Resumption of incomplete postings !

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Dear Friends :

 

Over the past few days , I have been

somewaht derelict in completing the postings that

I started and ran off to other subjects or went on travel.

With the Divya Dampathi's blessings , I will start again

and try to complete a thread before running off to

a new theme /subject .

 

Here is the sequence o fpostings that I would like to cover :

 

1. Sri dEhaLIsa sthuthi of Swami Desikan

and connection to the three NurrAndhAthis

of the Mudal AzhwArs

 

2.Naama Sankeerthanam & Saint ThyagarAjA

 

3. Pillai AndhAthi of Sri NainArAchaarya

 

4. PrathAna sathakam of Swami Desikan

from his chillarai Rahasyams .

 

Sri Murali Rangaswamy did a mahOpakAram to me

by presenting me with a copy of the third part of

the Chillarai Rahasyams of Swami Desikan

commented by Sri Ubhaya Vedantha VidwAn ,

Oppiliappan Koil V.N. Srirama DesikAchAr Swamy .

This out of print edition was released by

H.H. PoundarIkapuram SrimadhAndavan .

THank you Sri Rangaswamy .

 

It is a great blessing to read this magnificient

grantham and appreciate the compassion

of Swami Desikan to take the trouble of

responding to our doubts on our siddhAntham

thru 100 Questions and answers in PrathAna

sathakam .

 

Accompanying the original text of Swami Desikan

in Mani PravALam is a clear and beautiful text

by Sri V.N. Srirama DesikachAr Swamy named

RahasyArtha VivaraNam . Without this explanatory

text , we can not go near the original of Swami

Desikan because of the extraordinary height

of scholarship of a master aachArya . During

the troublesome time of being incapacitated by

cataract and other bodily ailments , Sri V.N.S

swamy blessed us with the text of the rahasyArtha

vivaraNam just as Swami Desikan blessed us

with Rahasya Traya Saaram and Virodha ParihAram,

when he was in his nineties .

 

I will spend some time in the future to share with you

the brilliant insights of Swami Desikan on what might be

confusing to us about our siddhAntham and then responding to

them in the form of Q&A s . If we have a good grasp of these

tenets , we will be very much fortified in our understanding of

our revered siddhAntham and its unique glory among

the other branches of VedAntham .

 

For the sake of completeness , the third part of recently

released chillarai rahasyams with generous support of

Dr.Murali Rangaswami of Boston , two Sri VaishNavAs

from Muscat/Oman et al covers the following works of

Swami Desikan besides PrathAna Sathakam :

 

A . Sri Vedantha Desika Prapatthi

( all of the ten slokAs end with the same

fourth quarter of "VedAntha sUri charaNou

SaraNam prapathyE " )

 

B . UpakAra Sangraham

( Subject matter : the limitless help of the Lord

to Jivans from time immemorial

leading up to the entry into parama padham )

 

C. Saara Sangraham

( The essence of what the Mumukshus

or those aspiring to Moksham should know )

 

D. VirOdha ParihAram

( The clarification of the doubts on perceived

inconsistencies in one's clear understanding

of the three great Rahasyams of Sri VaishNavAs )

 

E. Muni Vaahana Bhogam

( Moving and beautiful commentary on

ThiruppANAzhwAr's AmalanAdhipirAn ,

a prabhandham of great interest to

our Sri Sampath RengarAjan on which he

spoke at the Buffalo meeting of SDDS in 12/96)

 

F . Sri Hasthigiri MahAthmyam

( The description of the incarnation

of Lord VaradarAjA at the Sathya Vratha

KshEthram /Kanchipuram )

 

G. Parama Padha sObhaanam

( The nine tenets that serve as progressive

steps to climb the great sthAnam of

the coveted Parama Padham /Sri VaikunTam )

 

H. Sri DevAthirAjan Thirumanjanakkattiyam

( This rare piece of recital of the glories

of Sri VaradarAjA during His NeerAttam,

which begins with , " naayinthE nAyinthE --

Lakshmi nEthrOthpala Sri ------ " .

This kattiyam is similar in spirit to

the Thirumanjanakkatiyam recited by

the descendants of Paraasara Bahttar

at Srirangam during Lord RanganAthA's

Thirumanjanam . Sri SundararAjan of

Tennessee may have more to say on the

SriranganAthA's Kattiyam composed

by the precocious son of KurEsa ) .

 

I. Thirukkacchinambi"s Sri DevarAjAshtakam

( there are postings in the archives on this

moving tribute of Sri KaanchipUrNar )

 

H. Sri VedAntha Desika PraarthnAshtakam

( the first slokam appeals to the great

ocean of Mercy , Swami Desikan to

hear the plea of the disciple : " Swamin !

krupAmbhOrAsinA tvayA vijyApanam

srOthavyam " and concludes with the statement

" bhavathra parathrApi madheeyam saraNam sadhA )

 

I. Sri VedAntha Desika Vigraha DhyAnam

( The sowmya rUpam of the Guru Saarvabhoumam

is reflected upon for DhyAnam here ) .

 

J. Sri VedAntha Desika MangaLAsAsanam

( The creation of the great AchArya son of

Swami Desikan and salutes the tightly

linked AchAryA parampara this way :

" Sri BhashyakAra: panthAnam aathmanA

darsitham puna : " )

 

" tasmai VenkatanAthAya mama nAthAya mangaLam

 

prApyAya prapakAyAsthu VenkatEsAya MangaLam "

 

KavithArkika SimhAya kalyANa guNasAlinE I

SrimathE VenkatEsAya VedAntha GuravE nama : II

 

Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan