" SiRRam SiRu kAlE Vanthunnai Sevitthu " ThiruppAvai Dinam : Part 1

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Dear BhakthAs of SooDikkoduttha NaacchiyAr :

 

In the above qunitessential paasuram , GodhA pirAtti

sums up the entire message of ThiruppAvai with

the declaration : " unthannODu uRROmEyAvOm ,

UnakkE naamAtc CheyvOm , MaRRai namm KaamangaL

maaRRElOrempAvAi ". Let us pray today with

utmost humility to one of our great AchAryAs ,

who blessed the puNya BhUmi of BhAratham

in a BahudhAnya samvathsaram .This great AchAryA

followed all his life the above upadEsam of

SooDikkoduttha NaacchiyAr and showed us

the way for our ujjIvanam .

 

The following slOkam of SevA Swaami on

the significance of his year of birth ,

BahudhAnya , will put the subject of

this posting in excellent perspective :

 

BahudhAnya samruddhOyam

BahudhAnya vimardhanAth I

BahudhAnya Ramaa sEvI

GururnyAsa krushIvala: II

 

(Meaning ) : The The auspicious AchAryA ,

Swami Sri Desikan is an agriculturalist , who

grows the crop celebrated as NyAsam . He is

an expert in raising this crop of BahudhA

anyam( very differnet from other crops) of nyAsam

or prapatthi .He gave the blessings resulting from

this crop to the world and became krutha kruthyar.

Further, he pointed out the deficiencies of

other mathams and established the greatness of

Sri VishishtAdvaitham .He is the one , who

devoted his life to the worship of BhaudhAnya SvarUpi,

Sri MahA lakshmi and became the object of

Her anugraham .( Our PirAtti's purushakAram is

vital for our success in getting the phalan of

our nyAsam .DhAnya lakshmi is improtant

for an agriculturalist .This is the inner meaning ).

 

On this BahudhAnya Marghazhi KrishNa Paksha EkAdasi day ,

when Anusha Nakshathram ( AchArya Naathamuni's )

is in ascendance , I would like to offer my humble

salutations to this great AchAryA of Ahobila Matam

AasthAnam . No day can be better than today

to think about and seek his blessings for the

lasting boons that he conferred on the Sri Vaishnavaa

Community .One hundred and twenty years ago on a BahudhAnya

year , he came to this earth during a Thai month , when

the constellation of UtthirAdam was in ascendance . For

those suffering from the ill effects of Kali Yugam ,

he became the answer to their prayers for ujjeevanam and

reminded us of the Tamil proverb , " Thai piRanthAl

Vazhi Pirakkum". The anugrahms that he blessed us with

are countless and lasting .

 

The Jn~Anam, Seelam ,Vinayam, OudhAryam , Maardhavam,

SadAchAram , KaaruNyam , Bhagavadh Bhakthi, BhAgavatha-

Bhakthi , AchArya Bhakthi , Sri MalOla AarAdhana Vaimukhyam,

and the exemplary Devotion to ArchA mUrthys of Divya desams of

this great AchAryan are legendary and can not be described

even if one strives to do full justice .I had the greatest

soubhAgyam of bearing on my head the Paadhukais of

this Soumya-Saantha MUrthy on a Ekadasi day at his

Brindhaavanam . This was after participating in

the Thirumanjana Uthsavam for Sri Kanakavalli SamEtha

Sri VeerarAghava Parabrahmam on that Sukra Vaara

EkAdasi day . There at ThiruvellUr , on the banks

of the Hridh Paapa Naasini theertham , the ArchA mUrthy of

this AchArya gives us his adhbhutha Sevai in the company of

his pUrvAchAryAs , H.H.the 32nd , 33rd , 34th and

the 35th Jeeyars of the AhObila Matam AasthAnam .

Together , they drive away the Kali Kalmasham

with their divya dhrushtis.

 

The AchArya I am referring to is none other than

SriVaNN SatakOpa Sri Sriranga SatakOpa YathIndhra

MahA Desikan , the 42nd Jeeyar of Ahobila Matam .

 

As Sri Anand referred to in his earlier posting ,

a ten day long festival is starting today

and will proceed at ThiruveLLUr in the presence of

H.H. the current Jeeyar , Sri NaaraayaNa

Yathindra MahA Desikan . the actual birthday

of H.H ,The 42nd Jeeyar is on Thai AmAvasyai

day , Janauary 17th in the UttarAyaNa Punya Kaalam .

The greatness of Thai AmaavAsyai at ThiruveLLUr and

the sacredness of bath in the Hrudh Paapa Naasini

pushkaraNI on this Thai AmAvasyai day during

the Vaarshika uthsavam of the divya dampathis of

ThiruveLLUr has been well documented in other

postings on ThiruveLLUr .

 

This birth day celebration is a special one ,

since it is the second Shashtiyabdha pUrthy

of his avathAram . He was born under the 21st

Constellation , UthtirADam , which is followed

by SraVaNam . Sri AlavanDAr , the 13th and the 14th

Azhagiya Singhars share this UtthirADa Nakshathram

as their birth constellations . This constellation

is normally chosen for the subha Kaaryam of PattAbhishEkam

celebrations . That is the greatness of UtthirAdam

as a sObhana nakshathram and we will continue with

the highlights of the life and works of this great

AchAryA , H.H. The 42 nd Jeeyar of Ahobila Mutt

in subsequent postings later in the day .

 

I am sending a modest contribution to Sri P.Dileepan

as my KaaNikkai/samarpaNam for inclusion in the special

celebrations at ThiruveLLUr presided over by the IdhAnim Jeeyar

of Ahobila Matam and invite you all to participate in the same

spirit with which you supported the Sahasra Kalasa

AbhishEkam of Sri Kanakavalli SamEtha Sri VeerarAghavan

and His SamprOkshaNam last year .

 

kUrmAdhIm divyalOkam tadhanu MaNimayam maNtapam tathra sEsham

tasmin dharmAdhipItam tadhupari kamalam chaamara grAhiNisccha

VishNum dEvI vibhUshAyudha gaNamuragam pAdhukhE VainadhEyam

sEnEsam dhwArapAlAn Kumudha mukha gaNAth VISHNU BHAKTHAAN PRAPADHYE

 

AzhwArgaL, AchAryan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

Oppilaippan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan