Sri Parakala Matham Vaibhavam - XIII

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Sri:

Sri Brahmatantra Swatantra Parakala Guru Paramparaayai Nama:

 

Sri Jn~yaanaabdhi Brahmatantra Swatantra Parakala

Yatindra Maha Desikan (1607 - 1618 ACE)

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Following the Adhipatyam of Sri Vedanta Yativarya

Brahmatantra Parakala Maha Desikan as the Jeer of

Sri Parakala Matham from 1583 to 1607 ACE, the

mathAdhipatyam was handed over to the most scholarly

Sri Jn~yaanaabdhi Brahmatantra Swatantra Parakala

Yatindra Maha Desikan.

 

Sri Jn~yaanaabdhi Parakala Maha Desikan, during his

times, is known to have authored many sampradaayic

works that added more luster to the Srivaishnava

philosophical library. Following his sankalpam and command,

his student, Sri Rangaramanuja Swamy, also authored great

sampradaaic works like Bhavaprakasha, Dashopanishad Bhashya,

Vishayavaakyadeepika and Ramanuja Siddhanta Sara Sangraha.

Another great disciple of this acharya was Sri Vatsya Ahobilacharya,

a grihastha (householder) who authored a detailed commentary

on the Nalayira (4000) Divya Prabandhams.

 

The then Mysore ruler Sri Maharaja Raja Wodeyar got the

sacraments of pancha samskaaram and Saranagati administered

on him by Sri Jn~yaanaabdhi Brahmatantra Swamy and

obtained his anugrahams. This acharya graced the peetham till 1618 ACE.

His taniyan reads as follows -

 

"vEdaanta yativaryaapta vEdaanta yugaLaashrayam |

jn~yaanaabdhi brahmatantra shri parakaala gurum bhajE ||"

 

By this time, the Mysore rulers were no more subordinate to the

Vijayanagara Rulers and had established an independent kingdom

of their own.

 

Jn~yaanaabdhi Parakala Maha Desikan was succeeded by

Sri Veeraraaghava Yogindra Brahmatantra Swatantra Parakala

Maha Desikan.

 

Sri Veeraraaghava Yogindra Brahmatantra Swatantra Parakala

Maha Desikan. (1619 - 1640 ACE)

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This acharya's taniyan runs as follows:

 

" jn~yaanaambudhi brahmatantra parakaala mahaagurO |"

avaaptaturya vandEham veeraraaghava yOginam ||"

 

Sri Varada Vedaanta Brahmatantra Swatantra Parakala

Maha Desikan. (1641 - 1652 ACE)

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Sri Varada Vedanta Brahmatantra Swatantra Parakala Maha

Desikan succeeded Sri Viraraghava Yogindra Parakala Swamy in

the year 1641. This acharya continuing in the path of his predecessors

made many contributions to Sri Vishishtadvaitha sampradayam.

The twelfth king, Sri Maharaja RaNadhira KanTeerava Narasimha

Raja Wodeyar (1639 - 1660), is stated to have received the

sacraments of Sri Vaishnava Diksha at the hands of Sri Varada

Vedanta Swamy. The king having given lots of contributions to

the Sri Matham, passed a resolution (recorded in the epigraph of

Mysore 1938 pg 113) that at Thirunarayanapuram during the

prabandha parayana goshti, the psalm "ramanuja dayapaatram ... ...

vande vedanta deshikam" composed by Sri Brahmatantra

Swatantra Maha Deshikan on 18-8-1338, the first yatishvara acharya

of Sri Matham, shall be recited, just like the way it has been done

since the times of Raja Wodeyar. The recitation of this psalm

was approved by Swamy Deshikan himself and also has been

endorsed by Lord Thiruvarangan Himself. This acharya graced

the acharya peetam till 1652. His taniyan runs as follows -

 

"veeraraaghava yOgindra vishEsha karuNOkshitam |

namaami mUrdhnaa varadavEdaanta munipungavam ||"

 

 

( --Cotd..)

 

Sri Laxmi Hayagriva ParabrahmanE Nama:

 

--rajeev