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deare sir, i am deeply shocked to know of the triple tragedy.  i met with mokkur swamigal in iit,madras where he performed a swathi yagnya. eversince i have been in touch with k him treasyring the vastras and other yagnya prasadams he would promptly send after each yagnya.we will all miss the niagra of words that came of him duriing the upanysas. i had also the pleasure of knowing sri seva swamigal over several years.i had not the fortune to know personalyy srinidi swamigal but fortunate to knoe his son sri karunakaran swami. we in the us seem to be suddenli=y in avoid. only the LORD CAN HELP US AND WE BOW TO HIS JUDGEMENT. ADIEN DASAN NARAYANAN

  Ram Anbil wrote:

Dear Bhagavatas:
We have been struck by a triple tragedy in the passing away of three great
Acharyas of Bhagavad Ramanuja - Swami Desika Satsampradayam, all in such
bewildering succession. While we cannot afford to lose even one, we were
struck with three thunderbolts all at once leaving us aghast and speechless.
I do not know whether we can ever get over our grief. All we can do is to
derive some consolation in the thought that that they have all returned to
their permanent abode for performing Nitya Kainkaryam to the Divya
Dhampathis.

Someone drew a comparison between these 3 Acharyas with the 3 Mudal AzhwArs.
The difference, however, is that while the Mudal Azhwars were born on
successive 3 days, these 3 Acharyas left their mortal coils on successive 3
days. What a coincidence!

SRINIDHI SWAMI:
This grand old sire of Sri Bashya Simhasanam was verily a Maharishi.
In his heydays (until he got bedridden), no Srivaishnava event was complete
without his active participation. He was a great inspiration even for
Matadhipathis and Yathivaras in point of Jnana, Bhakti, Vairaghya and
Anushtana. Srinidhi Swami as his name indicates was truly a ?Srinidhi?
(treasure) to our Sampradayam. He was an Aasu kavi - one, who could compose
marvelous poems instantaneously, an Aparavatara of Gatika satham Ammal who
is reputed to be capable of composing 100 verses in one ?Gatikai?.

Sri V.S.Karunakaran Swami is an illustrious son and successor of the Swami
in all these aspects. He and his brother were constantly beside their father
looking after his comforts. Recently, during his discourse on ?Kaliyan Kanda
Raghavan? at Tiruvellore temple, when someone paid rich tributes to him,
Karunakaran Swami acknowledged them saying that all the praise were due to
his father. This was in the manner in which Sri Govindan, the cousin brother
of Bhagavad Ramanuja acknowledged praise as belonging to Emperumanar.

SEVA SWAMI
Like Nammazhwar?s ?Unnum Sorum, Parugu neerum, Thinnum vetrilayum ellAm
Kannan?, for Seva Swami, Swami Desikan was all this and more. His very
breath was Swami Desika; the one thing that filled his thought, word and
deed was ?Desika, the whole of Desika and nothing but Desika?.

?Seva? means ?Service? He was the very personification of service in the
cause of Srivaishnavam in general and Swami Desika in particular. During the
7th Centenary celebrations of Swami Desika, he took the silver bell (Ghanta)
throughout the length and breadth of the country, to propagate the glory of
Swami Desika. He named one of his sons as ?Ghantamani? in deference to Swami
Desika known as ?Gantavatara?. This G. Mani is a member of our ?Sri Ranga
Sri?

Indefatigably, he wrote and discoursed day in and day out on Swami Desika
and his works and arranged to translate and release them in all the 13
languages of India so that all could appreciate the greatness of Desika and
become ?Desika- minded? as he himself was. A prolific writer, there is no
subject which he had not touched but whatever he wrote bore the stamp of
Swami Desika.

It is said that ?Vidya? and ?Vinayam? never go together. But, in his case,
his masterly erudition was matched only by his easy and absolute
accessibility. His ?Soulabhyam? was such that anyone can approach him at
anytime to get doubts cleared. He would "stoop to conquer" our hearts!
I had the bhaghyam of moving with this Mahan very closely and consulting on
very many issues. He was verily a ?ready reckoner? who can be trusted to
offer sage advice with appropriate Pramanams. Once, while I attended his
discourse in ?Mani Mandapam?, he honored me by asking me to release his
popular ?Sri Desika Seva diary?.

He called the temple constructed and maintained by him as ?Mani Mandapam?.
From Mani Mandapam, he has graduated himself to adorn what he used to call
the ?Thirumaa Mani Mandapam? viz Srivaikuntam.

We have great pride in publishing his Sampradaya lessons earlier in
?Saranagathi? and now in ?Sri Ranga Sri? journals- a series that had drawn
appreciation from both kids to elders alike for being informative and
enlightening.

MUKKUR LAKSHMINARASIMHACHAR SWAMI
His depth of knowledge, courage of conviction and his powerful manner of
delivery, which could transform esoteric concepts as to be easily understood
by even lay folk like me - were the hall marks of this stalwart.

Of all the Upasanas, the one relating to Lord Nrisimha is said to be the
most rigorous, demanding as it does strictest adherence to Achara and
Anushtana. His incomparable Achara and Anushtana made him eminently
qualified to do this in an exemplary manner. I wonder whether there can be a
better Nrisimha Upasakar than this Swami. The innumerable Yagams, Yagnams
and Homams he has been performing for our benefit and the benefit of mankind
mark him out as a compassionate Srivaishnava ? true to the essential traits
of a Srivaishnava.

I was an eyewitness to the occasion when H.H.Azhagiyasinghar "knighted" him
as the ?AasthAna Vidwan? of Ahobila Matam. On his return to Madras from a
countrywide Sancharam, H.H. came to what he called a ?homecoming? (Naan
pirantha agathukku vandirukkiren). He was about to commence his Anugraha
bhAshanam at the front yard of the Ahobila Matam at Triplicane, Madras.

Referring to the qualities of head and heart of Mukkur Swami, H.H. announced
the appointment and asked ?Do you know the duties of an AasthAna Vidwan??
and himself proceeded to reply that ?inter-alia, he should keep himself
?eveready? (pun intended) to report to Acharya with utmost celerity,
wherever he happened to be at the moment and assist him on any subject on
which he may require consultation and produce suitable Pramanams in
support?. I believe that Mukkur Swami had never once failed in this.

He was not only majestic in appearance:there was also a peculiar majesty in
his voice. Once, I attended his series of discourses on Sri Vishnu
Sahasranamam at Venus Colony, Mylapore. He was expounding on just 2 words
?Viswam Vishnu? for over 2 hours daily for about a whole week. The
staggering volume of information and the sheer force of delivery held the
huge audience captive as if in a trance - much in the manner of how the
Gopis and cows were captivated by the sonorous and mellifluous music flowing
out of the flute of Lord Krishna.His books of 4 Volumes entitled "Kurai
Onrum Illai" will serve as immortal guides to any reader.

He was the youngest of the 3 Mahans who left us in bereavement. But, their
successive ascent to Paramapadam is an S.O.S. call to all of us not to be
complacent but to flock to the feet of Acharyas who are fortunately alive
and available to us today and hasten to learn our ?swarupam?, resort to
?Prapatti? and ?Save our Souls? right here and now. I believe, only this
will be a fitting tribute to the great Mahans.

Dasoham
Anbil Ramaswamy

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