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Dear Bhagavatas:

Here is an article on our dear Abhinava Desikar, Uttamur Swami by our dear 
Sriman Madhava Kannan Swami of Singapore. I am sure you will enjoy reading 
it
Dasoham
Anbil Ramaswamy
=======================================================

>From: Madhavakkannan V <srivaishnavan@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: malolan_net@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Sri UttamUr Swamy Thirunakshathram today- Thai SwAthi
>Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 22:59:01 -0800 (PST)
>
>SrI:
>Sri Padmavathi Sametha Srinivasa Parabrahmane Namaha.
>Sri Perundhevi Sametha Devadhiraja Parabrahmane
>Namaha.
>Sri Bhagavad Ramanujaya Namaha.
>Srimate Rangaramanuja Maha Desikaya Namaha.
>Srimate  Abhinava Desika Vatsya Satchakravarti Uttamur
>SRI VEERARAGHAVARYA MAHA DESIKAYA NAMAHA
>
>Thanian (Invocatory verse on Sri UttamUr swamy written
>by Swamy's AchAryan Sri Kozhiyalam Swamy himself)
>
>adbhutham-yasya-vikrAntham vEda-vIthi-viSOdanE |
>aparam-nigamAnthAryam prapadyE vIrarAghavam ||
>
>Dearest Srivaishnavas,
>Today Thai swAthi- is the Thirunakshathram of Sri
>Abhinava Desika ? Sri U Ve UttamUr Swamy.
>Let us pay our obeisance to this Acharya who blessed
>us with lot of books. Given below is the life history
>series that I posted two years ago:
>Sri Abhinava Desikan- Sri U Ve UttamUr
>Veeraraghavachariar Swamy has blessed us with many ,
>many granthams , which need to be cherished. Thai
>Swathi is Swamy's Thirunaksathram (Feb 12th) and
>adiyEn wants to post to the members Swamy's divya
>charitham. Before getting into the nectarine
>biography of Swamy, let us enjoy the uniqueness of
>Swamy's vyAkhyAnaam (commentary) on periyAzhwAr
>pAsurams
>
>Fifth ThiruppallANDu Paasuram (
>aNDaikkulatthukkapathiyAhi):
>Swamy explains that the four paadhams of this paasuram
>contain the coverage
>of the four chapters of Brahma Soothram (SaarIraka
>Saasthram). By choice of
>the word " aNDaikkulatthiRkku adhipathyAhi", AzhwAr
>refers to the saaram of
>the first adhyAyam of Brahma Soothram : Our Lord is
>the Sarva-KaaraNa, Sarva
>Swamy .The passage "asurar irAkkatharai-kaLaintha"
>refers to the sAram of
>the second adhyAyam . The reference here is to the
>"asurar irAkkatharai "
>and this relates to the rejection of Veda Baahya and
>vipirItha Jn~Anam based
>mathams(Kudhrushti Mathams). The third adhyAyam refers
>to kaimkaryam in a
>spirit of VairAgyam and the observance of Sath Karmams
>like Naama
>sankIrthanam ( ThoNDaikkulatthuLLIr vanthadi
>ThozhuthAyiram naamam
>solli).The fourth adhyAyam is referred to as the
>Phalan of proceeding by
>archirAdhi
>Maargam and singing PallANDu at Parama Padham (
>paNDaikkulatthai tavirnthu
>PallANDu pallAyiratthANDenmin ).
>(as written by SrI Satakopan Swamin, USA in one of
>earlier posts few years
>ago)
>
>This Biography article was written in Tamil by SrI
>PayyampADi
>VEnkatavaradAchArya SwAmi ; English Translation by SrI
>R.VenkatAchAri
>(SohattUr- Vankipuram -Oppiliappan Sannidhi), a
>disciple of SrI UtthamUr
>SwAmi. Appeared in the souvenir released during the
>SatAbhishEkam (80th
>birth anniversary) of SrI UtthamUr swAmi on 10th Feb,
>1977. )
>
>(Avataram: Durmukhi samvatsara-Makara masa-Swati
>nakshathra, 26-1-1897).
>(Place: Uttamur village-10 miles from Madhurantakam
>town-Chingleput Dt.
>TAMIL NADU- INDIA)
>
>The Lord, Almighty Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayana takes
>an Avatara to bless
>his Bhakthas. An Acharya takes an avatAra not only to
>wipe out the sorrows
>of all who seek his feet, but also to show them the
>path for Eternal Bliss-
>mOksha.  That is why Vedas proclaim "Acharya Devo
>Bhava" and "Devamiva
>Acharyam Upaseeta".  That is why our great Acharya,
>Sri Nigamanta Guru,
>vehemently said ("AcharyAdiha DevatAm SamadhikAm AnyAm
>na manyAmahe") that
>in this world, there is no other Devata, which is
>superior to an Acharya.
