Sri KurEsar's VaradarAja Sthavam: Part II

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SrI:

 

Sri MahA Devi SamEtha PeraruLALan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

 

Dear BhakthAs:There is a wealth of Sri Sookthis realting to

Lord VaradarAjan of PerumAL Koil at Kaanchipuram.

 

In this ancient dhivya Desam , AzhwArs and PoorvAchAryaas

and prakrutham AchAryAs have stood at the Lord's sannidhi

on top of Hasthi Giri and received instructions from Him

about how they can strengthen the Parama Vaidhika Matham ;

they have performed their Prapatthi to Him in His role

as the PrathamAchAryan of this world.

 

During the Vikrama Kaarthikai anusham celebrations of

Koti KannikA Dhanam Taatha Desikan's 428th Vaarshika

Uthsavam , ( November 26, 2000) the descendants of this

illustrious vamsam of Pancha Matha Bhanjana Taaatha Desikan

had a SamarpaNam of RathnAngi for Varadan .Tatha Desikan

and His Devi have their archai in a sannidhi at PerumAL

Koil . In addition to the RathnAngi samarpaNam , the family

members released a scholarly monograph entitled " Varada

GuNAmrutha Vaibhavam" as a souvenir of the occasion.

 

Sri Nadadur Vijayaraaghavan , Sri Kaaryam of Srimath

Andavan Aasramam will be sending a copy of this treasure

house of information about Varadhan soon to me . adiyEn will

share at this time a gist of the contents of that monograph

supplied to me by Sri Vijayaraghavan Swamy that will help me

a great deal in the composition of the future postings

on Varadhan in this series on Sri varadarAja Sthavaam .

 

Contents of the Varadha GuNAmrutha Vaibhavam

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1. KshEthra Mahimai and Sthala PurAnam as per BrahmANDa

PurANam : Mythological, Historical , SampradhAyaa facts

and anecdotes.

 

2. Topography , Plan , Pictorial description of the Temple,

Sannidhis, VimAnams, TheertthangaL et al.

 

3. Hasthigiri MahAthmyam of Swamy Desikna.

 

4. Anubhavam of AzhwArs:

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*** BhUtham : Second ThiruvandAthi 96 & 97

 

*** pEy : Third ThiruvandhAthi SiRantha enn Sinthayum

 

*** NammAzhwAr: Entire First sathakam of ThiruvAimozhi

as per DramidOpanishad Saaram of Swamy

Desikan with emphasis on AYARVARUM AMARARKAl

ADHIPATHI

 

*** NammAzhwAr: AruLAzhi ammAn: ThiruvAimozhi: I.4-6

 

*** NammAzhwAr: Thiruviruttham 1: ImayOr TalaivA

 

*** Thirumangai: Periya Thirumozhi:2.9.3,6.10.4,9,5.10

 

*** Thirumangai: ThirukkuRum ThANDakam : PiNDiyAr

 

*** Thirunedum ThANDakam : NeeragatthAi , Vaamgathal,

Kalluyarntha nedumathil

 

5. PoorvA AchAryAs

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a) NathamunigaL: During his pilgrimage to Kanchi , Varadhan

asked Nathamuni to go back to KaattumannAr Koil and wait

for the discovery of AruKiccheyalkaL .

 

b) AlavandhAr's prayer to Varadhan to bless RaamAnujA

to become the next great AchAryan to nourish and

grow the Sri VaishNava SampradhAyam.

 

c) Periya NambikaL's stay for many months at RaamAnujA's

House at Kaanchi.

 

d) Thirukkacchi Nambikal's DevarAjAshtakam.

 

e) Thirukkacchi Nambi's intercession with Varadhan

and the Six doctrines (AaRu VaarthaikaL).

 

f) Sri BhaashyakArar's entry to sanyAsa Aasramam

at Varadhan's sannidhi.

 

g) KurEsar's Sri VaradarAja Sthavam and "Kacchitanil

KaNN kodukkum PerumAL " incident .

 

h) ParAsara Bhattar's Dhivya Desa MangaLAsAsana slOkam:

" Srirangam Karisailam anjanagirim --- "

 

i) Thiruvarangatthu AmudanAr's RaamAnuja NooRandhAthi

Paasuram : 31

 

j) Thirukkuruhai PiLLAn's becoming the custodian of

RaamAnujA's NithyAradhana dhivya MangaLa Vigraham of

PeraruLAlan as well as the HayagrIva Vigraham given to

RaamAnujA by Saraswathi Devi ( Sri BhAshyam and

Bhagaavth Vishaya pravarthaka AchAryan).

 

k) Sri MadapaLLi AacchAn's Connection to Varadhan

 

l) EngaL AzhwAn's sambhandham with Varadhan

 

m) KidAmbi AthrEya RaamAnuja PiLLAn's connection

(SampradhAya Rahasya pravarthakar)

 

n) KidAmbi AthrEya RangarAjAcchAr's connection

(SampradhAya rahasya pravarthakar)

 

o) NadAdUr AmmAL; Milk Kaimkaryam to Varadhan

and sampradhAya pravachanam at KacchivAytthAn

Mandapam; authorship of Prapanna PaarijAtham.

 

p) Kidambi AppuLLar , Sishyan of NadAdUr AmmAl

and AchAryan of Swamy Desikan.

 

Q) Sudarsana Bhattar : Srutha prakAsikA MangaLa

slOkam on Varadhan

 

r) AruL Tarum AaraNa Desikan's References to Varadhan:

 

*** Vararaja panchaasath

*** NyAsa dasakam

*** NyAsa Vimsathi

*** VairAgya panchakam

*** Meyvirtha Maanmiyam

*** Adaikkala Patthu

*** Artha panchakam

*** Panniru ThirunAmam

*** VaishNava Dinasari

*** Thirucchinna Maalai

*** Sri Sthuthi

*** Sathya Kaalam PeraruLALan Kaimkaryam

*** AahAra iyamam

*** Sankalpa SooryOdhayam

*** Hamsa sandEsam(Many slOkAs on Kaanchi)

*** Tatthva Muktha KalApam: First slOkam : Lakshmi

nEthrOthpalasri ---

*** Amrutha Ranjani: 18-19

*** Amrutha SvAdhini: 27, 30

*** Tattva Navaneetham(Varadha Vishayathvam)

*** Rahasya Padhavi( Srirange VrushAdhri poorvakEshu--)

*** Anjali Vaibhavam

*** Rahasya Thraya Saaram verses

*** AdhikAra Sangraham : MangaLAsAsana SlOkam

 

s)Post-Swamy Desikan AchAryAs & Varadhan

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*** AdhiVaN SatakOpa Jeeyar's study at Kaanchi

*** YathirAja Vimsathi of MaNavALa Maamuni

*** Koora NaarAyaNa Jeeyar & Sudarsana sathakam

*** Taatha Desikan and PerumAL koil Kaimkaryams

*** MahAchArya (Vadhula SrinivAsAchAryaa)/Periyappa Desikan

*** DhoddAchAryA and Special Garuda SEvai for him by Vardhan

*** Many Jeeyars of Ahobila Matam, ParakAla Matam , Munithraya

and TennAchArya sampradhAyam.

 

Thus , there are many , many source literature on Sri Varadhan

and PerumdEvi ThAyAr of Kaanchipuram. We will cover some of them

in the days to come . Please also refer to adiyEn's earlier

postings in the Bhakthi List (Feb 2000) covering my visits to

Different Sannishis at Lord Varadhan's temple.

 

Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam,

Oppiliappan Koil VaradaachAri SatakOapn