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 SrI: 
PaarTiva Samvathsaram , Simha 
Maasam ,  
Sukla Paksha Sarva Parivarshanai EkAdasi 
Dear BhakthAs 
: 
Today is 
a very special day . Whatever one attempts today will grow 
more 
and More . " Pari " 
 means more and more when added to a noun or adverb. 
Varhanam means growth . It is 
such a PuNya dinam , where every thing attempted 
grows more and more . 
 
AN APPEAL TO YOU ALL TO JOIN 
IN A FORTHCOMING CELEBRATION  
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adiyEn 
seeks YOUR  support of a major Kaimkaryam , namely , the 
Celebrations of  
the 79th Birthday of the 
Current Jeeyar of the Ahobila Matam , HH Sri NaarAyaNa 
YathIndhra MahA Desikan . 
That special day  happens to be December 10 , 2005 . 
This MahOthsavam will be 
celebrated with ChathurvEda PaarAyaNams ,  
Dhivya prabhandha PaarAyaNam 
et al at Bangalore Sri Matam premises . 
YOU are all welcomed to 
attend this function . Boarding and Lodging logistics 
will be taken care of for 
overseas visitors by local Ahobila Matam sishyALs.  
On this day , we are also 
setting the stage for the SathAbhishEkam celebrations , 
when Prakrutham Azhagiya 
Singar will become 80 years in HIs blessed life . 
That celebration would take 
place in December 2006 . adiyEn will come back to  
YOU on 
 that grand uthsavam in January , 
2006 . 
For now , let me say a few 
words about this PuNya dinam ( Sep 14 )  
as a preface to the Upcoming 
79th birthday of one of the greatest  
Yathi SrEshtar , who is the 
45th Pattam Azhagiya Singar , HH Sri VaNN 
SaThakOpa  , MalOla 
PaadhukA SEvaka , Sri NaarAyaNa YathIndhra  
MahA Desikan . 
   
WHAT IS SO SPECIAL ABOUT THIS 
DAY ? 
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WHY IS THIS DAY MARKED FOR 
PARIVARDHANAM ?  
Why is  this day is 
marked for huge Growth in our VidhyA and Jn~Anam ? 
(1) It is because this day 
, AavaNi SravaNam is Lord HayagrIvan's 
 
     Thirunakshathra dinam . He blesses 
His upAsakAs very much on this day .  
(2) At 
Srirangam , PavithrOthsavam starts  today . This  is a special 
Uthsavam  
      for removing omissions and commissions in 
Bhagavath AarAdhanam 
      and for the 
restoration of Saanidhyam at the Sannidhis of BhagavAn 
. 
The next 
  few 
days of this & Ensuing week are equally important  
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(3) Tomorrow (Sep 15) , it is 
Vaamana Jayanthy , Nakshathra and SravaNa DhvAdasi 
      as well as MahA PradhOsham , an evening 
very dear to Lord Lakshmi Narasimhan. 
(4) 
Friday (Sep 16) is SukravAram , when AlarmEl Mangai ThAyAr of 
ThirucchAnur/ 
      Thiruppathi takes Her MangaLa SnAnam 
. 
(5) 
Saturday (Sep 17) is KanyA PourNami  and the birth of the Month of 
PurattAsi  
      in which 
 many 
important events happen : 
***PurattAsi 
2 ( Sep 18 ) : Final Day of ChAthur Maasyam for YatheeswarALs 
, 
     MahALaya Paksham begins today 
. 
*** PurattAsi 3 ( Sep 
19): UtthAnam for YatheeswarALs , when they resume  
     
their SanchArams . 
*** PurattAsi 5 ( Sep 
21): MahA BharaNi 
*** PurattAsi 9 (Sep 25 ): 
MahA VyatheepAdha PuNya Kaala Thirumanjanam for  
      Lord RanganAthan during 
 MadhyAshtami 
. This is a 
rare Thirumanjanam for  
      Lord 
RanganAtha at 
Srirangam and Pomona ,  NY . 
*** PurattAsi 18 ( Oct 4 ): 
NavarAthri Aaarambham 
*** PurattAsi 23 ( Oct 9 
): Kettai (JyEshtA ) : Adhi VaNN SaThakOpa Jeeyar's 
 
     Thirunakshathra dinam 
.  
*** PurattAsi 26  (Oct 
12): Lord SrinivAsa , Swamy Desikan and First ParakAla 
                                                
