Shrimathey Ramanujaaya namaha Shrimathey Nigamaantha Maha Deshikaaya namaha Dear all, It is absolutely impossible for the great Acharya to have been idle during any point in his long life. We all know that it was during his 100th year that he wrote the magnum opus of his life viz., Srimad Rahasyatrayasaaram. Subsequently, he also strengthened the foundation of our system to the maximum posssible extent by writing the Virodha pariharam where he asks questions that could be asked in future (though most of them have still not been asked) against Sri Vaishnavam and Visishtadvaita and answers all of them very easily and convincingly. To our knowledge this was his last work. Such a great person, inspite of various other activities would never have lied low. We all know that some of his works like Aesal, oosal etc. have been lost. These works were apparently done at Thiruvaheendrapuram. There are many scholars who firmly believe that we don't even know exactly how many works of his are lost. Even the greatest scholar of the previous century and the greatest since Swami Desika himself Shri Uttamur Swami Abhinava Desikar it is heard was not in a position to know which and how many works of Swami Desika were lost. Hence we can only safely conclude or assume in the least that all his works done at Satyakaalam were lost in bulk save except Abheetistavam which he may have taught others for them to get rid of their fear. Otherwise a great savant who needed just 3 hours to compose the Paduka Sahasram could never have been idle for almost a decade. Swami Deshikar Thiruvadigaley Sharanam V.K.Vasudevan
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