Srimathe Ranga Ramanuja Maha Desikaya Namaha
Sri Ranganatha Divya Mani Padhukabhyam Namaha
Acharya parampara of Srimath Andavan Ashramam continues in this posting with
Srimath Mysore Andavan - Sri Srinivasa Ramanuja Mahadesikan
Srimath Mysore Andavan: Thirunakshatram: Avani - Uthiram
Thanian:
Srimath Srivasa yOgeeswara munikarunAlabdha vEdhantha yugmam
Srimath vEdhantha rAmAnuja gurupadhayorarpitha swAthma bhAram
Srimath srudhyantha rAmAnuja yathi nrupathE:prAptha mOkshasramam tham
Srimath SrivAsa rAmanuja munimaparam samsrayE gnanavArthim
Parthipa-Avani Uthiram is the 97th thirunakshatram day of Srimath Mysore
Andavan Sri SrinivAsa RAmAnuja MahA dEsikan ,who adorned Acharya peetam as the
10th Andavan in the Andavan Periashramam Munithraya Sampradayam AchArya Lineage.
AdiyEn is transmitting the source material provided by:-
Sri. Sunder KidAmbi(of Boston,USA?purvAsrama grand son of Srimath Mysore
Andavan and Sri R. Rajagopal in his article ?Looking back and Looking
forward-III? in the September issue of 2004,(Dharana varsusham ?Purattasi
madham) as a life history of Kaviratna, Vedanta Vibhushana, Vedantasara,
Pravachana Kalanidhi, Sri U Ve Vidwan Hariharapuram Gopalacharya (in his
purvAsramA) and as Srimath Mysore Andavan, Sri Srinivasa Ramanuja Mahadesikan (
in ThuriyAsramA).
An elderly scholar of vidwat scholarship in Sanskrit, Tamil, Kannada and Hindi,
Sri Hariharapuram Gopalacharya was born on 19.08.1909 ( Soumya Varusham ?Avani
Madham Uthira Palguni Nakshathram) to Sri Krishnamaachaarya and Smt.
Ranganaayakamma (Gowri festival day, Sosale village, T. Narasipura Taluk on the
banks of Cauvery near Sangamam of Cauvery and Kapila rivers, Mysore district)
who belonged to an orthodox Srivaishnava family which had a scholastic
background. Other members of the family included two brothers and two sisters.
During his childhood, due to epidemic plague that spread widely, swAmi's father
passed away, following which, the family's financial position was not sound. He
lived in Sosale village and studied in a higher primary school there. Knowing
the budding scholar in swAmi, the scholars persuaded him to join Mysore
Maharaja Samskruta Paathashaala and continue his studies. Accordingly, swAmi
came to Mysore, joined the Sanskrit college, completed his further studies in
Saahitya and Vyaakarana and became Vidwan.
During the student days, he had to depend for his daily food in Sri Parakaala
mutt, where the then Aacharya Sri Abhinava Ranganaatha parakAla mahA dEsikan
who adorned the peetam, noticed the brilliant boy and provided him necessary
facilities. By the grace of lord Hayagreeva, he also brought his brothers and
used to help them by giving good education and food (padi) that he received in
the Parakaala mutt and there by facilitated their studies also.
Having completed matriculation, Sanskrit (vidwat degree), Kannada Pandit and
Hindi Pandit exams, he attained proficiency in 'Naalaayira Divyaprabhandam'
(Tiruvaymozhi), chanting of vedas, literature and grammar. He passed all higher
examinations of philosophy (Vedanta Shastra) and obtained Vidwat Prashasti. In
his 14th year, he had the blessings of Srimath NammAndavan and with Pancha
Samskaaras and Bharanyasa. At that juncture, he composed a beautiful collection
of 134 poems (Srimad Aandavan Vaibhavam) and visualizing the scholar in him,
Srimad Aandavan blessed the boy immensely and he came to be known as Mysore
Vidwan Gopu.
Regarding discharging duties and responsibilities, Sri Gopaalaachar married Smt
Jayalakshmi from Talkad who belonged to a respectable family. The couple were
blessed with six daughters and two sons.
Srimath Mysore Andavan was famous amongst the other scholars from Sosale. He
worked hard towards the improvement of the Sri Venugopalaswamy temple at
Sosale. He was an ardent devotee of Srimath Aandavan, all through. He was a
beloved disciple of many great scholars and he successfully completed the
studies of and Upanishads and grantha chathushtya kAlakshEpams under Srimath
Akkur Andavan
In his efforts to invite Srimath Aakoor Andavan to Karnataka, his journey on
cycle to Chamarajanagar, Sathymangalam, Erode and Srirangam to arrange for the
stay of Andavan was commendable. With all these devotional services to Sri
Aacharya, he obtained the blessings of Srimath Aakoor Aandavan. Sri
Gopalacharya served in a high school at Sakaleeshpuar (Karnataka) and
thereafter he came to Mysore and served as Sanskrit teacher in Mahajana high
school (1945 to 1975).
Srimath Thembarai Andavan became weaker as the days passed by and gave
upadesam on ?Preksha manthram? and ?Mokshasrama Ahnika Anushtanam? to three
vidwans of the Asramam - U.Ve. Sri. Kannan swami (who later became
Thirukkudanthai Andavan), U.Ve. Sri. Mysore GopalachAr swami and Mannargudi
Ganapadi vidwAn U.Ve. Sri. Narasimhacharya swami to be ready and take up
sanyasam any time when called.
when the health condition of His holiness Srimad Tembirai Andavan was badly
affected, Vidvan sri Gopalachar Swamy was the alternate candidate to become
ninth peetathipathi to succeed His holiness thebirai Andavan Himself in April
1963,had not sri Kannan swamy turned up for taking up sanyAsam for any reason.
