Bhakti and Prapatti - 1
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Anand K Karalapakkam • Sun Sep 27 1998 - 10:19:29 PDT
Sri :
Srimate Sri Lakshmi Nrusimha Para Brahmane Namaha
Srimate ShatakopAya Namaha
Srimate Bhagavad RAmAnujAya Namaha
Srimate NigamAntha MahAdesikAya Namaha
Srimate Sri Adhivan ShatakOpa Yateendra MahAdesikAyA Namaha
Srimate Sri Lakshmi - Nrusimha Divya PAdukA Sevaka -
Srivan Shatakopa Sri NArAyana Yateendra MahAdesikAya Namaha
Dear bhaktAs of Sriman NArAyaNA,
namo nArAyaNA . pranAmams.
Today being the thirunakshattram of the illstrious Sri Adhivan
ShatakOpa Yateendra MahAdesikan ,is a very auspicious day for
all Sri VaishnavAs. All the descendants of 74 simhAsanAdhipatIs
appointed by Bhagavad RAmAnujA ,performed kAlakshebam (one or more
granthAs) under the lotus feet of this mahA avatAra purushar who was
chosen and appointed by Lord Lakshmi Nrusimhan Himself to propagate
the eternal and most glorious Sri Vaishnavam . MAlolan after
performing preksha mantra upadesam made the 19 year old KidAmbi
SrInivAsAchAryA, who by then was the master of all sAstrAs by the
divine blessings of GatikAsatham ammAL, enter into sannyAsa AshrAmA
and gave the thirunAmam "ShatakOpa Jeeyar". MAlolan also gave the
special mudrAs of Sudarsana chakrA and pAnchajanyA to this first
H.H.Jeeyar of Sri Ahobila Mutt , for performing thApa samskAram
to His adiyArs and personally accompanied the Jeeyar for accepting
His adiyArs SaraNAgathi .
In Jeeyar's vAzhi thirunAmam occurs :
"rahasya traya sAraththin rasam uraippOn vAzhiyE
rahasiya muppathi irandum rasiththu uraippOn vAzhiyE ....".
Adhivan ShatakOpa Jeeyar expounded the invaluable meanings of the
three most sacred rahasya mantrAs with great clarity and joy to his
dear disciples through the immortal Srimad Rahasya Traya sAram
and other rahasya granthAs of SwAmi Desikan , and thereby propagated
especially the eternal glories of the prapatti sAstrA.
The mercy of current Azhagiyasingar has made adiyEn to write
an article on the two sAdhyaupAyams namely Bhakti and Prapatti.
adiyEn humbly submits this article mentally unto the lotus feet of
Srimad Azhagiyasingar .
Actually , our dear Sriman Sadagopan told adiyEn to submit an
article for the souvenir going to be released during the
fulfilment of kainkaryam to Oppiliappan. Ofcourse it was only
because adiyEn's father Sriman K.G.Krishnan (KGK) has done
lot of kainkaryams for "GOdhA PriyA" and other kainkaryams for
oppiliappan alongwith Sriman Sadagopan, his sister Smt PadmA
VeerarAghavan and other devotees. Its adiyEns dhurbhAgyam through
hectic school pressure that week and thereby couldn't write an
article in a short notice. But ,adiyEn started to write on "Bhakti
and Prapatti" that time. Its bhagavad sankalpam that it has to
be written (for completion) for celebrating the thirunakshattram
of Sri Adhivan ShatakOpa Yateendra MahAdesikan.
Please bare with some repetitions.
--- to be cont ---
namo nArAyaNA
adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan
anantha PadmanAbha dAsan
sarvam sri KrishnArpanamastu
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