abhinava desika-SrI UttamUr Swamy Divya Charitham-7

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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]

 

AN UNFORGETTABLE INCIDENT:

 

One day at Madurantakam, Sri.U.Ve.Goshtipuram Swami, Sri

Sowmyanarayana Maha Desikan, took Our Swami to the temple of Sri

Bhashyakara (inside the Sri Rama temple) and made Our Swami stand at

the feet of Sri Bhashyakara and uttered the following words: "Swamin.

I pray to you to bless the youngster (Our Swami) standing at your

feet, so that he may become the future GUIDING STAR for spreading the

Visishtadvaita Sidhanta and Srivaishnava Samparadaya". The prayer

from Sri Goshtipuram Swami was so spontaneous that tears rolled down

his eyes. What a noble act done by one of the great acharya, Sri

Goshtipuram Swami: How could Sri Bhasyakarar ignore such a request?

We now know, how Sri Bhashyakara blessed Our Swami. We now have

amongst us with full of Sowlabhya and Sowseelya that necessary

qualities for a great Acharya, our Universally Accepted Great

Acharya, Sri Abhinava Desika, on his SATABHISHEKAM day as

an "Acharya, Par Excellence" to bless us all. After

that incident, Our Swami made it a habit to visit Sri Goshtipuram

Swami at Mambakkam village.

 

Sri U.VE Paramhamsa Parivrajaka Sri Injimedu Alagiasingar Swami, in

his Poorvasramam, used to visit Sri Goshipuram Swami every now and

the. During one such visit, Our Swami was also present. He used to

meet Our Swami at Mannargudi Sadhas and used to admire the knowledge

of Our Swami. He asked Our Swami to join the Veda Patasala in

Mannargudi as an Instructor in Vedanta granthas. Our Swami could not

accept the offer. Later on in one of his visits to Kil-Tirupathi, he

called on Sri. U.Ve.Mahamahopadhyaya Kapistalam Swami, to pay his

respects. On his request, Our Swami stayed with him for a few days to

correct and give suggestions to the book, VYASA SIDHANTA MARTANDA. On

his way back, he halted for the night at Chittoor (Andhra State)

There he met Sri Viraraghavacharya, Vakil, who is the son of

Sri Kapistalam Swami.

 

Our Swami was persuaded by him and by Sri Anantasayanam Iyengar Swami

to Stay in Chittoor for some time. There, Sri M.Ananthasayanam

Iyengar Swami (Ex Governor) studied Srimad Ramayanam, Brahma

Sutra-Shankara Bhashyam, and Mimamsa Prakarana Granthas. Sri (Vakil)

Viraghavacharya and others studied other Sampradaya granthas. He also

gave discourses in the evenings and Srimad Bhagavatham was done very

elaborately in his Upanyasam and the Astikas of Chittoor were very

much pleased. In the meantime, Sri D.T.Tatacharya Swamy wanted to

publish our Swami's book MIMAMSA NYAYA PRAKASA VYAKHYANAM and wrote a

letter to Our Swami. Even though the above book was written during

his stay in Tiruvaiyaru, Our Swami did not publish the same, as he

felt that his Mimamsa Guru, Brahma Sri Chinnaswami Sastrigal may feel

offended, as his Guru himself had published a commentary from Benares

for the same book. But Sri D.T.Swami's commentary was an elaborate

one and this will be a valuable guide to students who want to study

the subject in detail. Finally Sri D.T.Swami succeeded and the same

was published, in series, in Udyana Patrika.

 

Sri A.V.Gopalacharya, a leading Vakil from Tiruchirapalli and

Matatraya Pandit and a critic, who has great regard for Our Swami,

wrote to Our Swami saying that he had suggested to the authorities at

Mysore to appoint Our Swami as the Examiner for Rajakiya Vidvat

Parishad. Our Swami agreed to this and when the request came from

Mysore, he not only set question papers for the students but also

corrected all the answer papers. They also requested him to come to

Mysore for conducting Oral Tests. During his stay in Mysore, Sri

Parakala Mutt Swami wanted to hear the commentary written by

Our Swami, called Acharya Bhashya Taatparyam. After hearing the same

Sri Parakala Mutt Swami was so much pleased that he called for a

Sadhas in honour of Our Swami so that local Vidwans could hear Our

Swami. At the Sadhas, Our Swami was asked to speak on SAMANYA NIRUKTI

and BHATTA DEEPIKA.

During discussions, the Principal of Tirunarayanapuram Vidyasala, Sri

Vaidhyanatha Sastrigal wanted to know whether Our Swami could reply

to points raised at random from any page from the grantha. Our Swami

took the challenge and answered all the questions very convincingly

so that all present including Sri Sastri praised him.

 

On the final day of the Sadhas, Brahma Sri Virupaksha Sastri, (who

later became Sringeri Madathipati) raised a point, saying that

certain portions in SATA DHOOSHANI were wrong and wanted Our Swami to

give his explanation.

What happened... then? Let us wait for the next post..:-(

AchAryan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

Namo Narayana

aDiyEn dAsan