SrI:
Sri Padmavathi Sametha Srinivasa Parabrahmane Namaha.
Sri Perundhevi Sametha Devadhiraja Parabrahmane
Namaha.
Sri Bhagavad Ramanujaya Namaha.
Srimate Rangaramanuja Maha Desikaya Namaha.
Srimate Abhinava Desika Vatsya Satchakravarti Uttamur
SRI VEERARAGHAVARYA MAHA DESIKAYA NAMAHA
Thanian (Invocatory verse on Sri UttamUr swamy written
by Swamy's AchAryan Sri Kozhiyalam Swamy himself)
adbhutham-yasya-vikrAntham vEda-vIthi-viSOdanE |
aparam-nigamAnthAryam prapadyE vIrarAghavam ||
Dearest Srivaishnavas,
Today Thai swAthi- is the Thirunakshathram of Sri
Abhinava Desika ? Sri U Ve UttamUr Swamy.
Let us pay our obeisance to this Acharya who blessed
us with lot of books. Given below is the life history
series that I posted two years ago:
Sri Abhinava Desikan- Sri U Ve UttamUr
Veeraraghavachariar Swamy has blessed us with many ,
many granthams , which need to be cherished. Thai
Swathi is Swamy's Thirunaksathram (Feb 12th) and
adiyEn wants to post to the members Swamy's divya
charitham. Before getting into the nectarine
biography of Swamy, let us enjoy the uniqueness of
Swamy's vyAkhyAnaam (commentary) on periyAzhwAr
pAsurams
Fifth ThiruppallANDu Paasuram (
aNDaikkulatthukkapathiyAhi):
Swamy explains that the four paadhams of this paasuram
contain the coverage
of the four chapters of Brahma Soothram (SaarIraka
Saasthram). By choice of
the word " aNDaikkulatthiRkku adhipathyAhi", AzhwAr
refers to the saaram of
the first adhyAyam of Brahma Soothram : Our Lord is
the Sarva-KaaraNa, Sarva
Swamy .The passage "asurar irAkkatharai-kaLaintha"
refers to the sAram of
the second adhyAyam . The reference here is to the
"asurar irAkkatharai "
and this relates to the rejection of Veda Baahya and
vipirItha Jn~Anam based
mathams(Kudhrushti Mathams). The third adhyAyam refers
to kaimkaryam in a
spirit of VairAgyam and the observance of Sath Karmams
like Naama
sankIrthanam ( ThoNDaikkulatthuLLIr vanthadi
ThozhuthAyiram naamam
solli).The fourth adhyAyam is referred to as the
Phalan of proceeding by
archirAdhi
Maargam and singing PallANDu at Parama Padham (
paNDaikkulatthai tavirnthu
PallANDu pallAyiratthANDenmin ).
(as written by SrI Satakopan Swamin, USA in one of
earlier posts few years
ago)
This Biography article was written in Tamil by SrI
PayyampADi
VEnkatavaradAchArya SwAmi ; English Translation by SrI
R.VenkatAchAri
(SohattUr- Vankipuram -Oppiliappan Sannidhi), a
disciple of SrI UtthamUr
SwAmi. Appeared in the souvenir released during the
SatAbhishEkam (80th
birth anniversary) of SrI UtthamUr swAmi on 10th Feb,
1977. )
(Avataram: Durmukhi samvatsara-Makara masa-Swati
nakshathra, 26-1-1897).
(Place: Uttamur village-10 miles from Madhurantakam
town-Chingleput Dt.
TAMIL NADU- INDIA)
The Lord, Almighty Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayana takes
an Avatara to bless
his Bhakthas. An Acharya takes an avatAra not only to
wipe out the sorrows
of all who seek his feet, but also to show them the
path for Eternal Bliss-
mOksha. That is why Vedas proclaim "Acharya Devo
Bhava" and "Devamiva
Acharyam Upaseeta". That is why our great Acharya,
Sri Nigamanta Guru,
vehemently said ("AcharyAdiha DevatAm SamadhikAm AnyAm
na manyAmahe") that
in this world, there is no other Devata, which is
superior to an Acharya.
