SrimatE Lakshmi
Nrusimha ParabrahmaNE Nama:
SrimatE
RaamAnujAya Nama:
SrimatE VedAnta
GuuravE Nama:
SrimadhbhyAm Sriranga SaThakOpa SrI VedAnta Desika
YathIndhra Mahaa DesikAbhyAm
nama:
SrimatE VedAnta
VaavadhUka SrI NarayaNAchArya MahAvidhushE Nama:
SriamatE LakshmI Nrusimha dhivya PaadhukA Sevaka
SrIvaNN SaThakOpa SrI NarayaNa Yatheendhra MahA DesikAya
Nama:
SlOkam
17
SrirangakAryAtmajayOgirAjO yAtrAntarA
champaka-kAnanAkhyam
SrI
RaajagOpaalapuram pravishDa:
pratyudhgata:
pourajanaissubhaktyA
(Meaning): The 42nd Pattam
Srimad Azhagiyasingar , SrIvaNN Sri Sriranga
SaThakOpa
YadheendhramAhAEsikan
arrived at Raaja mannArgudi
during his sanchAra kramam and was welcomed
warmly by the citizens of
MannArgudi.
SlOkam
18
ASAsya
sanmangaLamachyutAya
SrIrAjagOpAya
subhaktipoorNa:
alanchakAra
svajanairmaTham svam
MaalOladhainandhinapoojanAya
(Meaning): Srimad Azhagiya
Singar performed MangaLAsAsanam of Sri
RaajagOpAlan with bhakti and
arrived at His MannArgudi MaTham thereafter to
perform
AarAdhanam for MalOlan
.
SlOkam
19:
KshEtrEatra
NaarAyaNasarivArtaa:
vidhyArhtivrundhSnugruheeta
vidhyAm
sammAnanam
sAdhujanairnitAntam
GururnireekshyAtitatarAm mumOdha
At this KshEtram , Srimad
Azhagiya Singar saw and heard about SrI NaarAyaNAcchAr's glories ,
learnt about the range of the vidhyAs that he imparted to his sishyAs and the high
regard the local vidhvAns had for Swami .
SlOkam
20
SrirangE
prathamam krupAvirAchitam
MaalOla-vidhvatsabhAm
Vaakjn~aryA
nijayAh
hyabhUshayadhayam vidvanmaNi laagita:
ittham
Jn~Ana-viraktiSeelaviBhudham
samsthApayishyanpadhE
tasyArhE
samachintayadh-guruvarO yOgyam cha kaalamkramAth
(Meaning):This VidvanmaNi Sri
NaarAyaNAcchAr Swamy) participated
in
the Vidvath Sadas started
at Srirangam and made distinguished contributions with the power of his
knowledge . Srimad Azhagiya Singar started to think about an opportunity and
time to place Swamy in a position befitting his Jn~Anam, VairAgyam and
Seelam .
SlOkam 21
MadhurAnthaka-manDanAyamAna:
RaghuNAthOapi
Bhudham dhidhrukshurEnam
samakalpayadhAlayam kalanAmiha
nirmAthumanEnayOginaikam
(Meaning): Sri Raaghavan
, also known as Sri KarunAkaran ,the jewel of
MadhurAnthakam( archA Moorthy there) wished to meet this MahA VidvAn. In this
context , the Naayakan of MadhurAntakam
( Raaghavan)
decided to
establish a VidhyAlayam at His kshEtram through Srimad Azhagiya Singar
.
SlOkam
22
Saahitya-SaBdha-tarkAnadhyApya-
bahUmSccha
vEdamOuLividha:
srashtum
manOvyathAneeth SrirangAkhyO
Yatheendhra-gururAja:
(Meaning): Sri Sriranga
SaThakOpa Yatheendhra MahA DESikan decided in this context to establish
a VidhyAlayam at
MadhurAntakam to train future VaidhikAs learned in Saahityam , VyAkaraNam
and Tarkam .
SlOkam
23:
yathAmanOratham
dhivyam nirmamE
sakalAlayam
viBhudhAnAm
vachObangheem
vardhayishNu:
guNOjjvalAm
(Meaning): Srimad Azhagiya
Singar decided to extend the outreach of great scholars and their
instructional excellence and created for that purpose the VidhyAlayam at
MadhurAntakam .
SlOkam
24
SrIvAsudEvArya
maharshirAseedhyasyAgraNee:
viSrutaBhEdhyavEttA
SrIsoumyanArAyaNa sUrivaryO-
apyalancchakArAdhipatE: padham tath
(Meaning): Maharshi
VaasudEvAcchAr Swamy , who had mastered all that needs to be known on Tattva
Hita PurushArthams without any doubts became the first path setter for this
institution . After that ThirukkOttiyUr
MahAn Sri Ubhaya VedAnta
Soumya-
NaarAyaNAcchAr Swamy became
the Prinicipal of this new VidhyAlayam .
