abhinava dESika - SrI UttamUr Swamy Divya Charitham- 13

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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]

 

To continue Our Swami’s career, from Sholapur, after the Visit of

Conquer, he went to Bombay to visit the Sri Vaishnava Patron, Sri

Dikshitji Goswami of Sri Vallabha Sampradaya, who financed the

publication of Paramartha Prakasika. There he was taken to

the Upanyasam of Brahmasri Mahamahopadhyaya Anantakrisha Sastriar.

Being an admirer of Our Swami, and for that, he stopped his Upanyasam

in the middle and spoke for 15 minutes, about Our Swami’s genius, and

at the end of his Upanyasam, he even asked Our Swami to speak to the

audience for a few minutes. Brahmasri Anantakrishna Sastriar is not

new to Our Swami. On a previous occasion, in Madras, in one of the

Seminars conducted by Sanatana Dharma Sthapana Maha Sabha, which was

attended by scholars from all Sampradayas from all over India

including the Kasi Brahmasri Lakshmana Sastriar, Brahmasri

Anantakrishna Sastriar was presiding. The subject taken up for

discussion was “A few objections from Paniniya Vyakarana Sutras and

some sentences from Dharma Shastras which needed clarification”.

 

Many scholars spoke on these subjects but could not convince the learned

audience of scholars and pundits. Finally Our Swami spoke in Sanskrit very

elaborately and answered all the doubts raised by the audience. The audience

gave a standing ovation and acknowledged Our Swami’s arguments and felt

fully convinced. The President then invited Our Swami to speak on the book

Sankha-Likhita Dharmashastra Grantha which contains the arguments on the

same subject, even though Our Swami did not go through the book, he guessed

the contents by a casual glance and once again stood up to talk, this time

in a more elaborate way on the same points.

 

The Seminar ended with a happy note and praises for Our Swami’s genius and

thorough knowledge of all Shastras. It was no wonder that Brahmasri

Anantakrishna Sastriar who was the President of that Seminar, spoke so high

about Our Swami at Bombay. During this

trip to Bombay, on a request from this Madhwa Sidhanta Scholar, Sri

Gopalachar, Our Swami delivered Upanyasam for one week on Sri Ramanuja

Sidhanta, the occasion being the Jayanti of Sri Ramanuja.

After coming back to Tirupati, Our Swami was invited by Sriman

Narayana Jeer, from a place near Rajamahendran in Andhra State, to

preside over the Seminar conducted by Sri Vaishnava Maha Sabha. Our

Swami proceeded there and presided over the Seminar for three days and the

scholars present praised Our Swami’s knowledge on all the four Shastras.

 

Coming back to Tirupathi, Our Swami not only spoke in the local Sabhas

attached to the college but also in other places throughout the country and

his fame started spreading to the four corners of the country.

 

In the year 1942, the Sashtiabdapoorti of Sri paramhamsetyadi

Koliyalam Swami was celebrated in Tiruchanur. In connection with

that, Our Swami scrutinized the manuscripts of his Revered Acharya’s

grantha, “BHEDA SAMRAJYAM” and published the same. This book is the

essence of all the Upanishads put together. To accede to the request

of many Sishyas, Our Swami wrote and published a concise commentary

called “Goodaprakasa” on Sri Alavandar’s Siddhitraya, which is a CORE

GRANTHA for our Sampradaya. The grantha had to be codified into

Poorva Paksha and Siddhanta separately and after supplying portions in the

original which were left out in earlier publications, the

commentary was written. As the funds available were very limited, the book

had to be very concise. (Later the commentary was again

published about which we will mention at proper time).

AchAryan ThirucadigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo Narayana

aDiyEn

 

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