Bogi pandikai: Sittham SiRu kAlE--: Part 2

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Dear BhakthAs :On this auspicious day , when ANDAL's

ThirukkalyANam is being celebrated , I will continiue

with my salutations to the AchArya Saarvabhouman ,

Sri InjimEttu Azhagiya Singar (1879-1953 A.D.),

who adorned the Ahobila matam peetam as the 42nd Jeeyar

in that line of succession .

 

We will start with his Taniyan followed by a sumamry

of facts realted to his life and works .

 

Sri InjimEttu Azhagiya Singar's sacred Taniyan

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SrI RangEsa yathIndhunA karuNayAasou syAdhithi prEkshitham

khyAtha: SrINarasimhakArijamunID paadhAmbhujEndhindhiram

dhAnthi KshAnthi dayAdhibhi: ubha guNai: bhAntham bhudhAgrEsaram

Srimadh RangasaDAri yOgi nrupathim srEyOnidhim samsrayE

 

The grandson of InjimeDu Azhagiya Singhar in a scholarly article

describes at length the profound meanings behind each of the words

of this Taniyan about his revered grandfather . This grandson

is none other than the Sri BhAshya SimhAsanAdhipathi

and the current Editor of Nrusimha PriyA , Sri Purisai

U.Ve. VidhvAn NadADUr KrisNamAchArya Swamy. For the benefit

of those , who might not have access to this article ,

I will summarize the deep meanings and connections

behind these words enshrined in the taniyan .

 

FIRST PAADHAM OF THE TANIYAN

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The first line refers to an incident in the life of

H.H. The 42nd Jeeyar , when he was a small boy of

8 years .The year was 1887 A.D. He was blessed with

Pancha SamskAram by the then KalatthUr Azhagiya Singar

( Sri Ranganatha YathIndhra MahA Desikan/H.H The 35th Jeeyar).

The young boy was so effulgent with divya tEjas

and was so good at Sanskrit pronunciation

that the initiating AchAryA was overwhelmed by

the potential for the child to blossom in to

a great AchAryan in his own right later

and hence blessed the child with the benediction

" SthaapakasyAth " . KaLathUr Azhagiya Singhar

meant that this child will later become a great

defender of our Sri SampradhAyam and grow it further .

One year later , KaLatthUr Azhagiya Singhar

ascended to Sri VaikunTam .His blessings came true and

FOURTY TWO YERS LATER , this precocious child

became THE FOURTY SECOND JEEYAR OF AHOBILA MATAM

AND OCCUPIED THE THRONE FOR 23 YEARS AND 10 MONTHS .

He in turn reached Sri Lakshmi Nrusimhan's divya

CharaNAravindhams on March 1 , 1953 at the age of

seventy four .

 

This incident of a child being recognized by

the elderly AchAryan is very similar to the one ,

where another great AchAryA , NadADur AmmAL recognized

in 1273 A.D , the tEjas and intellectual power of

the five year old child , Sri VenkatanAthan accompanying

his uncle AppuLLAr and blessed him to become a great

AchAryan at Kaanchi VaradarAjan"s temple.That child

went on to become the illustrious Swami Sri Desikan .

 

The words of the first line of the above Taniyan

break up this way : SrI RangEsa Yathi IndhunA

karuNayA asou syAth ithi prEkshitham (samsrayE ):

I seek refuge at the feet of the One , who

was blessed by the most merciful Sri RanganAtha

YathIndhra MahA Desikan to become the great

sampradhAyaka pravarthakar of our siddhAntham .

 

THE SECOND PAADHAM OF THE TANIYAN

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The second line refers to the anugrahms of

H.H. The 41st Jeeyr of Ahobila matam,

Sri LakshmI Nrusimha SatakOpa YathIndhra

MahA Desikan , who is known as Kaaraikkuricchi

Chinna Azhagiya Singar . The anvaya Kramam here is :

KhyAth SrI NarasimhakArijamuneeD pAdhAmbhujEndhindhiram

(samsrayE ): I seek refuge at the sacred feet

of the One , who was like a bee that circled the

lotus feet of Sri Lakshmi Nrusimha SatakOpa

YathIndhrar .

 

The KhyAthi of the 41st Jeeyar arose from his

Bhakthi for his AchAryan , Sri Atthipattu

Azhagiya Singhar ( H.H. The 34th Jeeyar of

Ahobila Matam ) and from his skills in

performing Sri BhAshyam KaalakshEpam .That is why

the taniyan's second line qualifies the

41st Jeeyar as " KhyAth SrI LakshmI

NarasimhakArijamunID ". This famous 41st

Jeeyar initated Sri INjimEttu Swamy

in to SanyAsAsramam and Sri InjimEttu

Jeeyar's reverence for his AchAryA

is compared to the attachment of a bee

that circles the Lotus flower for its

makarantham (nourishing pollen ).

 

THE THIRD PAADHAM OF THE TANIYAN

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The third line of the taniyan of the InjimEttu Jeeyar

respectfully salutes the Auspicuous attributes of

this mahAn and his sharp intellect this way :

 

" DhAnthi KshAnthi dayAdibhi:

Subha GuNai: BhrAntham BhudhAgrEsaram "

 

DhAnti: refers to Indhriya nigraham or control

over the senses ; kshAnthi: refers to his great

patience and forbearance even under provocation ;

dayA refers to his infinite compassion for his

sishyAs . These are some of his subha guNams .

He shone with all these subha GuNams. In addition ,

he is being saluted for his sharp intellect and

skills in tarkam with the nAmam , "BudhAgrEsarar"

( one who stands in the front line of intellectuals ).

 

THE FINAL PAADHAM OF THE TANIYAN

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The last line of the taniyan says :

 

" Sreemadh Ranga SaDAri yOgi Nrupathim

srEyOnidhim samsrayE " ( I seek refuge

at the lotus feet of Sri RanganAtha

SatakOpa Muni , who is the king of yOgis

and who is a treasure house of SrEyas).

 

Sri Azhagiya Singhar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan