The SrImukam of H.H. The Current Jeeyar Of Ahobla Mutt

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Dear BhakthAs :

 

Two days ago I had the good fortune of receiving

the MangalAsAsana SrImukam of the 45th Jeeyar ,

His Holiness Sri Laksmi Nrusimha Divya PaadhukA

Sevaka SrivaNN SatakOpa Sri NaarAyaNa Yatheendhra

MahA Desikan . His Holiness , the Jeeyar had

heard the translation into Tamil of the wonderful article

in English of Our Sri Anantha PadmanAbha Daasan

( Sri K.K.Anand) on SamAshrayaNam .

 

The illustrious AchAryA was moved by the excellent

content and the importance of this posting by his disciple .

Inspite of the rigorous demands on his time ,

H.H , the Jeeyar took time off and dictated a four page

letter blessing Sri Anantha PadmanAbha Daasan for his

commitment to Sri Vaishnavism and the handling of this important

subject .

 

As Sri Anand indicated ,It is extraordinary that

H.H , the Jeeyar sends MangaasAsana Srimukams that are more than

one or two paragraphs . I got H.H , the Jeeyar's Fax , since

it was easier to reach me . Sri Anand has not yet seen

the MangalAsAsana Srimukam bearing the seal of

his AchArya Paramparai : " Sri SatakOpa Sri " .

Sri Anand was eager to know about the contents

of this blessed Srimukam prior to his trip home

on Monday , May 11 . I promised to

translate this message from tamil into English

and share it with all of you as per the wish of

Sri Anand .

 

A Few of the members of the Bhakthi list

are disciples of this AchArya paramparai .It was 600

years ago that one of the ArchA mUrthys among

the nava NarasimhAs of Ahobila KshEthram jumped into

the hands of the First Jeeyar of Ahobila Mutt , who

was initiated into SanyAsAsramam by BhagavAn Narasimhan

Himself at Ahobila KshEthram . Sriman Dileepan of our

group maintains a wonderful page on Ahobila Mutt

and its traditions . He has also released the URL

on a home page for Ahobilam in the context of

the 108 Divya Desam CD ROM Project that many of

you might have seen by now.

 

I will now translate verbatim to the best of my

ability the Srimukam of H.H. , the Jeeyar

to Sri Anand .Usually , the Jeeyar dictates these

Srimukams and the Sri Kaaryam writes it down

and the Jeeyar signs at the bottom as " Sri SatkOpa Sri :"

to salute his AchArya paramparai .

 

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CAMP : ThiruveLLUr May 7 , 1998

 

This is a MangalAsAsana Srimukam from Srimath

ParamhamsEthyAthi Sri Lakshmi Nrusimha Divya PaadhukA-

sEvaka SrivaNN SatakOpa , Sri NaarAyaNa Yatheendhra MahA Desikan ,

the 45th peetAthipathi in service at Sri LakshmI Nrusimha

Divya AasthAanam .

 

Bharatha dEsam has been praised by Maharishis and

AchAryAs as a puNya desam . Inspite of that praise ,

many in this land do not comprehend the true svarupam of

themselves and that of the EmperumAn . As a result ,

they forget their true nature and that of the Lord and fail

to acheive the great joy that could result from serving Him .

Instead ,they become infatuated with artha Kaamam and

run around in the manner aptly assessed by the saddened

Kulasekara , who disassociated himself from such people .

That AzhwAr said : " UndiyE udayE yenRu uhanthu Odum

Immandalam " ( I do not associate with the people of

this world , who spend their time gleefully chasing after

food and clothing ) . This unfotunately is the mind set

of a majority of the people of Bharatha Desam today .

 

The state of the Aasthika Sri VaishnavAs of Indian Origin

living currently in America is just the opposite and

their status has been praised by many mahAns (visiting me).

Our people , who have settled in America for a living

have undetaken the noble task of explaining to

the thousands of people there the importance of

Aathma J~nAnam and are helping them realize

spirtual awakening . We are happy to hear about this

and are overjoyed .

 

In this context , I am happy to know that Sriman

K.K.Aanantha PadmanAbha Daasan has written a beautiful

monograph in English on " Pancha SamskAram " , a topic

that every Sri VaishNavan must know and understand well .

 

Although Sri Aannatha PadmanAbhan is quite young in age ,

his Aastheekyam is very great. This Aastheekyam has come to

him as Kula kramam . His father , Sri. Ub.Ve K.G. Krishnaswamy

Iyengar is a parama aastheekar , who is engaged in performing

significant Kaimkaryams to Sri Veeraraaghava PerumAL of

ThiruveLLUr and Sri Lakshmi Nrusimhan . It is commendable

that Sri K.G. Krishnaswamy Iyengar's son has realized

such high aastheekyam at such a young age.

 

Sri Anantha PadmanAbhan has explained in a sophisticated

way that many philanthrophic institutions use the excuse

to just feed and cloth people and keep them lazy

and spiritually ignorant . We believe that this monograph

will kindle aastheekyam in many and show them

the auspicious path.

 

We beleive that the people should not only read and

benefit from this monograph , but they should also

practise pancha samskAram and Bhara nyAsam .

 

We pray for Sri MaalOlan to bless Sri Aanantha PadmanAbhan

with sarva KshEmams and to bless him to engage in

similar auspicious kaimkaryams and have a long life

full of Vaidhika Sri . This is our MangalAsAsanam .

 

Sri AhObila Mutt Sri SatakOpa Sri

(Camp) ThiruveLLUr H.H. The Jeer of

May 7, 1998 Sri AhObila Mutt