Srimathe SriAdiVan Satakopa yathindra mahadesika Vaibhavam :Part I

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SrmathE SatAri SoorayE nama:

SrimathE RaamAnujAya nama:

SrimathE VedAntha DesikAya nama :

 

This day is PurattAsi Kettai ( KanyA jyEshtA )day .

Today is the avathAra dinam of HH Adhi VaNN

SatakOpa YathIndhra Maha Desikan , whose taniyans are :

 

prapathyE niravadhyaanaam nishadhyaam guNaSampadhaam |

saraNam bavabeethaanaam satakOpamuneesvaram ||

 

kEsavaaryakrupaapaathram dheesamaadhiguNaarNavam |

srisataariyatheesaana dhEsikEndhramaHam bajE ||

 

We seek his auspicious blessings with the following

MangaLa slOkam to remind us of his visEsha Sambhandham

(special links ) to Sri Lakshmi Nrusimhan of Ahobila

Divya dEsam :

 

AhObilE Sri Nrusimha prEkshaa-manthram svayam dadhou I

Yogi rUpENa yasyaasami SATAKOPAAYA MANGALAM II

 

He is revered as " Srimath Veda Maarga prathishtApanAchArya ,

Parama Hamsa ParivrAjaka , Ubhaya VedAnthAchArya ,

Sarva Tantra Svatantra , Bhagavth RaamAnuja SiddhAntha

nirdhAraNa Saarvabhouma Sri Aadhi VaNN SatakOpa

YathIndhra MahA Desikan " . All of the Birudhus

(titles) housed in the above salutations were

awarded by PerumAL and AchAryans ands they are

carried even today by all those ,who have decorated

the SimhAsanam of the Sri Matam :

 

1. The title SatakOpa Jeeyar was conferred by

Sri Ahobila Narasimha PerumAL as He initiated

the twenty year old "SrinivAsAchArya Swamy " into

SanyAsramam at His dhivya dEsam .

 

2. Polinthu NinRa PirAn (AadippirAN )of AzhwAr-

Thirunahari added the prefix of "VaNN "

before the naamam of "SatakOpa Jeeyar"

in recognition of the saamarthyam and

power of "SatakOpa Jeeyar " in finding and

restoring KuruhUr SatakOpan ( NammAzhwAr )

to His aasthAnam .

 

3. Swamy NammAzhwAr presented SatakOpa Jeeyar

with the title of "Aadhi " from the full name

of the PerumAL (Aadhi Naathan ) at AzhwAr Thirunahari

(KuruhUr) and honored SatakOpa Jeeyarby calling him ,

"Aadhi VaNN SatakOpa Jeeyar ".

 

4. Swamy NammAzhwar was immensely pleased with

the intensity of Kaimkaryam undertaken by Adhi VaNN

SatakOpan for the advancement of Sri Bhagavath

RaamAnuja Darsanam and presented to the first

Jeeyar of Ahobila Matam a signet ring known

as Hamsa Mudhrai that He ( Swamy NammAzhwAr )

Himself was wearing on His right finger . Adhi VaNN

SatakOpa Jeeyar became a Parama Hamsar( SanyAsi

of the highest order ) now.

 

5. Adhi VaNN SatakOpa Jeeyar followed the command

of Swamy NammAzhwAr to perform prathishtai for

Swamy VedAntha Desikan at Adhi Naathan's temple .

Swamy NammAzhwAr wanted Swamy Desikan to be

recognized for creating the three Sri Sookthis

to celebrate the glory of ThiruvAimozhi and

dhivya prabhandhams :

 

(A) DhramidOpanishad Saaram (B) DhramidOpanishad

Taathparya RathnAvaLi and © Nigama ParimaLam.

Swamy NammAzhwAr wanted that the AchAryan

recognized as "VaNN " SatakOpan perform

the Prathishtai for Swamy Desikan at His

avathAra Sthalam .

 

6. Swamy Desikan was very moved by the Kaimkaryam

of Adhi VaNN SatakOpa Jeeyar , which placed

Him next to the Sannidhi of Swamy NammAzhwAr;

Swamy Desikan )in turn conferred thru archaka mukham

the titles by which Adhi VaNN SatakOpa Jeeyar

and his successors should be known and revered from

then on :

 

" Srimath Veda Maarga PrathishtApanAchArya ,

Parama Hamsa parivrAjakAchaarya , Sarva

Tantra Svatantra , Ubhaya VedAnthAchArya ,

Sri Bhagavath RaamAnuja SiddhAntha nirdhAraNa

Saarvabhouma Aadhi VaNN SatakOpa Jeeyar".

 

7. Swamy NammazhwAr commanded Adhi VaNN SatakOpa

Jeeyar to accept the responsibilities for

the nirvAham of his sannidhi and asked

the Jeeyar to sign his name thereafter

with the Thiru Aksharam of "Sri SatakOpa Sri ".

 

8. Sri Adhi VaN N SatakOpa Jeeyar was thrilled

with the blessings of Swamy NammAzhwAr and

placed the Hamsa Mudhrai at the sacred feet of

MalOlan at his Matam and was blessed by

MalOlan to become the Adhyakshakar (One who

presides over ) all of the 74 SimhAsanAdhipathis

appointed by EmperumAnAr to grow the siddhAntham

( adhyakshathvam upEyivAsamathulam Sri Nrusimha

Aj~nyayA ) .

