SrI:
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:
Parama Purushrtha
StaBakam
This is the fourth and
concluding StaBakam with 51 slOkams .In this StaBakam , Dr.SokkanAvUr Swamy
covers the Sahshtiabdha
Poorthy utsavam of Villivalam Periya Swamy , the construction of
commentary on Swamy Desikan's kaNDana grantham of Paramata
bhangam , Periya Swamy's affection for his younger brother
(Prakrutham Azhagiya
Singar) and Periya
Swamy's ascent to Parama
Padham .
Our Swamy's ShashtiyaBdha Poorthy
(SlOkams 1-10) : The Year 1976 C.E
SlOkam
1
sarvEjanA:
shashtitamABdhapoor
kOlAhalEna dhraviNavyayEna
hyudhvAhatulyam rachayanti
lOkE
(Meaning): People of the
world celebrate their sixtieth anniversary with their dear relatives and
friends in a joyous manner
like a wedding and spend a lot of money
over this ShashtiaBdha Poorthy utsavam.
SlOkam
2
SishThA BudhA yE
paramAtmabhakthA:
namanvatE
Saastravidhiprayukt
na chAdhriyantE
varamutsavam tE
SishyAdhinirBhandha
(Meaning): The ParamaikAnthins on the
other hand do not pay attention to their sixtieth anniversary or
SathAbhishEkam
( 80th birth anniversary ) celebrations
and are focussed instead on the dhyAnam and AarAdhanam for the Lord . They do
not encourage anyone to organize such a celebration. The pressure from their
SishyAs and abhimAnis to conduct such an utsavam howevwe will make them relent .
SlOkam
3
tasyAnumatyA
priyaBhandhuSishyA
mahOtsavam samrachayanti
bhaktyA
prasAdhapAtrANi bhavanti
chAsya
pratyakshamEtaddhuv
(Meaning): The Priya sishyAs and the
dear relatives seek AchAryan's permission and engage with devotion in the
celebration of the Utsavams like ShashtiyaBdha Poorthy . By organizing such
celebrations , they become objects of the anugraham of their
AchAryans.
SlOkam 4
NaarAyaNAryO na cha
vaanchitisma
svArtham
kamaputsavam-
tathApi
SishyapriyaBandhuva
nirBadhya AaseenmahatE
mahAya
(Meaning) Following the traditons of a
ParamaikAnthy , Villivalam Periya Swamy never sought any utsavams focussed on
him or itara dEvatArAdhanams . Inspite of his stance, the dear sishyAs and
relatives pressed him to agree to a major celebration of his Sixtieth birth
anniversary .
SlOkam 5
svArchAm
nirADamBaramarchaya
poortim nijEsadhmani
samvidhitsu:
AaptAstu SishyA:
BhadhArjitEna
vittEna
bhadhrOtsavamAririp
(Meaning): Villivalam Periya Swamy was
in favor of AarAdhanam of his House PerumAl without any pomp for his
sixtieth anniversary celebrations . The abhimAnis and SishyAs of Swamy would not
hear of it and wished to have an elaborate celebration to express their
gratitude for the AchAryan's MahOpakArams .
SlOkam
6
nAyam SaSAka
pratishEddhumEshAm
nishkAmya bhaktyA:
krutimAdharEna
MukkUr-pradESO
nigamEtihAsa- paarAyaNAraavavijru
(Meaning): Villivalam Periya Swamy was
unable to stop his well wishers from organizing this nishkAmya karmaa. As a
result , the Vaidhika agrahAram of MukkUr was blissful from the resonant
Veda GhOsham associated with the Veda
ParAyaNams linked to the
ShashtiaBdha
Poorthy celebrations of our Swamy.
SlOkam
7
AchAryavaryA
yadhahOBilasthA: sampraikshayan svapratinidhyupEtAn
SishtAnparAnmAnayit
dhravyai cha poorNai:
sadhanugrahENa
(Meaning): Srimad MukkUr Azhagiya Singar
camping at AhObila KshEtram
sent his antaranga KaimkaryaparALs and
other VaidhikAs with affection and made sambhAvanais to honor our Swamy and the
Veda PaarAyaNa GhOshti.
