ChithrabhAnu Samvathsara SrI HayagrIva Jayanthi SrI: Dear Swamy Desika BhakthAs: In the Tamil year Vikrama (1700 C.E) , a boy was born to the great VaishNavite scholar SrI KrishNa Soori at Royampettai , who will be revered later as Apara Desikan ( the other incarnation of Swamy Desikan)becuase of his extraordinary erudition in SaasthrAs and VedAnthA.His family is linked to Matapalli AacchAn (Direct disciple of AchArya RaamAnujA), ApuLLAr (maternal Uncle of Swamy Desikan and the Master poet , SrI VenkatAdhwari (Author of the famous Lakshmi Sahasram and ViswaguNadarsa Champu). This child was born on a PurattAsi PoorAdam day and will become one of the greatest SrI VaishNavite AchAryAs. He was named Gopaladesika by his parents. Even in his teen years , this precocious child mastered Grantha Chathushtayam (SrI BhAshyam, GitA BhAshyam , Bhagavath Vishayam and Rahasya Thraya Saaram) from the illustrious SaakshAth Swamy ( VedAntha RaamAnuja Muni, who is considered as SaakshAth RaamAnuja avathAram)).After completing his studies , the young Gopala Desikan was instructed by his AchAryan to settle down in Thirukkudanthai. By the time Gopala Desika turned thirty , flocks of sishyAs were attracted to him . Three sanyAsis were his key disciples , who are considered incarnations of Naatha Muni (VazutthUr Swamy), AaLavandhAr ( VazutthUr Andavan) and SaakshAth Swamy ( SrIrangam Swamy). Because of his scholarship in oral and written intrepretaions of SampradhAya Granthams , Gopala Desika came to be revered as Thirukkudanthai Desikan ( a name given by Lord AarAvamudhan) and became the Munithraya SampradhAya Pravarthakar(Patriarch of this SampradhAyam) . His lineage led on to the growth of many AchArya Paramparais including SrIrangam SrImath Andavan and PoundarIkapuram Andavan .Like Swamy Desikan , Thirukkudanthai Desikan performed Unjavruthti and settled in a hut opposite Swamy Desikan Sannidhi at Lord AravAmudhan's temple. Among his many SrI Sookthis are: NikshEpa ChithAmaNi , an original work on SaraNAgathy, a commentary on the magnum opus of Swamy Desikan (Rahasya Thraya Saaram), bhAshyam on Tatthvatika of Swamy Desikan,Commentaries on ThiruppallANDu of PeriyAzhwAr and KaNNinuNN SirutthAmpu of Madhura Kavi, an Ahnika work dealing with the daily rituals for a SrI VaishNavan , AparyApthaamrutha DhyAna SOpAnam modeled after SrI Bhagavath DhyAna SopAnam of Swamy Desikan and Sri JayanthyAdhi NirNayam ( the criteria for selecting the days to observe Sri Jayanthi et al). Two days before his ascent to Parama padham in 1782 C.E , Thirukkudanthai Desikan entered into SanyAsAsramam and was given the name of AparyApthAmrutha Swamy by Lord AarAvamudhan Himself. One of the most important works of Thirukkudanthai Andavan is his divine SrI Sookthi known as " SrI Desika dhivya sahasra Naama SthOthram ". This sthothram has "rasa ganam " and arTa Pushti" and covers systematically the life , Vaibhavam and the SrI Sookthis of Swamy Desikan.Thirukkudanthai Andavan himself describes the power of reciting this Sahasra Naamam about Swamy Desikan as " akhyaathi niraasi sarva sampath pradham" ( a sthOthram which banishes nescience and confers on one the wealth of true Jn~Anam ). It is this extraordinary Sahasra Naamam on Swamy Desikan created by Thirukkudanthai Andavan and commented in Tamil by NavalpAkkam Dr. V.VasudEvAcchAr under the command of HH ParavakOttai PoundarIkapuram Andavan Swamy that adiyEn in collaboration with SrI C.G.Balaji of Bangalore would focus on over the next few months. SrI Balaji will provide the text and adiyEn would provide the meaning and the gloss on individual naamAs following the insightful commentary by Dr.V.VaasudEvAcchAr Swamy of NaavalpAkkam. adiyEn seeks the anugraham of asmath AchAryan , SrI MaalOla Padhuka Sevaka Sri NaarAyaNa YathIndhra MahA Desikan to engage in this Kaimkaryam. adiyEn also seeks the aasIrvAdhams and blessings of HH PoundarIkapuram Prakrutham Andavan to complete this task to grow adiyEn's Bhakthi for the AchArya Saarvabhouman , Swamy Desikan. SrI KrishNa Desika padhAmbhuja brungarAjam VedAntha LakshmaNa MunIndhra krupAtthabhOdham Thrayyantha Desika YathIndhra SatAri Moorthim Gopala Desika SikhAmaNim Aasrayaama: NamO NaarAyaNAya, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SaThakOpan
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