abhinava dEsika- Sri UttamUr Swamy Divya Charitham- 1

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Sri Padmavathi Sametha Srinivasa Parabrahmane Namaha.

Sri Perundhevi Sametha Devadhiraja Parabrahmane Namaha.

Sri Bhagavad Ramanujaya Namaha.

Srimate Rangaramanuja Maha Desikaya Namaha.

Srimate Abhinava Desika Vatsya Satchakravarti Uttamur SRI VEERARAGHAVARYA

MAHA DESIKAYA NAMAHA

 

Thanian (Invocatory verse on Sri UttamUr swamy written by Swamy's AchAryan

Sri Kozhiyalam Swamy himself)

 

adbhutham-yasya-vikrAntham vEda-vIthi-viSOdanE |

aparam-nigamAnthAryam prapadyE vIrarAghavam ||

 

Sri Abhinava Desikan- Sri U Ve UttamUr Veeraraghavachariar Swamy has

blessed us with many , many granthams , which need to be cherished. Thai

Swathi is Swamy's Thirunaksathram (Feb 4th) and adiyEn wants to post to the

members Swamy's divya charitham. Before getting into the nectarine

biography of Swamy, let us enjoy the uniqueness of Swamy's vyAkhyAnaam

(commentary) on periyAzhwAr pAsurams

 

Fifth ThiruppallANDu Paasuram ( aNDaikkulatthukkapathiyAhi):

Swamy explains that the four paadhams of this paasuram contain the coverage

of the four chapters of Brahma Soothram (SaarIraka Saasthram). By choice of

the word " aNDaikkulatthiRkku adhipathyAhi", AzhwAr refers to the saaram of

the first adhyAyam of Brahma Soothram : Our Lord is the Sarva-KaaraNa, Sarva

Swamy .The passage "asurar irAkkatharai-kaLaintha" refers to the sAram of

the second adhyAyam . The reference here is to the "asurar irAkkatharai "

and this relates to the rejection of Veda Baahya and vipirItha Jn~Anam based

mathams(Kudhrushti Mathams). The third adhyAyam refers to kaimkaryam in a

spirit of VairAgyam and the observance of Sath Karmams like Naama

sankIrthanam ( ThoNDaikkulatthuLLIr vanthadi ThozhuthAyiram naamam

solli).The fourth adhyAyam is referred to as the Phalan of proceeding by

archirAdhi

Maargam and singing PallANDu at Parama Padham ( paNDaikkulatthai tavirnthu

PallANDu pallAyiratthANDenmin ).

(as written by SrI Satakopan Swamin, USA in one of earlier posts few years

ago)

 

This Biography article was written in Tamil by SrI PayyampADi

VEnkatavaradAchArya SwAmi ; English Translation by SrI R.VenkatAchAri

(SohattUr- Vankipuram -Oppiliappan Sannidhi), a disciple of SrI UtthamUr

SwAmi. Appeared in the souvenir released during the SatAbhishEkam (80th

birth anniversary) of SrI UtthamUr swAmi on 10th Feb, 1977. )

 

(Avataram: Durmukhi samvatsara-Makara masa-Swati nakshathra, 26-1-1897).

(Place: Uttamur village-10 miles from Madhurantakam town-Chingleput Dt.

TAMIL NADU- INDIA)

 

The Lord, Almighty Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayana takes an Avatara to bless

his Bhakthas. An Acharya takes an avatAra not only to wipe out the sorrows

of all who seek his feet, but also to show them the path for Eternal Bliss-

mOksha. That is why Vedas proclaim "Acharya Devo Bhava" and "Devamiva

Acharyam Upaseeta". That is why our great Acharya, Sri Nigamanta Guru,

vehemently said ("AcharyAdiha DevatAm SamadhikAm AnyAm na manyAmahe") that

in this world, there is no other Devata, which is superior to an Acharya.

 

Vedas, Smritis, Itihasas, Puranas and other Pramanas proclaim that if a

person does not get the blessings of an Acharya, he will not get Moksha,

even though he may possess all the material wealth; on the other hand, One

who has the blessings of an Acharya, will not be prevented from attaining

the Eternal Bliss-Moksha, even though he has committed the most heinous

crime.