>
>Vedas, Smritis, Itihasas, Puranas and other Pramanas
>proclaim that if a
>person does not get the blessings of an Acharya, he
>will not get Moksha,
>even though he may possess all the material wealth; on
>the other hand, One
>who has the blessings of an Acharya, will not be
>prevented from attaining
>the Eternal Bliss-Moksha, even though he has committed
>the most heinous
>crime.
>
>Our Acharya Parampara starts from Sriman Narayana and
>Sri Nigamanta Guru
>stands in the middle as the "Crest Jewel". In that
>guru parampara, OUR
>SWAMI, Sri U.Ve.Abhinava Desika UttamUr
>Veeraraghavarya Mahadesikan, stands
>aloof as a Supreme Acharya-Par Excellence-as an
>undisputed and universally
>accepted GUIDING STAR for our Sampradaya and as the
>ABHINAVA AVATARA of Sri
>Nigamanta Guru and in no way inferior to the original
>Avatara in Knowledge,
>Acharya, Anushtana, and VairAagya.  This will be very
>clearly understood if
>one goes through the various incidents and happenings
>in OUR SWAMY's life.
>
>It will be an amazing experience to us if we find out
>how Our Swami was
>prepared by the various doyen in all the shastras to
>fill the
>post of a Guiding Star and to augment and supplement
>the great work done by
>the Nigamanta Guru in this Abhinava Avatara.
>
>BIRTH:
>
>Our Swami, Abhinava Desika was born in a village
>called UTTAMUR
>(Uttamanallur), 10 miles away from Madurantakam town,
>Chingleput District in
>Tamil Nadu, as the son of Sri.U.Ve.SRINIVASARAGHAVA
>CHAKRAVARTI SWAMI, who
>was the Ekadhipati of that village at the time.  He
>was well known for his
>family background, wealth, Acharya, Anushtana,
>Knowledge, etc.
>
>KULAM:
>
>Srivatsa - Tirumalai Nallan Chakravarti Vamasam.
>
>TIRUMALAI:
>
>As the ancestors of Our Swami settled in Tirumalai, to
>do the Nitya
>Kainkaryam to the Lord of Seven Hills, Sri
>Tiruvengadamudaiyaan, they got
>the title "Tirumalai".
>
>NALLAN:
>
>One of the ancestors of Our Swami, once saw a
>Brahmin's dead body being
>washed ashore in floods in Vegavati river near Kanchi
>and took
>the trouble of arranging PrEta-Samskara (funeral
>rites) for the dead body.
>Not knowing that this act is equivalent to that of
>performing many Asvameda
>Yagas, the local people boycotted him.  But Sri
>Devadhiraja Swami enshrined
>at the Kanchi temple, had different ideas; called him
>and proclaimed that he
>may be considered "Bad for the world -But Good for me"
>-"Oorukku Pollan,
>Emakku NALLAN" ? Tanian slokas starting with "Vega
>Vegopaneetam etc etc", ?
>are available to prove the above incident.
>
>CHAKRAVARTI:
>
>Puranas hail, that Lord Tiruvengadamudaiyan gave the
>"Sudarsana-Panchajanya"
>to one Tondaimaan Chakravarti, who as, in his previous
>birth, born as
>Rangadasa,  He was doing Pushpa Kainkaryam to Lord
>of Seven Hills by supplying flowers to Vikanas
>Maharshi who was doing Pooja
>to Lord Tiruvengamudaiyan.  God was so pleased with
>Rangadasa that he
>blessed him to be born as a King in his next birth.
>The Lord gave him
>Sudarsana-Panchajanya for worshipping him and hailed
>him "CHAKRAVARTI". This
>is the Sanka-Chakra handed over to Sri Bhashyakara by
>our Swami's ancestors
>who were also alled "CHAKRAVARTIS" as they continued
>the Kainkaryam to Sri
>Tiruvengadamudaiyan after Tondaiman Chakravarti.
>
>SRIVATSA GOTHRAM:
>
>It is well known that the Nityasuri, SRIVATSAM on the
>chest of Lord Sriman
>Narayana, the permanent abode of Sri Lakshmi, was born
>as Sri Vatsa
>Maharishi.  Sri Valmiki, Brughu, Chyavana, Dadheechi,
>Udanka, and Sownaka
>rishis belong to the Srivatsa Gotram.
>
>Please read to enjoy the remaining entire life history
>from the archives in Jan ?Feb 2002.
>
>SRIMATE VIRARAGHAVARYA MAHA DESIKAYA NAMAHA
>SRIMATE RANGARAMANUJA MAHA DESIKAYA NAMAHA
>SRI BHOOMI DEVI SAMETA SRINIVASA PRARABRAHMANE NAMAHA
>AchAryan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam
>
>Regards
>Namo narayana
>dAsan
>
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