Bhagavad Ramanuja Vaibhavam- 1.17 - With SadAchArya sambandham, be fearless and burdenfree;

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SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya nama:

 

Dearest all

 

Swamy Desikan describes the greatest qualities of AchArya in nyAsavimsati

slOkA 1:

 

1.Sound philosophical jnAnam obtained (learnt) through the greatest lineage

of his AchAryAs

2.Having an undisputed clear knowledge on sAsthrAs;

3.Free from any sins and attachments;

4.Complete knowledge of Vedas, its subsidiaries and ithihAsAs

5.Deep unshakable faith in Brahman (Almighty- unsurpassed unparalleled

Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayanan)

6.possesses sAtvic guNA;

7.Always speaks truth

8.lives in accordance with the manner laid down in sAsthrAs;

9.free from jealousy, show etc..

10. having control over sense organs

11.friendly and affectionate towards all;

12.Compassionate towards all;

13.helps the disciples who err, correct them and make them follow right

track as laid down in sAsthrAs

14.wishes for everyone’s welfare at all times.

 

For late tuners- let me reproduce: our Greatest AchArya parampara as mentioned

earlier starts with Sriman Narayanan.

 

 

The lineage is:

Sriman Narayanan.

Sri Mahalakshmi

Sri VishvaksEnar (sEnai nAthan- commander in chief)

Sri SaTakOpar (nammAzhwAr)

Sri nAthamuni

Sri puNdarIkAkshar (uyyakkoNdAr)

Sri rAmamisrar (maNakkAl nambhi)

Sri yAmunAchAryar (ALavandhAr)

Sri mahApUrNar (Periya nambhi)

Sri rAmAnujar (udayavar- EmperumAnAr- yathirAjar)

 

This AchArya paramparA also is nicely recited by Swamy desikan in the

following Tamil prabhandham.

 

ennuyir thandhaLitthavaraich charaNampukku

yAnadaivE avargurukkaL niraivaNangi

pinaruLAl perumpudhUr vandha vaLLal

periyanambhi ALavandhAr maNakkAl nambhi

nanneRiyai avarkku uraittha uyyakkoNdAr

nAthamuni saTakOpan sEnainAthan

innamudhatth thirumagaL enRu ivarai munnittu

emperumAn thiruvadigaL adaiginREnE.

 

What an excellent sweet prabahndham!

 

asmadhguru paramagurUn yathivarapUrNau sayAmunam rAmam

padmAksha nAtha saTajith sEnEcha ramA ramApathIn vandhE.

 

(Given below is an extract from a post written by VaikuNtavaasi Sri N

Krishnamachari Swami on nyAsa vimsati)

 

svAmi deSikan concludes the stotra with a gist of how he was led to

prapatti, and how he lives his life as a prapanna after performing prapatti.

This concluding Slokam is included as part of the nitya-anushandhAnam at the end

of the nyAsa daSakam which is recited during the nitya bhagavad-ArAdhanam.

 

samSArAvarta vega praSamana Subha-dr*k deSika prekshito'ham

samtyakto'nyairupAyair-anucita cariteshvadya SAntAbhisabshih |

niS-Sankhah tatvat-dr*shtyA niravadhika dayam prArthya samrakshakam

tvAm nysya tat-pAda padme varada nija-bharam nir-bharo nir-bhayo'smi ||

 

" I chose a good AcArya who could instruct me on how to get out of the whirl of

samsAra, and had his divya kaTAksha. Because of the AcArya's teachings, I

obtained the knowledge that could help me analyze and understand the difficulty

of bhakti yoga and the realization that prapatti is the only recourse open to

me, which I could perform easily, and attain the desired moksham by performing

it once and only once. I learnt the facts about prapatti and so had no doubt

whatsoever about its efficacy. I sought refuge of peraruLALan with pirATTi as

the sole refuge who could protect me. I surrendered all responsibility for my

protection at the feet of peraruLALan and performed prapatti at His feet. Since

I am now living the life of a prapanna, I feel completely relieved of all

responsibility for my self from that point. Since all my acts from that point

on have been directed to only kaimkaryam for bhagavAn, there is nothing more to

fear about any accumulation

of karma. So I continue to lead a life of nishkAmya kaimkaryam to bhagavAn

while spending the rest of my life in this world, and deriving infinite

happiness from it " .

 

Acharyan ThiruvaDigalE SaraNam

Regards

namo narayana

dAsan