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SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya nama:

Dearest all

Swamy Desikan describes the greatest qualities of AchArya in nyAsavimsati 
slOkA 1:

1.Sound philosophical jnAnam obtained (learnt) through the greatest lineage 
of his AchAryAs
2.Having an undisputed clear knowledge on sAsthrAs;
3.Free from any sins and attachments;
4.Complete knowledge of Vedas, its subsidiaries and ithihAsAs
5.Deep unshakable faith in Brahman (Almighty- unsurpassed unparalleled 
Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayanan)
6.possesses sAtvic guNA;
7.Always speaks truth
8.lives in accordance with the manner laid down in sAsthrAs;
9.free from jealousy, show etc..
10. having control over sense organs
11.friendly and affectionate towards all;
12.Compassionate towards all;
13.helps the disciples who err, correct them and make them follow right 
track as laid down in sAsthrAs
14.wishes for everyoneâs welfare at all times.

For late tuners- let me reproduce: our Greatest AchArya parampara as mentioned 
earlier starts with Sriman Narayanan.


The lineage is:
Sriman Narayanan.
Sri Mahalakshmi
Sri VishvaksEnar (sEnai nAthan- commander in chief)
Sri SaTakOpar (nammAzhwAr)
Sri nAthamuni
Sri puNdarIkAkshar (uyyakkoNdAr)
Sri rAmamisrar (maNakkAl nambhi)
Sri yAmunAchAryar (ALavandhAr)
Sri mahApUrNar (Periya nambhi)
Sri rAmAnujar (udayavar- EmperumAnAr- yathirAjar)

This AchArya paramparA also is nicely recited by Swamy desikan in the 
following Tamil prabhandham.

ennuyir thandhaLitthavaraich charaNampukku
yAnadaivE avargurukkaL niraivaNangi
pinaruLAl perumpudhUr vandha vaLLal
periyanambhi ALavandhAr maNakkAl nambhi
nanneRiyai avarkku uraittha uyyakkoNdAr
nAthamuni saTakOpan sEnainAthan
innamudhatth thirumagaL enRu ivarai munnittu
emperumAn thiruvadigaL adaiginREnE.

What an excellent sweet prabahndham!

asmadhguru paramagurUn yathivarapUrNau sayAmunam rAmam
padmAksha nAtha saTajith sEnEcha ramA ramApathIn vandhE.

(Given below is an extract from a post written by VaikuNtavaasi Sri N 
Krishnamachari Swami on nyAsa vimsati)

svAmi deSikan concludes the stotra with a gist of how he was led to
prapatti, and how he lives his life as a prapanna after performing prapatti. 
This concluding Slokam is included as part of the nitya-anushandhAnam at the 
end of the nyAsa daSakam which is recited during the nitya bhagavad-ArAdhanam.

samSArAvarta vega praSamana Subha-dr*k deSika prekshito'ham
samtyakto'nyairupAyair-anucita cariteshvadya SAntAbhisabshih     |
niS-Sankhah tatvat-dr*shtyA niravadhika dayam prArthya samrakshakam
tvAm nysya tat-pAda padme varada nija-bharam nir-bharo nir-bhayo'smi  ||

"I chose a good AcArya who could instruct me on how to get out of the whirl of 
samsAra, and had his divya kaTAksha.  Because of the AcArya's teachings, I 
obtained the knowledge that could help me analyze and understand the difficulty 
of bhakti yoga and the realization that prapatti is the only recourse open to 
me, which I could perform easily, and attain the desired moksham by performing 
it once and only once.  I learnt the facts about prapatti and so had no doubt 
whatsoever about its efficacy.  I sought refuge of peraruLALan with pirATTi as 
the sole refuge who could protect me.  I surrendered all responsibility for my 
protection at the feet of peraruLALan and performed prapatti at His feet.  
Since I am now living the life of a prapanna, I feel completely relieved of all 
responsibility for my self from that point.  Since all my acts from that point 
on have been directed to only kaimkaryam for bhagavAn, there is nothing more to 
fear about any accumulation
 of karma.  So I continue to lead a life of nishkAmya kaimkaryam to bhagavAn 
while spending the rest of my life in this world, and deriving infinite 
happiness from it".

Acharyan ThiruvaDigalE SaraNam
Regards
namo narayana
dAsan
 


      


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