abhinava desika- Sri UttamUr Swamy Divya Charitham-5

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SrI:

Sri Padmavathi Sametha Srinivasa Parabrahmane Namaha.

Sri Perundhevi Sametha Devadhiraja Parabrahmane Namaha.

SrimathE Bhagavad Ramanujaya Namaha:

SrimathE Nigamantha Mahadesikaya namaha:

Srimate Rangaramanuja Maha Desikaya Namaha.

Srimate Abhinava Desika Vatsya Satchakravarti Uttamur SRI

VIRARAGHAVARYA MAHA DESIKAYA NAMAHA

 

SrImAn venkatanAthAryaH kavitArkika kesarI |

vedAntAcArya-varyome sannidhattAm sadA hRdi ||

 

Thanian (Invocatory verse on Sri UttamUr swamy written by

Swamy's AchAryan Sri Kozhiyalam Swamy himself)

 

adbhutam yasya vikrAntam vEda vIthI ViSOdhanE |

aparam nigamAntAryam prapadyE vIrarAghavam ||

 

Let us continue with the divya charitham of Sri UttamUr Swamy.

 

[Article in Tamil by SrI PayyampADi VEnkatavaradAchArya SwAmi ; English

write up (based on Tamil) 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]

 

SADACHARYA SAMPATTI:

 

Our Swami had the accidental meeting of Sri U.Ve.Raghavacharya Swami

(who was no other than his revered Acharya, Sri Koliyalam Swami Sri

Rangaramanuja Maha Desikan, in his poovasramam) who was the Antaranga

Sishya of Sri Tirupathi Swami, by whom Our Swami's Samasrayanam was

performed. The meeting took place in Kandiyur at the temple of Sri

Hara Sapa Hara Perumal. Sri U.Ve.Raghavacharya Swami was in the

middle of his Upanyasam in the evening, which used to attract a huge

and learned audience. After the Upanyasam, Our Swami fell at his feet and

felt extremely satisfied, as his visit to the Kandiyur temple was purely

accidental. Sri.U.Ve.Raghavacharya Swami (Koliyalam Swami) happened to be

an elder cousin of our Swami, as the grand mothers of both were sisters at

Paiyambadi Village. Our Swami, after exchange of family news, requested him

to come to Kargudi and stay in his humble cottage, for a few days, Sri

Koliyalam Swami readily agreed and moved into Kargudi. Sri Koliyalam was

noted, even in his Poorvasramam, for his very strict observance of Acharam.

As he did not know much about Our Swami's Achara habits, at such an early

age, instructed Our Swami, on that day, not to touch anything in the

kitchen. At Our Swami's request, Sri Koliyalam Swami started the Anhika

Kalakshepam. Within a few days, the Acharya found out that Our Swami,

though quite young, was in no way inferior to him in his young, was in no

way inferior to him in his Achara vyavahara. So with great joy, he

permitted Our Swami to enter the kitchen without any restriction and do

Sisrusha for him.

 

At that time Sri Koliyalam Swami said that whenever he visited

Madurantakam, he used to do Bhagavadaradhanam only in Our Swami's

Father’s house; and that he was not surprised that Our Swami was also

trained by his father in the same strict manner. He said that a Tiger would

not give birth to a cat. He also expressed that Knowledge may be acquired

by many but to combine it with Achara and Anushtana was rare and was fully

satisfied Our Swami is having both in full measure. As it was holiday at

the college, Our Swami requested him to start the Kalakshepam of Sri

Bhasyam. Sri Koliyalam Swami postponed his visit to Srirangam and moved

into a different house in Kargudi and decided to stay for two months for the

sake of giving Sri Bhasya Kalakshepam with Srutaprakasika commentry. As

usual Sri Koliyalam Swami did his Unchavritti in Rayampettai village and

devoted his entire time for Sri Bhasya Kalakshepem. As the proverb goes,

“Only a snake knows the legs of another snake” so also only a Genius could

spot another Genius. It took no time for Sri Koliyalam Swami. He used to be

amazed at the capacity of Our Swami for quick grasping and his analytical

mind and the instructions in Vedanta Shastras went on with great vigour and

the basement for the life of this Abhinava Desika as the Supreme Acharya was

laid on solid ground. During the course of SAMANVAYADHIKARANA in Sri

Bhasyam Sri Koliyalam Swami, one fine morning, decided to enter into the

Turiyasramam (sanyasam); and the subsequent story is well known to all of

us; and more elaborately written in the Sashtiabdapoorti Malar of Sri

Koliyalam Swami in Our Swami’s article, `Acharya Vaibhavam’.

 

While waiting for the Sweekaram of Sanyasam at Srirangam, at the

Ashramam of Sri Poundarikapuram Swami called our Swami and questioned

him on certain matters in Tarka Shastra and he was amazed at the

profound knowledge of Our Swami and congratulated Sri Koliyalam Swami

in acquiring such a worthy Sishya. Such were the greatness of those

Acharyas whose only aim and Purushatra was to wait and grab at the

earliest chance to get a worthy Sishya and spare no efforts to impart

and propagate Sri vaishnava Sampradaya without expecting anything in

return, themselves living on Unchavritti.

 

Sri Swami had to return in Tiruvaiyaru, as the college reopened. Next time

during the next holidays, when Our Swami went to Srirangam to pay his

respects to revered Acharya, Sri Koliyalam Swamy, he was told that he has

already left on a pilgrimage walk to Tirumalai hills after becoming a

Sanyasi and nobody knew either his route or his whereabouts at that time.

Our Swami had to come back to Kargudi thoroughly disappointed at his

misfortune.

 

[what happens next?- we will see in next post...:-)

Regards

Namo Narayana

aDiyEn dAsan

 

Regards

Narayana Narayana

NarayaNa dAsan madhavakkannan

 

 

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