Srimad Villivalam Periya Swami( SrI VedAntha VaavadhUka Swami) : Part VIII ( slOkams 51-64)

November 4, 2008

SrI:

SrimatE Lakshmi Nrusimha ParabrahmaNE Nama:

SrimatE RaamAnujAya Nama:

SrimatE VedAnta GuuravE Nama:

SrimadhbhyAm Sriranga SaThakOpa SrI VedAnta Desika YathIndhra Mahaa DesikAbhyAm nama:

SrimatE VedAnta VaavadhUka SrI NarayaNAchArya MahAvidhushE Nama:

SriamatE LakshmI Nrusimha dhivya PaadhukA Sevaka SrIvaNN SaThakOpa SrI NarayaNa Yatheendhra MahA DesikAya Nama:

SlOkam 51

dhrushtvAasya vAdha-kuSalatva-vimarSadhAkshayE

pratyaBdhachAlita sabhAsvimamAdarEna

AahUya veekshya chaturam Subha-vAgviLAsam

sammAnayanti BahudhAsma suhrushtasabhyA:

(Meaning): The organizers of Vidhvath SabhAs were so impressed each year with the display of the debating skills and research capabilities of SrI NaarAyaNAcchAr Swamy amidst the assembly of Scholars that they invited him to participate at their sabhAs and honored him .

SlOkam 52

SrirangakArijayatee vara pAlitAyAm

SrIbhAgyapattanapurE viBudhairyuthAyAm

MaalOlamAnita yatheem varasatsabhAyAm

chAturyamasya vidhusha: btuSamABabASE

(Meaning): At the Hyderabad Vidhvath sadas convened by Srimad InjimEdu

Azhagiya Singar , there were many great scholars . At this Sadas , Sri NaarAyaNAcchAr's scholarship and debating skills proved to be outstanding .

SlOkam 53

vAdhAhavE kuSalatAm prasameekshya yOgeeD

hrusshtObrusam "SrutiSirOmaNi-vaavadhUka:

ittham dadhou virudhamuttamamAnatAya

yatsarvapaNDitavarairapi mAnyamAseeth

(Meaning): Srimad Azhagiya Singar was presiding over this sadas at Hyderabad . He was so impressed with the debating skills of Sri NaarAyaNAcchAr Swamy that Azhagiya Singar was moved to confer the title of VedAntha VaavadhUkar on this outstanding scholar . All the assembled scholars applauded the conferral of this well deserved title by Srimad Azhagiya-Singar on Sri NaarAyaNAcchAr Swamy .

SlOkam 54

ParakAlamaThsabhAyAm KarnAtakabhUpa sadhgurucchAtrai:

AahUta yEsha BhudharAD yOgeeSasyA-bhavath krupApAtram

(Meaning): Sri NaarAyaNAcchAr Swamy was invited once to Mysore by the sishyAs of ParakAla Matam Swamy , who was the AchAryan of the Mysore MaharAjAs . The Jeeyar of ParakAla Matam cast His merciful glances on

Swamy at that time.

SlOkam 55

grAnthikaviBhudhOttamsa: ParakAlamaThasya nAyakO yathirAD

utsava samayEaSeetE:vibhavasupUrnam

samAhvyadhviBhudhAn

(Meaning): The Jeeyar Of ParakAla Matam was a distinguished composer of

VedAntha grantams . He had invited great scholars of VedAntha for His SathAbhishEkam ( 80th Birth day utsavam) . Our Swamy was one of the invitees for this special Vidvath Sadas convened by the ParakAla Matam Jeeyar.

SlOkam 56

dhrushtvAasya vAgvilAsam vAdhEchAturyampratidhvandhvam

vikasitahrudhayO Birudham VidhvanmaNirityadhAtsabhAmadhyE

(Meaning): Impressed tremendously by the debating skills and Jn~Anam of our Swamy , the revered Jeeyar of ParakAla Matam conferred the title of "VidhvanmaNi" ( the gem among VidhvAns) on our Swamy in front of all the Mahaa VidvAns .

SlOkam 57 & 58

jn~Anasya phalamavOchatsadhguNa-

chAritrapUrthyrEvEti

bharatakartA VyAsa: SamadhamapUrNE sadhAcharaNayuktE (57)

TannArAyaNasUrou sarvam sankrAnthamachyutEkshaNata:

ashtAvAtmaguNA api nishtAm-ashtAksharENa samprApthA:(58)

(Meaning): VyAsa Maharishi has said that the fruits of Jn~Anam are the acquisition of sadh-guNams and SadAchAram . Due to the karuNA KadAksham of BhagavAn arising from AshtAkshara Mantra Japam , Our Swamy was the abode of Samam , dhamam and all Aatma guNams.

SlOkam 59

ajagara-vruttimsUrim prapyAdheepyanta

sadhguNaa SishDaa:

yAdhrucchikOpa bhOgAnprAptAnapyEsha

naiva BahumEnE

(Meaning): Our Swamy is like the python

( ajakaram) , which is contented with food that came its way . Our Swamy did not seek wealth and was happy with whatever came his way without chasing it. All sadhguNams took abode in him . He did not really care about these honors that came his way but accepted them with humility .

SlOkam 60

anyakrutAnapachArAnavigaNayamstEshu

hArdhakArtajn~yAth

NaayOgyakAriNOmUn dhAsAn hitakAriNO hi manutEsma

(meaning): Our Swamy overlooked the transgressions of those who committed apachArams to him and thanked them

sincerely for their concerns . Our Swamy did not call them as dishonest

(ayOgyan) but considered them as

those well wishers , who reduced his paapams by serving as his hitakAris .

SlOkam 61

dEveemuvAcha BhagavAn mEnE soumya: svanishDyAtadhvath

krutamapyEkam laghutaramupakAram naiva vismaratyanyai:

(Meaning): Lord Raamachandra is an abode of all Aatma GuNams and as such

forgave the hundreds of apachArams

of offenders . Our Lord never forgot even the smallest of upakArams . Our Swamy's guNams were also set in this manner .

SlOkam 62

GhOsTheepoorna BhudhOdhga: sadhguNapUrNastvamum vaSeechakE

yEna sarUpO vinayAth sasmitamrudhu-bhAshi-paNditOavyalasath

(Meaning): ThirukkOshtiyUr Swamy charmed our Swamy with his abundant sadhguNams . Our Swamy was very much influenced by the Aathma guNams of ThirukkOshtiyUr Swamy and as a result he became also a soft spoken and humble scholar with a smile on his lips .

SlOkam 63 and 64

ubayO: matayOrmadhyE vyAkhyAbhEdham vinA na bhEdhOanya:

Desikavara varamunyOr-grantEshuvanyOnyamasti

chaikArthyam (63)

ityEvAyam rasika: vyartha-vivAdhEshvananvitO viBabhou

nija siddhAntam pAtum poorNEnahrudhA

prayatnavAnAseeth (64)

(Meaning): In the granthams of both the Kalais , there are no differences except in the vyAkhyAnams . There is only unity in the granthams of Swamy Desikan and MaNavALa MaamunikaL.Our Swamy also thought in this manner and did not engage in purposeless debates . He came forward however to defend our siddhAntam whole heartedly .

PaaramArthika StaBakam sampoorNam

Srimad Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil V.Sadagopan