srI T.A. gOpAlAchAr svAmi attained paramapadam

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srImathE rAmanujAya namah

 

dear bhAgavathAs,

 

Many of us have been fortunate enough to know about

the great scholar and srIvaishNava,

srI. T.A. gOpAlAchAr svAmi. The Lord took this great

soul to paramapadam yesterday, (August 25th,

around 11:00 PM)

 

At this time, all we can do is remember the greatness

of this svAmi, and try to follow atleast some of what

he stood for.

 

srI gOpAlAchAr swami was the younger brother of srI.

T.A. KrishNamAchAr svAmi. both of them are very

learned scholars in ubhaya vEdAnta, with special

emphasis on nyAya sAstra from a sanskrit perspective.

 

They have performed kainkaryam to the Lord of

thirupathi, and the Lord of thirumala unceasingly

for the past 60 years. They lived in thirupathi,

and were a part of every occasion in the temple(s),

from nitya ArAdhanam to all utsavams.

 

More importantly, both of them were great teachers to

the srIvaishNava community at large. srI.

krishNamAchAr

svAmi and srI gOpAlAchAr svAmi are/were the ultimate

authority when it comes to ubhaya vEdAnta

for most scholars of today. Most of the learned

scholars of today, when they have a doubt/need

clarification approach(ed) srI. krishNamAchAr

svAmi/srI. gOpAlAchAr svami for clarification.

 

srI. gOpAlAchAr svAmi led a life that embodies what

our pUrvAchAryAs have preached. He (and his brother)

was the picture of simplicity. Both of them would not

accept any kind of monetary/material respect,

irrespective of how large/small it was, of for

whatever reason it was offered. Even if it was offered

for some kainkaryam, the answer would come

pat "nIyE paNNu - enga kitta paNam koNdu varAda -

appadi paNam koNdu vandhA inga varAdha" {You yourself

do the kainkaryam - do not bring money to us - if

you bring money, then do not come here}.

 

In a world, where everyone needs money in some

form or the other for whatever reason, srI.

gOpAlAchAr svAmi and srI. krishNamAchAr svAmi are

one of the very few people that followed the words

of our pUrvAchAryAs in true spirit.

 

srI. gOpAlAchAr svAmi's speciality was the nAlAyira

divya prabhandham, and its vyAkhyAnams. TTD recently

released the nAlAyiram tapes of srI. gOpAlAchAr

svAmi as part of their scriptures recording project.

This has around 50 tapes, with the divya prabhandham

recited (sung), in the traditional manner as it is

recited in thirumala during utsavams.

 

Both the brothers were AchAryAs. Since

srI krishNamAchAr swami is the elder brother,

srI gOpAlAchAr svami did not take up performing

samAsrayaNam to shisyAs. His devotion to his

brother is legendary. His bhakti/respect for

his brother was so high, that he would not

even speak in the presence of srI. krishNamAchAr

svami until asked by svAmi to do so.

 

Such a great soul attained paramapadam yesterday,

leaving behind a darker world for the rest of us.

We can for the moment derive some consolation in

that srI. krishNamAchAr svAmi is still with us,

willing, as always, in the true spirit of rAmAnujA's

sampradAya (paar ulagil aasai udayOrkku ellAm

aariyargaL koorum enRu) to teach to all those

who want to learn.

 

The rites are being conducted in thirupathi.

 

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan,

varadhan

 

 

 

 

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Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha

 

It is indeed a great loss to the Srivaishnavite world. I wonder how

we are going to make up for these losses, or rather emperumAn Himself

is going to make up for these losses as we can do very little.

 

Sri Gopalachariar swami was rather another incarnation of Sri

LakshamaNa with respect to his utmost devotion to his elder brother

Sri Krishnamachariar swami. Infact they are very famous in the

Srivaishnavite world as Kittan-Gopalan like Rama-Lakshmana. Never did

they live separately except for a year or so when Sri

Krishanamachariar swamy lived at Kanchipuram to get immersed in the

utsavams of Varamtharum PerumAl Sri dEvAdhi rAjan.

 

He is so soft spoken that, once when I visited their thirumALigai at

Thirupathi (at about 2.00 PM), he answered me at the door and after

learning that I came to pay my obeisances to Sri Krishnamachariar

swamy, he went and started waking him up by calling him as "KittaNNA,

KittaNNA" in the most feeblest voice, that his brother should not

wake up suddenly. No exaggerations, dear members, truly, the way he

woke up his brother, was just like the way Lakshmana would have done

to his brother.

 

As for his knowledge and adhikAram in the sampradhAyam, I think Sri

Varadhan has put it better.

 

"Vandhavar edhirkoLLa mAmaNi maNdapatthu, andhamil pErinbatthu

adiyarOdu" sErntha Gopalachariar thiruvadigaLE saraNam.

 

AzhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigaLE saraNam

 

adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan,

Thirumalai Vinjamoor Venkatesh

 

 

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srI T.A. gOpAlAchAr svAmi attained paramapadam

 

 

srImathE rAmanujAya namah

 

dear bhAgavathAs,

 

Many of us have been fortunate enough to know about

the great scholar and srIvaishNava,

srI. T.A. gOpAlAchAr svAmi. The Lord took this great

soul to paramapadam yesterday, (August 25th,

around 11:00 PM)

 

At this time, all we can do is remember the greatness

of this svAmi, and try to follow atleast some of what

he stood for.

