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Dear Swamin

Sri Vaishnavas are commonly honoured with prefix" Ubhaya

Vedanthis"_ which, among other things , represent Vedas and Divya

prapandhas.In other words, they are vidwans of both Vedas and Divya prapandhas,

though they have not learnt all Vedas/their Veda as per their sakha( yajus

sakha etc) and all 4000 Divya prapandhams

2.Ubhaya Vedanthis are small in number now-a-days.The

irony is that Vaishnavaites, after their retirement from their profession, used

to learn prapandhams, having books with them, as most of these people do not

know sanskrit. Being the mother-tongue, they are fond of learning tamil

prapandhams and do not try to learn atleast pancha sookthas. This is the

weakness in Vaishnavas, whereas, advaitees give importance to vedic learning

and Veda parayanam.Srikainkarya leaves to Elites further thinkings on the above

conjecture, logic etc and to come to a decision on the necessity to revive the

learnings of Vedas atleast by next generation ( younger) as done by Advaitees

3. This is the proper time to encourage adyayanam of

atleast panchasookthams by vaishnavas, though they do not know a, b , c , d ,

about sanskrit and they do not know akshara sudhdha in pronounciation . Once

they impart in this line they will have enthusiasum and do parayanam perfectly.

This is one part

4. Another thing is Vedaparayana vidwans. In

Tamilnadu,staunch vedaparayana vidwans are nurtured here and there giving

honororium etc to them from the funds created for this purpose, as in

Kanchipuram.

5. Srikainkarya has undertaken this in a small way (within

it's limit) in giving sambhavana to Vedic pundits who perform vedaparayanam

during pavithrothsavam at Thiruvaheendrapuram. There may be philonthrophists

giving sambhavana like this in kshetras. But , most of staunch veda parayakars

are living below the povert line , unable to meet both ends. That is why they

are reluctant to send their wards to Veda patasalas, though Sri Ahobila Mutt,

Srimath Andavan Asramam are encouraging the learnings of vedas by young people

in all ways, extending all facilities/benefits

6. The need of the hour is to protect aged staunch

vedaparayana swamis living in villagesdoing vedaparayana kainkaryam to Bhagvan

in temples , without migrating to other professions / or to other towns/urban

areas for livelyhood. The need of the hour is to provide them with basic

amenities ( food,clothing. shelter, minimum funds /money to gain purchasing

power every month, if not radio/television/phone. fan etc)

7. The second part is prapandha Adhikaris. No doubt, most of

these vaishnavaits are having some sort of comfortable back-ground of earning

or receiving pension or some amount by way of interest etc. The irony is that

they entered this prabhandha ghoshti after spending their better part of their

lives in earnings/ after completing family commitments of education, employment

marriage of their wards. We can see that most of them are having books in their

hands while rendering Divyaprabhandhas along with professionals in temples(

urban area). If not , there will be scarcity , even for rendering Divya

prabhandhas, while there is no rendering of Vedas during

Nithyanusanthanam(morning &evening) and Saththumurai in most of the temples

8. As vaishnavas, it is our bounden duty to see that

Vedaparayanam is done in all the temples. As vaishnavas, it is our utmost

responsibility to protect staunch vedaparayakaras who are still lingering in

the village temples, attending to veda parayanams.

9. It is also our duty to encourage and help staunch

Adyabhagas doing Divyaprabandha sevai in villages/urban/other temples

10. Ofcourse, there are archakas also in these temples sailing

in the same boat

Smrithi says

Yasya vedhachcha vedheesa vichchith yethey thripoorusham

savai durbrahmanegeya: saruakarma bhahis krutham

If we, as vaishnavaits are unable to do kainkaryam /service to

veda vidwans/ Divyaprabhandha adhikaris for their well-being , we cannot say

ourselves as vaishnavaites

11. Those, who do not have adyayanam(learning and reciting vedas)

and relationship with vedic pundits for three generations , are bad brahmins

(durbrahmins). In other words, those who do not know their veda sakhas or

atleast panchasookthas, they will not be treated as brahmins (leave alone

vaishnavas) but bad brahmins and their anushtanams will not give any benefit to

them

12.Srikainkarya is thinking on the above lines for the past so

many days. At this juncture, one young Srivaishnavaite from U.S. thinking on

the same lines has sent an e-mail like this to Srikainkarya

Kindly let me know how we can do some more to make a difference to staunch

srivaishnavas in their pursuit of vedas/prabhandhams or in any of their needs

13. Srikainkarya is of opinion that there are most elite

vaishnavas spread over all along the world and that they can be approached for

this purpose

14. Srikainkarya requests you to suggest/ discuss/putforth

your valued, well thought out ideas/opinions etc in a nutshell as early as

possible sothat they can be further discussed (with pros&cons) and arrived at a

conclusion by way of a scheme

Dasan

Srikainkarya

Thiruvaheendrapuram Uruppattur Chakravarthi Soundararajan

 

 

 

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