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Subject: Swami Nigamantha Mahadesikan Thirunakshathram Special- Today 
Purattaasi SravaNam- Let us enjoy Acharyan's life and glories


> SrI:
> SrImathE Ramanujaya nama:
> SrImathE Nigamantha Mahadesikaya nama:
>
> Dearest all
>
> Today is the most auspicious day.. Purattaasi
> ThiruvONam
>
> Thirunakshathram (Birthday) of Swami Desikan. Swami
> Desikan - Acharya saarvabhouman- The peerless
> preceptor (1268 CE- 1369 CE)Let us meditate on His
> lotus feet today enjoying the glories of Swami to a
> little extent.
>
> Acharyan is the dispeller of all sins. He removes the
> darkness from our minds and removes ignorance. He
> gives us new birth (vidya janmam); He is the Father
> and the manthram (which He initiates us with) is the
> Mother. This birth places us on the path which meads
> us to an end to all future births and deaths. He
> endows us with divine vision. He has infinite amount
> of compassion towards us. He always is interested in
> our welfare. On account of all of these, He is always
> to be worshipped as the Lord Himself. One should never
> harbour any feeling that he is doing a good return for
> what Acharya has done by paying few dollars. It is
> only as a token of our gratitude.
>
> First let us look briefly at the life of Swamy
> Desikan.
>
> Born to Sri Anantasuri and Smt Totarambha at Thoopul,
> a locality of Kanchi, he is believed to have been the
> very incarnation of Lord Srinivasa's GaNTAmani (temple
> Bell). He derived the name GaNTAvatharam in the
> taniyan because of this. His intellectual brilliance
> was discernable even from his childhood. Once as a
> child of five years, he was taken to the august
> religious assembly- Kaalakshepa Goshti- of Sri Nadadur
> AmmAL by his maternal uncle Sri Appullar, who was
> mainly responsible for his education in the religious
> line. Sri Ammal and his disciples were so captivated
> by the divine appearance of the little boy Desikan,
> they were diverted for sometime and forgot what they
> were discussing to trace. It was the little Boy
> Desikan who came to their rescue by pointing out the
> place of the discourse from where their attention was
> diverted. They were all simply stupefied on seeing the
> extraordinary intellect and brilliance of Swamy at
> that age and Sri Ammal who was overwhelmed with joy,
> and admiration blessed him for a great future where he
> would succeed in establishing the philosophy of
> Ramanuja and the previous Acharyas in an unassailable
> position and in an unambiguous manner.
>
> Another intellectual feat of Sri Vedantha Desika was
> his ability to give Sri Bashyam KaalakshEpams
> twenty times before  he was twenty years of age.
>
> His life was one of perfect austerity, vairagyam, and
> deep devotion  particularly to Archamoorthys enshrined
> in Divya Desams similar to Thirumangai mannan. He had
> a special and abiding devotion to the Lord Varadan of
> Kanchi. Just like Sri Ramanuja, his ArAdhya Devatha,
> the deity of his daily worship was Sri PeraruLALan. He
> led a very simple life. He earned his livelihood by
> taking alms from the devotees. The rice he gathered
> like that was used for his food after offering to the
> Lord. One day his wife found some gold coins in the
> rice he got from the philanthropic public. Evidently,
> some well intentioned person wanted to help Swamy
> Desikan without his knowledge. As soon as this was
> found out, Swamy Desikan threw the entire collection
> of the day away on the street. This is an example of
> his steadfast vairagya. Another instance of his strong
> determination /renunciation can be seen when
> Vidyaranyar, a royal vidwan at the court of early
> Vijayanagar, once his class mate, hearing about Swamy
> desikan languishing in penury and knowing his
> extraordinary skills and intellectual talents sent a
> message to him inviting him and asking to come to the
> court of Vijayanagar king where he would be fittingly
> honoured with riches. Swamy Desikan refused to go,
> saying that he is not after wealth, adding that he was
> already provided with the Greatest wealth bequeathed
> to him by his grandfather (four faced Brahma), meaning
> the Lord Varadan (atthigiri Varadan). This is conveyed
> to his friend in the form of five slokas called
> "Vairagya Panchakam:.
>
> He spent a good part of his time at Tiruvahindrapuram.
> Lord Hayagrivan, the Lord of knowledge and learning
> blessed him here. He composed "Hayagriva sthOthram:
> here in praise of Lord Hayagrivan. He also composed
> Achutha sathakam, in prakrit, Devanayaka panchasath,
> in Sanskrit, mummaNikkOvai, Navarathnamaalai in Tamil
> on Lord Devanathan of this Divya Desam. "nin
> vadivazhagu maRvaathaar piRavaadhaarE.." -says Swamy.
