Guest guest Posted September 14, 2007 Report Share Posted September 14, 2007 SrI: Dear AasthikAs : SrimAn Balaji of Bangalore reminded us of the additional significance of this sacred day . In adiyEn's earlier mail , adiyEn brought to Your attention the importance of this day as the Thirunakshathram of the SrIrrangam Raaja Gopura NirmAthA, Sri VedAntha Desika Yatheendhra MahA Desikan of Ahobila Matam . SrimAn Balaji pointed out the additional significance of the day as the avathAra Dinam of Two Famous Taniyans at ThirunArAyaNa Puram in front of Swamy Desikan by two of His direct SishyAs . Please enjoy Sriman Balaji's erudite observations . Na Dhaivam DesikAth Param , Daasan , V.Sadagopan Balaji, CG [balaji.cg] Thursday, September 13, 2007 6:47 PMA great day swAmy dESikan thiruvadigaLE SaraNam !!! swAmy varadanAtha nayanArAchArya mahA dESikan thiruvadigaLE SaraNam !!! swAmy brahmatantra swatantra parakAla mahA dESikan thiruvadigaLE SaraNam !!! AvaNi hastam, marks the thirunakshatram of swAmy dESika's taniyan and swAmy nayanArAchArya's taniyan as well. It is celebrated as "taniyan avataara thirunaaL" or "rAmanuja dayApAtram avatAra thirunAL". Today, at thUppul, the SrI SaThAri at swAmy dESikan sannidhi will be taken in a grand procession to (first) parakAla maTham. Here pancha mudrai and parivattam will be offerred to swAmy's disciples - swAmy nayanArAchArya and swAmy brahmatantra swatantra parakAla mahA dESikan. A sea of bhagavathas then recite the "rAmAnuja dayApAtram ..." taniyan and "srimallakshmaNa yogIndra ..." taniyan. It was on this day the taniyans "rAmAnuja dayApAtram ..." on swAmy and "shrImallakshmana yogIndra ..." on swAmy nayanArAchArya, were sung by swAmy brahmatantra swatantra parakAla jeeyar, who was one of swAmy dESika's prime disciples. The taniyans were composed and sung at thirunArAyaNapuram by swAmy brahmatantra swatantra parakAla jeeyar before beginning bhagavad viSaya kAlakShEpam at the feet of swAmy nayanArAchArya. swAmy studied all the shastras from his maternal uncle SrI AtrEya rAmAnuja. swAmy was also the direct recipient of the choicest anugrahams of rAmAnuja at thirunarayanapuram. Incidentally both AtrEya rAmAnuja and bhagavad rAmAnuja share the same thirunakShatram, that being chittirai thiruvAdirai. May be these are some of the insights that prompted parakAla jeeyar to use the most wonderful sobriquet "rAmAnuja dayApAtram" when singing the glories of swAmy. Poorvacharyas have elaborately commented on these taniyans that are rich with esoterical meanings. Let us sing these taniyans on this auspicious day - "rAmAnuja dayA pAtram jnAnavairAgya bhUShaNam | shrImadveNkaTanAthAryaM vande vedAntha deshikam || " - SrI brahmatantra swatantra parakAla jeeyar. "Bow we to the great venkaTanAthArya vEdanta dESika who was the recipient of the divine grace of rAmAnuja and who was embellished by the noble virtues of jnAnam and vairAgyam." (But in reality, swAmy is indeed an embellishment to jnAnam and vairAgyam.) "shrImallakshmaNa yogIndra siddhAntha vijayadhvajam | vishvAmitra kulOdbhUtam varadAryam aham bhaje || " - SrI brahmatantra swatantra parakAla jeeyar. "Bow we to the great varadArya, born in the race of viSwAmitra and who beams resplendently as the victory flag of the darSanam of rAmAnuja." swAmy dESika later acknowledged that for all SrIbhAShya kAlakShEpam the taniyan "SrImAn vEnkata ..." may be used and for all bhagavad viSaya kAlakShEpam, the taniyan "rAmAnuja dayApAtram ..." may be used. The same is followed even to this day. The day is twice auspicious as it also marks the thirunakshatram of SrImath mukkUr azhagiyasingar - 44th pattam - SrImath ahObila maTam. Incidentally this swAmy has composed a commentary to this verse in tamizh. swAmy willing, I will present the insights of this commentary in a separate mail. SrImath Sri vEdAnta Deshika samyami sArvabhouma kaTAksha labdha sArvajna, SrImath SrI kavikathaka kaNTheerava charaNa naLina yugaLa vinyasta samastAtma bhara, SrImath SrI kumAra varadAnatha nayanArAchArya mahA dESika samyami sArvabhouma divya kaTAksha labdha sArvajna SrImath SrI brahmatantra swatantra parakAla mahA dESikAya namaha | SrIvaN SaThakOpa SrI vEdAnta dESika yatIndra mahA dESikAya namaha | mangaLam dESikEndrAya mahanIya guNAya cha | chakravarti tanUjAya sArvabhaumAya mangaLam || vAzhi vyAkhyAmuddirak kai !!! vEdAntasUri charaNau sharaNam prapadye !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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