RaamAnuja DayApAthram Jn~Ana VairAgya
BhUshaNam
SrImath VenkatanATAryam vandhe VedAntha Desikam
Dear Swamy Desika BhakthAs:
Our ParamAchAryan , who fortified the Bhagavath
RaamAnuja SiddhAntham
was born during PurattAsi SravaNam of the year 1268
CE at ThUppul agraharam .
He was given the name of the Lord of Thirumalai,
VenkatanATan since both
share PurattAsi SravaNam for their birth
days.
During this SvabhAnu Year , we will be
celebrating the 736th birthday
at
ThUppul/Kaanchipuram , ThiruvahIndhrapuramand
wherever His dhivya MangaLa
vigraham is consecrated on October 5 .
In preparation for the celebration of thisyear's
Thirunakshathra Uthsavam , adiyEn
wishes to write a series of articles on His
Vaibhavam leading up to the Translations on
Desika Prabhandham . The structure of these
postings would have the following order
1. Swamy Desikan's extraordinary
contributions : SrI V.V.Srinivasan Iyengar ,
April 25 , 1941
(Excerpts from SrI VVS Swamy's
Introduction)
2. Introduction to Desika Prabhandham, a Magnum
Opus In Tamil:
Justice K.S.Krishnaswamy Iyengar of
Oppiliappan Koil , July 1 , 1944
(Excerpts from his foreword
)
3. SrI Desika Darsana Sangraham : VaikuntaVasi
U.Ve. V.N. SrIrAma DesikAcchAr Swamy, 1944
(Translation from the original
Tamil Essay )
4. Translations of Desika Prabhandham Paasurams
(425) from the Tamil Monograph of
Vaikunta Vaasi U.Ve. V.N.
SrIrama DesikAcchAr Swamy , 1944
Coverage sequence & number of Desika
Prabhandha number of Paasurams in paranthesis
*********************************************************************************************************
1. Amrutha Ranjani (37)
2. AdhikAra Sangraham (56)
3. Amrutha SvAdhini (37)
4. Parama Padha SopAnam (21)
5. Para Matha Bhangam (54)
6. Meyviratha Maanmiyam (29)
7. Adaikkala Patthu ( 11)
8. Aruttha Panchakam (11)
9. SrI VaishNava Dinasari (10)
10. Thirucchinna Maalai ( 11)
11. Panniru Naamam (13)
12. Thirumanthira Churukku (10)
13. Dhvaya Churukku (12)
14. Charama slOka churukku (11)
15. GeethArttha Sangraham ( 21)
16. MummaNikkOvai (10)
17. NavamaNi Maalai (10)
18. Prabhandha Saaram (18)
19. AahAra Niyamam (21)
20. PiLLai AndhAthi (20)
The Total Paasurams Excluding PILLai AndhAthi are
405.
When completed , these translations will be
archived in
http://www.malolan.org , which has now the
complete postings
on SrI GuNa Rathna Kosam of Swamy ParAsara
Bhattar.
The great Ubhaya VedAntha Scholar , Vangipuram
Navaneetham
SrIrama DesikAcchAr Swamy was adiyEn's next door neighbor in Oppiliappan Sannidhi AgrahAram . His son Sri
V.N.Gopala Desikan ,
the only son of Sri SrIrama DesikAcchAr Swamy , is
my classmate.
Swamy was my First AchAryan . adiyEn recalls in
great detail
the bent head of Swamy writing on the many
granthams ( SrImad
Rahasya Thraya Saaram, ChillaRai Rahasyangal, Swamy
Desikan's
sthOthrams and Desika Prabhandham ) each
time adiyEn stopped by
to talk to my class mate.It is adiyEn's bhAgyam
to translate now
SrI SrIrAma DesikAcchAr's master pieces into
English . adiyEn's
prayers are to Swamy Desikan to bless this
Kaimkaryam.
Prior to start of this series , adiyEn wishes to
invite your attention to
a rare festival, which is being started after 50
year's lapse. adiyEn
is referring to the October 10-11 PuRappAdu of Thru
EvvuL VeerarAghava
PerumAL to Visit with Swamy Desikan at Hissannidhi
at SrIperumbhUthUr.
The detailed program for this Uthsavam is available
for the benefit of
all , who wish to participate & support this
uthsavam at:
PerumAl starts from His aasthAnam at 10 P.M on the
night of
October 10 and travels all the 17 miles from there
to SrI PerumbhUthUr
and arirves there at 5 A.M next morning . There
Swamy Desikan will
be wiating for His Lord's arrival with PoorNa
Kumbham along with
SrImath Azhagiya Singar. Together , both PerumAL
and Swamy Desikan
with the assembled Bhaktha Kotis will reach SrI
matam and enjoy during
the day KshEma TaLigai , Thirumanjanam
, Veedhi PuRappAdu and
Periya SaaRRumurai . PerumAL will arrive with Souri
adorning His
Thirumukha MaNDalam and during the day will sport
SikkuthAdai
alankAram for His KesabhAram.Those who have the
good fortune
of accompanying the Lord with Veda PaarAyaNam and
Swamy
Desika SthOthra Paatams on anuyAthrai that
day are truly blessed.
October 11is a Saturday . Please join THiru EvvuL
prumAl
and Swamy Desikan at SrIperumbhUthUron this
great day,
when this Uthsavam is restarted after a dormancy of
50 years .
Sri Vasumathi SamEtha SrI VeerarAghava ParabrahmaNE
Nama:
Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE
SaraNam
Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan
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