acquire these rare set of Audio CD ROMs , which have been produced with great care for your family recitation . The covers for these 6 CD ROMs have been designed by Sri Madhavan with great sense of asthetics and contain the images of AchAryAs and Dhivya Desa EmperumAns . The chastity of recitation , the breath control of the two reciters to realize a recitation in unison is an experience to cherish. Their speed of recitation to correspond to the different lengths and specifics of the 22 metres is some thing that you can appreciate when you hear their renderings. Swamy Desikan chose short and yet elegant metres like Anushtup ( VandhE BrundhAvana Chaaram of GopAla Vimsathi: First slOkam ) to complex, long metres like SaardhUla Vikreditham , and rare metres like Saalini , Vamsastham , VaithALIyam , PushpithAgrA , RaTOddhathA , Manju BhaashiNI et al.Both Sri ShyAM and Venkat SreenivAsan have brought out the lilting beauty of the Viruttha(metre) Devathais of these slOkams before us . In YathirAja sapthathi alone , Swamy Desikan has chosen for His splendid tribute to AchArya RaamAnujA , 74 verses set in 14 metres . Significant voice control, PadhacchEdham learnt from SampradhAyic scholars would be needed to recite these slOkAs of Sapthathi and other master pieces like DayA sathakam . The SreenivAsan brothers have accomplished this laudable feat . adiyEn recommends these 6 audio tapes for your Family audio libraries and learning of these sthOthrams with manthra siddhi and study the Sakala Saasthropanishad tatthvams housed in them by the Parama DayAlu , Swamy NigamAntha MahA Desikan. adiyEN congratulates the Producer, the Reciters of Swamy Desikan's SthOthra Grantham Audio CD ROMs and the RaamAnujA Mission officials for supporting this noble project for the benefit of all Sri VaishNavAs. Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam , Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan -------------------------------------------------------------- - SrImate rAmAnujAya namaH - To Post a message, send it to: bhakti-list@yahoogroups.com Archives: http://ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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