The Coming AaDip Pooram : ANDAL"s Thirunakshathram: Some assoicated thoughts

[Guest guest]

Dear BhagavathALs:

 

adiyEn wants to share with you some thoughts on

the occasion of the coming AaDip Pooram celebrations .

These thoughts arose after receiving the first volume of

SribhAshya -BhAvachandrika ,the elaborate Sanskrit

Commentary by Sri U.Ve.Perukkaranai MaadhabhUshi

ChakravarthAchArya Swami on the magnum opus of

AchArya RaamAnujA , Sri BhAshyam.

 

The first volume covers upto the VaisvAnarAdikaraNam

(1.2.33) of Sri BhAshyam and runs upto 550 pages of

Udayavar's Text and commentary by Swami . It has been said that

Bhagavath RaamAnujA placed the greatest emphasis on the proper

and clear understanding of his Major work, Sri BhAshyam.

He placed his great emphasis on the intrepretation of

Sri BhAshyam in the traditional way .The underlying

assumption is that the straying away from the traditional

intrepretations is bound to park us in the land of

blunders and make us flounder . This has been the

reason why Sri Sudarana Soori gave us the traditional

intrepretation of NadAthUr ammAL in the form of

Srutha PrakAsikA . Swamy Desikan protected that grantham

and carried it with him to Sathyamangalam during the dangerous

times of the invasion of Srirangam by Muslim invaders .

Great AchAryAs have treasured these traditional

intrepretations of Sri BhAshyam and passed it on to

the next generations faithfully .

 

Sri P.M. ChakravathyAcchAr Swamy performed KaalakshEpam

under the great 42nd Jeeyar of AhObila matam (Sri Ranga-

SatakOpa Yathidhra MahaaDesikan ) and wrote down the notes

and read it back for approval on correctness next day.

Out of these enormous efforts spanning over six years,

and from his deep scholarship of Swami in TarkA ,

MeemAmsA, NyAyam , Dhivya Prabhandhams and

AagamAs arose this commentary . Our Swami has received

the title of "Saara Saaraj~nA " from the revered HH. the 42nd

Jeeyar . This title recognizes our Swami as "The commander

of Quintessential Knowledge " . One can not but be astounded

at the appropriatenes of this title , when one begins to

read the commentary of Swamy. The modesty of Swami is

recognized from his signature at the end of the introduction as

"BhAgavatha Jana VidhEya:" It is wonderful to read

the recent posting by Sri Anand on the celebration of

release of thisd great monograph in presence of

well revered Sri Vaishnavite Scholars. The title

conferred by Sri SevA SwamigaL on Sri PerukkaruNai Swamy

(Abhinava Sudarsana Soori )on that occasion is

very appropriate .

 

AdiyEn is thrilled to hear form my sister , who visits

Swamy's residence at Desika Bhavanam often that Swamy has

a 500 page manuscript on the 30 Pasurams of ThiruppAvai

of our ThAyAr , Sri ANDAL . AdiyEn understands that it

is a tour de force on the elaboration of the deeper

meanings of ANDAL's great prabhandham .

 

As an aside, AdiyEn also learned that my father performed

Srimath Rahasya Thraya grantha KaalakshEpam under

Swamy at Oppiliappan Sannidhi over a period of two months

prior to his BharanyAsam under the sacred feet of HH

the 44th Jeeyar. It has been prescribed that the kramam is

to have KaalakshEpam of atleast one of the prasthAna Thrayam

before approaching one's SadAchAryan for Prapatthi anushtAnam .

Swamy Stayed at our house in Oppiliappan Sannadhi

for those two months and blessed my father .

 

ThiruppAvai is dear to all of us . This particular

commentary by Swamy running to 500 pages must be

the distillation of all PoorvAchAryAL's works and

the special insights of Swamy himself.AdiyEn is

told that this monograph has been waiting for

publication for lack of funds (1.25 Lakhs rupees

for 500 copies = $2,840 ) for quite some time.

 

AdiyEn wishes to invite your attention to the rare

opportunity of printing and releasing this rare

book in manuscript form for all Sri VaishNavAs

to enjoy the deep meanings of our ThAyAr's

ThiruppAvai Paasurams and the SaraNAgathi Saasthram

that She instructed us about .

 

AdiyEn will commit half of the needed amount ($1,420)

and invites others to join in supporting this Kaimkaryam

as our SamarpaNam to GodhA PirAtti on the occasion of

Her Thirunakshathram of Aadip Pooram . AdiyEn will

match your support until we reach the $2,840 level.

AdiyEn is told that the printing can be done in a week

from the print-ready manuscript . Every contributor

will receive one copy of the Book and their names

will be recorded in a special page to acknowledge

their support .

 

BhakthAs in India can send their contributions directly

to Swamy at his address :

 

Sri U.Ve.P.M.ChakravarthyAcchAr Swamy

Shri VedAntha Desika Bhavanam

27 venkatEsa AgrahAram

Mylapore

Chennai, India 600 004

 

BhakthAs from Singapore can also send their

contributions through Shri MaadhavakkaNNan

Swamy. AdiyEn hopes Sri MahdavakkaNNan

would not mind being the focal point there.

 

Please let me know of your support so that adiyEn

can keep track of it for matching purposes.

 

BhakthAs from USA and other parts of the world can

send your support dollars to adiyEn so that the collected

amounts can be transmitted to Swamy to facilitate

the printing of this noble and scholarly work.

 

Please let me know of your interest in

participating in the release of the deep

and traditional commentary on ThiruppAvai.

 

Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan

 

P.S : AdiyEn would like to invite your attention

to the many introductory articles on ANDAL's

ThiruppAvai assembled in Bhakthi archives

(Dec 96, Jan 97) and Sri VaishNavA home pages

in the section entitled Alwars. Sri Rengarajan

and Sri Mani Varadarajan have also contributed

number of articles on ThiruppAvai. Please refer to them .

Sri Venkat Iyengar's Home pages on SrivilliputthUr

and Srimathi KalyANi KrishNamAchAri's postings on ANDAL's

other Prabhandham, Sri NaacchiyAr Thirumozhi are additional

source materials to reflect upon the glory of ANDAL's

mahitha-prabhnadhams .