Today: Gopalarya Mahadesikan Thirunakshtram

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Srimathe Rangaramanuja Mahadesikaya Namaha

Srimathe Gopalarya Mahadesikaya Namaha

Today (Purattasi-Pooradam) Oct 3, 2003 is the 304th Thirunakshatram

of Srimath Thirukkudanthai Desikan (1700 - 1781) also known as Gopalarya

Mahadesikan. He is an important Acharya in the Munithraya sampradayam.

His thanian reads as

Sri Krishna dEsika PadAmbuja Brunga rAjam

VEdAntha lakshmana muneeindra kripatha bOtham

Thraiantha dEesika yatheendra satAri moorthim

Gopala dEsika sikAmanim Aasrayamaha

Srimathe Gopalarya Mahadesikaya Namaha

Meaning of Thanian: Like a bee which goes after the lotus for

nectar, He went after the feet of Sri Krishna Desikan (who was his Father)

and had his Pancha Samskaram and Veda Adyanam under him. He absorbed Vedhantha

gnanam from Vedhantha Lakshmana Muni (Sakshath Swamy). He is an embodiment

of three great acharyas Swami Desikan, Sri Ramanuja and Swami Nammazhwar.

We seek refuge and prostrate such a great acharya Srimath Gopalarya Maha

Desikan.

Adiyen compiled a three part series on Srimath Thirukkudanthai Desikan's

Life history and Vaibhavam and posted last year in .

The links are provided for those interested.

Part I covers the early year of Srimath Thirukkudanthai Desikan and

his compositions.

Link: /message/182

Part II covers the establishment of three acharyas as pravarthakas of

Munithraya Sampradayam, his kainkaryam at Thirukkudanthai Sri Aparyabdhamrithan

sannidhi and mangalasasanams of other divya desams.

Link: /message/206

Part III illustrates the similarities of Srimath Thirukkudanthai Desikan

with Swami Nigamantha Mahadesikan and why he is considered an aparaavatharam

of Swami Nigamantha Desikan.

Link: /message/216

dasan,

Shyamsundar Sreenivasan

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