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Title: Bhakti List, January 1998: Sri Desika Prabhandham Tapes : A vote of Thanks !
Dear Swamy  Desika BhakthAs:
 
Approximately five years ago , a set of three tapes on the entire
Desika Prabhandham (405 Paasurams with Introduction ) was
reelased by SrImans ParthasArathy Dileepan and SrIman NadathUr
Maadhavan .
 
These are authentic recordings by competent adhikAris of
Desika and Dhivya Prabhandhams.
 
As adiyEn enjpys writing about them now , it occured to me
that the audio version would be of interest to some of you .
 
Please contact SrIman Dileepan at he  above ae-mail
address if you wish to acquire them for your libraries.
 
The Text version of Desika Prabhandham  is also available
in the Zipped and Word Format at the Ahobila Matam Web site .
 
My e-mail of Jan 1998 relating to the release of those
audio tapes is attached.
 
Swamy  Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
V.Sadagoipan
 
 
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Sri Desika Prabhandham Tapes : A vote of Thanks !

From: V. Sadagopan (75041.3037@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Fri Jan 30 1998 - 16:35:04 PST

  • Dear Members of the Bhakthi Group :

    Few days back , I had the good fortune of receiving
    the set of three tapes on Sawmi Desikan's Tamil
    Prabhandhams recited by Sri SevilimEdu SrinivasachAr
    Swamy and Ghoshti with lucid and scholarly introduction
    by Sri NadAthUr Madhavan of Virginia . I understand that
    Sri Dileepan of Tennessee was instrumental in recording
    the original tapes in India and that Sri Madhavan linked
    the Prabhandhams with his brilliant introductions  and
    used the most modern equipment to assemble  these tapes .
     
    I want to express my sincere thanks for the invaluable
    contributions of Srimans Dileepan and Madhavan in making
    these rare treasures available to us with the help of
    of one of the rarest and most competent groups
    reciting the NINTEEN Prabhandhams in the most
    sampradhAyic manner . It is a thrilling experience
    to listen to these tapes and celebrate the sarva Tantra
    Svathanthra aspect of Swami Desikan . The range and scope of
    the topics covered by Swami Desikan , his upadEsams to us
    and his moving salutations to the Divya Dampathis are
    captured very well by the introductions of Sri Madhavan
    as a compliment to the sonorous renderings by the Sevilimedu
    Swami and Ghoshti . The availability of the original text
    of the Sri Desika Prabhandham  for down loading at
    the web site maintained by Sri Dileepan ( www.cdc.net/
    dileepan/ahobilam.html ) is a great resource . We are
    grateful to him for spearheading this Kaimkaryam
    and enlisting Sri Madhavan to join in the acquisition
    of Sri VaishNava kaimkarya Sri .

    In the first tape , Taniyan , ThirupaalAndu and the Thiru avathAram
    of Swami Desikan are covered . The 19 prabhandhams follow .
    At the end of the third tape , Swami NainArAchArya's ( Sri Kumara
    Varada Desikan , the son of Swami Desikan"s ) tribute to
    his father and AchArya , PiLLai AndhAthi and Sattumurai are included .
    This set of three tapes are a rare assembly of one of our Kula dhanams .
    They have been priced at 25$ for the set , which is a thoughtful
    gesture on the part of Srimans Dileepan and Madhavan .

    For the benefit of those , who may not be familiar with
    the text of the Desika Prabhandhams , I will include a
    very brief description of the 19 prabhandhams covered by
    these tapes .For additional information ,I would like to refer
    you to the excellent introductions to the individual prabhandhams
    by Sri Madhavan .

    1. Adaikkala Patthu ( 11 paasurams ) : Swami Desikan"s
    prapatthi at the sacred feet of Sri VaradarAja PerumAL of Kanchi.
    I had the good fortune to write about these paasurams recently .

    2. Maivirada MahAthmyam ( 29 Paasurams ) : Salutation to
    Sri VaradarAjA of Kaanchi and the greatness of satyavratha
    KshEthram ( Kaanchipuram ) .

    3. MummaNik kOvai ( 10 Paasurams ) : Salutations to Lord
    DevanAthA of Thiruvaheendrapuram . The doctrines of
    Sri Vaishnavism is embedded in the text .

    4. NavamaNi Maalai ( 10 Paasurams ) : Salutations to
    Lord DevanAthA of Thiruvaheendrapuram , where Swami
    Desikan spent many years of his life .