 

srI gOpAlAchAr swami was the younger brother of srI.

T.A. KrishNamAchAr svAmi. both of them are very

learned scholars in ubhaya vEdAnta, with special

emphasis on nyAya sAstra from a sanskrit perspective.

 

They have performed kainkaryam to the Lord of

thirupathi, and the Lord of thirumala unceasingly

for the past 60 years. They lived in thirupathi,

and were a part  of every occasion in the temple(s),

from nitya ArAdhanam to all utsavams.  

 

More importantly, both of them were great teachers to

the srIvaishNava community at large. srI.

krishNamAchAr

svAmi and srI gOpAlAchAr svAmi are/were the ultimate

authority when it comes to ubhaya vEdAnta

for most scholars of today. Most of the learned

scholars of today, when they have a doubt/need

clarification approach(ed) srI. krishNamAchAr

svAmi/srI. gOpAlAchAr svami for clarification.

 

srI. gOpAlAchAr svAmi led a life that embodies what

our pUrvAchAryAs have preached. He (and his brother)

was the picture of simplicity. Both of them would not

accept any kind of monetary/material respect,

irrespective of how large/small it was, of for

whatever reason it was offered. Even if it was offered

for some kainkaryam, the answer would come

pat "nIyE paNNu - enga kitta paNam koNdu varAda -

appadi paNam koNdu vandhA inga varAdha" {You yourself

do the kainkaryam - do not bring money to us - if

you bring money, then do not come here}.

 

In a world, where everyone needs money in some

form or the other for whatever reason, srI.

gOpAlAchAr svAmi and srI. krishNamAchAr svAmi are

one of the very few people that followed the words

of our pUrvAchAryAs in true spirit.

 

srI. gOpAlAchAr svAmi's speciality was the nAlAyira

divya prabhandham, and its vyAkhyAnams. TTD recently

released the nAlAyiram tapes of srI. gOpAlAchAr

svAmi as part of their scriptures recording project.

This has around 50 tapes, with the divya prabhandham

recited (sung), in the traditional manner as it is

recited in thirumala during utsavams.

 

Both the brothers were AchAryAs. Since

srI krishNamAchAr swami is the elder brother,

srI gOpAlAchAr svami did not take up performing

samAsrayaNam to shisyAs. His devotion to his

brother is legendary. His bhakti/respect for

his brother was so  high, that he would not

even speak in the presence of srI. krishNamAchAr

svami until asked by svAmi to do so.

 

Such a great soul attained paramapadam yesterday,

leaving behind a darker world for the rest of us.

We can for the moment derive some consolation in

that srI. krishNamAchAr svAmi is still with us,

willing, as always, in the true spirit of rAmAnujA's

sampradAya (paar ulagil aasai udayOrkku ellAm

aariyargaL koorum enRu) to teach to all those

who want to learn.

 

The rites are being conducted in thirupathi.

 

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan,

varadhan

 

 

 

 

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SrImatE rAmAnujAya namaH

 

namO nArAyaNa!

 

Dear all,

 

Sad to hear the news from SrI TA Varadan - which would

be much more for him, since swAmi is his

AchArya's younger brother.

> srI gOpAlAchAr swami was the younger brother of srI.

> T.A. KrishNamAchAr svAmi. both of them are very

> learned scholars in ubhaya vEdAnta, with special

> emphasis on nyAya sAstra from a sanskrit perspective.

 

Just for Info sake :

 

SrI TA KrishNamAchArya learnt NyAya SAstra from

SrI "abhinava dESika" UtthamUr VIrarAghavAchArya, the

greatest authority of NyAya SAstra of his times. aDiyEn

has heard from scholars and SrI-VaishNavas at Tirupathi

regarding the reverence SrI KrishNamAchArya has for

SrI UtthamUr SwAmi, not only as his NyAya-SAstra AchArya Or

as a stalwart in Ubhaya-VEdAnta, but also as a SrI-VaishNava

of great conduct and character.

 

Incidentally, SrI VELukkuDi VaradAchArya of great fame also

learnt NyAya SAstra under SrI UtthamUr SwAmi.

 

Other illustrious scholars who studied NyAya SAstra under

SrI UtthamUr SwAmi (that aDiyEn can remeber this moment) are :

 

* SrI Villivalam NArAyaNAchArya (pUrvAshrama elder brother of

current Azhagiyasi~ngar)

 

* SrI PerukkAraNai ChakravarthAchArya (SrI Ahobila Muth)

 

* SrI SrIdharAchArya (alias Shivprasad Dwivedi for loukika

purposes;SrI-VaishNava AchArya in

North-India)

 

* SrI NAvalpAkkam S RAmAnuja TAthAchArya

 

* SrI ChEttalUr SrIvatsA~nkAchArya

 

There are many more scholars - from all schools of vEdAnta -

who studied under SrI UtthamUr SwAmi. The above is only a

selected list.

 

aDiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan,

anantapadmanAbhan alias Anand.