Sri Ramesh Sarangapani"s posting

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Sri Sarangapani"s posting brought a lot of

memory from my boyhood days in Oppiliappan

Sannadhi. The most sacred among them is that of

the grand father of Sri V.N.Vedantha Desikan,

the author of the Commentary on Thiruvaimozhi.

 

I am so happy to hear that my senior and

neighbor , Dr.V.N.Vedantha Desikan(VNV) , son

Of Sri V.N. Sesahdriyaachar(VNS) and the grandson

of Ubhaya Vedanta Maha Vidwan Vangipuram

"Navaneetham " Krishnamaachar Swamy has

followed the tradition of his illustrious family and

helped the Aasthikas with a timely , translation of

Thiruvaimozhi. Dr.VNV is the eldest of the three sons

of the late Sri VNS , Professor of Sanskrit at Annamalai

University. Both VNV and myself are graduates of the

Chemistry Dept at Annamalai University. He got his

Ph.D from there and then went on to teach at a college

in Madurai. Few years later , I left for my Doctoral studies at MIT.

His youngest brother is a precocious scholar of

Swami Desikan"s works and became

a highly placed executive of TVS Company. His name is

Sri V.N. Venkatanathan. He is the treasurer now of

Sri Oppiliappan Ratnangi Kaimkaryam. He will be receiving

the funds that we have collected from here to complete the

Ratnangi Kaimkaryam for Sri Oppiliappan.

 

There is only one house between my house and that of

DR.VNV family at oppiliappan Sannadhi. I had the good fortune of

receiving the blessings of Sri Navaneetham Krishnamacharya

Swamy and His two sons , Srimans V.N. Srirama Desikaachaar

and Sri V.N. Seshadriaacchaar. As I mentioned earlier , The son

of Sriman V.N. Srirama Desikaachar, Sri V.N. Gopala Desikan is

my classmate. He is following the family tradition after retiring

from the Indian Railway Service and is offering kaimkaryam

to the Lord thru Tamil Marai Adhyaapaakam . I understand that Both

Dr.Vedantha Desikan and Sri V.N. Gopala Desikan write frequently

in Nrusimha Priyaa.

 

I will conclude this "chatty ",autobiographical

posting with a tribute to the Late

Ubhaya Vedantha "Navaneetham " Krishnamaacharya Swamy ,

a great devotee of Sri Oppiliappan . This great scholar is the

author of "Bhava Prakaasikai , Maha Bharatam commentary,

Upanishad Bhaashyam, Saariraka Saastraartha Dipikai ,

Naya Mayuka Maalikai and other deep Vedantha Granthas.

The simplicity of his life, his dedication to Sri Oppiliappan

Kaimkaryam , his modesty and self-effacing nature were

exemplary. The two sons of this Swami and the Grandsons of this

Mahan are proof to the fact that the Kaimkaryam done to the Lord

blesses the whole family for many generations.

 

I can not wait to get a copy of Sri VNV"s book.

 

Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan