EARLY EDUCATION
Singaperumal Swami performed upanayanam to Venkataryan at a young age in
the appropriate manner and sent him to Thiruvaiyaru Sanskrit College for
initial education, leading to veda vedhanthas. Venkataryan was born for
vedhantha. Even in the days of Singaperumal Swami there were abundant
people deliberately twisting the meanings of our shasthras. Instead of
making the poorvacharya?s vyakyanams more prominent and well received,
these kuthrushtis attempted to cover up those great works and endeavored
to release new vyakyanams based on their own mundane interpretations. Due
to petty quarrels, our sampradhayam, which was crystal clear, became
murky just as elephants do to a clear pond while bathing.
The
number of scholars who truly understood our poorvacharya granthams and
were spreading it in the right way started to gradually diminish.
Singaperumal Swami was pained deeply by this state of affairs. At his old
age he wished to change this. Our Karapankadu swami came to fulfill this
wish and to quell everyone disturbing our sampradhayam. Even today we are
reaping the benefits of this success.
While
learning tharka shasthra in Thiruvaiyaru College, our Swami was adept
enough to teach other students all the subjects. His teachers in the
college were amazed by our Swami?s abilities. He learnt tharka shasthram
from giants like Vilakkudi Srinivasacharyar Swami, Vennatarankarai
Srinivasacharyar Swami and Vijayendraachar swami.
SAMASRAYANAM
Singaperumal Swami?s ancestors were all swayamacharyars. However,
understanding the greatness and importance of being an acharya,
Singaperumal Swami surrendered unto acharyas from Thirumalai
Anandanpillai santhathi. Govindappangar Swami is one prominent acharyan
in that lineage. He was also known as Sri Ranganarayana Jeeyar. Our Swami
blessed by great acharya shreshtas of gnana and bhakti, surrendered unto
Govindaappangar Swami.
TRUE
SISHYA
Our
Venkataryar, having fully mastered various subjects like vyakaranam,
tharkam, nyayam etc., with all the auspicious qualities of a true sishya
was ready and qualified to receive vedhantha upadhesam. He learnt
?Bhagavath Vishayam ? the dhravita vedam?, Thirumanthram
meanings, Thiruppavai meanings and other ?arulicheyals? which are
the backbones of our sampradhayam from Singaperumal Swami himself.
He also learnt Mysore Ananthazhwan?s ?Vaathaavali? from Singaperumal
Swami.