Guest guest Posted September 23, 2008 Report Share Posted September 23, 2008 SrI: SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah: Dearest Srivaishnavas, Today Purattaasi ThiruVAdhirai is His Holiness Srimad VeLiyanalloor Andavan Swami’s Thirunakshathram The greatness of our Srivaishnavam is that we not only show respect and pay obeisance to our prakritam (present) AchArya, also to the entire lineage of AchAryas, right upto the Lord. The thaniyan (dedicatory verse) of our AchArya and those of his predecessors, are to be recited by every srivaishnava. It is not only in paying respect to the glory of these AchAryAs, also to show our gratitude for what GREAT service rendered by them to our srivaishnava sampradAyam, by way of disseminating through granthas and kAlakshEpams. Swamy Desikan describes this very movingly: yERRi manatthu yezhil jnAna viLakkai iruLanaitthum- mARRinavarkku oru kaimmARu mAyanum kANagillAn pORRiugappathum pundhiyiR koLvadhum, pongupugazh- sARRivaLarppathum saRRallavOmunnam peRRadhaRkkE. To the One who has lit the lamp of jnAnam (knowledge) (in us) and dispelled the darkness from our minds, there is nothing (no way ) even the Lord can do to repay (for what the AChArya has done). Praising such AchAryan and telling about his greatness to others, spreading his name, glories, continuously will be like an infinitesimal portion for what He has done. (saRRu - iota) (since it is only so small, why should I do? should not be our comment please). Our Greatest AchArya parampara starts with Sriman Narayanan. 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) The most important disciples (descendents) of Ramanuja are: 1. PiLLAn, VishNuchitthar, NadAdhUr ammAL, AppuLLAr and Vedanta Desika. 2. EmbAr, Parasara bhattar, Numjeeyar, NampiLLai, Vadakku thiruveedhipiLLai, PeriyavAcchAnPillai, PillailOkAryar, followed by SrIsailar (ThiruvAymozhipiLLai), Sri Manavala mamunigaL. (one can trace upto his present AchArya from the above.) From Swamy Desikan on Rahasyagrantha paramparai (which is also SamAsrayaNa paramparai) the tree upto Tirukkudanthai Desikan is as given below: SRI VEDANTA DESIKAN Sri Brahmathanthra swathanthrar GatikAsatham ammAL VaradavishNvAchAryar MahAdayAdheesar Vaathsya AhobilAchAryar Vaathsya VaradAchAryar Shashta parAnkusa SwAmy Sri Panchamatha bhanchanam thAtha Desikan Vaathsya AnathAchAryar RamanujAchAryar VenkatAchAryar VeerarAghavAchAryar Sri Rangapathi Desikar Ranganatha Swamy Sri Saakshaath Swamy (reported to be an avtaar of Sri Ramanuja,- as Swamy Desikan had longed to have direct AchArya sambandham with Emperumaanaar Sri Ramanujacharya. (as Swamy Desikan lived from 1268 CE to 1369 CE, he naturally could not have the bhAgyam of enjoying the darshan of studying directly under Sri Ramanuja (1017 to 1137 CE) TIRUKKUDANTHAI DESIKAN (1700 CE to 1782 CE) After Thirukkudanthai Desikan, the acharya paramparai is: Sri Tirukkudanthai Desikan- Sri Gopalarya Mahadesikan Sri Vedantha Ramanuja Mahadesikan (Sri VazhutthUr Andavan) Sri Srinivasaramanuja Mahadesikan (TirutthuRaippUNdi Andavan) Sri Srinivasa Mahadesikan (PeriyANdavan) Sri PeriyANdavan had Sri PadhukAsEvaka Ramanuja muni (also called Sri Chinna Andavan), from whom Srirangam SrImad Andavan lineage. (Prakrutham Andavan is H.H Sri SrimushNam Andavan) SRI VELIYANALLOOR ANDAVAN (Sri Narayana Mahadesikan): (Courtesy: Sri Anbil Ramaswamy Swami’s Acharya Vamsa vriksham) Among the distinguished disciples of Periya Andavan was one Vedaanta Tatachariar of Sankarapuram. The Tatachariars who belong to hadamarshana Gotram are descendants of Sri Nathamuni. Down their lineage we find such celebrated Savants as Periya Tirumalai Nambi, grandson of Sri Yaamunaachaarya. The Tatachariars distinguished themselves by devoted service to the temple notably the Tirumalai temple. They settled in five different places viz., Sankarapuram, Bukkapattinam, Satyamangalam and Surapuram. It was from the Sankarapuram branch that Sri Vedaanta Tatachariar Swami came and sought the feet of Periya Andavan and studied the Vedanta Sastras under him. Sri Krishna Tatachar Swami alias Tirup Putkuzhi Swami expressed his inability to assume Sannyasa Asrama on account of his hereditary trusteeship of Lord Varadaraja temple at Kanchi. Vedaantachariar Swami was considered. He was a Naishtika Brahmachari (Confirmed bachelor), who knew no other God than his Acharya. He prayed for admission to the ascetic order, so that the remaining part of his life could be fully placed at the service of his Acharya. Periya Andavan acceded to his prayer and took him into the holy order. He was named Sri Narayana Maha Desikan. Soon afterwards, Sri Narayana Maha Desikan left on a tour of Divyadesas and reached Attiyur where he remained discoursing on Ubhaya Vedanta Sastras and administering Pancha Samskara, Bharanyasa to those who sought his feet. On hearing that Periya Andavan had attained the lotus feet of his Acharya, he returned to Srirangam and prayed in his Brindavanam. He learnt that his cousin and co-disciple under Periya Andavan succeeded him as Acharya as _Chinna Andavan_ in Periyasramam but had also passed away. He was greatly upset at the passing away of two yathis and desired to stay at Periyasramam to continue the work of Periya Andavan. But, as he faced many obstacles, he moved to Singar Koil where he stayed for a few days. Then, he proceeded to Vennar bank, Thanjavur where he stayed till the end of his life. Here he organized the annual festivals to Swami Desika whose image had been installed in Thanjai Neelameghap Perumal Koil by Nainar Acharya. He passed away in his Asrama on the bank of Vennar and lies interred there. Since Velianallur Andavan was a cousin of Chinna Andavan (1825-1895 AD) and slightly his elder and outlived him by a few years, we may place him between 1825- 1900 AD. His Tanian reads as follows: Sri Vaasa Yogeendra Kripaathabotham Sri Saila Ramanuja Labda Sinham / Vairaaghya Bhaktyaadhi Gunaikadhaanaam Naaraayanaakhyam Munim Aasrayaamah // Meaning: _Let us take refuge in Narayana Muni who was a great Yogi full of mercy, a hall mark acquired at the feet of Sri Srisaila Ramanuja and who was full of auspicious qualities like detachment and dedication_ asmadhAchArya paryanthAm vandhE GuruparamparAm… For the chart, please see in: http://munitrayam.org/andavanashram/avv_charts.html#top Acharyan ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam Regards Namo narayana Acharya paadhaangri rENu: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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