81st Birthday celebrations of HH PoundarIkapuram Andavan : Tributes from the Four Veda samhithais
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• March 23, 2001
Dear BhakthAs : adiyEn prepared this note as salutation for HH Prakrutham PaRavAkkOttai Andavan's SathAbhishEkam , which falls on March 30, 2001. The Veda PaarAyanam , Sadas will start as of March 24 and culminate on March 30. Many sishyAs and AbhimAnis of the various electronic lists are already at Srirangam to take part in this MahOthsavam . adiyEn thought it will be good to release this Chathur Veda Vandhanam (salutations) to HH PoundarIkapuram Andavan as the celebrations commence today . Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri satakOpan SrI: NamO NaarAyaNaa Dear SishyAs and AbhimAnis of HH PoundarIkapuram Andavan : On this day , it is adiyen's bhAgyam to release an article that I was invited to submit for the Souvenir of this memorable occasion by the Committee organizing the celebrations at Srirangam. adiyEn's AchAryan , HH Srimath Azhagiya Singar along with other great Yathis of Sri VaishNavite SampradhAyam will be participating in this MahOthsavam. It is adiyEn's humble tribute to a great Sri VaishNavite AchAryan on this special occasion . May this great AchAryan shower on us all His blessings and continue to be a shining light on the hill for many , many years to come. DaasOham , Srimath Azhagiya Singar Thiruvadi, Oppiliappan Koil/PoundarIkapuram V.SatakOpan ********************************************* ********************************************* CHATHUR-VEDHA VANDHANAM FOR A GREAT ACHAARYAN by Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Satakopan INTRODUCTION ************* Adiyen has ancestral links to the village of Poundarikapuram and it is my bhagyam to offer my humble salutations to one of the most revered Acharyans of our time in Swamy Desika Sampradhayam , HH Paravakottai Andavan of Poundarikapuram Aasramam. Adiyen's grandfather and great grandfather hail from Poundarikapuram village and have served as Bruhaspathis for the family of the First Poundarikapuram Andavan during the first four decades of the Twentieth century. My father was a twenty three year old young man , when the renovation and consecration of Lord Oppiliappan's temple took place under the supervision of HH Poundarikapuram Andavan. The year was 1928 and the Hastha-Sparsam of HH the PoundarIkapuram Andavan has resulted in the growth of Oppiliappan Koil (Thiruvinnagar) as one of the greatest prarthanaa sthalams among the 108 dhivya desams .The SvarNa Kavacham for the Uthsavar dhivya dampathis presented by HH POundarikapuram Andavan then is worn by Them on all days of the year except JyEshtAbhishEkam day . That is how close HH Poundarikapuram Andavan is to the Dhivya Dampathis of Thiruvinnagar. My father,Vaikunta Vaasi Poundarikapuram Bruhaspathi Varadachar Swamy has mentioned about this auspicious event a few times to me .It is adiyen's privelege to offer salutations through "Sudar mihu Sruthi" manthrams to HH Prakrutham Poundarikapuram Andavan , U.Ve. Paravakkottai Gopala MahaDesikan during the occasion of the celebration of his 81st Thirunakshathram at Srirangam . Vedam , Achaaram and Sadaachaaryan *********************************** Vedam is nithya-nirdhosha-pramana-sreshtam.The inner meaning of Vedam establishes that Sriman Naarayanan is the indweller (antharyami ) of all Devathaas and He is the sarva-karma samaaraadhyan .He alone has the power to grant us Moksha Siddhi , when we seek refuge at the sacred feet of His Sadaachaaryans . These most merciful Achaaryaas remove our rajo-tamo gunams arising from our prakruthi sambhandham through their upadesams for us to observe unfailingly nithya-naimitthika aachaarams ;their intercession removes our paapams , grows our bhakthi and ultimately assures us of Moksham through Saranaagathi at their sacred feet . Their own observance of the highest level of aachaaram to qulaify them as Sadaachaaryans is referred to by Swamy Desikan in his well known definition of a true Achaaryan: " aachinothi hi saasthraarthaan aachaare sthapayithyapi, svayam aacharathe yasmaath , tasmaath Achaarya uchyathe". HH Paravakkottai Andavan and asmath Achaaryan , HH Sri Naarayana Yathindhra Mahaa Desikan of Ahobila Jeeyar paramparai are two such stalwart Achaaryaas ,who maintain the highest level of Achaaram as exemplary Sadaachaaryaas. They are utterly uncompromising in their practise of Achaaram and their insistence that their sishyaas inculcate such a discipline in their lives, is exemplary. All of their efforts are totally rooted in the Vedic precepts handed to them by their respective Achaarya Paramparais reaching all the way up to the Dhivya Dampathis. Adiyen prays to the kula dhaivam of Poundarika Puram (Founding) Andavan , Sri