SrI :
(169) (PraNavam) DasAvathAra
sthOthrAkhya JaganmangaLa-kArakAya Nama:
(meaning) : Salutations to that
AchAryan , who created " the JaganmangaLam "
known as "DasAvathara SthOthram "
.
(Comments ) : At Srirangam , there
is a DasAvathAra Sannidhi built by Thirumangai
Mannan . Swamy Desikan
created the DasAvathAra SthOthram there to offer
his praNamams to the ten avathArams
of Lord RanganAtha . His intention
was to seek auspiciousnes to the
world ( JaganmangaLam ) through the recitation
of Sri DasAvathAra SthOthram . The
effect of this sthOtheam is like the plant
" JaganmangaLam " growing on the
ocean floor , which on
partaking
blesses one with dhivya Jn~Anam .
SrI DasAvathAra SthOthram that grew
from the ocean of Jn~Anam (Swamy
Desikan ) is equivalent to that ocean
herb
of the same name ( JaganmangaLam )
.
(170) (PraNavam ) Svapna
BhAshyakrudha aajn~aptha VedAchooDa pravartanAya nama:
(Meaning ) : Salutations to that
AchAryan , who was commanded to engage in
VedAntha Pravarthanam by AchArya
RaamAnuja Himself through the medium of
a dream .
(Commentary ) :One night , AchArya
RaamAnuja appered in the dream of Swamy Desikan
and commanded Swamy to create many
Sri Sookthhis to defend VisishtAdhvaitha
SiddhAntham for the benefit of all .
Swamy carried out that command very well by
performing SrI BhAshya KaalakshEpams
many times , creating many SrI Sookthis
and defending our SiddhAntham by
defeating para Matha Vadhins in debates .
RakshaNam of our Matham was done
thru the creation of Sri Sookthis of Satha DhUshaNi
and Para matha Bhangam . Swamy reinforced our Matham thru
the creation of
the Granthams like Tatthvamuktha
kalApam and NyAya SiddhAnjanam .
(171) (PraNavam) Yatheendhra
sapthathyAkhyA upachAra shruthyantha
dheepakruthE
nama:
(Meaning) : Salutations to the
AchAryan , who blessed us with the SrI Sookthi of
YathirAja Sapthathi recognized as "
Upanishad UpachAra Dheepam " .
(Commentary ) : The day after
AchArya RaamAnujA appeared in Swamy Desikan's
dream , it was the Thirunakshathram
(Chitrai ThiruvAdhirai) . Swamy was at
SrIperumbhUthUr that day for the
MangaLAsAsanam of AchArya RaamAnuja .
Swamy stood before the Sannidhi of
AchArya RaamAnujA and was overwhelmed
by the darsanam of BhAshyakArar and
" YathirAja Sapthathi " flowed out of
Swamy Desikan . Thirukkudanthai
Desikan quoted Swamy Desikan describing
YathirAja Sapthathi
as " UpanishadhAm
UpachAra dheepikEyam " or the lamp
carried as UpachAram to guide the
Upanishads from being led in the incorrect path .
Others (Para Matha Vaadhins )
misintrepreted the
meanings of Upanishads and
were taking the
Upanishads via the inauspicous paths .
This naming
of YathirAja
Sapthathi as "Upanishad
UpachAra dheepikEyam " arises from the imagery of
AchArya RaamAnuja
holding the torch
of correct meanings to help the Upanishads
travel in the auspicious path .
YathirAja Sapthathi is thus an UpachAra Dheepam
for
Upanishads.
(172) (PraNavam) Bhakthi-prakarsha
vihitha SrI-BhU-GodhA Sthuthi priyAya Nama:
(Meaning) : Salutations to the
AchAryan , who created the three individual
Sthuthis for SrI Devi ,
BhU Devi and Godha
NaacchiyAr out of his bhakthi
that flowed out of him
.
(Commentary ) : Swamy Desikan has
indicated that the three sthuthis he composed
on Sri , BhU and GodhA Devis were
the result of his abundant Bhakthi for them :
" Upachitha gurubhakthE: Utthtitham
VenkatEsAth " in SrI Sthuthi ( this poem originated from
VenkatEsa Kavi with huge and growing
Bhakthi for SrI Devi ) ; " Virachithamidham
VenkatEsEna BhakthyA " in BhU
Sthuthi ( This was created by VenkatEsa Kavi
with deep Bhkthi) ;
" Vikisatha
BhakthErutthitham " in GodhA Sthuthi ( This sthOthram
arose from VenkatEsa Kavi as a rsult
of his blossoming Bhakthi for GodhA Devi) .
Swamy Desikan himself has thus
indicated that these three compositions were
rooted in deep Bhakthi for the three
Devis of the Lord .
(173) (PraNavam) RangEsa
Aajn~Akrutha NyAsa Tilaka sthOthra rathnakAya nama:
(Meaning): Salutations to the
AchAryan , who created the SrI Sookthi of NyAsa
Tilakam
following the command of Lord
RanganAtha.
(Commentary ): This SrI
Sookthi is about the Vaibhavam of Prapatthi .It has
32 slOkams and has been described as
"SthOthra Rathnam " by KumAra
VaradAccAr Swamy , the son of Swamy
Desikan, since it contains all we need
to know about Prapatthi Saasthram
and its anushtAnam . Swamy has chosen
the name of NyAsa Tilakam to
indicate that alankAram on the forehead of us
to enchant Lord RanganAtha ( for His
vasIkaraNam ).Swamy also implied that
this SrI Sookthi serves as a
Tilakam for nyAsam .
