Dr. The article is too good detailing the essence of HH speech on Swami Desikan. The anology brought in by HH between the different acts of Lords Nrismha, Rama, Krishna & the work of Swami Desikan is the best one can think of. regards rama --- "Dr.S.Sundar Rajan" <kuresadasan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 23-09-2007. Purattasi Thiruvonam. Vedantha Desikan's > incarnation > day. HH the 45th jeer of Shri Ahobila math graced > the occasion at the Desikan sannidhi in Srirangam > temple. Huge crowd made the > celebrations memorable. > > HH gave a talk at the Dasavatara sannidhi after the > pujas there. He was moved to tears. His voice was > quivering and all the listeners were affected by His > "wet" voice, so to say. > > He recapitulated Desikan's greatness and uniqeness. > He quoted Appaya > Dikshitar's eulogy on Desikan. He highlighted > Desikan's prolific > output and the sustained quality of each of his > works. HH mentioned > that Dikshitar who was an accomplished poet himself, > gave up when > asked to comment on Desikan's Yadavabhyudayam. He > said each line is > so replete with meanings that all he can do is stand > back in awe. > Desikan had a soft corner for Srirangam and the > ruling deities there. > > Inspite of his well known attachment to both Varadan > and Deivanayakan he was moved into writing many > stotras by Ranganatha and Ranganayaki. His services > to deities at Srirangam are numerous and he was > Periya Piratti's favourite. "Vedantacharya" > "sarvatantra swatantra" "kavi tharkika simham" were > some of the titles he got from the Divya Dampathi. > Many are the works he dedicated to Periya Perumal. > He safe guarded the Tamil tradition at the temple > which was under threat.HH was moved to tears as He > recounted Desikan's many services at the Srirangam > temple. > > Desikan had himself taught us that we should walk > fearlessly on the heads of those who belittle Sri > Ramanuja's darshana. HH mentioned Sahadeva's > behaviour in Mahabharatha. The occasion was > Yudishtara's rajasuya yagna and the question was who > was worthy of being accorded > the "first offering" "mudal mariyadai." Sahadeva, > the youngest one, > stood up boldly and declared only Krishna deserved > it and he would > place his left foot on the heads of those who > opposed him. Desikan > says that I will bear on my head, the feet of the > devotees of Sri > Ramanuja but will place my feet on the heads of > those who opposed > him. HH said that we must resist and not give in > when injustice was > done to our religion, the unparallaled Srivaishnava > sampradaya. > > HH detailed the birth of Desikan's magnum opus > Paaduka sahasram. > Desikan was challenged to compose a thousand verses > on the Almighty's lotus feet in one night. Desikan > demurred citing his inaptitude to accomplish such a > huge feat.Such was his innate humility. HH said that > the archaka, who knew his man, placed Ranganatha's > "satari" on Desikan's head and said that he would > remove it only if Desikan agreed to write the > miliad. Considering it the Lord's command Desikan > acquiesced. After completing his daily routine he > went to bed, unflappable as usual whereas his > challenger was burning the midnight oil. > > Desikan's acolytes had to wake him up about two > hours before > dawn and remind him about the challenge. Desikan > calmly sat down and > composed the thousand verses on the footwear of > Ranganatha, the gems > encrusted paadukas. HH said that this feat of Desika > was superhuman > and was accomplished because Desikan and Hayagriva > are one and the > same. The feat was mindboggling because of the scope > of the opus, its grandeur, the profundity of > thoughts expressed and the standard of the language. > HH was moved to tears once again and declared that > Desikan is nonpareil and one can't find his equal > not only in our > country but throughout the world, for all ages. His > challenger could > finish only three hundred. Such was Desikan's > humility and lack of pride that he is reported to > have said that the three hundred was better than > his thousand. Desikan's "Paaduka sahasram" is the > crown jewel of Desikan's prolific multilingual > output. > > Lord Nrsimha's descent and slaying of > Hiranyakasipu,Krishna's > exposition of the Bhagvad Gita on the battlefield, > Rama's > annihilation of 14,000 rakshasas and Desikan's > composition of > thousand verses on Paadukas can be considered equal > as all were > accomplished in a very short space of time. > > HH recounted another instance of a ShriVaishnava who > had disparaged > Desikan. Desikan did not respond in any way and > left. That gentleman > was to suffer heavily and then came to realisation > about his vile act of calumny against Desikan. He > offered sincere apology and partook Desikan's > "sripada theertham" and was blessed immediately. In > gratitude he named his son "theertha pillai". > > HH concluded by saying that it gave Him great > pleasure to participate in a function on Desikan's > asterism, his station as the grand master of > Bhagvath Ramanuja's Sampradaya was assured for > eternity. > > Swamy Desikan Thiruvadigale SaraNam > Regards > Dr.S.Sundar Rajan MS ortho > Trichy-620005; > > > RAMADORAI KADAMBI Environmental Engineer Qatar Petroleum Raslaffan Industrial City Qatar Mobile: 00974-5973563 ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Answers - Got a question? Someone out there knows the answer. Try it now. http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/join (Yahoo! 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