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 :
alternatively , you can access them at
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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