SrI:
Dear AasthikAs
:
adiyEn seeks the
anugraham of asmat AchAryan , Sri NaarAyaNa Yatheendhra MahA Desikan , the
prakrutham jeeyar of Sri AhoBila Matam in starting a new series of postings on
Swamy Desikan's Sri Sookti of SarvArtha Siddhi . adiyEn will start with an
introduction to VaikunTha Vaasi U.Ve Dr.V.N.Seshadri AchArya Swamy ; He
was
the second son
of U.Ve. Vangeepuram Navaneetham KrishNamAcchArya
Swamy,our
neighbor on
Sannidhi Street ,Oppiliappan Koil .
Sriman
V.N.SeshAdri AchArya Swamy's brother was the great scholar , U.Ve
.
V.N.Srirama
DesikAcchAr Swamy . Both the brothers kept up the illustrious
traditions of
this noble VaishNavite family thru scholarly publications on AchArya SrI Sookthis and
AzhwAr aruLiccheyalkaL.
U.Ve.
Dr.V.N.Vedanatha Desikan Swamy is the son of Sri V.N.SeshAdri AchArya
Swamy
and U.Ve. Sri.V.N. Gopala Desikan is the son of Sri Srirama
DesikAcchAr
Swamy . Both of them bless us today with the rich scholarship that
they inherited
from their Fathers and Grandfather , U.Ve. Sri V.N.KrishNamAchAr Swamy (VNK)
.
adiyEn considers
myself to be blessed to have grown in the august presence of
" Navaneetam
" VNK Swamy and his sons at Oppiliappan Sannidhi . In recognition of my
depth of gratitude to this family , adiyEn will summarize the 1965 Annamalai
University Ph.D Thesis of Dr. V.N.Seshadri AchArya Swamy about the great SrI
Sookti of Swamy Desikan entitled " SarvArtha Siddhi" ; latter is an
exposition of the equally great Sri Sookti of Tattva Mukta KalApam of Swamy
Desikan .
Tattva Mukta
KalApam is a PrakaraNa grantam, an independent treatise to defend the
VisishtAdhvaitic doctrines and to evaluate critically the deficencies of the
rival philosophical systems. An introduction to Tatthva Mukta KalApam has been
provided
in the 89th
ebook of Sundara Simham series ( http://www.sundarasimham.org ) and in an earlier
posting in the Bhakti archives :
Navalpaakkam U.Ve. VasudEvAcchAr Swamy
has released the first volume of coverage of the 500 slOkams of Tattva Mukta
KalApam that takes us upto 225th slOkam . For lack of funds ,
the second volume is
languishing from release . AasthikAs interested in completing the coverage of
the second and conclusive volume of Tattva Mukta KalApam by SrI
VaasudEvAchAr Swamy are requested to contact adiyEn and help with the
completion of this Kaimkaryam .
Coming back to Tattva Mukta KalaApam , Swamy Desikan Himself
states that this SrI Sookthi
alone will be sufficent to comprehend all Tatthvams ( yEkam tatsarva siddhyai kalayatu hrudhayE
Tattva Mukta KalApam )
.
Tattva Mukta KalApam itself according to the SrikAryam Swamy
of Ahobila Matam , U.Ve .Sri
PazhavEri SaThakOpAcchAr Swamy , is like a distant , shining
star that is far away . It may not be within the reach of many to comprehend and
benefit .With this in mind , the most merciful , Swami Desikan created a
commentary known as " SarvArtha Siddhi " and instructed us that we can
comprehend the deep meanings of Tattva Mukta KalApam and be blessed with
that Jn~Anam
( sarva+artha+siddhi) . Swamy Desikan's own words in this
context are :
" tArAkalpE sphurati sudhiyAm
TattvamuktakalApE
dhurAdhrudhyA duradhigamatAm
paSyatAm Sarvasiddhyai "
The defense of VisishtAdhvaita Darsanam ( Svarakshaa) and the refutation of
the deficencies of other Matams ( pratyarthi
bhangam) is accomplished further by SarvArtha Siddhi , an
exposition of Tattva Mukta KalApam :
" SarvArthasiddhis-SatadhUshaNi cha
dhvE khEdasAstrE
kathakaagra-gaNAm
AadhyEna tatra kriyatE
svarakshA
pratyarthibhanga: kalahE
nyAta: syAt "
In TattvamuktakalApa and SarvArtha siddhi
,Swamy Desikan established an armour to
defend the ViishtAdhvata darsanam against
any charges that may be levelled against it
and used SatadhUshaNi as a tool to criticize Adhvaitam . In SarvArtha Siddhi ,
Swamy Desikan criticizes the illogic of the four kinds of Buddhism , Saankya
Matam , NyAya-VaisEshika theories on the liberation of the Jeevan and Moksham
and the tenets of Adhvaitam along the lines established by AchArya RaamAnuja ;
Swamy Desikan goes on to establish the soundeness of VisishtAdhvaitam and its
conceptions on Tattva , Hita and PurushArtham .
adiyEn concludes this first posting in this series
with a tribute to the unique greatness of Swamy Desikan : "
The logical subtelety , metaphysical profoundity , poetic genius
,
unrivalled skill in debating and
presenting arguments, devotional earnestness and
uncommon mastery of poetics and
dialectics -- a rare combination of these, that could
scarcely be found anywhere else , is
Swamy Desikan ".
Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam
,
DhAsan , Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan
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