Bhakti and Prapatti - 1

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Sri :

Srimate Sri Lakshmi Nrusimha Para Brahmane Namaha

Srimate ShatakopAya Namaha

Srimate Bhagavad RAmAnujAya Namaha

Srimate NigamAntha MahAdesikAya Namaha

Srimate Sri Adhivan ShatakOpa Yateendra MahAdesikAyA Namaha

Srimate Sri Lakshmi - Nrusimha Divya PAdukA Sevaka -

Srivan Shatakopa Sri NArAyana Yateendra MahAdesikAya Namaha

 

Dear bhaktAs of Sriman NArAyaNA,

namo nArAyaNA . pranAmams.

 

Today being the thirunakshattram of the illstrious Sri Adhivan

ShatakOpa Yateendra MahAdesikan ,is a very auspicious day for

all Sri VaishnavAs. All the descendants of 74 simhAsanAdhipatIs

appointed by Bhagavad RAmAnujA ,performed kAlakshebam (one or more

granthAs) under the lotus feet of this mahA avatAra purushar who was

chosen and appointed by Lord Lakshmi Nrusimhan Himself to propagate

the eternal and most glorious Sri Vaishnavam . MAlolan after

performing preksha mantra upadesam made the 19 year old KidAmbi

SrInivAsAchAryA, who by then was the master of all sAstrAs by the

divine blessings of GatikAsatham ammAL, enter into sannyAsa AshrAmA

and gave the thirunAmam "ShatakOpa Jeeyar". MAlolan also gave the

special mudrAs of Sudarsana chakrA and pAnchajanyA to this first

H.H.Jeeyar of Sri Ahobila Mutt , for performing thApa samskAram

to His adiyArs and personally accompanied the Jeeyar for accepting

His adiyArs SaraNAgathi .

 

In Jeeyar's vAzhi thirunAmam occurs :

 

"rahasya traya sAraththin rasam uraippOn vAzhiyE

rahasiya muppathi irandum rasiththu uraippOn vAzhiyE ....".

 

Adhivan ShatakOpa Jeeyar expounded the invaluable meanings of the

three most sacred rahasya mantrAs with great clarity and joy to his

dear disciples through the immortal Srimad Rahasya Traya sAram

and other rahasya granthAs of SwAmi Desikan , and thereby propagated

especially the eternal glories of the prapatti sAstrA.

 

The mercy of current Azhagiyasingar has made adiyEn to write

an article on the two sAdhyaupAyams namely Bhakti and Prapatti.

adiyEn humbly submits this article mentally unto the lotus feet of

Srimad Azhagiyasingar .

 

Actually , our dear Sriman Sadagopan told adiyEn to submit an

article for the souvenir going to be released during the

fulfilment of kainkaryam to Oppiliappan. Ofcourse it was only

because adiyEn's father Sriman K.G.Krishnan (KGK) has done

lot of kainkaryams for "GOdhA PriyA" and other kainkaryams for

oppiliappan alongwith Sriman Sadagopan, his sister Smt PadmA

VeerarAghavan and other devotees. Its adiyEns dhurbhAgyam through

hectic school pressure that week and thereby couldn't write an

article in a short notice. But ,adiyEn started to write on "Bhakti

and Prapatti" that time. Its bhagavad sankalpam that it has to

be written (for completion) for celebrating the thirunakshattram

of Sri Adhivan ShatakOpa Yateendra MahAdesikan.

 

Please bare with some repetitions.

 

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namo nArAyaNA

adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan

anantha PadmanAbha dAsan

sarvam sri KrishnArpanamastu