Sri kannan swamy entered Thuriyasramam on 5th of April 1963 as 9th
peetadhipathy with the name Srimath Vedhantha Ramanuja Maha
Desikan.(SRP-sep-2004)
Sri Chitrakoodam Vijayaraghavachariar was the srikaryam till late 60s.Then, Sri
Mysore Gopalachar became Srikaaryam of the Srimad Andavan Ashramam , and
continued as srikaryam for almost 2 decades. As srikaryam of Srimath Andavan
asramam, He travelled all along with the then pontiff H.H.Thirukkudanthai
Aandavan and undertook paadayatra all over India and specially Badrikasramam.
He was respected for his devotion, dedication, commitment to Srivaishnavism
(Sri Ramanuja Darshanam) and his wide scholarship in all shastras. He was a
good swimmer too.
Scholarly works:
Srimath Andavan has contributed many works of scholarly nature. They include;
1. Ramanuja Noothandadi (1959) a translatory work (with commentary in Kannada)
from Tamil to Kannada.
2. Sri Ramanuja Panchashat in Sanskrit
His master pieces :
1. A complete translation of 'Sri Paadukaasahasram' with scholarly commentary
in Kannada (1969). This work of 465 pages, was published at Sri Parakaala mutt
Mysore.
2. A translation of 'Deshika prabandham' from Tamil to Sanskrit and commentry
in Kannada.
3. Srimad Aacharya Parampara Prabhavam in Sanskrit.
4. Shaattumurai Kramam and Aacharya Thanian
5. A beautiful work about Vishnusahasranama
6. Sragdharaa Shatakam in Sanskrit
7. Sri Rahasyatraya Saara Sangraha of Vedanta Deshika in poetry (sanskrit
version)
8. Sri Mahaalakshmi Stuti, a fine stotram about Goddess Lakshmi of 108
Divyadeesha (at the time when Sri Tirukkudanthai Andavan was ill and bedridden)
9.A commentary to 'Tiruvaimozhi', following the lines of Poorvaachaarya's
commentary.
10. Translated works of Sri Vedanta Deeshika to Kannada.
swAmi was an Aashu Kavi of a very high caliber, and used to compose
Padabandhams spontaneously. SwAmi has also written numerous articles about Sri
Ramanuja philosophy. Following his contribution to Sanskrit literature, SwAmi
was recognized as an outstanding scholar both by state and center, and was
given an honorarium (President's Gold Medal).
When Srimad Thirukkudanthai Andavan?s health was very much affected, His
holiness gave sanyasam to Vidwan Mysore Gopalachar on 11.04.1988 (PRABHAVA
VARUSHAM-PANGUNI MADHAM ?Sravana Nakshathram) and HH became the successor of
Thirukkudanthai Andavan and 10 th peetathipathi of Srimadh Srirangam Andavan
Ashram at the age of 79 years. Since then he was popularly called as Mysore
Andavan.
The health of His holiness was also very much affected in 1988/89 by repeated
debilitating strokes of cerebral thrombosis .Even then, His holiness used to
remember and recite fluently the verses that He composed more than six decades
earlier. And yet Padukas Saw to it that HH Srimad Mysore Andavan?s mental
faculties and speech was not affected (excepting for a minor loss of recent
memories!)When not bedridden, HH could move about freely and perform Perumal
and Paduka Aradhanam daily and recite the Seva Kalams fluently (when the senior
Acharya Srimad Thirukkudanthai Andavan was too much indisposed to do so.) HH
srimad Mysore Andavan?s Kalyana Gunas were many .Indeed a rare combination of
of Gnanam Santham ,Virakthi, Vairakyam,and Anagam (blemishless or Faultless)
and above all an unshakeable Acharya Bhakthi that had to be seen to be
believed).
Both the Acharyas,Srimad Thirukkudanthai Andavan and Srimad Mysore Andavan were
together for a period of exactly one year. His holiness Srimad Thirukkudanthai
Andavan adorned the Thirunadu on 10-04-1989.Within a short period of 42days His
holiness Srimad Mysore Andavan also attained Paramapadam at Srirangam Ashramam
-Dwidhiyai on 22 -05-1989 ( @ 3:10 AM on a Monday, SUKLA VARUSHAM ?VAIKASI
MADHAM_-Krishna Paksham thithi ) thus becoming an illustrious ardent devotee of
Sri Ramanuja. Words cannot explain the saintly nature of Srimath Mysore
Andavan, but it could only be felt by the disciples who loved and adored him
with devotion.
With Obeisance to His Holiness Srimath Andavan, Sri SrinivAsa RAmAnuja mahA
DEsikan.
In the next posting adiyen will continue with the history of acharyas covering
the history of Current Pontiff of Srimath Andavan Periashramam, Srimath
Srimushnam Andavan.
Srimath Andavan Thiruvadi
Perungadambanur Parthasarathy Sreenivasan
(of Besant Nagar)
Adiyen has attached a photo of Srimath Mysore Andavan taken just before His
Holiness took sanyasashramam in Srirangam (Courtesy- www.prapatti.com)
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