    5. Prabhandha Saaram ( 18 Paasurams ) : Particulars about
    the 12 AzhwArs , thier birth stars and the month of births ,
    their prabhandhams and salutations to Thiruvarangatthu AmudanAr ,
    the author of Sri RaamAnuja NoorandhAthi are included .

    6 . AdhikAra sangraham ( 56 paasurams ) : In these 56 stanzas ,
    the contents of the 32 chapters of Swami Desikan's magnum opus
    is summarized. For great AchAryAs following Swami Desikan ,
    the recitation of these verses is an important part of their
    daily life . Vangipuram Navaneetham KrishNamAchArya
    Swami used to recite them even , when he was incapacitated by
    a cruel stroke . Sri Srirama DesikAchAr swamy wa sthe gifted son
    Of Sri KrishNamAchArya Swamy of Oppiliappan Koil
    and wrote the commentary for the Desika Prabhandhams .

    7. GeethArtha sangraham ( 21 paasurams ) : A metrical summary
    of the 18 chapters of GitA following the path shown by AlavandAr
    in his pioneering commentary on GitA . Few months back , I had
    the good fortune of posting number of articles on this Prabhandham
    of Swami Desikan .

    8 . Tirucchinamaalai ( 11Pasurams ) : Tribute to the divine
    sound of Thirucchinnam , a musical instrument , used to
    announce the approach of Lord VaradarAjA during
    the uthavams on the streets of Kanchi .

    9. Amrutha Ranjani ( 39 Paasurams ) : It deals with the important
    principles of Sri VaishNavA doctrine covered by Swami Desikan
    in the 17 minor ( Sillarai ) Rahasya works such as Saara DeepA
    and SampradhAya parisuddhi .

    10 . Amrutha SvAdhini ( 37 Paasurams ) : This deals with 11
    minor rahasya works of Swami Desikan such as Saara Saara
    and Madhurakavi Hrudhayam .

    11. Thirumanthira Surukku ( 10 Paasurams ) : The meaning of
    the sacred AshtAksharam .

    12. Dvaya Surukku ( 12 Paasurams ) : This prabhandham deals
    with the purport of the Dvaya Manthram , sacred to Sri VaishNavAs.

    13. Charama SlOka Surukku ( 11 Paasurams ) : Deals with the
    essence of Prapatthi thru description of the Charama slOkam
    of Srimadh Bhagavadh GitA .

    14. Paramatha Bhangam ( 54 Paasurams ) : A refutation of
    the doctrines of sixteen rival Darsanams and the establishment
    of Sri VaishNavism as the soundest one among them
    for attaining Moksham .

    15. Param padha sOpanam ( 21 paasurams ) : The nine steps in
    the ladder of ascent of the Mumukshu to parama Padham .
    I am covering the 8th and the ninth steps in SaraNAgathi Journal now .

    16. Artha Panchakam ( 11 Paasurams ) : A coverage of the five
    principles important to Sri VaishNavism : Nature of Isvara ,
    Nature of the Soul , the means to reach the Lord , the fruit of
    our efforts to reach Him and the obstacles encountered
    in such an effort .

    17. PannirunAmam ( 13 Paasurams ) : This prabhandham covers 
    the importance of wearing 12 Urdhva PundrAs in the daily life of
    Sri VaishnavAs and their links to the twelve EmperumAns from 
    KesavA to DamOdharA .

    18 . VaiNava Dinasari ( 10 Paasurams ) : This prabhandham
    provides the details on the daily observances of a Sri VaishNavA .

    19 . Ahaara niyamam ( Commentary Only ) : These 21 verses
    deal with the prescribed diet of a Sri VaishNavA to maintain
    a saatvik life conducive to the pursuit of spiritual advancement .

    In summary , this set of three tapes containing the authentic
    rendition of Swami Desikan's Tamil Prabhandhams with
    a scholarly introduction by Sri NadAthUr Maadhavan is a
    must for every AsthikA's home . The genuis of Swami Desikan in
    mastering the metrics of Tamil Poetry , His skills in constructing
    chandams with tALams , and most of all his extraordinary gift
    in summarizing and elaborating the esoteric doctrines of our
    siddhAntham in easy -to-understand Tamil is abundantly clear .
    These are some of the most valuable of our Kuladhanams .

    May the divya Dampathis confer their choicest blessings on
    Srimans Dileepan and Madhavan for their extraordinary
    contributions to make these tapes available to all of us .
    May Swami Desikan crown the ongoing effort to have
    authentic renditions of His sthOthrams with success
    and bring it to a successful conclusion !

    Swami Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam
    Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan    


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