Dear All, The verses in the sloka roughly translated "vaagartha siddhihetoH paThata hayagriivasaMstutiM bhaktyaa . the Hayagriva stotram read with devotion would help in attaining fluency over words and true knowledge about the Truth. and kavitaarkika kesariNaa veN^kaTanaathena virachitaametaam.h .. 33 .. that this stotra is composed by Venkatanatha, the lion among the composers and those that excel in debates As these words are found in the phalsruthi one can assume that these are composed later. But one doubt still persists - that is whether Swami Desikan would have himself stated - " lion among the composers and those that excel in debates"? Possibly they could have been added subsequently by Swami Desika's son and disciple, Nainacharya or Kumara Varadacharya ? Because in his Desika Mangalam, Pillai Antaadi, and Desika Dinacharyai he has recorded some biographical details of his father..... Kavitarkika Simhaya Kalyana GunashalinE Srimathe Venkateshaya Vedanta GuravE Namaha Srimathi Venkatachari Raghavan "Srikanth H.R." <hrsriks@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Respected Bhagavatas, Today when I was chanting the Hayagriva stotram of Swami Desikan, I suddenly got a doubt. I request the learned scholars to clarify. In the phalashruti, Swami Desikan says "vAgartha siddhihEtoh paThata hayagrIva samstutim bhaktyA | kavi-tArkika-kEsariNA vEnkaTanAthEna virachitAmetAm||" According to my understanding the Hayagriva stotram was Swami Desikan's first composition. Also, from the Desika-gadya I understand that the title of KAVI-TARKIKA-SIMHA has conferred on Swami Desikan by SriRanganatha himself when Swami composed the Paduka-sahasram. (eka yAminI yAma nirmita padukA sahasra....vismaya rangeSa viSrANita kavi-tArkika-simha samAkhyA vikhyAta vaidagdhya) This being the case, how did Swami Desikan refer to himself as "kavi-tArkika-simha" in the first composition itself? Was he aware that he would get that title in future? Swami Desikan Tiruvadigale Saranam dasan, Srikanth __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail Yahoo! Groups SponsorADVERTISEMENT --------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups SponsorADVERTISEMENT --------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Domains - Claim yours for only $14.70 http://us.click.yahoo.com/Z1wmxD/DREIAA/yQLSAA/VkWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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