SwAmy AlavandAr TN

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Sri RAmajayam

SrimathE GOpAla DEsika MahA DEsikAya Namaha

 

Dear BhagavathAs,

Today is Adhi Uttiram(Karkataka - Uttarashada)

TN of Swamy AlavandAr(other ThirunAmam-YAmunaithuraivar,

YAmunAcharya).

Swamy was born ca.976 AD(DhAtu Varsham) to Ishwara Muni(Son of

NAthamunigal)

and Ranganayaki Ammal.

We can never repay our AchAryas for their PErupakAram(help) in

helping/guiding/showing us the path to happiness on earth(JnAnam,

AnushtAnam, VairAghyam) and eternal happiness(Moksham, Nitya

Kaimkaryam), and it is only

natural for us to speak in a Superlative sense about every Sri

Vaishnava

AchArya right from the PradamAcharya of the Divya Dhampathis to Asmad

AchAryan. Each of these AchAryas have their Thirumudi Sammandham to

their

PoorvachArya and give their Thiruvadi Sammandham to their successor

thus

giving us an Avichinna Guru Parampara(unbroken AchArya lineage).

In this Guru Parampara we constantly refer Sri RAmAnuja as Darsana

SthApakar

and refer Parama Vaidhika Matham of Sri Vaishnavam as Sri RAmAnuja

DArsanam,

owing to the establishment of the VEdic faith by Bhagavad RAmAnuja in

a very

turbulent phase of materialism, violence, intolerance and spiritual

destruction(true to this day).

However this happened entirely due to the Thiruvadi Sammandham of

Swamy

AlavandAr whose three wishes were delivered by EmperumAnAr Sri

RAmAnuja.

The works of Swamy Alavandar include, Siddhi Trayam(Atma, Samvit,

Iswara

Siddhi, which helped Sri RAmAnuja evolve the thought process for

formulating

Sri BhAshya), Geethartha Sangraha(base for Sri RAmAnuja's GitA

BhAshyA),

Agama PrAmAnyam(enabled Sri RAmanuja to expound PAncharAtra Agama),

Maha

Purusha Nirnayam(general basis for all Sri Vaishnavite works,

incluing

VEdartha Sangraham of Sri RAmAnuja), Sthothra Ratnam and Chatus SlOki.

These are profound works, and it is AdiyEn's belief even if we

associate

ourself with a parama BhAgavathA familiar with Swamy AlavandArs

works, it

can cleanse us of a great deal of RajO/ThamO gunAs. On this sacred

day let

us make a resolve to associate ourself with the Parama Vaidhika

Matham of

Sri Vaishnavam, and take a gradual recourse into knowing our

SampradAyam and

live a fulfilling and happy life. Sri Poundareekapuram Srimad

Andavan

Asramam celebrates Swamy AlavandAr TN MahOtsavam today, with Veda,

Prabandha

PArayanam for the past several days, dotted with other festivities

like TN of

Sri Poudareekapuram Srimad Andavan, Sri SrinivAsa MahA DEsikan Swami.

 

AdiyEn Sri RAmAnuja DAsan,

 

Sudarsana Dasosmi