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Shrimathe Athreya Ramanuja Maha Deshikaaya Namaha
Shrimathe Nigamantha Maha Deshikaaya Namaha
Shrimathe Gopalarya Maha Deshikaaya Namaha

Appullar Thirunakshatram Celebrations - May 6th
In this posting we shall study the work "Vaadihamsambudacharya stotram" This
is a free translation with brief notes. 
This post covers the first 5 verses. The next post will cover the remaining.

Introduction - 
Shrimath Thirukkudanthai Gopalarya Maha Deshikan, who came in the lineage of
Appillar as his 14th descendent, composed a stotram in praise of Appillar
known as "Vaadihamsaambudaacharya stotram".

Meaning of Vaadihamsambudacharya - 
Hamsa means a swan. Just as how a swan is afraid of a dark rain bearing
cloud, so were people belonging to other fallacious systems of philosophies
scared of Sri Athreya Ramanujacharya. This is how he popularly came to be
known as "Vaadi hamsambuvahar", the dark cloud to the swans swimming in the
ponds of fallacy (other philosophies).

The first shlokam is an invocatory verse on Thirukkudanthai Deshikan, the
author of this stotram.

yatIndra mAhAnasika vamsharatnamupAsmahe |
vedAnthayugma vihritisthAnaM gopAladeshikam ||

Supplicate we at the feet of the great noble man who came as a bright gem in
the lineage of Pranatarthihara (who was in charge of the kitchen (mahanasa)
of Ramanuja). He is indeed the great Gopala Deshika (Thirukkudanthai
Deshikan), the blissfull realm where the two streams of Veda (Sanskritam and
Tamizh) meet each other.

vAtsya shrIvaradArya deshikavarAtsaMprAptabhAshyAshayaH |
tArkshyAMshaH paravAdihamsa jaladAchAryassatAmagraNIH ||1||

Beseech we the holy feet of Vaadihamsambuvahar, the incarnation of Garuda,
who obtained the sacred knowledge of Sribhashyam from the great Vatsya
Varadacharya (Nadadur Ammal) and who always remained in the forefront
defending the siddhantham of Bhagavad Ramanuja.

chaNDAMshuH kuhashAndivAndhasuhrudAM vedAnthavidyAguruH |
naptA shrIpraNatArti hrutsumanasaH puShNAtu me sampadam ||2||

Prostrate we at the feet of the grandson of the great Pranatartihara, the
acharya with the noblest of virtues and who confers upon the aishwaryam of
knowledge to those supplicating at his feet.

jayati sakala vidyAvAhinI janmahetuH
sakala shubhaguNAnAM vAsabhUmissushIlaH |
yatiparibruDha sUktivrAtajIvAtureSha
shrutishikharagororyo mAtulo lakshmaNAryaH ||3||

Beseech we the feet of the maternal uncle of the great Vedanthacharya, from
whom (Appullar) all the streams of knowledge originate, who indeed is the
sanctuary of all virtuosness, who indeed fills in life (chaitanyam) to the
gem like elucidations of Udayavar Sri Ramanujacharya.

Athreya gothrAmbudhi pUrNachandra shrIrangarAjArya gurostanUjaH |
rAmAnujAryassakalAgamanA mAvAsa bhUmirjayatAmajasram ||4||

The son of Sri Rangarajacharya is indeed the full moon gracing the ocean of
the race of Athreya. May he, who is the knower of all Vedas and Vedantha be
victorious in this world for ever.

parAsharo vAtha tadIyasUnustadAtmajoveti vitarkyamANaH |
shrIvAdihamsAbdagururbudhAnAM netA sabhAyAnmama chittagehe ||5||

It may be wondered, if he is the great Parashara or his son Vyasa or his son
Suka. May the great acharya Shri Vadihamsambuvaha, the prime among virtuous
men, stay in the cosmos of my heart forever.

vAzhi vyAkhyAmuddirak kai !!!
vedAnthasUri charaNau sharaNam prapadye !!!




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