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ChithrabhAnu Samvathsara SrI HayagrIva Jayanthi

Daer BhakthAs of Swamy Desikan:

Following are the Dhyana shlokams and the first nine of the nAmAvaLIs in the
Sahasranamam composed by the mighty Thirtukkudanthai Deshikan. These first
nine nAmAvaLIs signify the first classification which houses "Swamy
Deshikarin bAlya vaibhavangaL"

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shrIH
shrImate vakuLabhUShaNa mahAdeshikAya namaH
shrImate rAmAnujAya namaH
shrImate nigamAnta mahAdeshiKAya namaH

shrImadgopAlArya mahAdeshikaiH anugRihItam 
shrI deshika divya sahasranAma stotram

dhyAnam

akhilabhuvana-rakshA-sAdhanAyAvatIrNe 
kumati-kalivilAsadhvAnta-tigmAMshujAle .
niravadhikaruNAbdhaU vedachUDAgurau me
bhavatu paramabhaktiH shrInidhau venkateshe ..(1)

(meaning): May adiyEn's deep bhakthi grow at the sacred
feet of SrI VenkatEsan (Swamy Desikan) , who incarnated
on this earth to protect all the worlds and their beings.
He is the radiant Sun that banishes the darkness of
the night of kumathis ( deluded souls filled with
nescience and viparItha Jn~Anam).He destroys the false
disputations of Veda Baahya and Kudhrushti mathams that
have advanced as the influence of Kali Yugam expands.
He is the ocean of Mercy and is the VedAnthAchAryan.
He is the SrI Nidhi ( Treasure of Veda-VedAntham).
May superior Bhakthi for this AchArya Saarvabhouman 
grow in me ! 

asmad-deshika-tadgurUn shrutishirashchUDArya-rAmAnujau
rangeshaM raghupungavAnujaguruM shrImAn-natArtichChidam .
shrIrAmAnuja-pUrNayAmunamunIn rAmAravindekShaNau
nAtha-shrIshaThakopa-sainyaramaNa-shrI-shrIpatIn bhAvaye ..(2)

(meaning): adiyEn salutes my direct AchAryan (SaakshAth
Swamy ) and His AchArya paramaparai that goes upward from
Swamy Desikan , ApuLLAr , AathrEya RangarAjar, AathrEya
RaamAnujar, PraNathArTiharar (MadaipaLLI AacchAn),
Bhagavath RaamAnujar, Periya Nampi ,Swamy AaLavanthAr,
MaNakkAl Nampi, UyyakkoNDAr , NaaTa Muni , Swamy NammAzhwAr,
Senai Mudali, Periya PirAtti and EmperumAn. 

shrImat trayIshekharadeshikasya
nAmnAM sahasraM guNataH kriyAtaH .
prakhyAtamakhyAtinirAsi sarva -
saMpatpradaM sAdhumude tanoti ..(3)

(Meaning): This famous SahasranAmam on Swamy Desikan has
ben composed with reflections on his auspicious attributes 
and noble deeds. Recitation of this sacred Sahasra
Naamams of Swamy Desikan will remove one's aj~nAnam and 
confer the supreme wealth of true Jn~Anam .adiyEn has 
composed this sahasra nAmam for enhancing the joy of
the Saadhu Janams. 

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stotrArambhaH (Beginning of the Sahasra Naamams)

shrImannigamAnta mahA deshika - divyasahasranAmAvaLiH

1) praNavam VenkaTesha-kRipAlabdha-anantArya-svapna-chintitAya namaH .

Glory be to that Desikan , who incarnated as a result of 
the matchless mercy of Lord Of Thirumalai , when the Lord 
gave the boon to AnanathArya in his dream.

( AnanathArya of ThUppul was the father of Swami Desikan.
Lord of the Seven Hills appeared in the dream of AnanthArya
and promised him a sath-puthran .The Lord blessed AnanthArya
with His own sannidhi hand bell. AnanthArya realized from 
that dream that a great AchAryan was going to be born as his son.
adiyEn's salutations to that Desikan! ). 


(2)praNavam totArambAgarbha-sUryasaMkhyAbdAvAsa-bhAsurAya namaH .

Salutations to the AchAryan , who resided in his mother's
womb (garbha Vaasam) for 12 years . Swamy Desikan's mother's
name was ThOthArambhA. 

( Swamy Desikan had 12 years of Garbha Vaasam like Brahma Rishi 
ParAsara , who also established the Supermacy of SrIman
NaarAyaNan earlier . Both are superior sages , who comprehended 
and elaborated on the Tatthvam of SrIman NaarAyaNan as
the Supreme Being . Both of them established that there is
none , who is equal or superior to SrIman NaarAyaNan). 

3)praNavam madhusUdanarangesha-sAkUtekShita-janmakAya namaH .

Salutations to that Desikan, who was blessed even at birth
with the auspicious glances of RanganAthan , who is hailed as
Madhusoodhanan !

(Right at birth , the saabhiprAya KatAksham / purposeful
glance of the auspicious Lord of SrIrangam fell on Swamy 
Desikan and elevated him to become the AchArya Saarvabhouman.
Those who recieve the Madhusoodhana-RanganAtha KatAksham
at birth are rid of RajO and TamO guNams and become filled
with Satthva GuNam that propels them to focus on Moksha upAyam 
according to a slOkam of MahA BhAratham:

"JaayamAnam hi Purusham yam pasyEth Madhusoodhaana:
Saathvika: sa thu vij~nyEa: sa vai mOkshArTa-chinthaka:") 

(4)praNavam nabhasya-shravaNa-shrIsha-tIrtha-vAsara-janmavate namaH .

