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SrI:
SrImathE Nigamantha Mahadesikaya namah:
SrImAn venkatanAthAryaH kavitArkika kesarI |
vedAntAcArya-varyo me sannidhattAm sadA hRdi ||

May the glorious Venkatanatha, the greatest of teachers of Vedanta, and the 
lion among poets and debaters, reside forever in my heart.

Dearest Srivaishnavas,
Let us continue to enjoy other granthas of Swamy Desikan in summary form:

Swamy Desikan has offered us 24 works in maNipravAlam, a sweet blend of 
Tamil and Sanskrit. These are actually 35 in number including the 
commentaries.

The first work under this group is SatsampradAya parisuddhi. The Acharya 
exhausted all the talents, as it were in demonstrating that the tradition 
starting from Sri Ramanuja is perfectly flawless. There is no inconsistency 
between rahasyas, upanishadic doctrines, theories and practices in the 
Srivaishnava Sri Ramanuja Sampradayam, The apparent contradictions that are 
raised on the import of the three rahasyas are resolved in a very judicious 
manner.

The second and third works are called Tatva padhavi and Rahasya Padavi 
respectively. The way is to know the tattvas, that is, Realities like soul, 
matter and God and the means of getting final release. RahasyapadavI deals 
with the way of knowing the sense of three rahasyas.

Tatvanavaneetham and Rahasyanavaneetham are the fourth and fifth works. The 
word navaneetham, which means butter, is sued here to show that the cream of 
what is otherwise hard to comprehend is presented here. The nature of the 
enjoyer (soul), of matter which is enjoyed and God who directs them is well 
treated in Tatva navaneetham. Similarly all the component parts of the three 
rahasyas are dealt with suitable references in the source books in the 
Rahasyanavaneetham.

Maatrukai is work forming part of the Titles Tatva maatrukai and Rahaysa 
maatrukai the sixth and seventh works. The work matruka means the source of 
the letters which are represented in Sanskrit language by the squabbles 
beginning with ?a? and ending with Ksa. These squabbles are fifty one in
number. Treatment of tattva and Rahasya in each of these two works is 
offered in fifty one in number. Treatment of these two works is offered in 
fifty one sentences.

Sarvajna Singappa Nayaka, son of king Madhava, became a disciple of Vedantha 
Desika and desired to know the tattvas and Rahasyas. Vedanta Desika wrote 
Tattva sandhEsam, Rahasya SandhEsam and Rahasya SandhEsa vivaraNam and sent 
to the king. Hence the title ends in the word SandhEsam. These are the 8th, 
9th and 10th works. The last mentioned work adds further explanation on 
Prapatti.

Eleventh work is TatvarathnAvaLi in which the matters dealt with are like 
gems and so the whole work is like a garland of gems. The Acharya offers, in 
the 12th work TattvarathnAvaLipratipadyasamgraha, the summary of the 
previous work.

Similar are the 13th and 14th works having the names RahasyaratnAvaLi and 
rahasyaratnAvaLihrudhayam on the three rahasyas.

The work chuLakam forms part of the titles TattvatrayachuLakam and 
RahasyatrayachuLakam of the 15th and 16th works. The word chuLaka means palm 
of the hand. This word tells that the Tattvas and Rahasyas that are treated 
in these two works are made easily understandable through these words.
The SaradIpa, the 17th work is lost with the exposition of the three 
rahasyas. The abhayapradAna sAram, the 18th work is in ten sections dealing 
with all aspects of Prapatti. The essential features of Sri Rama?s offering 
security to VibhIshaNa are vividly described.

TattvasikhAmaNi and RahasyasikhAmaNi are the 18th and 19th works, the former 
of which is lost. In the latter work, the Acharya discusses the wonderful 
Varaaha charama slOka as instructed to us thorugh BhUmi PiraaTTi when the 
most compassionate Mother pleaded to Him on our behalf talking extreme dayA 
and mercy on us. .

PradAnasathakam, the 20th work (refer URL: http://www.srivaishnava.org/sgati 
SaraNagati electronic journal for translation in English by Sri V Satakopan 
Swamin) enumerates one hundred topics that are of great significance in 
Vaishnavism. The 21st work, UpakArasangraham (also available in Saranagati
journal written by Sri Vijayaraghavan Srinivasan) lists the actions of God, 
which have been of much help to his devotees. Saarasangraham, the 22nd work 
gives the gist of the three rahasyas.

Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo narayana
dAsan
kavi-tArkika-simhAya kalyANa-guNa-SAline |
Srimate venkateSAya vedAntagurave namaH ||

Salutations to Sri Venkatesa, in whom all perfections reside, who is the 
teacher of Vedanta and the lion among poets and debaters

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