Swamy Desikan and Srimad Bhagavad Ramanujar:
RAmAnuja dayApAthram gyana vairagya bhUshanam I
SrimadVEnkatanAthAryam vandE VEdAntha DEsikam II
Swamy Desikan's asAdArana Achraya bhakthi towards Sri BhashyakArar is
apparent in all his works. Though his rahasya granthas are loaded
with SribhAshyam interpretations we will not refer to them here.
However it will be refreshing to visit his sthOthrapAdams to realize
how misleading it is to separate him or his followers from Sri
BhashyakArar
VimsatyabdE visrutha nAnAvidha vidhya: I
ThrimsadvAram srAvitha sArIraka sAsthra: II
Swamy Desikan himself declares that he gave SriBhashya Kalakshepam 30
times.
Yathi pravara bhArathi rasabharENa nItham vaya: praphulla
palitham sira: param iha kshamam prArtthay I
Nirastha ripu sambhavE kvachana RangamukhyE vibhO
paraspara hithaishinAm parisarEshu mAm varthaya II
AbhIthisthavam
My young years have been spent drinking (enjoying) the sweet taste
of Sri Bhashyakarar's Srisukthams. My hair turned grey. At this time,
I pray to you, Prabho, for your Grace to let me live in a kshetram
like Srirangam where I could be near those who wish only goodwill
(paraspara hitham) for others.
PadmapathE: sthuthi padena vipachyamAnam
pasyanthu iha prapadana pravaNA mahAntha: I
MadvAkya samvalitham api ajahath svabhAvam
mAnyam yathIsvara mahAnasa sampradAyam II
SaranAgathi Deepika
Eventhough this sthOthram is composed by a less qualified person,
the great achAryArs who are immersed in the saranAgathi thathvam
will accept this work since I belong to the madappalli sampradAyam.
Swamy here traces sambandam to Sri PraNathArthiharar who mastered
SriBhashyam, doing madappalli kainkaryam to Sri Bhashyakarar. We can
feel this sentiment again in ParamapadasOpAnam:
AdarpuL arasilum andanar mattilum inn amuda
kadarpalli thannilum kAviri ullam uganda pirAn
IdaipillaiyAhi uRaithathu uRaikkum yathivaranAr
Madaippalli manam yem vArthaiyul manniyathE
PerumAl chose to leave all His abodes including KsheerApdi to lie
down in the middle of KAveri river. Sri RanganAthan who was so dear
to our Bhashyakarar, gave us the Sruthi vAkyams as Kannan which was
preached by our yathirAjar. Swami desikan's vAk comes out with the
fragrance of Udaiyavar's kitchen. That sarkaraipongal made by
madaipalli AchAn had an aroma unique to sruthi vAkyams. When we stand
before periya perumal in gayathri mandapam the smell we experience is
very seductive. This fragrance is beyond the smell emanating from
ganda-parimala dravyams. Sruthi sabdam has a very pleasing fragrance
which not only cures rogAs but blesses the person experiencing it
with satva gunas. Remember we get Periya Perumal's sEvai under
vEdasringa vimAnam. Our swamy Desikan's outpourings are based on Sri
Bhashyakarar's aruLvAkku which has sruthi pramAnams.
UkthyA dhananjaya vibhIshana lakshyayA thE
prathyAyya lakshmanamunE: bhavathA vithIrnam I
SruthvA varam thath anubandha madAvalipthE
nithyam prasIda bhagavan mayi RanganAtha II
NyAsathilakam
Sri Ranganatha ! using Arjuna in Krishnavatharam and Vibhishana in
Ramavatharam you showed saranAgathi as a means to Moksham. You gave
your word to Sri Bhashyakarar that SriVaishnavas having sambandam to
Sri Bhashyakarar will be granted moksham. Having great pride in
belonging to this sampradayam I pray for your Grace. KavithArkika
simham, sAtvika chakravarthy shows his pride in having Sri RamAnuja
sambandam in his own unique way.
AmunA thapana athisAyi bhUmnA
yathirAjEna nibaddha nAyakaSri: I
MahathI gurupangthi hArayashti:
vibudhAnAm hridayangamA vibhAthi II
YathirAjaSapthathi
Here, Swamy compares the AchArya paramparai to a diamond necklace.
The middle pendant of such a haaram will be big and shiny. Sri
Bhagavath Ramanujar occupies such a place with thEjas superior to
that of the Sun -"nAyakaSri" what a beutiful expression !
SriBhashyakAra: panthAnam AthmanA darsitam puna: I
Uddharthum AgatO nUnam ithyukthAyAsthu mangalam II
*** Subhamasthu ***
In our daily life we come across differences in our life style and
in the observation of anushtAnams even among the same group of
people. For example vratha dinangal and jayanthi nirnayam differ
among vaishnavas. We refer to them as ' matathu sampradAyam', '
Andavan Asramathu sampradAyam', 'Srirangam sampradAyam' etc. This
does not mean the individual groups are disassociating from Srimad
BhashyakArar or Swami Desikan. All going through panchasamskAram are
given ManthropadEsam with Sri Bhashyakarar taniyan. We do not come
across a single AchAryan in either kalai who would remove Sri
Bhashyakarar from guruparamparai. Bad apples are there in every
basket. This is not exclusive to one group. we should excercise
extreme caution not to make a srivaishnavan sad in an act of
disapproving those we do not like. Nrisimhan did not appear to punish
the wicked but appeared to ptotect His bhakthan.
Anukshana samuththithE duritha vAridhou dustharE
yadi kvachana nishkrithi: bhavathi sAapi dOshAvilA I
thath iththam agathou mayi prathi vidhAnam AdhIyathAm
svabuddhi parikalpitham kimapi Rangadhurya thvayA II
Abheethisthvam
I committ countless sins every moment. If I try to do prayachiththam
for those sins as prescribed by sastras again additional sins are
earned in not doing them right. Not knowing a way out I approach
you, RangaPrabho . Only you can help me with your sankalpam.
dAsan
K. P. Sarathy
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