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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