SlOkam
25
AatmAnubhUtyA
bhaagavat-padhABjE
nivishDachittam
viBhudhAgrayamEnam
adhyApakatvai
viniyujya vidhyAmAlayam yOgivarO-vyatAneeth
(Meaning): Our VidhvAn who
had placed his heart at the Lord's sacred feet with great AatmAnubhavam
was appointed by Srimad Azhagiya Singar as a key faculty to enhance the
outreach of this new vidhyAlayam .
SlOkam
26
GopAlamAlOla
hrudhAntaranga: SrichakravartyAtmaja-sEvanEcchu:
svadESa-dEvAdhi-dhruDAbhimAnAth
jagAma ramyam
MadhurAntakam tath
(Meaning): This MahAn who
worshipped MalOlan and RaajagOpAlan in his heart
lotus arrived now at
MadhurAntakam to have the darsana sobhAgyam of
SrI KaruNAkara Raaghavan .
With deep affection for ThoNdaimaNDalam
( sva dEsam) and the archaa
Moorthys of Sri
Matam and MannArgudi , Swamy reached the beautiful kshEtram of
MadhurAntakam .
SlOkam
27
SrirangaSaTahjith-yOgikrupA-VeekshaNabhAjanam
MadhurAntakamAsAdhya prAdhyApakapadhE
Bhabhou
Our Swamy , the object of
Srimad
Azhagiya Singar's krupA
KaDAlsham
shone as senior Faculty of Tarka Saastram at
MadhurAntakam School .
SlOakam
28
samskruta-kalAlayEasmin padhaveem-
upanAyakasya
samprApya
adhyApanEna
samyak vyatanOdh-
vidhyArthinO-atisookshama matheen
At this Samskrutha KalAsAla , our Swamy advanced to the
position of Assistant Principal and through his teaching
skills developed the Sookshma Buddhi ( Discriminating/sharp
intellect ) of his students
.
SlOkam
29
VedAnthamoola-tarkAn-BhOdhayitum
chAsyachAtureem
veekshya
Aakrushtachitta
SishyA: sarvE
kutukAdh-adheeta-pADagaNA:
(Meaning): The students
admired the unique instructional skills of our Swamy
in teaching Tarkam ,
which is the basis to understand VedAntam were happy to
learn from him and
studied with great ardour and
benefitted .
SlOkam
30
SrInArAyaNasUri
sikshitadhiyO-anantAsccha SishyA: BhudhA:
VedAnthaahava
satsabhAsu vijayam
prApyEndhatE
smAnvaham
chAtrANAm
hrudhi jAyaMaana-vividhaaSSankA: sphuDam dhUrayan
naikEnApi
kadhApi vismrutipadham
syAdhEsha
dhanya: kruthee
(Meaning): Many sishyAs who
learnt under Sri NaarAyaNAcchAr Swamy became respected scholars
and became
highly honored during
their discourses in VedAntha SabhAs by
fellow
Scholars . They were
victorious in their debates .
SlOkam
31
pAtraviSEshW
nyasta:pakvO nO vEti
samvichAryaiva
bhUyO-vastuviSEsham nyastum yatatE sma sookshamadarSee
sa:
(Meaning) : Our Swamy was
such a good teacher that he advanced the lessons for the individual student
only after making sure that the student
had understood and digested
the previous lesson .He was very much aware that instructions to a student
,
who had not grasped the
earlier lessons is like stuffing food to one , who had not digested the
earlier meal .
SlOkam 32
jeerNA
nachEsyAdaSitA sudhApi visham
yathaivamsyuradheetapADA:
SaastrEshu
yadhyat-sudruDam gruheetam tadEva samsthAsnu
bhavEcchicharEna
(Meaning): There is a proverb
, which reminds us to partake food according to one's capability to
digest ( aRRAl aLavu aRinthu uNNka) . Even nectar will become poison , if one could
not digest it properly . For one who has not understood the lessons ,
teaching him SaastrAs further would not be
advisable.Only the knowledge absorbed well would be
retained over long time.
SlOkam
33
ananya-sAdhAraNa-dhOraNeeyam
adhyApanEasya
prathitABabhAsE
vidhyAlayE
rAjata utsavOabhUth
sutattvasamkhyAkasamE maheeyAn
(Meaning): Our Swamy's method
of instruction and capabilities to impart
education in VedAntha
SaastrAs stood out with distinction . The silver anniversary ( 25th
birthday) for the MadhurAntakam PaatasAlA was celebrated now ( 1967 C.E)
.
(To Be
continued)
Srimad Azhagiya Singar
ThiruvadigaLE Saranam
,
Dhaasan , Oppiliappan Koil
VaradAchAri Sadagopan