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  Dear Swamin
                     Sri Vaishnavas are commonly honoured with prefix" Ubhaya 
Vedanthis"_  which, among other things ,  represent Vedas and Divya  
prapandhas.In other words, they are vidwans of both Vedas and Divya  
prapandhas, though they have not learnt all Vedas/their Veda as per  their 
sakha( yajus sakha etc) and all 4000 Divya prapandhams 
                      2.Ubhaya Vedanthis are small in number now-a-days.The 
irony is that  Vaishnavaites, after their retirement from their profession, 
used to  learn prapandhams, having books with them, as most of these people do  
not know sanskrit. Being the mother-tongue, they are fond of learning  tamil 
prapandhams and do not try to learn atleast pancha sookthas. This  is the 
weakness in Vaishnavas, whereas, advaitees give importance to  vedic learning  
and Veda parayanam.Srikainkarya leaves to Elites  further thinkings on the 
above  conjecture, logic etc and to come  to a decision on the necessity to 
revive the learnings of Vedas atleast  by next generation ( younger) as done by 
Advaitees
                    3. This is the proper time  to encourage adyayanam of 
atleast  panchasookthams  by vaishnavas, though they do not know a, b , c ,  d 
,  about sanskrit and they do not know akshara sudhdha in  pronounciation . 
Once they impart in this line they will have  enthusiasum and do parayanam 
perfectly. This is one part
                     4. Another thing is Vedaparayana vidwans. In 
Tamilnadu,staunch  vedaparayana vidwans are nurtured here and there giving 
honororium etc  to them from the funds created for this purpose, as in 
Kanchipuram. 
                     5. Srikainkarya has undertaken this in a small way (within 
it's limit)  in giving sambhavana to Vedic pundits who perform vedaparayanam 
during  pavithrothsavam at Thiruvaheendrapuram. There may be philonthrophists  
giving sambhavana like this in kshetras. But , most of staunch veda  parayakars 
are living below the povert line , unable to meet both ends.  That is why they 
are reluctant to send their wards to Veda patasalas,  though Sri Ahobila Mutt, 
Srimath Andavan Asramam are encouraging the  learnings of vedas by young people 
 in all ways, extending all  facilities/benefits
                   6. The need of the hour is to protect aged staunch 
vedaparayana swamis  living in villagesdoing vedaparayana kainkaryam to Bhagvan 
in temples ,  without migrating to other professions / or to other towns/urban 
areas  for livelyhood. The need of the hour is to provide them with basic  
amenities ( food,clothing. shelter, minimum funds /money to gain  purchasing 
power every month, if not radio/television/phone. fan etc)
                7. The second part is  prapandha Adhikaris. No doubt, most of 
these vaishnavaits are having  some sort of comfortable back-ground of earning 
or receiving pension or  some amount by way of interest etc. The irony is that 
they entered this  prabhandha ghoshti after spending their better part of their 
lives in  earnings/ after completing family commitments of education, 
employment  marriage of their wards. We can see that most of them are having 
books  in their hands while rendering Divyaprabhandhas along with  
professionals in temples( urban area). If not , there will be scarcity  , even 
for rendering Divya prabhandhas, while there is no rendering of  Vedas during 
Nithyanusanthanam(morning &evening) and Saththumurai  in most of the temples 
                  8. As vaishnavas, it is our bounden duty to see that 
Vedaparayanam is  done in all the temples. As vaishnavas, it is our utmost 
responsibility  to protect staunch vedaparayakaras who are still lingering in 
the  village temples, attending to veda parayanams.
                 9. It is also our duty to encourage  and help staunch 
Adyabhagas doing Divyaprabandha sevai in  villages/urban/other temples
               10. Ofcourse, there are archakas also in these temples  sailing 
in the same boat 
  Smrithi says
  Yasya vedhachcha vedheesa vichchith yethey thripoorusham
  savai durbrahmanegeya: saruakarma bhahis krutham
                  If we, as vaishnavaits are unable to do kainkaryam /service 
to veda  vidwans/ Divyaprabhandha adhikaris for their well-being ,  we  cannot 
say ourselves as vaishnavaites
             11. Those,  who do not have adyayanam(learning and reciting vedas) 
and relationship  with vedic pundits for three generations , are bad brahmins  
(durbrahmins). In other words, those who do not know their veda sakhas  or 
atleast panchasookthas, they will not be treated as brahmins (leave  alone 
vaishnavas) but bad brahmins and their anushtanams will not give  any benefit 
to them 
                 12.Srikainkarya is thinking on the above lines  for the past 
so  many days. At this juncture, one young Srivaishnavaite from U.S.  thinking 
on the same lines  has sent an e-mail like this to  Srikainkarya
  Kindly let me know how we can do some more to  make a difference to staunch 
srivaishnavas in their pursuit of  vedas/prabhandhams or in any of their needs
                13. Srikainkarya is of opinion that there  are most elite 
vaishnavas spread over all along the world and that they  can be approached for 
this purpose
                14. Srikainkarya  requests you to suggest/  discuss/putforth 
your valued, well thought out ideas/opinions etc in a  nutshell as early as 
possible sothat they can be further discussed  (with pros&cons) and arrived at 
a conclusion by way of a scheme 
  Dasan
  Srikainkarya
  Thiruvaheendrapuram Uruppattur Chakravarthi Soundararajan

                        
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