> He is said to have dug a well, chiseled an idol of his
> and cone several wonders and miracles justifying
> thereby his title "sarvathanthraswathanthrar", during
> his stay here. After sometime, he retunred to Kanchi
> and then later he proceeded to Srirangam (when invited
> by Sri Pillailokchariar from Srirangam for debating
> against Advaitins who had objected to recitation of
> Tamil hymns(4000) at Srirangam temple). The titles of
> "Vedantacharya", Kavitaarkika simham", were conferred
> on him by Lord Ranganathan and Periya Piraatti
> respectively at Srirangam where there was occasion for
> him to refute theories and arguments of Advaitins
> successfully and victoriously establishing the Parama
> vaidika Visishtadvaita Srivaishnava sampradayam.
>
> Padhuka sahasram is yet another masterpiece of work
> containing one thousand eight slokas eulogizing the
> Padhukas (sandals) of Lord Ranganathan of Srirangam.
> He completed the whole 1008 slokas in one yaamam
> (about 3 hours),latter part of night. It is said that
> this piece of extraordinary work was composed by him
> (when challenged).
>
>>From Srirangam, he flew to Satyakalam, a place at
> Karnataka fearing the muslims depredations. "abheeti
> sthvam" on Lord Ranganathan, containing 29 slokas was
> brought out here to ward off the fear and evil caused
> by the muslim maruders. After the terror had subsided,
> he returned to Srirangam to spend his last days. He
> attained the lotus feet of Acharya on Karthigai day.
>
> His yadhavabhyudhayam, a maha kaavyam on Lord Krishna
> was admired very much by the renowned advaita
> philosopher Appayya DhIkshithar in the 16th century
> A.D. He wrote a commentary also on this mahaakaavya as
> a mark of appreciation. (but could not write more than
> four slokas, as that itself immersed him and drowned
> him with such a beauty and marvel, that he was simply
> flabbergasted with its literary nicetry and stopped
> after four slokas of this kaavyam, whose commentary
> itself ran to pages..
>
> In fact, it is simply a foolhardy experiment to
> attempt to give a comprehensive picture on the life of
> this AchArya saarvabhouman in this small post. Swamy
> Desikan wrote original works on Sanskrit and also
> commented upon the works of Ramanuja and Yamuna. He
> wrote poems, religious works. He wrote 28 sthothrams.
> A mere reading of the list of his works is
> breathtaking. He wrote 18 works in Tamil, 29 works in
> MaNipravALam ( a great mix of Tamil and Sanskrit). He
> also wrote naataka grantham, rahasyagrantham etc.
>
> His aim in writing is more than one.
>
> Dr. V Varadachari says:
>
> Firstly, the system of unparalleled Great
> VisishtAdvaita Srivaishnava SrI should be kept on a
> firm basis and stronger footing.
>
> Secondly, the Nyaya tatvam of Sriman Nathamuni which
> deals with the topics of Nyaya, Vaisheshika,
> Meemaamsa, and treated in a manner to interpret the
> doctrines in the light of the Vedantha system.
>
> Thirdly, Ramanuja's concepts and theories were
> attacked by opponents relentlessly. The refutations
> need to be answered, counter attacked and dismissed
> then and there.
>
> Fourthly, the writers after SrI Ramanuja were not in a
> position to evolve the metaphysical, logical theories
> consistent with the teachings of Ramanuja. They
> required to be given shape in the light of
> Emperumaanaar's teachings.
>
> Fifthly, some of the Acharyas after Ramanuja did
> excellent service to Srivaishnavam by their
> expositions of Tamil 4000 Divya prabhandham of
> AzhwArs, but could not establish their position in an
> unshakable foundation.
>
> It only Swamy Vedantha Desikan who not only
> established SrI Ramanuja sampradayam on firm footing
> with his various works; also He repulsed the attacks
> on the importance of Naalaayira Divya prabandham and
> placed them on par with Vedas, as the fountain source
> for the Vedantha system.
>
> SrI Vedantha Desika is the author of 120 works. His
> style is inimitable for its depth of ideas, sweetness,
> simplicity and ease; it is majestic,
> sometimes tough. He was a great admirer of Adhikavi
> Vaalmeeki and Kalidasa. His poetic work Hamsa
> sandhEsam, though similar to Kalidasa's mEgasandhEsam,
> is original in many respects. (we will see them in
> detail later). Daya sathakam is a unique composition
> wherein he personifies grace (Divine grace- daya),
> without which Lord's other qualities are of little
> value and help to suffering mankind- Swamy says.
> AbhIthi sthavam is an invocation for the Lord's
> protection from evil forces from both within and
> without. His GodhA sthuthi is a piece of place of
> great lyric beauty and merit and talks of Sri GodhA's
> influence with the Lord through love and Desikan's
> surrender to Her compassion.
>
> SthOthra granthas:
> ===============
> Hayagriva stOtram
> dasaavataara stOtram
> Bhagavath dhyaana sOpAnam
> dayA sathakam
> abheethi sthavam
> vairAgya panchakam
> Devanaayaka panchAsath
> Gopala vimsathy
> SrI Sthuthi
> BhU sththi
> GodhA sthuthi
> nyAsa dhasakam
> nyAsa vimsathy
> nyAsa thilakam
> saraNAgathi DIpikA
> Achutha sayayam (achutha sathakam)
> varadarAja panchAsath
> ashtabhujaashtakam
> kAmAsikaashtakam
> vEgAsEthu sthOthram
> paramartha sththi
> dhEhaleesa sththi
> Raguveera Gadyuam (mahA veera vaibhavam)
> sudarsanaashtakam
> shodasAyudha stOtram
> Garuda dhaNdakam
> Garuda panchAsath
> yatirAja sapthati
>
> Tamil Prabandams
> ================
> amrutha ranjani
> adhikAra sangraham
> amrutha swAdhini
> paramapada sOpAnam
> paramatha bhangam
> mei viradha mAnmiyam
> adaikkalappatthu
> artha panchakam
> SrI vaishNava dinasari
> Thirucchinna maalai
> panniru nAmam
> thiru manthiracchurukku
> dwayachurukku
> charama sloka cchurukku
> Gitaartha sangraham
> mummaNikkOvai
> nava maNi mAlai
> pandhu (lost)
> kazhal (lost)
> ammAnai (lost)
> oosal (lost)
> Esal (lost)
> Prabandha sAram
> AhAra niyamam.
>
> VedAnta granthas
> ================
> mImAmsA pAdukA
> sEsvara mImAmsa
> satha dhUshaNi
> adhikaraNa sArAvaLi
> tatva tIkA
> nyAya parisuddhi
> nyAya siddhAnjanam
> tatvamuktha kalApam
> nikshepa rakshA
> sachcharitra rakshA
> srI pAncharAthra rakshA
> vAditraya kandanam
> dramidOpanishad tAtparya rathnAvaLi
> dramidOpanishad sAram
>
> BhAshya granthas (Commentaries)
> ==========================
> chatus slokI Bhashyam
> SthOthra rathna Bhashyam
> Rahasya rakshA
> GitArtha sangraha rakshA
> tAtparya chandrikA
> IsAvAsyOpanishad BhAshyam
> sarvArtha siddhi
> adhikAraNa dharpaNam (lost)
>
> KAvya grantas:
> ==============
> hamsa sandesam
> subhAshita nIvi
> yAdhavAbyudayam
> pAdukA sahasram (1008 verses)
>
> Rahasya granthas:
> ================
> sampradAya parisuddhi
> tatva-padhavi
> rahasya padhavi
> tatva navanItham
> rahasya navanItham
> tatva mAtruka
> rahasya mAtruka
> tatva sandEsam
> rahasya sandEsam
> rahasya sandEsa vivaraNam
> tatva rathnAvaLi
> tatva rathnAvali pratipAdya sangraham
> rahasya rathnAvaLi
> rahasya rathnAvaLi hrudayam
> tatva traya suLakam
> rahasya traya suLakam
> abhaya pradAna sAram
> rahasya sikAmaNi
> anjali vaibhavam
> pradhAna satakam
> upakAra sangraham
> sAra sangraham
> munivAhana bhogam
> madurakavi hrudayam (lost)
> paramapada sOpAnam
> paramatha bhangam
> hasthigiri mAhAthmyam
> SrImath Rahasya Traya Saram (MAGNUM OPUS)
> SarA sAram
> VirOdha parihAram
> NigamaparimaLam (lost)
> Tirumudiadaivu (lost)
>
> nAtaka grantam (Drama)
> ==============
> Sankalpa SooryOdhayam
>
> anushtAna grantams
> =================
> Bhagavath-AarAdhana vidhi
>
> Even to read the above list will take so much time.
> Swamy alone can compose so many works in one lifetime.
> When we see /enjoy later these works individually
> later, we will realize that what sweetness, depths,
> literary values, rhythms, grammars, variety of
> meanings they contain! How true are those words and
> fully in accordance with Sri Ramanuja's works and
> Vedas and saasthrAs! We will have to read to believe
> it!
>
> Thoopul PiLLai ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam
> Regards
> Acharya paadhaangri rENu:
> narayanadAsan madhavakkannan
>
>
>
>
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