Utthamoor Swami's Greatness

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Sri:

 

Dearest Bhagawathas,

 

Sri Anand has been writing very beautifully about his "thaattha"- the

Greatest Abhinava desika Sri Utthamoor Veeraghavacharyar Swami. adiyEn

wishes to ramble something on this Greatest Swami this century has been

blessed with.

 

I was told that even till the last few days, Swami was busy engaged in

writing. Srimad Pounadikapuram Andavan always fondly recalls in his

kaalakshepams, Sri Utthamoor Swami's nice, anubhavam laden vyakhyanams.

Swami's "prabhandha rakshai" is so lucid that even adiyEn could read, and

understand too.

 

Once asmadhacharyan, Srimad Poundarikapuram Andavan mentioned in

kaalakshEpam (in whcih adiyEn fortunately was present): when PiraaTTi saw

one Srivaishnava adiyaar (daasan) coming to Divya Damppathi, She tells (for

fun and also testing Emperumaan's compassion guNA), Him "this person has

done lot of apacharams..". Emperumaan immediately says "ennadiyaar adhu

seyyar.. "(AzhWAr's line starts.. thannadiyaar thiRatthagatthu.. ennadiyaar

adhu seyyar..) meaning: My adiyaar (my devotees -daasan) will never do that.

seydhaalum nanRE seyvaar.. (even if they have done somthing, it should have

been for some thing good only.- ) What a trust and what confidence

Emperumaan has on His adiyaar!

 

Now, look at Sri Utthamoor Swami's nice vyAkhyanam: Emperumaan' gets angry

with PiraaTTi's such a loose comment on his adiyaar: He says "ennadi! yaar

adhu seyyar.." He tells her angrily .. to his wife.. ennadi! yEdhavadhu

innoru dhadavai sollu en adiyaarai patthi.. (tell me another word about my

adiyaar.. ) Such a beauitiful lateral interpretation is Swami's. Always one

can enjoy Swami's vyAkhyanams in such graet anubhavams.

 

Swami's lovely vyAkhyanams on Thiruvaymozhi is really very sweet. He

mentioned saying: Thiruvaymozhi's best ten is First 10. The essence of the

best is first three pAsurams. and its nectar is the first line of first

pAsuram. Swami says: uyarvaRa vuyar nalam udaiyavan refers to "a". MayarvaR

mathi refers to "ma. Nalam aruLinan refers to Nama: shabdham. ayarvaRum

amarargaL athipathi refers to Narayana shabdham. thuyar aRu chudar adi

thozhudhu yezhu- refers to Chathurthi.. He says, this pAsuram refers to

Thirumantharm, in short.

 

What a beuatiful explanation!

 

About this utthama Guru NammAzhwAr only such Utthama guru can speak in such

utthama manner.

 

All that we need to do is to: keep the flame alive. keep the "viLakku" on.

By contributing to keeping such rarest of rare vyAkhyanams which are quite

"user friendly" and lucid. Please send in your amounts immediately. All that

we target now is US $ 5,500/-. (Please correct me if it's wrong, Anand).

 

Please contribute liberally. Not once, but regualrly, even perhaps. Once in

3 months, about 100 dollars will do a lot good to keep the jnAna viLakku on.

 

Regards

 

Narayana Narayana

adiyEn

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