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           Swamy Desikan and Srimad Bhagavad Ramanujar:

     RAmAnuja dayApAthram gyana vairagya bhUshanam   I
     SrimadVEnkatanAthAryam vandE VEdAntha DEsikam   II

Swamy Desikan's asAdArana Achraya bhakthi towards Sri BhashyakArar is 
apparent in all his works. Though his rahasya granthas are loaded 
with SribhAshyam interpretations we will not refer to them here. 
However it will be refreshing to visit his sthOthrapAdams to realize 
how misleading it is to separate him or his followers from Sri 
BhashyakArar

   VimsatyabdE visrutha nAnAvidha vidhya:       I
   ThrimsadvAram srAvitha sArIraka sAsthra:   II

Swamy Desikan himself declares that he gave SriBhashya Kalakshepam 30 
times.

    Yathi pravara bhArathi rasabharENa nItham vaya: praphulla 
               palitham sira: param iha kshamam prArtthay I           
    Nirastha ripu sambhavE kvachana RangamukhyE vibhO
              paraspara hithaishinAm parisarEshu mAm varthaya II
                                                 AbhIthisthavam

My young  years have been spent drinking (enjoying) the sweet taste 
of Sri Bhashyakarar's Srisukthams. My hair turned grey. At this time, 
I pray to you, Prabho, for your Grace to let me live in a kshetram 
like Srirangam where I could be near those who wish only goodwill 
(paraspara hitham)  for others.

    PadmapathE: sthuthi padena vipachyamAnam
                pasyanthu iha prapadana pravaNA mahAntha:       I
    MadvAkya samvalitham api ajahath svabhAvam
                       mAnyam yathIsvara mahAnasa sampradAyam  II
                                              SaranAgathi Deepika

Eventhough this sthOthram is composed by a  less qualified person, 
the great achAryArs who are immersed in the saranAgathi thathvam  
will accept this work  since I belong to the madappalli sampradAyam. 
Swamy here traces sambandam to Sri PraNathArthiharar who mastered 
SriBhashyam, doing madappalli kainkaryam to Sri Bhashyakarar. We can 
feel this sentiment again in ParamapadasOpAnam:

    AdarpuL arasilum andanar mattilum inn amuda
        kadarpalli thannilum kAviri ullam uganda pirAn
    IdaipillaiyAhi uRaithathu uRaikkum yathivaranAr
       Madaippalli  manam yem vArthaiyul manniyathE

PerumAl chose to leave all His abodes including KsheerApdi to lie 
down in the middle of KAveri river. Sri RanganAthan who was so dear 
to our Bhashyakarar, gave us the Sruthi vAkyams as Kannan which was 
preached by our yathirAjar. Swami desikan's vAk comes out with the 
fragrance of Udaiyavar's kitchen. That sarkaraipongal made by 
madaipalli AchAn had an aroma unique to sruthi vAkyams. When we stand 
before periya perumal in gayathri mandapam the smell we experience is 
very seductive. This fragrance is beyond the smell emanating from 
ganda-parimala dravyams. Sruthi  sabdam has a very pleasing fragrance 
which not only cures rogAs but blesses the person experiencing it 
with satva gunas. Remember we get Periya Perumal's sEvai under 
vEdasringa vimAnam. Our swamy Desikan's outpourings are based on Sri 
Bhashyakarar's aruLvAkku which has sruthi pramAnams.

    UkthyA dhananjaya vibhIshana lakshyayA thE 
               prathyAyya lakshmanamunE: bhavathA vithIrnam    I
    SruthvA varam thath anubandha madAvalipthE
               nithyam prasIda bhagavan mayi RanganAtha       II
                                                   NyAsathilakam

Sri Ranganatha ! using Arjuna in Krishnavatharam and Vibhishana in 
Ramavatharam you showed saranAgathi as a means to Moksham. You gave 
your word to Sri Bhashyakarar that  SriVaishnavas having sambandam to 
Sri Bhashyakarar will be granted moksham. Having great pride in 
belonging to this sampradayam  I pray for your Grace. KavithArkika 
simham, sAtvika chakravarthy shows his pride in having Sri RamAnuja 
sambandam in his own unique way.

    AmunA thapana athisAyi bhUmnA
          yathirAjEna nibaddha nAyakaSri:     I
    MahathI gurupangthi hArayashti: 
           vibudhAnAm hridayangamA vibhAthi  II
                             YathirAjaSapthathi

Here, Swamy compares the AchArya paramparai to a diamond necklace. 
The middle pendant of such a haaram will be big and shiny. Sri 
Bhagavath Ramanujar occupies such a place with  thEjas superior to 
that of  the Sun -"nAyakaSri" what a beutiful expression !

    SriBhashyakAra: panthAnam AthmanA darsitam puna:  I
    Uddharthum AgatO nUnam ithyukthAyAsthu mangalam  II

                   ***  Subhamasthu  ***

In our daily life we come across differences in our life style and  
in the observation of anushtAnams even among the same group of 
people. For example vratha dinangal and jayanthi nirnayam differ 
among vaishnavas. We refer to them as ' matathu sampradAyam', ' 
Andavan Asramathu sampradAyam',  'Srirangam sampradAyam' etc. This 
does not mean the individual groups are disassociating from Srimad 
BhashyakArar or Swami Desikan. All going through panchasamskAram are 
given ManthropadEsam with Sri Bhashyakarar taniyan. We do not come 
across a single AchAryan in either kalai who would remove Sri 
Bhashyakarar from guruparamparai.  Bad apples are there in every 
basket. This is not exclusive to one group. we should excercise 
extreme caution not to make a srivaishnavan sad in an act of 
disapproving those we do not like. Nrisimhan did not appear to punish 
the wicked but appeared to ptotect His bhakthan. 

    Anukshana samuththithE duritha vAridhou dustharE
             yadi kvachana nishkrithi: bhavathi sAapi dOshAvilA  I
    thath iththam agathou mayi prathi vidhAnam AdhIyathAm 
            svabuddhi parikalpitham kimapi Rangadhurya thvayA II
                                                  Abheethisthvam

I committ countless sins every moment. If I try to do prayachiththam 
for those sins as prescribed by sastras again additional sins are 
earned in not  doing them right.  Not knowing a way out I approach 
you, RangaPrabho . Only you can help me  with your sankalpam.

dAsan
K. P. Sarathy









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