 

Our Acharya Parampara starts from Sriman Narayana and Sri Nigamanta Guru

stands in the middle as the "Crest Jewel". In that guru parampara, OUR

SWAMI, Sri U.Ve.Abhinava Desika UttamUr Veeraraghavarya Mahadesikan, stands

aloof as a Supreme Acharya-Par Excellence-as an undisputed and universally

accepted GUIDING STAR for our Sampradaya and as the ABHINAVA AVATARA of Sri

Nigamanta Guru and in no way inferior to the original Avatara in Knowledge,

Acharya, Anushtana, and VairAagya. This will be very clearly understood if

one goes through the various incidents and happenings in OUR SWAMY's life.

 

It will be an amazing experience to us if we find out how Our Swami was

prepared by the various doyen in all the shastras to fill the

post of a Guiding Star and to augment and supplement the great work done by

the Nigamanta Guru in this Abhinava Avatara.

 

BIRTH:

 

Our Swami, Abhinava Desika was born in a village called UTTAMUR

(Uttamanallur), 10 miles away from Madurantakam town, Chingleput District in

Tamil Nadu, as the son of Sri.U.Ve.SRINIVASARAGHAVA CHAKRAVARTI SWAMI, who

was the Ekadhipati of that village at the time. He was well known for his

family background, wealth, Acharya, Anushtana, Knowledge, etc.

 

KULAM:

 

Srivatsa - Tirumalai Nallan Chakravarti Vamasam.

 

TIRUMALAI:

 

As the ancestors of Our Swami settled in Tirumalai, to do the Nitya

Kainkaryam to the Lord of Seven Hills, Sri Tiruvengadamudaiyaan, they got

the title "Tirumalai".

 

NALLAN:

 

One of the ancestors of Our Swami, once saw a Brahmin's dead body being

washed ashore in floods in Vegavati river near Kanchi and took

the trouble of arranging PrEta-Samskara (funeral rites) for the dead body.

Not knowing that this act is equivalent to that of performing many Asvameda

Yagas, the local people boycotted him. But Sri Devadhiraja Swami enshrined

at the Kanchi temple, had different ideas; called him and proclaimed that he

may be considered "Bad for the world -But Good for me" -"Oorukku Pollan,

Emakku NALLAN" ? Tanian slokas starting with "Vega Vegopaneetam etc etc", ?

are available to prove the above incident.

 

CHAKRAVARTI:

 

Puranas hail, that Lord Tiruvengadamudaiyan gave the "Sudarsana-Panchajanya"

to one Tondaimaan Chakravarti, who as, in his previous birth, born as

Rangadasa, He was doing Pushpa Kainkaryam to Lord

of Seven Hills by supplying flowers to Vikanas Maharshi who was doing Pooja

to Lord Tiruvengamudaiyan. God was so pleased with Rangadasa that he

blessed him to be born as a King in his next birth. The Lord gave him

Sudarsana-Panchajanya for worshipping him and hailed him "CHAKRAVARTI". This

is the Sanka-Chakra handed over to Sri Bhashyakara by our Swami's ancestors

who were also alled "CHAKRAVARTIS" as they continued the Kainkaryam to Sri

Tiruvengadamudaiyan after Tondaiman Chakravarti.

 

SRIVATSA GOTHRAM:

 

It is well known that the Nityasuri, SRIVATSAM on the chest of Lord Sriman

Narayana, the permanent abode of Sri Lakshmi, was born as Sri Vatsa

Maharishi. Sri Valmiki, Brughu, Chyavana, Dadheechi, Udanka, and Sownaka

rishis belong to the Srivatsa Gotram.

 

We will enjoy the greatness of Swamy's ancestors in the next post.

 

SRIMATE VIRARAGHAVARYA MAHA DESIKAYA NAMAHA

SRIMATE RANGARAMANUJA MAHA DESIKAYA NAMAHA

SRI BHOOMI DEVI SAMETA SRINIVASA PRARABRAHMANE NAMAHA

AchAryan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

 

Regards

Narayana Narayana

NarayaNa dAsan madhavakkannan

 

 

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