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SrImathE Nigamantha mahadesikaya nama:
Dearest all,
few days back Sri Sadagopan Swami of New York wrote
about these two books on Srimad Rahasyathrayasara
Saaram- in tamil by Svachhandham Sri Aravamudhachar
and in english translation by Smt Prema Nandhakumar..

I just received the books yesterday and I quickly
glanced thorugh to find very lucid explanations both
in tamil and in english versions. Thanks to Sri
Srinivasaraghavan and Sri Krishnan [proud sons of the
author Sri Aravamudhachar Swami]. 
 
Here is the book review I found in today's Hindu...

Regards
Namo narayana
dAsan
************
http://www.hindu.com/br/2006/08/22/stories/2006082200491400.htm


Abridged magnum opus of Desika 

M. NARASIMHACHARY 



SRIMAD RAHASYATHRAYA SAARA SAARAM ? Text in Tamil by
Svacchandam S. Aravamudhachariar; English translation
by Prema Nandakumar; Both published by A. Srinivasa
Raghavan and A. Krishnan, No. 72 (Old No. 15), Luz
Avenue, Mylapore, Chennai-600004. 
Rs. 60 each. 

Srimad Rahasyathraya Sara is the magnum opus of the
post-Ramanuja polymath, Vedanta Desika. This work in
Manipravala style, comprises 32 chapters called
Adhikaras. According to one section of Srivaishnavas,
one should study four classical works. Desika's work
joins this group along with the Sribhashya and
Gitabhashya of Ramanuja and the Bhagavadvishaya
(commentary on the Tiruvaymozhi of Nammalvar) composed
by Kurukesa, a disciple of Ramanuja. 

The Rahasyathraya Sara deals in great detail with the
three Tattvas: Chit (individual souls), Achit (matter)
and Isvara (the Supreme Being) and the five important
topics to be known, called Arthapanchaka, and the
importance of Prapatti (whole-hearted surrender) as a
means to liberation. Desika's work teams with
innumerable quotations from a variety of sources. It
also contains verses in Tamil and Sanskrit. It is very
difficult to read and understand for an ordinary
person. Keeping this in mind, the well-known preceptor
of the Svacchandam family, Aravamudhachariar,
condensed the work of Desika in simple Tamil, for the
benefit of laymen. This work has appeared twice in
print. 

Translation 


But even this work proves difficult to many of the
present generation. Even those whose mother tongue is
Tamil may not be able to understand it because of the
technical terms used in the Srivaishanava tradition.
Keeping this in mind, Aravamudhachariar's two sons
thought of getting the work of their father translated
into English. 

They took the right decision in requesting the
well-known literary personality, powerful writer and
speaker, Prema Nandakumar. Known for her superb
diction marked by clarity and sweetness, she has done
a wonderful job. Though a translation, it reads like
the original. The work has now secured a powerful
exponent in Prema. 

The publishers have brought out the Tamil original and
the English translation as two different volumes. They
have to be congratulated for their decision to have
the Tamil original translated into English, and for
the realisation of that decision through the present
publication. This work, we hope, will serve the
purpose for which it was originally designed


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