Thuppul PiLLai- 25- Swamy performed few miracles even!

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SrI:

SrImathE Nigamantha Mahadesikaya namah:

SrImAn venkatanAthAryaH kavitArkika kesarI |

vedAntAcArya-varyo me sannidhattAm sadA hRdi ||

 

May the glorious Venkatanatha, the greatest of teachers of Vedanta, and the

lion among poets and debaters, reside forever in my heart.

 

Dearest Srivaishnavas,

 

Let us enjoy few of his miracles in his life.

 

Sri Vedanta Desika was recognized as a great scholar, writer teacher even

during his life time by the contemporary scholars and Acharyas of

Vaishnavism, Saivam, monism [advaita], and Dualism [dvaita]. From his very

birth many super natural things happened in his life, which are beyond the

range of ordinary human beings. That he was an incarnation of the temple

divine bell of Lord Venkteswara of Thirumala, that he had realized Garuda

and Hayagriva by his deep meditation, that Lord Hayagriva poured the nectar

in his tongue because of which all that he said and wrote were really the

teaching of Lord Himself, using Swamy Desikan as an instrument for

impounding the Vedic truths.

 

Bhagawaan Sriman Narayanan has brought about many incidents in Sri Desika’s

life which are supernatural. In spite of his being respected and recognized

as the greatest Acharya of his time, he still lived a very simple and humble

life; lived ostentatiously devoid of pomp, fame, hatred and jealousy at all

times. He readily took up challenges whatsoever in topics either in religion

or philosophy, art or craft for he thought it was God’s will that he should

write granthas as a reply to the challenges.

 

The Sapthapathirathna maalikaa of Sri PrathivAdhi Bhayankaram

AnnangarAchAryar Swamy who was a disciple of Swamy Desika’s son Sri

NainAchArya, the Desika vaibhava prakAsika of Doddacharya of Sholingur and

Guruparamparasaram describe many miracles of Swamy Desikan that happened in

his life. Many things that he did were beyond the capacity of ordinary human

beings.

 

Bhagawaan out of his inscrutable mercy and indomitable will brought about

the circumstances on some occasions in the life of Sri Vedanta Desika under

which the latter had to act. What he did proved beneficial to humanity and

earned Swamy the esteem and admiration of eminent scholars and the love and

respect of all.

 

When Sri Desika was at Kanchi, a certain kind of sanyaasi with mystic powers

came to him and challenged him to enter into a disputation with him. Swamy

Desikan out of respect for the mendicant did not agree. The mendicant there

upon entered into a nearby tank, began to drink water passed them on by his

mystic powers to enter into the belly of Swamy Desikan and create unbearable

stomach pain to him.

 

But Swamy Desikan by his supreme insight saw the cause for the trouble. To

get rid of his pain in his stomach, he just scratched the wooden pillar

nearby and made all those waters flow out of the pillar. The mendicant found

that the water level also comes down in the tank. He came back to see that

the water was flowing freely out of the pillar. Before he began to apologize

to Swamy, Desika thanked him for helping him to clean the streets of the

city with clear waters without any effort and thus removed the discomforts.

Garuda dhaNdakam was composed by Swamy Desikan when a snake charmer let

loose a highly venomous snake against him. Sri Desika smiled and immediately

meditated on Sri GarudAzhwAr drawing four lines on the ground before him.

When the words of the Garuda mantra in the fourth quarter of this dhaNdakam

was recited, praying for protection, Sri GarudA appeared in the sky swooped

down quickly and carried away the snake. Being requested by the snake

charmer Swamy desika requested and prayed to Garuda and restored the snake

to the charmer back.

 

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Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo narayana

dAsan

kavi-tArkika-simhAya kalyANa-guNa-SAline |

Srimate venkateSAya vedAntagurave namaH ||

 

Salutations to Sri Venkatesa, in whom all perfections reside, who is the

teacher of Vedanta and the lion among poets and debaters

 

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