Dr.
The article is too good detailing the essence of HH
speech on Swami Desikan.
The anology brought in by HH between the different
acts of Lords Nrismha, Rama, Krishna & the work of
Swami Desikan is the best one can think of.
regards
rama
--- "Dr.S.Sundar Rajan" <kuresadasan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> 23-09-2007. Purattasi Thiruvonam. Vedantha Desikan's
> incarnation
> day. HH the 45th jeer of Shri Ahobila math graced
> the occasion at the Desikan sannidhi in Srirangam
> temple. Huge crowd made the
> celebrations memorable.
>
> HH gave a talk at the Dasavatara sannidhi after the
> pujas there. He was moved to tears. His voice was
> quivering and all the listeners were affected by His
> "wet" voice, so to say.
>
> He recapitulated Desikan's greatness and uniqeness.
> He quoted Appaya
> Dikshitar's eulogy on Desikan. He highlighted
> Desikan's prolific
> output and the sustained quality of each of his
> works. HH mentioned
> that Dikshitar who was an accomplished poet himself,
> gave up when
> asked to comment on Desikan's Yadavabhyudayam. He
> said each line is
> so replete with meanings that all he can do is stand
> back in awe.
> Desikan had a soft corner for Srirangam and the
> ruling deities there.
>
> Inspite of his well known attachment to both Varadan
> and Deivanayakan he was moved into writing many
> stotras by Ranganatha and Ranganayaki. His services
> to deities at Srirangam are numerous and he was
> Periya Piratti's favourite. "Vedantacharya"
> "sarvatantra swatantra" "kavi tharkika simham" were
> some of the titles he got from the Divya Dampathi.
> Many are the works he dedicated to Periya Perumal.
> He safe guarded the Tamil tradition at the temple
> which was under threat.HH was moved to tears as He
> recounted Desikan's many services at the Srirangam
> temple.
>
> Desikan had himself taught us that we should walk
> fearlessly on the heads of those who belittle Sri
> Ramanuja's darshana. HH mentioned Sahadeva's
> behaviour in Mahabharatha. The occasion was
> Yudishtara's rajasuya yagna and the question was who
> was worthy of being accorded
> the "first offering" "mudal mariyadai." Sahadeva,
> the youngest one,
> stood up boldly and declared only Krishna deserved
> it and he would
> place his left foot on the heads of those who
> opposed him. Desikan
> says that I will bear on my head, the feet of the
> devotees of Sri
> Ramanuja but will place my feet on the heads of
> those who opposed
> him. HH said that we must resist and not give in
> when injustice was
> done to our religion, the unparallaled Srivaishnava
> sampradaya.
>
> HH detailed the birth of Desikan's magnum opus
> Paaduka sahasram.
> Desikan was challenged to compose a thousand verses
> on the Almighty's lotus feet in one night. Desikan
> demurred citing his inaptitude to accomplish such a
> huge feat.Such was his innate humility. HH said that
> the archaka, who knew his man, placed Ranganatha's
> "satari" on Desikan's head and said that he would
> remove it only if Desikan agreed to write the
> miliad. Considering it the Lord's command Desikan
> acquiesced. After completing his daily routine he
> went to bed, unflappable as usual whereas his
> challenger was burning the midnight oil.
>
> Desikan's acolytes had to wake him up about two
> hours before
> dawn and remind him about the challenge. Desikan
> calmly sat down and
> composed the thousand verses on the footwear of
> Ranganatha, the gems
> encrusted paadukas. HH said that this feat of Desika
> was superhuman
> and was accomplished because Desikan and Hayagriva
> are one and the
> same. The feat was mindboggling because of the scope
> of the opus, its grandeur, the profundity of
> thoughts expressed and the standard of the language.
> HH was moved to tears once again and declared that
> Desikan is nonpareil and one can't find his equal
> not only in our
> country but throughout the world, for all ages. His
> challenger could
> finish only three hundred. Such was Desikan's
> humility and lack of pride that he is reported to
> have said that the three hundred was better than
> his thousand. Desikan's "Paaduka sahasram" is the
> crown jewel of Desikan's prolific multilingual
> output.
>
> Lord Nrsimha's descent and slaying of
> Hiranyakasipu,Krishna's
> exposition of the Bhagvad Gita on the battlefield,
> Rama's
> annihilation of 14,000 rakshasas and Desikan's
> composition of
> thousand verses on Paadukas can be considered equal
> as all were
> accomplished in a very short space of time.
>
> HH recounted another instance of a ShriVaishnava who
> had disparaged
> Desikan. Desikan did not respond in any way and
> left. That gentleman
> was to suffer heavily and then came to realisation
> about his vile act of calumny against Desikan. He
> offered sincere apology and partook Desikan's
> "sripada theertham" and was blessed immediately. In
> gratitude he named his son "theertha pillai".
>
> HH concluded by saying that it gave Him great
> pleasure to participate in a function on Desikan's
> asterism, his station as the grand master of
> Bhagvath Ramanuja's Sampradaya was assured for
> eternity.
>
> Swamy Desikan Thiruvadigale SaraNam
> Regards
> Dr.S.Sundar Rajan MS ortho
> Trichy-620005;
>
>
>
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