Sri.U.Ve Karapankadu Swami Part 7 : Early Education, SAMASRAYANAM

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EARLY EDUCATION

Singaperumal Swami performed upanayanam to Venkataryan at a young age in

the appropriate manner and sent him to Thiruvaiyaru Sanskrit College for

initial education, leading to veda vedhanthas. Venkataryan was born for

vedhantha. Even in the days of Singaperumal Swami there were abundant

people deliberately twisting the meanings of our shasthras. Instead of

making the poorvacharya’s vyakyanams more prominent and well received,

these kuthrushtis attempted to cover up those great works and endeavored

to release new vyakyanams based on their own mundane interpretations. Due

to petty quarrels, our sampradhayam, which was crystal clear, became

murky just as elephants do to a clear pond while bathing.

The

number of scholars who truly understood our poorvacharya granthams and

were spreading it in the right way started to gradually diminish.

Singaperumal Swami was pained deeply by this state of affairs. At his old

age he wished to change this. Our Karapankadu swami came to fulfill this

wish and to quell everyone disturbing our sampradhayam. Even today we are

reaping the benefits of this success.

While

learning tharka shasthra in Thiruvaiyaru College, our Swami was adept

enough to teach other students all the subjects. His teachers in the

college were amazed by our Swami’s abilities. He learnt tharka shasthram

from giants like Vilakkudi Srinivasacharyar Swami, Vennatarankarai

Srinivasacharyar Swami and Vijayendraachar swami.

SAMASRAYANAM

Singaperumal Swami’s ancestors were all swayamacharyars. However,

understanding the greatness and importance of being an acharya,

Singaperumal Swami surrendered unto acharyas from Thirumalai

Anandanpillai santhathi. Govindappangar Swami is one prominent acharyan

in that lineage. He was also known as Sri Ranganarayana Jeeyar. Our Swami

blessed by great acharya shreshtas of gnana and bhakti, surrendered unto

Govindaappangar Swami.

TRUE

SISHYA

Our

Venkataryar, having fully mastered various subjects like vyakaranam,

tharkam, nyayam etc., with all the auspicious qualities of a true sishya

was ready and qualified to receive vedhantha upadhesam. He learnt

‘Bhagavath Vishayam – the dhravita vedam’, Thirumanthram

meanings, Thiruppavai meanings and other ‘arulicheyals’ which are

the backbones of our sampradhayam from Singaperumal Swami himself.

He also learnt Mysore Ananthazhwan’s ‘Vaathaavali’ from Singaperumal

Swami.

Azhwar Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam

Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam

Adiyen

For Vedic Books :

Ramanuja Dasan

Sampath Kumar Padmanaban

http://www.radioramanuja.com/acharyas/karpangadu/

English E-book:

http://www.radioramanuja.com/acharyas/karpangadu/karpangadu.pdf

Based on the Tamil work at:

http://www.radioramanuja.com/books/Karpangadu/