Vedas, Smritis, Itihasas, Puranas and other Pramanas
proclaim that if a
person does not get the blessings of an Acharya, he
will not get Moksha,
even though he may possess all the material wealth; on
the other hand, One
who has the blessings of an Acharya, will not be
prevented from attaining
the Eternal Bliss-Moksha, even though he has committed
the most heinous
crime.
Our Acharya Parampara starts from Sriman Narayana and
Sri Nigamanta Guru
stands in the middle as the "Crest Jewel". In that
guru parampara, OUR
SWAMI, Sri U.Ve.Abhinava Desika UttamUr
Veeraraghavarya Mahadesikan, stands
aloof as a Supreme Acharya-Par Excellence-as an
undisputed and universally
accepted GUIDING STAR for our Sampradaya and as the
ABHINAVA AVATARA of Sri
Nigamanta Guru and in no way inferior to the original
Avatara in Knowledge,
Acharya, Anushtana, and VairAagya. This will be very
clearly understood if
one goes through the various incidents and happenings
in OUR SWAMY's life.
It will be an amazing experience to us if we find out
how Our Swami was
prepared by the various doyen in all the shastras to
fill the
post of a Guiding Star and to augment and supplement
the great work done by
the Nigamanta Guru in this Abhinava Avatara.
BIRTH:
Our Swami, Abhinava Desika was born in a village
called UTTAMUR
(Uttamanallur), 10 miles away from Madurantakam town,
Chingleput District in
Tamil Nadu, as the son of Sri.U.Ve.SRINIVASARAGHAVA
CHAKRAVARTI SWAMI, who
was the Ekadhipati of that village at the time. He
was well known for his
family background, wealth, Acharya, Anushtana,
Knowledge, etc.
KULAM:
Srivatsa - Tirumalai Nallan Chakravarti Vamasam.
TIRUMALAI:
As the ancestors of Our Swami settled in Tirumalai, to
do the Nitya
Kainkaryam to the Lord of Seven Hills, Sri
Tiruvengadamudaiyaan, they got
the title "Tirumalai".
NALLAN:
One of the ancestors of Our Swami, once saw a
Brahmin's dead body being
washed ashore in floods in Vegavati river near Kanchi
and took
the trouble of arranging PrEta-Samskara (funeral
rites) for the dead body.
Not knowing that this act is equivalent to that of
performing many Asvameda
Yagas, the local people boycotted him. But Sri
Devadhiraja Swami enshrined
at the Kanchi temple, had different ideas; called him
and proclaimed that he
may be considered "Bad for the world -But Good for me"
-"Oorukku Pollan,
Emakku NALLAN" ? Tanian slokas starting with "Vega
Vegopaneetam etc etc", ?
are available to prove the above incident.
CHAKRAVARTI:
Puranas hail, that Lord Tiruvengadamudaiyan gave the
"Sudarsana-Panchajanya"
to one Tondaimaan Chakravarti, who as, in his previous
birth, born as
Rangadasa, He was doing Pushpa Kainkaryam to Lord
of Seven Hills by supplying flowers to Vikanas
Maharshi who was doing Pooja
to Lord Tiruvengamudaiyan. God was so pleased with
Rangadasa that he
blessed him to be born as a King in his next birth.
The Lord gave him
Sudarsana-Panchajanya for worshipping him and hailed
him "CHAKRAVARTI". This
is the Sanka-Chakra handed over to Sri Bhashyakara by
our Swami's ancestors
who were also alled "CHAKRAVARTIS" as they continued
the Kainkaryam to Sri
Tiruvengadamudaiyan after Tondaiman Chakravarti.
SRIVATSA GOTHRAM:
It is well known that the Nityasuri, SRIVATSAM on the
chest of Lord Sriman
Narayana, the permanent abode of Sri Lakshmi, was born
as Sri Vatsa
Maharishi. Sri Valmiki, Brughu, Chyavana, Dadheechi,
Udanka, and Sownaka
rishis belong to the Srivatsa Gotram.
Please read to enjoy the remaining entire life history
from the archives in Jan ?Feb 2002.
SRIMATE VIRARAGHAVARYA MAHA DESIKAYA NAMAHA
SRIMATE RANGARAMANUJA MAHA DESIKAYA NAMAHA
SRI BHOOMI DEVI SAMETA SRINIVASA PRARABRAHMANE NAMAHA
AchAryan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo narayana
dAsan
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