Srimath Srimushnam Andavan Life History - Part III (CONCLUSION)

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Dear BhAgavathAs,

 

Today (June 12, 2002 – VaikAsi ArudrA) is the

auspicious thirunakshatram day of Prakrutham Srimath

Andavan, His Holiness Sri Ranga RamAnuja mahA

dEsikan. Let us all recite this mahAn’s thanian in

this day and receive his full blessings and anugraham

on this holy occasion.

 

VEdhAntha lakshmana muneendra krupAtthabOdham

ThadpAdha yugmasaraseeruha brungha rAjam

Thraiyantha yugma kruthaboori parisramamtham

Sriranga lakshmana munim saranam prabhadyE

 

This is the concluding Volume of the series.

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Prakrutham Srimath Andavan was born in Srimushnam , a

swamyam vyakta KshetrA, in South Arcot district to Sri

U.Ve. SrinivAsAchAriAr and Sri Kumudavalli belonging

to the illustrious lineage of swayamAchArya purushAs.

He was born on a vaikAsi –ArudrA day in yuva varsham

(3.6.1935). His parents named him as VarAhan.

UpanayAthi samskArams were performed at the right age

to him.

 

VarAhan swAmi became well qualified in vEda and divya

prabhandha adhyayanams at a young age. His periappA,

Sri. U.Ve. Srimushnam purAnam NarAyanAchariar taught

him kAvyA and nAtaka alankArA granthAs. SwAmi went to

kAkumAni charity pAtasAla (affiliated to Madras

University) in Chennai for his initial education in

sAstrAs.

 

In a quest to learn more about sAmAnya sAstrAs, swAmi

came to Sri perumbudur and learnt fully the nyAya and

tharka sAstrAs and got duly qualified in “Sironmani”

from Sri Perumbudur Sanskrit College. Seeing swAmi’s

remarkable knowledge and extreme brilliance, learned

wise men who had interacted with swami at that time

predicted that swami would become a mahA vidwAn and a

sampradAya pravarthakA.

 

For some time swami went to Andhra pradesh and taught

Sanskrit in Sanskrit colleges located in Jeetikal and

AlwAl , close to Hyderabad. Swami came back to Sri

Perumbudur and passed meritoriously in ‘Tamil VidwAn’

exam. It could be said that there are no literature

left out in Tamil that swami is unaware of. Its

swAmi’s special quality to quote Thiruvalluvan,Kamban,

IlangO and bharathi in His anugraha bhAshanams as and

when required. Swami underwent grantha chathushtya

kAlakshEpams under His Holiness Srimath

Thirukkudanthai Andavan.

 

Upon Srimath Thirukkudanthai Andavan’s holy command,

Sri varAchAr swami accepted to take up sanyAsa and

took ascetic order on 1-6-1989 ( sukla varsham –

vaikAsi 19th) as Sri Ranga rAmAnuja mahA dEsikan.

 

Srimushnam Srimath Andavan is an versatile exponent in

various many other sAstrAs such as sculpture,

sangeetham, alankAra sAstrA,

Astrology(Jyothisham),politics, construction, AyurvEda

to name a few. Swami’s anirasAdhArana pAndhithyam in

keervAna bhashA ,vEdanthA and vyAkarana sAstrA is

well known. It is also very well known that His

Holiness Srimath Andavan talks with slEhA(sleshA) in

appropriate moments with amazing timing and

precision.

 

Swami once beautifully sculpted a sALagrAmA perumAL

(which was a little broken ) to Lakshmi Hayagreeva

PerumAL. So many have wondered about His Holiness’s

amazing knowledge in a wide variety of subjects, be in

science or other specific specialty areas.

 

Srimath Andavan is well versed in Telugu and Kannada

also and gives anugraha bhAshanams in telugu itself to

sishyAs and abhimAnis whenever an opportunity arises.

 

Srimath Andavan has undertaken many key projects some

of which are very briefly mentioned here such as,

 

1. Establishment of Srimath Andavan Arts and Science

College in 1996 and managed by Sri Ranganatha Paduka

Vidyalaya trust.