SlOkam
8
yEkaikaSa:
Sishyasuhrujjanai: cha
samArjitam bhUricha
vittamAseeth
samarpitam
tairabhavanmuhUrtE
samarchitum
dEvatadheeyavargAn
(Meaning): The sishyAs of our Swamy had
saved individually and collected as a group funds for Bhagavath-
Bhaagavatha AarAdhanam during the occasion ofthe ShashtiaBdha Poorthy . The
sishyAs presented these Paadha KaaNikkais to
Swamy for use in this Vaidhika
utsavam.
SlOkam
9
samAgathAstrupta-
saSlAghamAtmeeya
guNOpapannam
praNamya tEnAnumatA
nikAmam
svasthAnamEvAbhiyay
(Meaning): Those who attended the
sixtieth aniversary celebration of our Swamy prostrated before him , who is the
abode of all Aathma guNams and felt fulfilled ; they took his leave at the end
of the ceklbrations and returned to their homes.
SlOkam
10
Kavaya; kavitAmAlA:
samArpipannitya-
sourabhA:
preetyA
dhanikA dhanam yathEccham
yEna
tadheeyArchanaabhav
(Meaning): The ShashtiaBdhi poorthy
Utsavam concluded in a magnificient manner with every one making their
samarpaNams; the poets composed ever fresh poems to celebrate the Aathma guNams
of Swamy.Those who were affluent prsented significant sums to help celebrate the
Bhagavath AarAdhanam duirng
this occasion .
Grantha NirmANam by our
Swamy
SlOkam
11
siddhAnthatattvaBhO
kaichithparakrutadh
vilikhyantE
(Meaning): Some of the scholars (
PaNDithAs) create granthams to explain the fine points of their siddhAntam(
PrakaraNa granthams) ; other scholars create granthams to criticize the
defective intrepretations
of other siddhAntams.Latter are called Kantana granthams
.
SlOkam
12
NaarAyaNAryasUri:
dhvividhAn granthAnapi svayam vyalikhath
SrimadhvachandrikAy
khya
(Meaning): Our Swamy created both
types of Granthams ( AamOdhana and
Kantana granthams). The grantham that he
created for SrI Madhva chandrikai with the name of "MohAbhOham" belonged to the
category of Kantana granthams .
SlOkam 13
sa
tattvamArtANDa-
RaamAyaNE rasyatamAn hi bhAvan-gheervANavAN
(Meaning): Our Swamy created a khantana
grantham called VidhUnanam: to refute the points made in a
polemic named
"Tatthva MaaRtANDa Vimarsam".
He also blessed us with a gratham in Sanskrit to house the delightful inner
meanings of Srimad RaamAyaNa slOkams in support of our
SiddhAntham.
SlOkam
14
SriSailatAtAyAryasy
advaitaratnatva
granthapareekshAkhy
khaNanagrantham
(Meaning): Following the command of Sri
U.Ve. D.T.TatachAr Swamy , our Swamy wrote a Kantana grantham for a
monograph entitled " Adhvaitha Tattva Ratnam ".
SlOkam
15
(Meaning): Our Swamy published brilliant
research articles in the Kaasi Viswa VidhyAlaya monthly magazines (Maasika
PatrikA) at the request of its editors . They were very much appreciated by the
discerning scholars .
The Translation of
Paramatha Bhangam into Sanskrit from MaNipravALam and the Vaibhavam of this SrI
Sookthi (16-26).
SlOkam
16
vEdhAntadESika-
bhAshAdhvandhvAkrut
bhangAdayO
virAjantE
(Meaning): Some of Swamy Desikan's SrI
Sookthis are set in MaNipravALam ( Tamil and Sanskrit) . One such grantham
is Para Matha Bangam ,
a renowned Kandana grantham
.