Salutations to the One, who was born on Lord SrinivAsan's 
ThIrthOthsavam day (PurattAsi SravaNam)!

( Swamy Desikan incarnated on the day when VishNu Nakshathram
of SravaNam was ascendant in BhAdrapadha Maasam /PurattAsi.
VishNu is the devathai/presiding deity for SravaNa nakshathram ).

(5)praNavam dIpaprakAsha-nikaTa-sadmAvirbhAva-bhAsurAya namaH .

Salutations to the AchAryan , who incarnated in the house 
next to Lord DhIpa PrakAsan's sannidhi at ThirutthaNkA
Dhivya dEsam!

(when we combine the 4th and the 5th names and recite , 
it becomes clear that it is indeed ThiruvEngadamudayAn , 
who incarnated as Swamy Desikan at ThirutthaNkA.
The paasuram of Kaliyan (10.1.2) and Swamy NammAzhwAr's 
Thiruviruttha Paasuram(26) hint at the avathAram of 
Swamy Desikan . Kaliyan's Pauram is:

ponnai maamaNiyai aNiyArnthathOr minnai
Venkatatthu uchciyil kaNDu pOy
yennaiaaLudaya Isanai EmpirAn Tannai
yaam senRu kANDum TaNkAvilE..Periya Thirumozhi:10.1.2 

Here , Kaliyan connects the darsana soubhAgyam of 
ThiruvEngadamudayAn first on top of the seven hills
and then at ThirutthaNkA, the avathAra sthalam of
Swamy Desikan (VenkatEsa avathAran). 

(6)praNavam shrIsha-ghaNTAvatAratva-jnApakAneka-yuktimate namaH .

Salutations to that AchAryan , whose incarnation as 
the divine hand bell of ThiruvEngadamudayAn is indicated
through many evidences !

( Swamy Desikan himself has revealed to us that he is 
the avathAram of the bell of the Lord of Seven hills 
in the Sankalpa SooryOdhayam verse: " vidhrAsinI".

Further attestations are from the dream of AnanthArya ,
who gave the Lord's bell to ThOthArambhA . In that dream , 
ThOthArambhA swallowed the bell and the garbha vaasam started 
thereafter.

The day after the dream of Anantha Soori, the archakAs at
the Sannidhi of the Lord of Thirumalai missed the bell used
in AarAdhanam. Lord Srinivasan instructed through the Jeeyar
that the bell has been given to ThOthArambhA for the incarnation
of Swamy Desikan and the Lord instructed that the hand bell
should not be used in his sannidhi from then on.Even today, 
the two big bells in the front maNDapam are used during
AarAdhanam for Lord SrInivAsan at Thirumalai.

Thirukkudanthai Desikan was inspired to compose this naamam
based on the fact that Swamy Desikan as VishNu GhaNtAvathAran
chased away the disputations of scholars of other darsanams 
just like the Lord's bell chases away asurAs.The quotaion is:
" viyan kalaikaL moytthidu naavin muzhakkodu vaadhiyar 
moolamaRak-kaitthavan". The gambhIra sound emanating from 
the tongue of Swamy Desikan drove away the Vaaddhis ; that
is compared to the peelings of the Lord's bell that chases away
the asurAs ). 

(7)praNavam puNDarIkAkShAkhya-yajva-pautrAya namaH .

Salutations to Swamy Desikan , who incarnated as
the grand son of PuNdarIka YajvA(One who performed Yaj~nams)!

(Swamy Desikan describes himself as :PouthrO
vidhathamakavithE PuNDarIkAksha SoorE: here Thirukkudanthai
Desikan hints that Swamy Desikan had no abrAhmaNya dhOsham since 
the previous generations of his had perfromed agni aadhAnam
thru performance of many Yaj~nams).

(8)praNavam anantArya-putrakAya namaH .

Salutations to that AchAryan , who incarnated as the son
of AnanthArya of ThUppul!

( Swamy Desikan has described himself as 
" naanA siddhAntha nIthisrama vimala dhiyO:
AnanthasurEs-tanooja:" . He recalls that he 
is the son of Ananatha Soori, who was clear headed about
Tatthva Jn~Anam through his study of SidhdAntha NyAyams).

(9)praNavam AtreyavAdihaMsAmbuvAhArya-bhaginIsutAya namaH .

Salutations to that AchAryan ,who was the nephew of
ApuLLAr of AathrEya Kulam !

( ApuLLar was the maternal uncle of Swamy Desikan
and hailed from the lineage of Sage Athri.He was a great
VishNu BhakthA and AchAryan in his own right. He was
known as "Vaadhi-hamsAmbhu-vAhar" or the rain bearing 
clouds to the Swans.Latter run away in fear , when they see 
the rain clouds. When the rain stops , they hasten to
partake the water that accumulates from the rain for nourishment. 
Similarly , the disputants run away from AppuLLAr
and afterwards rejuvenate themselves from the upadesams 
of AppuLLAr ).

vAzhi vyAkhyAmuddirak kai !!!
vedAnthasUri charaNau sharaNam prapadye !!!
SrI LakshmI HayagrIva ParabrahmaNE Nama:
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VAradAchAri SaThakOpan 





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