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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:

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