SlOkam
17
praNamya DevanAyakam
bhujAshDakair-
virAjitham
SudarSanam cha yaachatE
anya khaNDanArha kouSalam
tatO gurupakAra
satkrutajn~AtAm nirUpayan
svasammatam thritatvakam
prakASayatyasouguru
(Meaning): Our Swamy translated this
esoteric grantham of Swamy Desikan into Sanskrit for all to enjoy.Here, our
Swamy salutes Lord DevanAthan first
and next Ashta Bhuja PerumAl and then
Sudarsanar and prays for the power to criticize correctly the deficiencies of
Para Matham .He expresses next his gratitude to our AchAryAs for their
MahOpakArams and goes on to explain in detail the the three Tattvams of our
SiddhAntham ( Chith-achith-
SlOkam
18
matAntareeyakhaNdan
tata:kramENa
dhUshayatyaSishta-
dhurmatAnivai
prapatti vaibhavam param
yatheendhra
sampradhAyinAm
ViSishtatAncha
BhOdhayanprakASatE
gurUttama:
(Meaning): Our Swamy pointed out
the necessity for criticizing the Veda BhAhya and Kudrushti Mathams and
continued with the criticism of individual Para Mathams. During this effort ,
our uttama guru celebrated the greatness of SaraNAgathy maargam , which is
unique to Bhagavath RaamAnuja SiddhAntam .
SlOkam
19
SaraNAgati
VaibhavaprakASee praNaman
ShODaSahasta: chakrarAjam
adhikAra
samAptishUktasAram
vivryNOtyantima-
(Meaning): After a brilliant exposition
on the loftiness of SaraNAgathy as an UpAyam , our Swamy offered his salutations
to the 16 armed Sudarsana BhagavAn . At the end of the
grantham,
Our Swamy gave the SaarArtham of the
individual chapters.
SlOkam
20
tarkavEdAnthavidvad
krucchAdh-granthass
nyAyasiddhAnjanasam
(Meaning) : Paramatha Bangam of Swamy
Desikan is understandable only by experts in Tarkam and VedAntham and is comparable in terseness to
the srI Sookthi of NyAya SiddhAnjanam . Our Swamy blessed us with a
Sanskrit translation for Paramatha bhangam .
SlOkam
21
yO bhAgadhvayarUpENa
vidhushA rachitO abhavath
tatra prathamabAgO hi
svAminAseeth
prakASita:
(Meaning): Paramatha bhangam had two
parts . Our Swamy released only the first part .
SlOkam
22
SrInrisimhakaruNA
prachOdhanAth
VedamouLigurusamyam
satprasAdhakaruNAvi
Aasta sadasi
prakASita:
(Meaning):The first volume of Paramatha
bhangam was released as a result of the dayaa of SrI Narasimhan and the anugraha
viSEsham of Mukkur Azhagiya Singar .
SlOkam 23
ramyabhUmikA
prakaraNOchitam
vAkyadarSanam
paramataanugam
uchitasangati:
padhaphalOktita:
DesikASaya prakaDanam
mrudhu
(Meaning): Our Swamy presented a
beautiful introduction , made reference to key positions of Paramatham , the
usage of aptly chosen padhams by Swamy Desikan to make his winning points and
revealed the thought process of Swamy Desikan in defeating the opponents of
Bahgavath RaamAnuja darsanam.
SlOkam
24
poorvapakshiNAmutta
bhAvatOgarbhitam
vacha:
poorNamEdhatE thOshiNee
satAm
DesikASayadarSanee
kruti:
Our Swamy delighted the minds of Mahaans
with the revelation of the unique way in which Swamy Desikan provided answers
for the questions of Poorvapakshis , the majestic choice of words in those
responses to establish our siddhAntham in Paramatha
bhangam.
SlOkma
25
bhUmikAntarasou
nyavEdhayatsvAm-
krutajn~atAm guruvarAya
vai
AatmanO rujam mudhraNE
Sramam
skhalanakAraNam
kshAmyamArtitham
(Meaning): In his introduction , Our Swamy expressed his gratitude
to his AchAryAs and sought the forgivance of the VidhvAns for the obstacles in
printing the Volume due to his illness
.
To Be continued (Fourth StaBakam)
,
.
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