abhinava dESika Sri UttamUr Swamy Divya Charitham- 9

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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]

 

GRANTHA PUBLICATIONS:

 

As a Professor, Our Swami had a lot of spare time. Giving lectures to

students was like drinking water for Our Swami and called for no

preparations as he was thorough in all the subjects. So he devoted

more time on his cherished subject, Grantha Nirmana. Though the book

ACHARYA BHASHYA TATPARYA, the commentary on Sri Desika’s

Isavasyopanishad Bhashya, was written very much earlier, the same was

published at about this time. After publication, on going through

this book, Sri Kapistalam Swami praised the book very much. Sri

Injimedu Alagiasingar Swamy also was much impressed and wanted Our

Swami to send one copy to him and another copy to the Madurantakam

college.

 

Almost, at about the same time, the publication of the commentary

called “MIMAMSA SUDHASVADAM”, on the book, “Mimamsa Nyaya Prakasa”, a

Prakarana grantha, was done and this commentary got wide publicity and was

very well appreciated. Brahmasri Ramachandra Dikshitar of

Mylapore Sanskrit college, and other Mimamsa authorities praised Our

Swami for this publication. After this Our Swami wrote and published

“SUKHA PRAVESINI” a detailed commentary on Tarka Sangraha, which

fulfilled the need of the students of Tarka by supplying SAABDA BHODHA for

each sentence of the original, in the age-old customary way of doing

Pravachanam. This also helped students to understand the NavIna Tarka

Granthas easily in Siromani classes.

 

This was the time, Our Swami had to face the calamity of his wife’s

death who left behind only three daughters and no son, to perpetuate

the Vamsa Parampara. Our Swami was very much immersed, at that time,

in the task of bringing to print the grantha, “PARAPAKSHA NIRAKRITI”

written by Sri Koliyalam Swami. The Revered Acharya, was well aware

of Our Swami’s predicament and found no other way than to advise Our

Swami to marry again. Our Swami had to agree to his Revered Acharya’s

command and agreed to marry, if a right alliance was available.

Sri.U.Ve.Ketandapatti, Bharadhwaja Gotra, Madapusi, Middai, Rangacharya

Swami, who was an `Antaranga Sishya’ of Sri Koliyalam Swami who used to

travel with him in his Yatra and who was of immense help during such trips,

offered his daughter in marriage to Our Swami with great enthusiasm, after

obtaining the blessings of Lord Tiruvengadamudaiyan. The marriage was

conducted soon and even though Our Swami’s second wife was very young, she

was very well trained in running the house with strict Achara habits. Our

Swami was very lucky with his first wife, as she co-operated with her

husband with full Acharam and naturally Our Swami was a little apprehensive

in marrying again. But to his good luck, he found that his second wife was

in no way inferior to the first wife in Acharam. Upto this day, Our Swami

has been getting maximum co-operation and full satisfaction from his second

wife in running the house with strict Acharam; so that even in trying times,

Our Swami never had any difficulty to pursue his `Acharyakam’ and was able

to fulfil the needs of a chain of Sishyas coming to him both for Pancha

Samskaram and Bharanyasam. This second wife’s name is Sow.KAMALA and only

to indicate this Mangala Sloka at the beginning of this article contains the

words, “Kamala Griha Medhinam.”

 

Coming back to his college career, at Tirupathi college, the working

hours were upto 10 A.M. in the morning and started again only at 2.00

P.M. So Our Swami had to do his Ijya and Bhagavadaradhanam after 10

A.M. and as Our Swami was very particular about his rituals, it used

to take most of his time in the fore-noon; with the result that he

could not spare much time in helping Sri Kapistalam Swami to

scrutinise his granthas and to offer his remarks and suggestions. Sri

Kapistalam Swami, with all earnestness advised Our Swami to finish the Ijya

rituals, in as concise a manner as possible, as it was not good for his

health if he took food at such a late hour in the day, after remaining with

empty stomach throughout the morning. He said that Shastras definitely

permit for the reduction in ritual times to the minimum, especially when one

is engaged in such important work of Grantha Pravachana and Grantha Nirmana.

He also said that even Sanyasins used to reduce their Abhigamana Aradhanam

to the barest minimum when the Grantha Kalakshepam was ahead of him with

Sishyas waiting for him. It is alright for ordinary Astikas and Vaidikas

who have no occupation of Grantha Pravachanam or Grantha Nirmanam etc., to

devote more time for the rituals and not for persons who are fully qualified

and dedicated to the noble task of Grantha Pravachanam and Nirmanam, which

is itself considered as the most important Bhagavadaradhana.

 

Sri Paramahamseyadi Garudapuram Swami also used to advise Our Swami exactly

on the same lines.

Let us read further in next post....

AchAryan ThiruvadgaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo Narayana

aDiyEn dAsan

 

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