We have already audio
recordings of the Sthothrams of Swamy Desikan
for listening and enjoying
. These two CD ROMs are unique in that
it has adopted the format
of a Teacher splitting the different paadhams of
the individual verses of
the SthOthram and reciting them ; the student
repeats twice what the
teacher recited . This is called the Santhai
method , which has been
used in an unfailing manner for centuries
to help students learn
the SthOtra Paatams and dhivya Prabhandhams .
This way one acquires the
right pronunciation and the places to stop .
Then the student recites by
himself or herself to retain what he or she has
learnt . It is ideal for
children as well .
SrimAn SatakOpa TatachAr
has covered the Santhai style rendering of
the 690 slOkams of the 25
SthOtrams of Swamy Desikan . The three
sthOtrams not included with
the number of slOkams in paranthesis are:
Achyutha Sathakam
(101 ) in PrAkrutham , NyAsa Vimsathy ( 22) and
Garuda PanchAsath (52 ) .
Barring these 175 SlOkams , the rest of
the 687 slOkams from 25
SthOtrams are covered in these two CD ROMs.
This is a monumental
achievement . the duration of these 2 CDs is 13
hours , if one wants to
listen to all of them .You can however learn
one sthOthram at a time at
your own pace untill you master recitation.
Sriman SatakOpa TatAchAr
Swamy is an expert in Yajur Vedam
and has a Doctorate in
Naveena NyAya Saasthram . He is " the Teacher
".
One who has
taken the role of "The Student " Is Dr.VijayaraghavAchArya
Swamy , the grandson
of Vaikunta Vaasi MadhurAnthakam VeerarAghavAcchAr
Swamy , a great
VaishNavite AchArya in his time . We could not ask for
a more ideal combination of
Teacher and Student to lerarn these 25 sthOthrams
of Swamy Desikan full of
Manthra Sakthi .
There are a total of 862
SlOkams in the 28 SthOtrams of Swamy Desikan .
Our
KavitArkika Saarvabhouma AchAryan has used 22 different Metres
to adorn these 862
slOkams . Some are short ( anushtup and Aaryaa metres
);
others are long
(SaardhUla VikreeDitham , Vasantha Tilakaa ) , Rare ones
( RaTOddhathA ,
Vamsastham ) et al .
It is not the easiest
exercise to learn to recite these great slOkams of
Swamy Desikan in so
many different metres and where to stop and
how to split the
assembly of words . This is where the invaluable
help
of SrimAns SatakOpa
TatachArya and VijayaraghavAchArya comes .
You can learn
comfortably to recite Complicated SthOtrams like
Garuda DaNDakam , Raghu
Veera Gadhyam and other important
sthOthrams like Sri
Hayagreeva SthOthram , Sri Sthuthi , GodhA
Sthuthi , Bhagavath
DhyAna SopAnam , Abheethi sthavam ,
KaamAseekAshtakam ,
DasAvathAra Sthothram et al .
Please purchase these
Audio CD ROMs and the other two
VCD/DVD releases to get
immersed in the sacred history of
Kaanchipuram , ThUppul
and ThirutthaNkA dhivya Desams
and invite Swamy
Desikan in to your homes .
Swamy Desikan
ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan
Koil V.Sadagopan
P.S : In the subsequent
postings , adiyEn will comment briefly on
the history of SthOthra
Granthams by our PoorvAchAryAs
( Swamy AlavanthAr ,
RaamAnuja , KurEsar , ParAsara Bhattar
and Swamy Desikan ) and
then go on to the coverage of the highlights
of the 25 sthothrams
recorded by these two MahAns .
Detailed
commentaries on most of the SthOtrams of Swamy Desikan
are
available for your
study at :
under the hyperlink of
Acharyan /Swamy Desikan .
Where you can purchase
these CD ROMs & Desikar Uthsavam VCD
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Sri Vilakkoli
Perumal Thuppul Vedanta Desikar Charitable Trust , together
with
Srisukti
Pracharani Sabha , humbly offers this small effort at the Divine
lotus feet
of our Thuppul
Kula Mani , Swamy Desikan .
Recommended
donation of US $ 20 ( or Rs.300 in India) for the stotra Paatams CD ROM .
Recommended donation of
US $ 20 ( or Rs/300 in India ) for the Uthsavam VCD
.
There is a seperate DVD
that has captivating coverage of the Purattasi
SravaNam
day MangaLAsAsanam of
Swamy Desikan at the top of the Atthi Giri ) ( Hasthi
Giri
or Elephant Hill ) ,
where Lord VaradarAjA's Sannidhi is . This is an extraordinary
DVD with close ups of
Swamy Desikan , GhOshti , Lord VaradarAjan 's Honoring
of
Swamy Desikan and their
reluctant farewell ( PiriyA Vidai) .This extraordinary
DVD can also be
acquired by You for the same prices listed above .
For the thrikAla
aarAdhanam ( Morning , Noon and Evening ) for a single
day
at Thuppul Swamy
Desikan and Sri ViLakkoLI PerumAL Sannidhi ( one of
the 108 Dhivya Desams )
costs Rs. 1,500 or 36 U/S Doolars . Please support
one or more days of
AarAdhanam in this and future years . Please do it
in celebration of an
important anniversary in your family . These CDs will
be
sent to you freely for
AarAdhanam sponsorship for atleast one day .
All
donations will go to build up the corpus fund of Swamy Desikan
NithyAradhanam
at His avathara
sthalam of Thuppul agraharam . "
The donations can
be sent to either :
Sri Vilakkoli
Perumal Thooppul Vedantha
Desikar
C/O Dr.
P.V.Satakopa Tatachar
8-B Sannidhi
Street
Little
Kanchipuram
Kanchipuram 631 503 ,
India
The above contact
is for residents of India , MIddle East
or
Srisukti
Pracharini Sabha
BLK-611, #
02-171
Choa Chu
Kang St -62
Singapore
680611
Tel:
68770248
The above contact
is for S.E Asia and Australia
or
Mrs. Nagu
Satyan
NAMA
Inc.,
C/O Nagu
Satyan
7821 W. Alder
Dr
Littleton
CO
80128-5522
The above contact
is for USA and Canada
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