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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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