Dear Sriman Sadagopan Iyengar mama,
This was one of your most beautiful postings which I have ever read.
Swami Desikan's catholicity was appreciated every where. Sri Appayya
Dikshita of the Advaita Parampara and a Sankaracharya of the Shringeri Matham
held Swami Desikan in a high regard. He composed a magnificient commentary on
Swami Desikan's YadavAbhyudayam. That Sri Sookthi of Thoopul Kulamani is
accepted as an authoritative grantham even in the Advaita paramparam!
Swami Desikan was held in high regard even among Shaivas and ShivAcharyas.
Sometime back, I had the bhagyam of meeting a ShivAcharyar who studied in
Madurantakam College and was a great votary of Swami Desikan despite being a
staunch shivAcharyar.
There is a famous maxim that goes "vidwAnAm sarvathra pUjyatE" which
translates to "the scholar is praised universally". Swami Desikan was admired by
many scholars of all other sampradAyams.
The previous Shankaracharyar of Kanchi Peetham, Swami Chandrashekara
Saraswathi was a big votary of the Garuda Sevai at Thoopul.
It shows how a Universal scholar Swami Desikan is. Definitely the holy
sound of the Ghantam (Bell) of Srinivaasar knows no bounds and that it seeks the
good being of all. The 'sound' of the big bang is said to be still 'heard' in
the universe. The sound of the Ghantam will ever be heard, even if this universe
ceases to exsist!!!
Swami Desikan Thiruvadigale sharanam!
I am so blessed to be born in the kulam of Kidambi Acchan and Kidambi
AppullAr. This technically makes Swami Desikan a great great great great
ancestor of mine. I am hardly anything before those great galaxies of wisdom,
but an insignificant space rock merely reflecting their self luminary
star.
prAnathArthi hara prabhO namO namaha
venkatanatha vishwa gurum namO namaha
Regards,
Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan,
Malolan Cadambi
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