AdiyEn's DhaNdavath PraNAmams to our AchArya Saarvabhouma on His blessed Thirunakshathram day : Part I
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• November 19, 1999
SrimathE Lakshmi Nrusimha ParabrahmaNE Nama : SrimathE RaamAnujAya nama : SrimathE NigamAntha MahA GuravE nama : SrimathE Sri LakshmI Nrusimha Divya PaadhukhA sEvaka Sri VaNN SatakOpa Sri NaarAyaNa Yathindhra MahA DesikAya nama: Dear Sri Matam SishyAs and BhAgavathAs : On this PramAthi Kaarthikai , Sukla Paksha EkAdasi( Kaisika EkAdasi) dinam , when UtthirattAthi Constellation in ascendance , on this auspicious Friday , adiyen prostrates across the oceans at the sacred feet of asmathAchAryan and offer this salutation . AdiyEn will join with Thirukkudanthai Sri Rengarajan in offering my birthday salutations . Sri U . Ve. VidvAn PaiyampADi ChEtlur Vaa. SrivathsAngAchAr Swamy in his "Maanrusimham PrapdhyE " slOkams describes the glory of Sri MaalOlan this way : andham tamO yadh udayAth praLayam prayAthi praj~nA parAthma vishayE parinishtithA cha mAyAmayAhigaralam vyapagacchathi dhrAk tamm Maanrusimham Inamadhya gatham PrapadhyE (Meaning) : Lord Narasimhan is the one at the center of Soorya MaNDalam . With His udhayam (aavirbhAvam ), the deep and dark shadows of aj~nAnam and ViparItha Jn~Anam disappear . With His udayam , the poisonous snake known as samsAram leaves one's mind and body. With His udayam , every one's mind and intellect get rooted in Him , the Lord , who is never separated from MahA Lakshmi . Srimadh VedamArga PrathishtApanAchArya Parama Hamsa ParivrAjakAchArya , Sri Bhagavadh RaamAnuja SiddhAntha nirdhAraNa Saarvabhouma , Sri Lakshmi Nrusimha divya PaadhukhA Sevaka , SrivaNN SatakOpa Sri NaarAyana YathIndhra MahA DesikAcharyan is the peetadhipathi of the Sri Sannadhi and the santhathi of the Fourty four Jeeyars , who have performed unique AarAdhanam for MaalOlan for more than six hundred years. This great 45th AchAryan presiding over the golden age of his reign is celebrating his Thirunakshathram today . His birth star is the glorious UttharattAthi . The Nakshathra Devathai for UtthirattAthi is Ahir Budhnyan . Although Ahirbudhnyan is recognized traditionally as Rudran , there are references in Sri BhAshyam to Ahirbudhnyan as Sriman NaarAyaNan from the etymology , "BudhnE mulE Bhava:" or Jagath KaaraNa BhUthan , who therefore can not be any body but Sriman NaarAyaNan . The Nakshathram after UtthirattAthi is Revathi , whose nakshathra devathai is PooshA (Sooryan ). Thus connecting UtthirattAthi with the next nakshathram ,Revathi , one can take the liberty to visualize our AchAryan as Sriman NaarayaNa SvarUpi in the middle of Aadithya MaNDalam . Here , we are referring to our AchAryan's aprAkrutha Tejas born out of Jn~Ana VirAgya AnushtAna sampath .Revathi following UtthirattAthi is also the birth star of Sri RanganAthA . Thus the AchAryan and EmperumAn are tightly linkable . The three Veda manthrams used in the homam (Aajya AahUthi) for UtthirattAthi ( PrOshtapadham ) according to Sri U.Ve. Veeravalli GhanapAti BhAshya MaNi DesikAchAr Swamy of VaduvUr are : ahayE bhudhniyAya SvAhA PrOshtapadhEbhya: svAhA PrathishtAyai svAhA Sriman DesikAchAr Swamy has pointed out that the first manthram is for the Nakshathra Devathai for UtthtirattAthi. The second one is for the Nakshathram ( PrOshtapadham ) itself and the last one is for BhumI Devior PrathishtA , who is firm and stable . If we look now at the UttirattAthi and those , who are lucky enough