Dallas Dikshitar Information

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Here is some info on Sri Yagna Rama Dikshitar (YRD) of Dallas, nephew of

Sengallipuram ARD. YRD's phone number is 972-594-1267. If you can not reach

him there, a close friend, Dr. A.S. Gopalakrishnan (713-790-9282) of

Houston, generally keeps track of his whereaboutsI had the good fortune of

meeeting YRD during a Puja at our friend's place (Palace, I should say) in

Barlesville, Oklahoma in October 1995.

 

I invited Sri YRD as one of the priests at our temple pratishtapana

celebration during this year's Memorial week end. We hosted him for 5 days

and the only thing- these were some of the best 5 days of my life. The man is

fun to be around. A great scholar of Tamil and Sanskrit and OUR (Sri

Vaishnava's included) Shaastras, Veda- paraayanam, and sampradayams. His

mature humor is a product of Information, Knowledge, and Wisdom. His

Kannada, as a result of his long carreer in Bangalore, is lots of fun too.

 

I will share one anecdote about the origin of the name APASTHAMBHA Rishi,

whose Sutra many of us say in our

Abhivaadanams.

 

Apashtambha Rishi got his name as follows:

 

This Rishi was a great shaastrajna. Even the gods

wanted to test him. At one time, two devathas

in human form sat by his either side for bhojanam.

The gods in human form went on eating,

while our Rishi was full and couldn't have anymore.

 

As per our shaastraas, we are not to break

the pankthi- meaning wait till others are

also done eating. Also we are not to sit

(waiting for others to finish up)

with a dryed up hand (as we are not to

lick too much either). This really put our

Rishi to test. Afraid of breaking theShaastraas,

Rishi came up with an ingenious plan-

of course based on our shaastraas.

 

Our Shaastraas also say that if people

are separated by a stream (river, creek or eater),

then they are not in the same pankthi.

He used this shaastra jnaanam and came up

with the following solution: He took bowl full

of water and made a water line with it on

either side. Now he was in a seperate

pankthi from the people sitting on his

either side. He walked out without breaking

any shaastra. Because he drew lines

with water (sort of pillar), he got the name

AAAPA(water) STHAMBHA(pillar).

 

Daasan,

 

K. Sreekrishna (Tatachar)

tatachar