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SrI:

Dear Swamy Desika BhakthAs:

The abundant genius of Swamy Desikan flows brilliantly
through every one of His SrI Sookthis , be it Kaavyams,
SthOthrams , Prakarana granthams on VisishtAdhvaitha darsanam,
Para Matha KaNdannam , Rahasya granthams in MaNipravALam ,
Tamil Prabhandhams (Desika Prabhandhams) and VyAkyAna 
granthams or silpa saasthram or Geography et al. 

His genius is versatile and mutifaceted earning the titles
of Sarva Tantra Svatantrar and VedAntha AchAryan from the dhivya dampathis
of SrIrangam . He did nothing but extoll Sri Bahgavad RaamAnuja
SiddhAntham in His philosophical, religious SrI Sookthis. 
SrI BhaAshyam , Bhagavad GitA BhAshyam ,Gadhya Thryam of 
AchArya RaamAnujA were his daily diet. He wrote commentaries 
for GithArtha Sangraha (GithArtha Sangraha Rahsha) and 
ChathuslOki of Yaamuna Muni. His commentary on Swamy NammAzhwAr's 
ThiruvAimozhi is housed in the two SrI Sookthis of
DramidOpanishad Taathparya RathnAvaLI and 
DhramidOpanishad Saara ; due to our misfortune , 
His elaborate Tamil commentary on ThiruvAimozhi 
known as Nigama ParimaLam or the Seventy Four thousand
collect is lost to posterity.

His magnum opus , SrImad Rahasya Thraya Saaram and its
sequel, VirOdha ParihAram as well as the ChillaRai 
rahasyams are elaborations of doctrines that Bhagavad RaamAnuja 
developed from the ancient VisishtAdhvaitha Darsanam . 

In any one of these works, Swamy Desikan was rooted in 
the Bhagavad RaamAnuja SiddhAntham and elaborated
on them and defended this parama VaidhIka darsanam.

adiyEn plans to post a series on Swamy Desikan's SrI Sookthis
to salute the many sided genius of this Great Ubhaya VedAntha
AchArya Saarva Bhouman.

adiyEn will cover the follwing SrI Sookthis during 
the next few months:

1. Nyaya Parisuddhi and NyAya SiddhAnjanam ,
where Swamy Desikan attempted and succeeded
in the unification of NyAya and VedAnta.
NyAya Parisuddhi intreprets the NyAya SoothrAs
of Gouthama in a way that is not opposed to
VisishtAdhvaitha darsanam. In this scholastic 
work, Sawmy Desikan examines tersely NyAya SoothrAs 
in the light of Brahma SoothrAs of Sage BadarAyana 
and criticizes the commentaries of VatsyAyana 
and UdayanA on NyAya SoothrAs, which refute 
Brahma SoothrAs.

While NyAya Parisuddhi deals exclusively with 
the unification of NyAya and vedAnta through 
the route of PramANAs( Means of Knowledge) ,
NyAya SiddhAnjana (NS)continues with the same
effort of unification with the use of PramEyAs or 
the objects of valid knowledge . NS has been considered 
as the second part of NyAya Parisuddhi.

Swamy Desikan completed the effort to unify NyAya-
VaisEshika Systems with VedAnta started by Swamy
Naatha Muni in His NyAya TatthvA and Swamy ALavanthAr
in His Aathma siddhi. Swamy Desikan achieved a grand
synthesis of the systems of NyAya and VedAnta in
conformity with the VedAs, Smruthi , Soothra granthAs
and the SrI Sookthis of AchArya RaamAnujA to strengthen
SrI VisishtAdhavaitha system of Philosophy.

2. Meemsa PaadhukA and Seswara MeemAmsa: The MeemAmsa 
PaadhukA is a metrical SrI Sookthi (173 verses in 
the majestic Sragdhara metre ) and analyses the MeemAmsa
Saasthram developed by Sage Jaimini in the form of SoothrAs.
Jaimini's MeemAmsam is recognized as Poorva MeemAmsam 
and His AchAryan , Sage Veda VyAsa's MeemAmsa is celebrated
as Utthara MeemAmsa. Poorva MeemAmsa deals with the study
of Dharma and Utthara Meemsa focuses on the study of 
Brahman. Swamy Desikan condemned the NirIswara Vaadham
developed by the commentators of Jaimini's Poorva Meemsa
Soothras and established the true and inner meanings of
those Soothrams . Swamy Desikan demonstrated that the soothrAs
of Poorva MeemAmsam are in harmony with the Brahma SoothrAs
(Utthara MeemAmsam ) of Sage BadarAyana . Swamy Desikan 
proves in the Seswara MeemAmsa SrI Sookthi that Sage Jaimini
accepted Isvaran as the Universal Lord (Jagath KaaraNan,
jagath rakshakan ) . Swamy Desikan goes on to establish 
through these two SrI Sookthis on MeemAmsa that the Poorva
and Utthara MeemAmsa SaasthrAs are Eka SaasthrAs and are
not inconsistent with each other. 

Recently , SrIman P.N.Sridharan Swamy mentioned about 
a brilliant and clear commentary on the first 12 chapters
of Sage Jaimini that appeared in the precursor journal
to Nrusimha PriyA . adiyEn hopes that he will summarize 
those articles or publish them in toto for the benefit of
all AastikAs.

Returning to the two SrI Sookthis of Swamy Desikan on 
MeemAmsa, the summary of these two granthams as recorded
by an author , who prefers to be anonynous in SrI ThUppul 
MangaLAsAsana Malar of 1993 are:

(a)MeemAmsa Saasthram is a commentary on Vedam and hence
there is no contradiction between the two MeemAmsams.

(b)Jaimini Maharishi has established in Poorva MeemAmsa
that Isvaran (SrIman NaarAyaNan) has to be worshipped by
karmAs prscribed by VedAs to attain the appropriate fruits.

(c)DEvathAs have roopan (sarIram ) and their preethi yields
the fruits of karmAs ( vedic rites). SrIman NaarAyaNan is 
the antharyAmi (indweller ) of all the Devathais and empowers 
the DevathAs .

(d)Dharmam is of two kinds : Siddham ( that which can not 
be executed by us) and Saadhyam (that which can be
undertaken by us: Yaagam et al ). Jaimini had both 
dharmams in mind , when he blessed us with Poorva MeemAmsa 
soothrams.

(e)The darsanam that states Brahmam is sathyam (UNmai) and
the prapancham (jagath) is unreal (Poy)is not consistent 
with the VedAs (Veda Virudhdam).Like Brahman ,the items
referred to in Poorva MeemAmsam like karmAs , their fruits , 
the jeevan that performs these karmAs are all real.

(f)In the third chapter Soothram , Jaimini refers to 
sEshathvam loudly. He defines seshathva lakshanam as 
" sEsha: parArthvAth". That which exists for the upakAram of 
others is Sesham. That which uses that UpakAram is sEshi.
Sage VyAsa in his Utthara MeemAmsa defines the sentient Jeevan 
(chethanam) and the insentient achEthanam are the Sesham 
for the ParamAthmA , who is Sarva Seshi in His soothrams:
" TadhInathvAth arTavath" .

We conclude with a meaningful prayer by an AchAryan of recent times:

VishNurEva Param brahma jign~Asyam Tatthvam utthamam
MeemAmsA Saasthra-samvEdhyam ithi prOktham GurUtthamai:
VijayathAm Gurupankthi sikhAmaNi:VijayathAm YathirAja Mathadhvaja:
VijayathAm kavitArkika KesarI VijayathAm NigamAntha GurUtthama:

Swamy Desikan ThriuvadigaLE SaraNam 
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan 












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