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SrI:
SrImathE Nigamantha Mahadesikaya namah:
SrImAn venkatanAthAryaH kavitArkika kesarI |
vedAntAcArya-varyo me sannidhattAm sadA hRdi ||

May the glorious Venkatanatha, the greatest of teachers of Vedanta, and the 
lion among poets and debaters, reside forever in my heart.

Dearest Srivaishnavas,
Let us continue to enjoy other granthas of Swamy Desikan in summary form:

Sriman Nigamantha Mahadesikan composed 19 works in Tamil called Tamil 
prabandhams. [Sri SatakOpan Swamin has been writing indefatigably on these 
wonderful granthas verse by verse- so nicely. ] Let us enjoy at the summary 
level as part of this series on Thuppul Pillai.

Amrutha Ranjani- 39 verses in tamil. All of them occur at the beginning and 
end of his 17 works written in maNipravALam (a blend of Sanskrit and Tamil). 
They are pleasing like amirtham (nectar) and hence the title.

Let us enjoy one sweet verse:

nin aruLaam gathiyinRi maRRonRillEn/ nedun~ kaalam pizhai seydha nilai
kazhindhEn/
un aruLukku inidhaana nilai pugundhEn/ un saraNE saraN ennum thuNivu
pooNdEn/
manniruLaay ninRa nilai enakku theertthu/ vaanavar magizcchi thara varitthEn
unnai/
innaruLaay ini enakkOr bharamERRaamal en thirumaal adaikkalam koL ennai
neeyE

There is no other recourse except Your Grace. I am able to get rid of the 
long accrued sins over the ages from time immemorial for so many births. I 
am blessed to be the recipient of Your Grace. (Due to Your limitless 
unbounded Grace) I have surrendered to take refuge at Your Feet. Much to the 
enjoyment of Nithyasooris and muktha JivAthmAs, I have placed you in my 
heart, and been able to dispel the darkness and ignorance. Please do not let 
me bear any more burden (of further births) and please enslave me (by 
accepting my SaraNAgathy).

A sweet Pasuram! (Please forgive me for my free translation!)

The second work is Adhikara sangraham, which contains 56 Tamil verses, all 
in the form of summaries of the 32 chapters (called adikaram) of Swamy 
Desikan?s magnum opus, Srimath Rahasyathraya saram.- we will see it in 
separate post

The third work, AmrithaswAdhini, has 37 verses beginning with Saarasaara and 
munivaahana bhOgam that are written in maNipravaaLam.

Paramatha Bhangham (Refutation of other schools of thought)

In the Paramatha Bhangha Rahasya which is in twenty-four chapters Sri Desika 
has done a great service to the cause of VisishtAdvaita as propounded in the 
earlier scriptures by Sri Ramanuja and his AchAryAs.

In the first chapter of Paramatha Bhangam, the necessity to acquire correct 
knowledge of philosophy and religion is described, the next 3 chapters (2,3, 
4) describe the tatva, Hita, and Purushaartha (Reals, means and Goal). The 
next 15 chapters are devoted to an elaborate treatment of 15 systems of
philosophy as follows:

Lokaayatrika
Madhyamika
Yogacaara
Sautranika
Vaibhashika
(all the above five under Buddhisam)
Prachanna Bouddha (Advaita)
Jaina
Bhaskara
Vaiyakarana
VaishEshika
Naiyayika
Nireeswara meemAmsa
Nireeswara Sankhya
Paasupatha

The doctrines of these systems are faithfully described as propounded by 
them, and then refuted on the basis of the authority of the scripture as 
taught by the earlier AchAryAs and accepted by Swamy Desika. The validity of 
Bhagawath Saasthra is established as taught by Baradarayana and other 
ancient sages. The next two chapters are devoted to the arguments in other 
schools of thought in favor of the means and the goal as accepted by them 
and then they are refuted. The last is conclusion.

In the respective chapters on each school of thought, their doctrine is 
given first. Then it is stated how they are against Vedas and other 
scriptural texts and so they can not be taken as authoritative. At the end 
of the final view according to VisishtAdaita is given.

Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo narayana
dAsan
kavi-tArkika-simhAya kalyANa-guNa-SAline |
Srimate venkateSAya vedAntagurave namaH ||

Salutations to Sri Venkatesa, in whom all perfections reside, who is the 
teacher of Vedanta and the lion among poets and debaters

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