HH Srimath Srirangam Andavan's Second Tele-upanyAsam on Swamy AlavandhAr's Chathus-slOki

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SrI:

 

SrimathE RaamAnujAya Nama:

SrimathE NigamAntha DesikAya Nama:

 

Dear BhakthAs:

 

adiyEn would like to share with you

the delightful anubhavam arising from listening to

HH SrImath SrIrangam Andavan's past two Tele-upanyAsams

on Swamy ALavanthAr's SrI ChthusslOki.

 

Today was a feast day for BhakthAs thirsting

for gaining comprehension on MahA Lakshmi Tatthvam.

HH Srimath Andavan blessed us with a brilliant and

profound upanyAsam on Swamy Desikan's insightful

commentary on the Chathus-slOki of Swamy ALavanthAr.

HH Srimath Andavan concluded with the commentary of

Swamy Periya-VaacchAn PiLLai on SrI ChathusslOki

for the first slOkam . One is astounded by

the commentaries of the ThUppul VaLLal and

the VyAkyAna Chakravarthy backed up by many

pramANams to establish the unique status of

SrI Devi as the Vibhu and SaakshAth Isvari .

That She serves as UpAyam and UpEyam besides

playing the role as a mediatrix (PurushakAra Kaaryam)

is the axiom of Swamy Desika sampradhAyam.

 

We have to thank the officers of SrI Ramanuja Mission

of NA for capturing this upanyAsam and making it available

to all BhakthAs in the MP-3 format. This and the previous

upanyAsams have to be heard a few times to appreciate

the subtelety of the points made in defense of

the uniqueness and greatness of SrI Tathtvam

and rejection of the views that SrI Devi is aNu,

prakruthi, BhagavAn's icchA sakthi , vidhyA,

ahanthA , BhOkthruvam et al.

 

In number of recent issues of SrI Nrusimha PriyA ,

asmath AchAryan HH Prakrutham SrImath Azhagiya Singar

has provided brilliant insights on the fundamental

concept that the dhivya dampathis are Sarva SEshis for

all chEthnams and achEthanams . These aruL mozhigaL of

Srimath NaarAyaNa YathIndhra MahA Desikan have to be

read again and again to understand the deficencies in

the arguments of Poorva Pakshins from other SampradhAyams.

They are also based on Swamy Desikan's Commentary

in Sanskrit on SrI ChathusslOki.

 

Vaikunta Vaasi Sri U.Ve. MadhurAnthakam VidvAN

VeerarAghavAcchAr Swamy has also blessed us with

a SrI Sookthi named " sampradhAya SudhA " released by

Sri VedAntha Desika SidhdAntha Abhivardhini SabhA of SrIrangam,

which covers Sawmy Desikan's commentary on ChathusslOki

to establish beyond any doubt about the Vibhuthvam ,

Isvarathvam , Bhagavath SEshathvam , Sarva Seshithvam

and Sarva SarIrakthvam of PirAtti at the same level

just as Her Lord.

 

It is no wonder that one of the 108 naamams for

Swamy Desikan is " (PraNavam ) ChathusskOkyarTa

Saaraj~nyAa nama: ".Swamy Desikan's thirukkumArar,

NayinArAchAryar paid tribute to the visEsha kaimkaryam

performed by his revered father to establish the Vibhuthvam

and Isvarathvam of SrI Devi (Thiru Mangai) through his

commentary for Swamy ALavanthAr's ChathusslOki:

 

" kanjat-Thirumangai uhakka vanthOn VaazhiyE"

 

With a close following of the Commentary of

Swamy Desikan on SrI ChathusslOki , HH SrImath

ANdavan established the veracity of the fifth

Paksham ( PanchasvEthEshu pakshEshu kascchidhEka:

PramANavAn) as the ThiruvuLLam of NigamAntha

MahA Desikan.

 

The five pakshams are:

 

1. The Svaroopam of PirAtti is aNu; She is one of

the Jeeva kOtis.

 

2. She has the Vibhu Svaroopam and yet She is one

of the Jeeva Kotis

 

3. She is Vibhu but different from Chith, achith

and IsvarAs.

 

4. As Vibhu and belonging to Isvara KOti , she is

still not SaakshAth Isvari.

 

5. She is Vibhu and SaakshAth Isvari.

 

There are four pakshams that accept Her as Vibhu

and one which states that She is aNu.Others say that

She acquires vibhuthvam thru Her agaDitha-gaDanA Sakthi.

 

Swamy Desika SampradhAyam accepts the fifth pakham

that She is Vibhu and SaakshAth Isvari based on

the sound commentary of SrI NigamAntha MahA Desikan

on Swamy ALavanthAr's SrI ChathusslOki.

 

Great UpanyAsams like that of HH SrImath ANdavan

and the aruL MozhigaL of HH SrI NaarAyaNa YathIndhra

MahA Desikan in Nrusimha PriyA are treasures for us to

cherish to gain an understanding of the brilliant

commentary of Swamy Desikan on the role and place of

MahA Lakshmi in our SampradhAyam.

 

adiyEn joins with SrI KrishNa Kaasyap to request you

all to join in the Future Tele-UpanyAsams of HH Srimath

SrIrangam ANdavan that would focus on the remaining

three slOkams of SrI ChathusslOki based on Swamy Desikan's

brilliant commentary.

 

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SaThakOpan