(174) SrIranganAtha dhattha SrI
VedAnthaachArya naamakAya nama:
(Meaning): Salutations to that
AchAryan , who has the Birudhu ( Title) of
VedAnthAcchAryar conferred on Him by
none other than Lord RanganAtha.
(Commentary) : The title of
VedAnthAchAryan really belongs to Lord RanganAtha
alone as a PraTamAchAryan . Our Lord
was so pleased with the siddhAntha
SthApana Kaimkaryam of Swamy Desikan
that He transferred His own title
to Sri VenkatanAthan so that he can
be known from then on as VedAnthAchAryan
(VedAntha Desikan), the title by
which he is revered by the world.
(175) (PraNavam) RangEswari dhattha
Sarva Tantra SvAtantrya bhUshithAya nama: (Meaning) : Salutations to that
AchAryan , who was adorned with the title of
Sarva Tantra Svatantrar by Sri
RanganAyaki , the divine consort of the Lord of
Srirangam .
(Commentary ) : The recognition by
the Divine Consort of the Lord is a very
special honor ; it is even loftier
in SrEyas than the bahumAnam of the Lord .
Acknowledging the many matchless
kaimkaryams in defense of our darsanam ,
Sri RanganAyaki conferred on Swamy
Desikan the title of Sarva Tantra Svatantrar
( One who roamed with ease among all
Bhagavath Saasthrams and Loukeeka Kalais).
(176) (PraNavam) ayathnakrutha
vaadhithraya khaNDana niBhandhanAya nama:
(Meaning) :Salutations to that
AchAryan , who effortlessly created the SrI Sookthi
revered as "Vadhi-thraya KhaNDanam "
.
(Commentary) : This Sri Sookthi
blessed by Swamy Desikan is no longer available
to us . This grantham focused
on the refutation of the three Mathams : Saankara ,
Yaahdava
and BhAskara Mathams
.
(177) (PraNavam) TathvaDeekA
vyAkrutha SrImath BhAshyAmrutha saagarAya nama:
( Meaning) : Salutations to that
AchAryan , who created a Commentary for Sri BhAshyam ,
the ocean of nectar
.
( Commentary ) :Tatthva Deekai is
the VyAkhyAnam fro SrI BhAshyam blessed to us
by Swamy Desikan
.
(178) (PraNavam) VaajisAkhAsikhA
vyAkhyAkruthi sampreetha mAnasAya Nama:
(Meaning) : Salutations to that
AchAryan , who pleased the minds of scholars
through the creation of his
commentary for IsAvsya Upanishad belonging to
the VaajasanEya SaakhA .
(Commnetray ) : At the end
of his commentary on this Upanishad , Swamy Desikan
acknowledged that he who belonged to
ViswAmithra gOthram (
VaiswAmithra :)
created this commentary for the
hitham of the world (Viswamithram) for
the enjoyment of sishyAs and
scholars ( vyatAneeth vidhvacchAthra preethayE
VenkatEsa: ) .
(179) (PraNavam) Taathparya
chandrikA susTa-GeethAbhAshya mahA-paTAya nama:
(Meaning) : Salutations to that
Utthama AchAryan , who elaborated on the auspicious
and majestic commentary
of VaLLal RaamaanujA (SrI GeethA BhAshyam ) through
his Sri Sookthi entitled "
Taathparya Chandrikaa" to help one and all access and enjoy
without difficulty
the true meanings of
GeethA slOkams provided earlier in a terse way
by AchArya
RaamAnuja.
(Commentary ) : AchArya RaamAnuja"s
GeethA BhAshyam was at a high level
and was easy for scholars to
comprehend the insights and meanings given there .
People without the gift of
scholarship admired superficially the majestic
commentary of AchArya RaamAnuja but
had difficulties in comprehending
the depth of BhAshyakArar's high
level commentary on the meanings of
(Taathparyams of ) the slOkams of
Bhagavth GeethA . Swamy Desikan came to
our rescue through his elaboration
on the commentary of GeethA by AchArya
RaamAnujA through his SrI Sookthi
named " Taathparya Chandrikai " to
help us comprehend the true meanings
of the slOkams of Bhagavath GeethA
provided by AchArya RaamAnujA .
Swamy Desikan also helped us remove our
own confusions arising from
the reading of the viparitha commentaries of
Para Matha
Vadhins on GeethA
Saasthram .
(180) (PraNavam) YaamunAryOktha
GeethArTasangraha-thrANa-kaarakAya nama:
(Meaning):Salutations to that
SrEshta AchAryan , who wrote a rakshA grantham
for Swamy AlavanthAr's "
GeethArTa Sangraham " .
( Commentary ) : Swamy AlavanthAr
blessed us with a highly condensed yet elegant
summary of the true meanings of the
chapters of Bhagavath GeethA and their
purport . AchArya
RaamAnujA used GeethArTa Sangraha as the basis for
his
own commentary on GeethOPanishad .
Swamy Desikan created a rakshA
grantham for Swamy AlavanthAr's "
GeethArTa Sangraham " for our benefit ;
this rakshA grantham helped
us chase away the doubts that we might have
had in gaining a clear understanding
of the summary of GethA
slOkams by
Swamy AlavanthAr
.
Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam
,
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