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SrImathE Gopaladesika Mahadesikaya nama:

Dearest all,

adiyEn was fortunate to have an opportunity to visit
two wonderful events last week. I went to Srirangam
for asmadhacharyan His Holiness Srimad Paravakottai
Andavan Swami?s 88th TN celebrated in the Ashramam on
April the 10th with usual grand Veda prayanam and
upanyasams. 

Swami looked quite energetic and shining in spite of
his age. Swami?s entry into the hall itself is an
experience to be felt. 

adiyEn attended on the 9th and 10th events.

Though Swami did not want to celebrate the TN in a
grand manner, it is the duty of sishyas to celebrate
the same and pay our obeisance and gratitude to Swami.
But Swami grabbed that chance to pay his praNamams and
obeisance to Thoppul PiLLai for Swami Desikan?s
unparalleled contribution to Srivaishnavam and is
Acharya Saarvabhouman. 

SwAmi instructed the budding, young as well as
experienced scholars to deliver upanyasams on each of
the lines from vaazhi thirunaamam of Swami desikan. 

adiyEn attended the upanysamas on:

kanjatthirumangai ugakka vandhOn? by Dr Sri MV Anantha
padmanabhachar Swami
senchol thamizh maRaigaL theLindhu uRaippOn by
ARupaadhi Sri Ramadesikachar  Swami 
thirumalai maal thirumaNiyaay siRakka vandhOn ? by Sri
(Delhi) Harinagar Rajagopalachar Swami
thanjapparagathiyai thandhu aruLvOn- by Srirakryam
Swami Dr Sri Anantha Narasimhachar Swami
thaNthamizh thoopul thiruvEkadavan? by Sri U Ve VN
Venkatanathan Swami 

Each of these upanyasams was nice. It was a great
opportunity to meet up with such great scholars. 

In addition there were wonderful upanysamas by: 

Navalpakkam Dr Sri Vasudevachar Swami on Bhagavad
vishayam (he selected specifically piRandhavaaRum ten
and enjoyed those verses) 
Sri ES Mukundan Swami of Hyderabad taking few verses
on Daya sathakam and gave a splendid upnayasam, in a
soul stirring, brilliant style effortlessly.

All were amazing and were enjoyed by one and all. 

There was one upnayasam by Sri Vaduvoor Govindhan
Swami who took each kalyana guNA of perumAL and
referred the same to our Prakritham Andavan aptly.
Swami interrupted him saying, ?vishayatthukku vaa?.
Sri Govindhan Swami said, ?This is adiyEn?s subject.
Even if Swami does not give opportunity to adiyEn
anymore, adiyEn doesn?t care. adiyEn would just
glorify Swami?s kalyANa guNAs as it is truth and
nothing but truth. For us- Swami is verily the walking
God. It was a very nice statement made by Sri
Govindhan Swami and everyone was in tears for being
blessed with such a great acharyan and to attend his
Thirunakshathram. 

[unfortunately -the earlier upanyasams ? adiyEn could
not attend as I reached on 8th only]

On the Thirunakshathram day, Srirangam Sri Anantha
Narasimhachar Swami released Saranagathi Deepika book
as part of the series of Swamy Desikanb books released
by the Ashramam. This is the 24th of (28) sthothra
series. Those of you who visit India may specifically
ask for these books from regular bookshops (like Sri
Nrusimhapriya Trust or from Srirangam Ashramam). 

Vangeepuram Navaneetham (Oppiliappan Koil) Dr Sri VN
Vedantha Desikan Swami is the one who has been
compiling the rarest commentaries of these sthothras,
adding his simple tamil commentary and English
translation for each sloka. Swami spoke few words
about this book (Saranagati Deepika) as well, saying
this is the essence of Srimad Rahaysathraya saaram and
is to be read by one and all. It is to be recited by
us understanding these meanings. That would help enjoy
the slokas and understand our Sampradaya.

Srikaryam swami mentioned that during the period the
founder of the Ashramam Srimad Poundarikapuram Andavan
Srinivasa Mahadesikan Swami, there was one Sri
Vijayaraghavachar Swami from Bangalore who attended
kalakshepam at His lotus feet. This Swami, after ten
interesting and enlightening years of Gurukulavasam,
at Srirangam Poundarikapuram Ashramam and gratified at
the Acharya?s commitment with which he taught him all
these years right from Sanskrit alphabet to Vedanthas
and Saathras in great depths, offered even in those
days, an enticing Rs 10,000 as Guru dhakshiNa. Srimad
Andavan looked up and asked him, ?Is this what you
have learnt and understood me??. The disciple
persisited in offering it as a token of his gratitude.
The Acharya consolingly told him, 

?If I accepted this from you, great harm will follow-
in future, our disciples may stop coming to mearn from
me unable to make a GurudhakshiNa; also this may
incite me an expectation of the same too?. The
disciple knew that the Acharya was sincere but still
he persisted. Now the Acharya spoke- ?Think what one
in my state can do with this money; with you perhaps,
it may find immense use in making our Sampradayam
Granthas so much needed for the future?. This was the
divine spark that impregnated in the mind of Sri CM
Vijayaraghavachariar the passion and the spirit for
writing many books in kannada language which are
available even today as source books for reference and
research in Karnataka ? something which Bhagawan
Ramanuja would have approved of. Words do not suffice
to extol the importance of this service to
Srivaishnava community. Srimad Andavan was noted for
his vairAgya ? inassailable spirit of total
renunciation of worldly, material things. It was
Bhagawath Sankalpa, that in this manner a whole range
of our Samparadya Granthas should be born in Kannada
language. 