Matam Jeeyar's Thirunakshathram , SravaNam . 
*** PurattAsi 27 ( Oct 
 13) : KOil 
Vijaya 
Dasami 
*** PurattAsi 28 ( Oct 14): 
Sri VaishNava EkAdasi ( HarivAsaram)  
*** PurattAsi 31 ( 
 Oct 17) : 
PourNami , Revathy , Vishuva PuNya Kaalam . 
Thus ends PurattAsi in a 
blaze of glory and leads us on to the sacred  
Months of Iyppasi and 
 Kaarthikai UtthirattAthi (December 10 ) , Prakrutham 
Azhagiya Singar's 79th 
Thirunakshathra dinam at Bangalore .  
There are thus 98 days from 
today to that blessed day of 
Kaarthikai UtthirattAdhi 
dinam (Dec 10,2005) .  
adiyEn would like to seek 
your financial support for the Parama 
Vaidhika celebration of a 
MahAchAryan , the Current Azhagiya  
Singar , HH Sri NaarAyaNa 
YathIndhra MahA Desikan .  
Please pledge 
as much as you can 
for this special celebration  
and recieve 
Srimath Azhagiya 
Singar's dhivyAnugraham . 
Please keep 
Sriman Srihari 
Raghavan , the Treasurer of Ahobila  
Matam North America (srihari.raghavan@xxxxxxxxx) 
and adiyEn 
informed about your pledges 
. 
All samarpaNams are Tax 
deductible . Your SamarpaNams 
should be sent to 
: 
Ahobila Matam North 
America 
C/O Sriman R.Rajaji 
 
10404 Shephard Crook 
Ct 
Potomac , MD 
20854 
WHY AND HOW SHOULD 
WE SUPPORT ACHARYA KAIMKARYAMS  ? 
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In the Sikshavalli 
section of Taitthireeya Upanishad , there is a section 
 
called : AnthEvAsyAnuSAsanam about the AchAryan 's commands to 
 
a Sishyan after teaching 
him about Veda/VedAnthams : 
It starts with " Sathyam 
Vadha , Dharmam Chara , SvAdhyAyAn maa pramadha: 
ACHAARYAAYA PRIYAM DHANAM 
AAHRUTHYA PRAJAATANTHUM MAA 
VYAVACCHETHSEE: ( Having 
offered the AchAryan the desired Guru 
DakshiNai, do not cut off 
the line of progeny ) ------- 
The UpadEsam continues 
:  SathyAnna Pramadhithavyam ------AachArya dEvo 
 
Bhava ( Let Your AchAryan 
be God unto You ) ----  
Regarding samarpaNams of 
AchArya Kaimkaryams , the Upanishad passage 
instructs the Sishyan 
: 
SraddhayA dhEyam ( You 
should offer your  SamarpaNam with Faith ) 
asraddhayA dhEyam ( You 
should offer your samarpaNam without attachment ) 
SriyA dhEyam ( You should 
offer your samarpaNam with a happy state of Mind ) 
HriyA dhEyam ( You should 
offer it with shyness that you are not giving 
enough) 
bhiyA dhEyam ( You should 
offer with fear that it is not proportionate to 
the MahOpakAram done by 
the AchAryan for opening your spiritual eye ) 
samvidhA dhEyam ( 
You should give with will /without hesitation 
). 
This set of 
instructions concludes in  a thundering fashion: 
" 
This is the command ( aadEsa: ) and this is the 
instruction ( UpadEsa: ) . 
   This is the 
sacred teaching of the VedhAs  ( yEshA VedhOpanishad) 
. 
   This is the 
command that the Teacher /AchAryan should impart 
to 
   the disciple 
( yEthadh-anusAsanam ) . Thus should it be practised 
   ( yEvam 
upAsithavyam) .Thus alone should one meditate ( 
yEvamuchaithadh- 
   upAsyam 
)."  
The Siksha valli section 
of Taitthareeya Upanishad concludes with the 
UpasamhAra 
Saanthi Paatam : " 
---  SamnO VishNururukrama: ( May VishNu of vast strides 
 
protect US ) --------- 
tannmAmAveeth  , tadhvakthAramAveeth , AaveenmAm 
, 
Aaveedh vakthAram , Om 
Saanthi: Saanthi: Saanthi: " ( That Brahman 
protected  
me . 
That 
Brahman protected the AchAryan . Om  Peace, Peace , Peace ") 
.   
It is in the context of 
AchArya Vandhanam that we celebrate AchArya  
Thirunakshathrams and 
feel fulfilled to offer our SamarpaNams as  
SambhAvanai for the 
MahOpakArams Recieved from an AchAryan .  
adiyEn will elaborate 
next in this 79th and 80th Thirunakshathram series 
  
about the 
Upanishadic Instruction : " SraddhyA dhEyam " . 
  
What is SraddhA ? Who is 
SraddhA ? 
We will take up the two 
versions of SraddhA Sooktham and study  
their meanings according 
to Nanjeeyar's commentary on SrI Sooktham 
and Saayana BhAshyam 
. 
Srimath Azhagiya Singar 
Thiruvadi , 
Oppiliappan Koil 
VaradAchAri SadagOpan  
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