2. Construction of SakshAth swami Mani Mandapam at

Vaduvur and a vEda pAtasAlA which was inaugurated in

2001. Now it has about 20 vidhyArthis (including 3 who

going on gAnam – salakshana GanapAtis)

 

3. A building (abt 3600 sq.feet) construction is in

progress in Thiruvaheendrapuram to facilitate

conducting classes in prabhandhams and vEdas. Plan is

underway to have this completed latest by Avani

Avittam.

 

4. Construction of Sri Balaji Mandir(at about 27000

sq. feet), located in Dombivili, the samprokshanam of

which was performed in August 2001. The project costed

around Rs. 1.35 crores and ran for over 3 years.

 

5. Vajra kavacham for perumAL at Sripuram Temple in

Bangalore at the cost of Rs. 7. 50 lakhs.

 

6. A silver lined wooden simhAsanam costing

approximately Rs. 3.50 lakhs was offered by His

Holiness to Thuppul dEsikan during purattAsi –

thiruvOnam in 2001.

 

7. Construction of Sanidhi for Gopalarya Mahadiskan

(1700-1783 -Munithraya Sidhantha SthApakachAryan) on

his 301st Birthday at his birth place Royampettai at a

cost of 5 lakhs in sep 2000.

 

8. Construction Of Kalyana Mandapam at Asramam

premises in Kanchipuram for the convenience of

devotees.

 

9. Installation of new utsava murthis costing about

Rs. 1 lakh at our Sri Vaikuntanathji Mandir in New

Delhi.

 

10. Starting of a corpus fund for the maintenance of

Asramam establishment that includes emoluments for the

kainkaryaparas, life insurances for them and their

family etc.

 

11. Starting of a fund for offering thatheeyArAdhanam

to the devotees visiting the Andavan Asramam at

Kanchipuram during BrahmOtsavam.

 

And so on.

 

The philosophy of visishtAdvaitA is very ancient one

having come down to us through ages as an unbroken

tradition.

 

It has the authority of eternal vEdas, Upanishads in

Sanskrit and Divya Prabandhams in Tamil, as well as of

the Lord's own words the "PAncharAtrA". It is the true

Philosophy of religion unassailable, dear to Divya

Dhampathis, dear to sages and seers, dear to AlwArs

and AchAryAs who have verified it in their spiritual

experiences.

 

In Geetha 7-17, Lord says, "Four type of devotees of

noble deeds worship me, the seeker after worldly

possession, the afflicted, the seeker of knowledge and

man of wisdom. O, best of bharatha"

 

"Of these the best is man of wisdom(Jnani) ever

established in identity with me and possesssed

exclusive devotion for I'm extremely dear to wise man

and he is extremely dear to me."

 

AchAryAs are JnAnis who are dearer to God. AchAryAs

dispel the darkness of mind and enlighten with

knowledge for which even God cannot find substitute as

repayment, as quoted by Desikaa "Yetri manatthu" in

Adhikara sangraham.

 

Praising AchAryA’s glory, Retaining AchAryA’s

teachings in mind and spreading AchAryA’s greatness

etc., are only very very small when compared to what

an AchAryA has done to the sishyas.

 

It is our purva janma punyam that we have our AchAryAs

to guide us in the righteous path and spread the

fragrance of Arulicheyal and Divya sukthi of Alwars

and PurvAcharyas and the philosophy of VishistAdvaitA,

traveling far and wide throughout the country.

 

As periAzhwAr says “pallAndu pallAndu” to perumAL,

let us pray to the Divya Dhampathis for blessing our

AchAryA, His Holiness Srimath Srimushnam Andavan – Sri

Ranga rAmAnuja mahA dEsikan for Longevity with Good

health to guide us all in the years to come.

 

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Srimath Andavan Thiruvadi,

dAsan,

Venkat Sreenivasan

 

 

 

 

 

 

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