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SrI :
 
Dear BhakthAs :
 
Swamy KurEsar ( KuratthAzhwAn ) is from the village of Kooram ,
which is not far from Lord VaradarAjan's temple at Kaanchi.
He was a wealthy person , who gave a lot to charity . His wife
(ANDAL) was a great soul , who supported her husband's philanthrophy
with zest as an ideal Saha-dharma-chAriNi .
 
Swamy KurEsar is also known as SrivatsAnkamisra . He lived from
1010-1116 C.E . He was a very important SishyA of AchArya RaamAnuja
( 1017-1137 C.E). KurEsar was thus 7 years senior to AchArya RaamAnuja
and ascended to Parama Padham some 21 years before his AchAryan.
KurEsar assisted AchArya RaamAnuja in the writing of Sri BhAshyam .
The Five devotional lyrics ( AthimAnusha Sthavam , VaradarAja Sthavam ,
SrI Sthavam , SundarabAhu Sthavam and Sri Vaikunta Sthavam were
bequeathed to us by Swamy KurEsar . These Sthavams are the path breakers 
for exemplary devotional lyrics as well as rich reources for understanding of
the esoteric  Sri VaishNavite Tatthvams . The precocious son of KurEsar ,
Swamy ParAsara Bhattar and Swamy Desikan travelled on the road
laid out by KurEsar in composition of the devotional lyrics (SthOtrams)
and enriched Sri VaishNavite Literature further .
 
The Taniyan for Swamy KurEsar is:
 
SrivatsacihnamisrEbhyO nama ukthim adhImahE
YadutayastrayIkanthE yaanthi MangaLasutratAm
 
It is adiyEn's BhAgyam to venture into posting articles
on the mighty Pancha Sthavams of KurEsar and seek
His anugraham to undertake this task . Fortunately another
SrivatsAnkAchAr Swamy ,  contemproary Scholar of extraordinary
scholarship  has blessed us with MaNipravALa commentary on these
five Sthavams ( 1986-88 C.E)  . U.Ve. MahA VidwAn , PayyampAdi
U.Ve. SrivathsAnkAchAr Swamy is the illustrious disciple of Abhinava DEsika ,
U.Ve. Sri UtthamUr VeerarAghavAchArya Swamy . AdiyEn will closely follow
the commentary of U.Ve.Sri SrIvathsAnkAchAr Swamy on all these five
sthavams in my postings on them .
 
At the outset , adiyEn prostrates before asmath AchAryan , HH Sri VaNN
SathakOpa , Sri NaarAyaNa YathIndhra MahA Desikan , the prakrutham
Srimath Azhagiya Singar and seeks His anugraham to undertake this
difficult task .
 
The Five Sthavams of KurEsar ( NadamAdum PaTanjali )
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1) Sri Sthavam has 11 slOkams on the Parama Paavana ,
Dayaa Moorthy , SrI Sriranga NaacchiyAr . This sthavam is
a moving eulogy of the divine consort of Lord RanganAtha.
 
Back in February of 1996 ( Feb 10 & 14 ) , adiyEn posted 5  articles on
Sri Sthavam following the commentary of U.Ve . Sri PrathivAdhi Bhayankaram
AnnangarAcchAr Swamy of Kaanchipuram . These articles can be accessed
through Oppiliappan archives :
 
http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia/oppiliappan/archives/1996
 
alternatively , you can access them at
 
http://www.ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/feb1996
 
adiyEn will write this time about the 11 slOkams of SrI Sthavam
based on the commentary of Sri SrivathsAnkAcchAr Swamy .
 
2) Sri Vaikunta Sthavam has 100 slOkams ; the old proverb is :
The one who does not know Sri Vaikunta Sthavam is not a VaishNavan.
This is the Saaram of Sri Bhaashyam and focuses on Parama Padha Naathan .
 
3) AthimAnusha Sthavam containing  61 slOkams . This deals with
the AthimAnusha dhivya ChEsthithams of RaamA and KrishNa , who took
the form of Manushyan ( Human Being ) in their Vibhava avathArams and
moved among us and performed the extraordinary , divine deeds .
 
4) Sri Sundara Baahu Sthavam is about ThirumAlirum ChOlai
KaLLazhagar(Sri Sundara Baahu PerumAL ) . This Sthavam has 132 slOkams .
KurEsar's family moved to the village of Kuram after generations of
Kaimkaryam to Sundara Baahu PerumAL at ThirumAlirumchOlai
dear to ANDAL and PeriyAzhwAr . That is why , Swamy KurEsar
has  a special attachment to Sri Sundara Baahu of ThirumAlirum ChOlai. 
 
5) Sri VaradarAja Sthavam is about Kaanchi Varadhar . It has 102
slOkams and is very dear to Swamy  Desikan , who was inspired  
to compose SrI VaradarAja PanchAsath . The VaradarAja Sthavam 
is the last of the Pancha Sthavams composed by Haareetha Kula Tilakam .
Swamy KurEsar composed it in front of Lord VaradarAjan as commanded by 
his AchAryan to gain back the eye sight that he lost from the atrocity 
committed by the cruel ChOLA King . In this Sthavam , KurEsar
prayed for the Moksham of NaalUrAn , the sishyan who became 
a drOhi to him ( his own AchAryan ) .  Such is the greatness of
Swamy  KurEsar .
 
Swamy  KurEsar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan
 
   

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