--------------------------------------------------------------------- Srimath Sriranga PruthvIswara SataripuNa Samyamintherana Drishtam NyasyathmAnam NrusimhE Narahari Shatajith YoginEthu PrasadAth PragynA SrirangakAri-Prabhava-yathipathE: PrAptha LakshminrusimhA- sthAnam sEvE YathIndram GuNanidhim VeeraraghvIsatArim SrimathE SriLakshminrusimha Divya PAduka Sevaka SriVaNN SatakOpa SriVeeraRaaghava SatakOpa Yathindra Mahaa DesikAya Namaha ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Recognizing the vidwath, acharams and anushtanams of our Swami, Srimath Injimedu Azhagiyasingar (42nd pontiff) appointed him as the Principal of Madurantakam Sanskrit College, after Sri. U.Ve Thirukoshtiyur Swami. Heconducted Vedantha and Ahnika Kalakshepams to the teachers and students of the school respectively. He was a Adyakshakar (Judge) of various vidvath sadas as well. As Sri. U.Ve. Lakshminarasimhachariar had no issues, he adopted his own younger brother's (Sri U.Ve.Srinivaasa Desikan's) son , "Sri. L. Varadarajan".
Since the Srimad 42nd Azhagiyasingar's health was deteriorating, MalolaVidavat Sadas was conducted by our Swami. Srimath Injimedu Azhagiyasingar was contemplating on choosing a successor to Sri Ahobila Mutt. Srimath 42nd Azhagiyasingar called Sri. Lakshminarasimhan for adorning the next acharya peetam. While praying to Malolan, Sri DevanAr ViLAgam Swamy felt that BhagavAn was suggesting that he should not disobey the niyamanam of Acharyan. If this divine command is not heeded,he felt that it will be as if he was committing a great apachAram. Reminded of many verses of Bhagavad Gita and invoking the blessings of Sri. Malolan and Acharyan, Sri. Lakshminarasimhan accepted the divine call for Sannyasa Ashrama Sweekaram.
On Feb 8, 1951, Jeevasratham was performed at Thiruvallur. That morning, his other younger brother Sri. U.VE VeeraRaghavan and his sister went to the Sri Sannidhi and prayed to Sri 42nd Azhagiyasingar to relieve Sri. Lakshminarasimhan and offer him Sanyasa Ashrama some other time. Sri 42nd Azhagiyasingar tried to console them but in vain. As Sri 42nd Azhagiyasingar could no longer console them beyond a stage, the Jeeyar asked them to take back Sri. Lakshminarasimhan, if the later agreed to come back with them. The brother and sister pleaded with Sri. LakshmiNarasimhan to come back. Our Swami retorted back to them saying that "The Sastras do not permit one to come back after the acceptance of Sanyasa Ashrama" (Sasthirathingal Idarku idankoduka villai). Though born with a silver spoon, Sri. Swami renounced all the materialwealth and adorned the peetam on Feb 9, 1951, Friday, Thai maasam, Vikruthi Varsham. As he entered thuriyashramam in ThiruEvvuL, he was given the title of "Sri Van Satakopa SriVeeraRaghava Satakopa Yathindra Mahadesikan".
An interesting fact should be noted here. Our Swami in poorvasrama was doing kaimkaryams to Oppiliyappan and used to recite "Venden manaivazhkaiyai, Vinnagar MeyavanE". Thiruvinnagar Serntha Appan seemed to have granted this boon now. More than that , his Kula Deivam was none other than "VeeraRaghavan, EvvuL KidanthAn". It is a rare coincidence that our Swami was initiated into Sanyasa Ashrama at his kula deivam's divyadesam and acquired the title of "Sri Van Satakopa SriVeeraRaghava Satakopa Yathindra Mahadesikan". It is as if "Angan GnAlam Anja AngorAlariyay " irunda Lakshminarasimhan and Vinnagar Meyavan blessed DevanAr ViLAgam Swamy to give up "Manai Vaazhkkai" and to accept Sanyasa Ashramam at ThiruEvvuL to perform his duties as MalOla Dhivya PaadhukA Sevakar.
--To be Continued: Sources: Srinrusimha Priya magazine : 1953 - 1957 issues. Articles written by Srimath Idanim Azhagiyasingar, Sri. U.Ve. Purisai Nadadur Krishnamachariar, Sri. U.Ve. Melpakkam Narasimhachariar Swami,Sri. U.Ve Vedantha Desikan and others. Many thanks to Sri. Oppiliyappan Koil Varadachari Satakopan for his inputs and corrections on this article.
Refer to http://www.devanarvilagam.com for his life history in brief along with photographs.
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