SRI: SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah: Dearest all, There is also an another anubhavam to the reason for composition in prAkrutham: It is thus not a mandate that the sthOthras need to be in Sanksrit; It can be in any language and Swamy wanted to establish that. I read this somewhere just a month ago: Due to old age creeping in- do not remember where I read. Regards Namo Narayana dasan --- In SriRangaSri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, SARANGAN VENKATESH <saranga@xxxx> wrote: > > SrI: > > Dear SwAmin, > > I heard the following explanation in a discourse for Swami Desikan's > composition of Achutha Sathakam in Prakrutham: > > Swami Desikan was so devoted to Lord Devanathan that he considered himself > to be a nAyaki (vEnkatanAyaki) in love with the Lord. In those days, women > were more comfortable with Prakutham than Sanskrit. As Swami Desikan > had become a nAyaki, to be consistent with this thought, he could have > composed Achutha Sathakam in Prakrutham. > > dAsan, > Venkatesh. > -- > > On Tue, 7 Sep 2004, Rajagopalan Narayan wrote: > > > > > Respected Swamins, > > in a recent message one of sri.desikas compositions was spelt as AchuyyA Sayakam. Perhaps this is how it is pronounced in prakrit.But was it also written like this by our Desikar? > > tHIS ALSO RAISES A QUESTION. wHAT PROMPTED OUR SIMHAM TO compose a hundred verses in an ancient language not in use. this is not a devabasha.Was it to show his mastery in that language or was their any other purpose?Are there other works in this language by any of our acharya parampara? > > Thesr are genuine doubts. adiyen daSAN NARAYANAN > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Mail is new and improved - Check it out! > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/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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