to be born under it , they are flanked by Ahirbhudhnya-NaarAyaNan on one side and His divine consort BhUmi Piraatti on the other side . Any one born under this star should then be the selva piLLai of the Dhivya (SaraNya) Dampathis and will have every auspiciousness associated with them . That is the glory of our revered AchAryan , whose Thirunakshathram we are celebrating today . Our AchAryan's birth month is Kaarthikai , the month that is holy because of that being the birth month of Kaliyan and ThiruppANAzhwAr as well as that of HH the DevanArviLAgam Jeeyar . All of them like our Prakruthm Azhagiya Singar are known for their deep attachment to ArchA mUrthys of the dhivya desams . Therefore by birth nakashathram and the birth month , asmathAchAryan has illustrious connections to AzhwArs and AchAryALs . That great (mahitha) AchArya (Sadhguru) santhathi is celebrated in one of the sthuthis of Sri Matam Sishyar , U.Ve.VidhvAn PazhavEri Chakravarthi GopalachArya Swamy of Thiruppathi this way : NaarAyaNAkhya YathisEkara Maanrusimham soorimsthathA MAHITHA SADHGURU SANTHATHIM THVAM aanamya tathkrutha mahOpakruthI: sadhApi chitthE dhadhath sukruthishu prathasE krutha~jna: (Rough Meaning): Oh the tilakam among Yathis ! Oh Azahgiyasingar belonging to a great AchArya paramparai ! By saluting You and receiving the great blessings through that salutation , we shall consider ourselves first and foremost as MahA BhAgyasAlis and with depth of gratitude , we will treasure You in our mind always . I will conclude this first special posting on the greatness of our AchAryan on His Thirunakshathram day with two slOkams from the Sthuthi Padhya MaalA composed by U.Ve.VidhvAn PazhavEri SatakOpAchArya Swamy : Yaj~nOpaveetha vilasath kamanIya GhAthram Srimath thridhanDa vilasath kamanIya PaaNim ChUDA visesha parikarmitha Seershavantham NaaRAyaNAkhya YathisEkaram AasrayAma: This slOkam is very similar to Swami Desikan's adoration of the majestic svarUpam of yathirAjA . The meaning of this slOkam is as follows : " AdiyEn takes refuge at the sacred feet of Sri NaarAyaNa Yathi srEshtar , whose body is shining with the sacred thread and whose hand is radiant with the thridhaNdam and whose head after the ritual of tonsure has the majestic sikhai . In another slOkam ,PazhavEri Swamy salutes the great scholarship of HH Sri NaarAyana YathIndhra MahA Desikan and recognizes that Sri LakshmI Nrusimhan is sitting in the middle of His Aaradhakar's tounge ( Yasmin JihvAgra Madhyaa Vasathi Narahari:). He goes on to say : Sri BhashyArhta VivEchanE pravachanE cchAthrOpadEsakramE KhyAtha: tattva HithArttha nirNaya Vidhou nisseema Vaag Vaibhava: pruthvyAm samsruthi maarga samsritha jana thrANAya thApAdhikAn samskArAn rachayan asou Yathipathi: jEjeeyathAm sarvadhA (Meaning ): This king of Yathis excels in the intrepretation of Sri Bhaashyam as well as Saasthra UpadEsams ; He is a marvel at determining the inner meanings of Tattvams and Hitham and his glorious upadEsams on them are unparalleled. May this AchArya Saarvabhouman , who performs pancha SamskAram and Prapatthi to the people of the world stuck in the cruel samsAram and saves them from these aflictions live forever and everywhere ! In the next posting , adiyEn will translate the moving tribute paid in Sanskrit to HH Prakrutham Jeeyar by another great Scholar , Sri U.Ve. VidhvAn ChEtlUr SrivathsAngAcchAr Swamy in his " Sri SwAmi Prasasthi " composed in 1996 . 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