Bhumi Devi Sametha Sri Thiruvinnagarappan for many blessed years of life to HH Paravakkottai Andavan to shower his dayaa on his sishyaas and abhimaanis . Vedic Prayers on the occasion of the Sathaabhishekam ***************************************************** adiyen will start the Vedic prayers from my own saakhaa, Yajussaakhaa, and offer two manthrams as prayers: (1)" May life succeed through kaimkaryam to the Lord and His ordained Achaaryans (aayuryaj~ena kalpathaam--) ! May life-breath thrive through their union! May the eye thrive through the kaimakryam to the Lord and His Achaaryans! May the ear thrive through kaimkaryam to the (Omnipotent) Lord and His (most merciful) Achaaryans! May the voice thrive through the service to the Lord and His Acharyans! May the mind thrive through the kaimkaryam to the Lord and His Achaaryans! May the jeevan thrive through the kaimkaryam to the (soverign)Lord and His Achaaryans! May the knower of the four vedaas thrive through the kaimkaryam to the (Omniscient ) Lord and His Achaaryans! May the light of justice (Jyothi) thrive through the kaimkaryam to the (Self-Luminous) Lord and His Achaaryans! May happiness thrive through the kaimkaryam to the Lord and His Achaaryans! May passion for knowledge be satisfied through study (of Vedam and Sri Sookthis)! May desirable deed be peformed through sadaachaaram! May the Atharva Veda , the Yajur Veda ,the Rig Veda and the Saama Veda and its Brihath , Rathantra, thrive through the grace of the Lord and His Achaaryans! O Acchaaryaas! May we be freed from the pangs of birth and death ! May we attain the happiness of final beautitude ! May we become the true progeny of the Lord! May we be yoked to noble deeds and truthful(Vedic) speech!"--Yajur Vedam:XVIII.29 (2)TejOsi tEjo mayi dEhi ! Veeryamasi veeryam dEhi ! Bhalamasi Bhalam dEhi! ---sahOsi sahO mayi dEhi! (Meaning):Oh Lord(Achaaryan)! Thou art lustre;give me lustre! Oh (Omnipotent ) Lord(Achaaryan)! Thou art manly vigour ; give me manly vigour! Thou art strength; give me strength! Thou art vitality;give me vitality! Thou art righteous indignation;give me the righteous indignation! Thou art forbearance ;give me forbearance!..Yajur Vedam:XIX.9 Saama Vedic Prayer to Achaaryan ******************************** (1)SA PUNAANA UPA SOORE DHADHAANA --Uttaraarchika Saaman:1358 (Meaning):" The learned person (Achaaryan) , purifying himself , and concentrating on the Lord through profound divine meditation , fills both the literate and the illeterate with the glow of learning , and discloses various sorts of knowledge . The pure and noble desires of a learned person (Achaaryan) are meant to guard us against fears and obstacles.May He (Achaaryan) grant us His daasans , the excellent wealth of spiritual knowledge . Vaibhavam of Achaaryan (Rg Vedam) ********************************* (1)yEthE sameebhi:susamee ---X.28.12 (Meaning): " Such are the Godly men (Achaaryans), sanctified by sacred ceremonies , as have fostered their mind and body with holy prayers.In the language of man, they ask for food (Jn~Anam) and surely , they acquire name and fame in celestial regions (nithya Kaimkaryam at Parama Padham)". (2)akshEthravith kshEthravidhaam---X.32.7 (Meaning):" One who knows not the true path inquires from One (Achaaryan), who knows it;and directed by that skillful guide , he (the mumukshu) travels onward; this is ,in truth, the blessing of instructions gotten from Achaaryan and thereby one finds the straight path that leads directly forward (to purushaartha kaashtai)". Atharva Vedam and Achaaryan **************************** KrishNam niyAnam Haraya: SuparNA apO vasAnA dhivamuthpathanthi I tamm aavavruthranthsadhnAdhrutasyAdheedha gruthEna pruthiveem vyUadhu: II --Atharva Vedam :Canto IX.Hymn X.22 (Meaning):The radiant learned souls (AchAryans), adorned by dhivya Jn~Anam and virtuous AchAram go to the Lord , their highest shelter (abode), and reunite with their Lord for nithya kaimkaryam and paripoorNa BrahmAnubhavam. After enjoying the pleasures of nithya Sooris , they return at His niyamanam from Parama Padham ,the abode of Satyam and Rutham (as AchAryA incarnations) to uplift the inhabitants of the earth with resplendent knowledge (once again)." HH ParavAkkOttai GopAla MahA Desikan adorning currently the noble AchArya Peetam of PoundarIkapuram Aasramam is one such radiant , learned soul , who is illuminating our path and showering His limitless DayA on us . All of our collective prayer to the Dhivya Dampathis is just " InnumOr NooRRANdirum ". Jayathi YathirAja Sookthi: Jayathi Mukhundhasya PadhukAyugaLee TadhubhayadhanAs thrivEdhim avandhyayanthO Jayanthi bhuvi SANTHA: Azhagiya Singar Thiruvadi , DhanyOsmi ,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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