 

Sri Adhi VaNN SatakOpa Jeeyar went from village to

village following the command of AhObila Nrusimhan

with his AarAdhya Dhaivam of MalOlan and performed

pancha samskArams and Bhara NyAsams to every one ,

who sought the refuge of his sacred feet.Kings

and common folks flocked to his side over the many

years he presided as the First Jeeyar of Sri Matam.

Many miracles happened during his reign

and one PerumAL after other conversed with him

and commanded him to perform kaimkaryams

that were dear to their ThiruvuLLams.

Some of these examples are:

 

1. Restoration of the lost kingdom to King

Mukundha Deva Raayan

 

2. Prathishtai of Swamy NammAzhwAr's and

EmperumAnAr's vigraham at the HimAlayan

dhivya Desam of PurushOtthamam at the command

of Swamy NammAzhwAr Himself.

 

3. EmperumAnAr listening to the Sri BhAshya

KaalakshEpam of Adhi VaNN SatakOpa Jeeyar

in the form of a five headed Serpent at

Thiru NaarAyana Puram on the banks of

KalyANi PushkaraNi.

 

4. Building of the Raaja Gopuram for Thiru NaarAyaNan

at the command of EmperumAnAr.

 

5. Building of the steps to climb ThiruvEnkata-

mudayAn's Saptha Giri at the command of

the Lord of Thirumalai.

 

6. Building of the 100 pillar Mantapam at

kaanchi VaradarAjan's temple at his command.

 

7. Building of a Sannidhi for Swamy Desikan near

the dhvaja sthampam at Sri VaradarAjan's

temple at Kaanchi in recognition of Swamy

Desikan's help during his debate with

Udhaya BhAnu Misrar over the supermacy of

Sri VishitAdvaitha SiddhAntham.

 

8. Renovation of the DasaavathAra Sannadhi

and temple ramparts originally constructed by

Thirumangai AazhwAr in response to the command

Of Sri RanganAthan.He built Utthara Veedhi

Gopuram and a sannidhi for Swamy Desikan opposite

Sri RanganAyaki's sannidhi at the niyamanam of

NamperumAL Himself.

 

9. Building of a special sannidhi for Swamy Desikan

at the behest of Thiru NaarAyanan at Melkote.

Thiru NaarAyanan had asked Adhi VaNN SatakOpa

Jeeyar to return to His side from Srirangam

prior to his dehAvasAnam . Lord RanganAthan

reluctantly agreed to part with Adhi VaNN

SatakOpa Jeeyar .

 

10. Commanding ThOzhappar (Vaidhika Saarvabhoumar )

to create 8 granthams on Aahnikam ; Commanding

NampAkkam KrishNamAchArya Swamy to construct 60

granthams to spread the Bhagavath RaamAnuja

SiddhAntham and ultimately appointing this great

scholar to succeed him as the Second Jeeyar

of AhObila matam.

 

11. Adhi VaNN SatakOpa Jeeyar initiated both

NampAkkam KrishnamAchArya Swamy and Sri

MaNavALa Maamunigal into SanyAsAsramam.

 

Aadhi VaNN SatakOpa Jeeyar entered this world

on a SiddhArthi PurattAsi Sukla Paksha panchami

day , when JyEshtA (Kettai) nakshathram was

in ascendance , lived on this earth

for a short span , completed all the Kaimkaryams

commanded by Dhivya Desa EmperumAns , Swamy

NammazhwAr ,EmperumAnAr and Swamy Desikan

and ascended to parama padham thereafter.

 

After the completion of his avathArya Kaaryam ,

He joined Sri LakshmI Nrusimhan's holy feet for

nithya Kaimkaryam . He breathed his last at

ThirunArAyaNapuram on a BahudhAnya year,

Chitthirai KrishNa Paksha EkAdasi day

(April 1458 C.E ). The Sri Matam established by

him at the tender age of 20 with Sri MalOlan's

anugraham thrives and the 45th Jeeyar , asmath

aachAryan , HH Sri NaarAyaNa YathIndhra Mahaa

Desikan is reigning now from that simhAsanam

adorned first by Aadhi VaNN SatakOpa Jeeyar

of sacred memory .

 

In the concluding post , adiyEn will cover

the two following Sri Sookthis created by

two of the AhObila Matam Jeeyars:

 

(1). Sri Adhi VaNN satakOpa Swamy MangaLam

by the 21st Jeeyar of AhObila Matam

paramparai( Sri VaNN SatakOpa Sri ParAnkusa

YathIndhra MahA Desikan , who reigned

from 1748 to 1757 C.E.

 

(2). Sri Aadhi VaNN satakOpa Swamy adaikkalap patthu

in the andhAthi format by Sri VaNN SatakOpa

Sri NaarAyaNa YathIndhra MahA Desikan , who

as the 31st Jeeyar of AhObila Matam occupied

the throne as MalOla PaadhukA Sevakar from

1842 to 1847 C.E.

 

Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam,

Daasan , Oppilaippan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan

October 3, 2000

Vikrama Samvatharam , PurattAsi Kettai .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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