Sri karyam added that on similar lines, our Prakritham
Andavan Swami wishes to have the same continued by
having an ashramam branch in Bangalore for the sishyas
therein to celebrate acharya, azhwar thirunakshthrams.
Acharyan ThiruvuLLam was immediately fulfilled by one
Sri Ananthakrishnan Swami of Mysore. He has donated
100 feet x 80 feet land of his (in Bangalore) to the
ashramam as a humble offering at the lotus feet of His
Holiness. On behalf of the entire community of
Ashramam sishyas, Srikaryam expressed his thanks and
gratitude to Sri Ananthakrishnan Swami. The
construction would begin soon. Sri Sudarsan
Parthasarathy informed me later that another Ahobila
Mutt sishya from Bangalore along with Sri.Navaneetha
Krishnan swami's brother have actively taken up the
responsibility for constructing a nice Asramam in
Bangalore. Swami reviewed the plan and came out
quickly with areas of improvement, as well as gave
valuable pointers on how to move ahead.  

His Holiness finally inaugurated the new civil
structures built over the last 6 months at our Asramam
(Office, Library room)..... The saatrumurai and
thadheeyaaradhanai completed the glorious
Thirunakshathram event. 

As a whole, this year's TN was more like a family
event, with Swami's sishyAs and AbhimAnis alone, as
Srimad Andavan/Srimad Azhagiyasinghar and other
YathivAras were all on SanchAram. Also due to the
SathabhishEka Mahothsvam of Dr Sri U Ve Navalpakkam
S.Ramanuja thathachar Swami at Navalpakkam on April
the 12th on Saturday. 

adiyEn?s paternal grand mother hails from Navalpakkam
and Dr Sri NSR Swami is known to the whole
Srivaishnava community. Hence, adiyEn with my parents
went to Navalpakkam on Friday the 11th. 

Veda parayanams, Sri Bhashya sadhas, greatest scholars
congregation, their merciful glances on us- the days
were divine. Dr Sri NSR Swami by virtue of his
contribution through his research studies, he was
awarded Doctorate in Philosophy by Sanskrit Unitv,
Varanasi. He was also awarded as eminent Sanskrit
scholar by the President of India. He was also
honoured with innumerable titles for his original
works by the seers of Andavan Ashramam, Ahobila Mutt,
Ashtanga vignAna mandhiram, Pejavar Muth, Sringeri
Sarada vidhya peeth etc. 

Dr Sri NSR Swami?s father Sri Krishna thathachar Swami
himself was a renowned vedic scholar who adorned the
post of principal in the Sanskrit college of
Sriperumpudhur for several years. He was the foremost
sishya of Sri U Ve Narasimha thathacharya Swami and
Sri U Ve Ayya Devanatha thathachar Swami. Sri NSR
Swami mastered all four saastras and Krishna yajur
veda with the grace of Sri U Ve  Ayya Devanatha
thathachar. Thus at a very young age Sri NSR Swami
imbibed all the eminent qualities of a great acharya
as envisioned by Swami Desikan.  

There were four days of Veda prayanam, and discourses
by emiment scholars, recitation of Srimad Ramayanam,
as well as Vidwath sadhas. 

It was such a divine sight and bhaagyam to see all
greatest scholars of Srivaishnavam in one hall:
VidwAns line Sri U Ve Agnihothram Ramanuja Thathachar
swami (who is 102 years old), Sri U Ve
Srivathsankachar Swami, Sri U Ve Navalpakkam
Varadhachar Swami, Sri U Ve Navalpakkam Valayapettai
Ramanuja thathachar Swami, and others. 
There were garlands pouring in from divya desams like
Srirangam, Kanchipuram, Thirukkudanthai, Sri
Perumpudhur, Oppiliappan Koil etc. 

There were also attendees like Sri KV
Ramakrishnacharya, Jaipur Sanskirt University, Vice
Chancellor, Sri Kutumba Saastri Delhi University Vice
Chancellor, Prof. Sri Veezhinathan Saastri who were
all Sri NSR Swami?s students for more than few
decades. They hold such high positions today and they
spoke in great humility and reverence, about Sri NSR
Swami, his kalyANa guNAs, vaathsalyam on his students
and his magnificent scholarship. Prof Veezhnathan?s
article on this Swami appeared in The Hindu the
previous day. 

Prof wrote: that Navalpakkam Sri Ramanuja Tatacharya
(DOB April 16, 1928) is one of the senior authorities
in the fields of Nyaya, Vyakarana, Mimamsa and
Vedanta. He hails from a very respectable family
belonging to the village of Navalpakkam in North Arcot
District, Tamil Nadu renowned for its assiduous
pursuit of studies in the Vedas and the Sastras and
for devoted practice of their teachings. Being the
illustrious son of an illustrious father, the late
Krishnasvami Tatacharya, a doyen of Sanskrit learning,
his study began under him and continued at Sri
Venkateswara Oriental College in Tirupati, Sanskrit
College in Sriperumbudur, and Devanatha Tatacharya
Swami and University of Madras. By the age of 16 he
became a full-fledged Naiyayika after which he
attained proficiency in Vyakarana, Mimamsa and Vedanta
effortlessly. 

You can read the article herein:
http://www.hindu.com/2008/04/11/stories/2008041152770300.htm


adiyEn probably would have missed some names, or
mis-spelt some names. Please forgive adiyEn for the
errors and omissions.    

Navalpakkam is a glorious village with a beautiful
Srinivasa temple. The visit was so refreshing for
adiyEn. adiyEn only wishes to visit this place every
year for the uthsavam and this Swami?s TN.

Acharyan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo narayana
dAsan


      
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