Sri Desika SthOthra MaalA : The Audio CD ROM release : Parts I-III

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Dear BhakthAs :

 

Sriman Nadadur Madhavan announced recently the release

of three audio CD ROMs that cover 18 of the 28 SthOthrams ;

the remaining 10 sthOthrams have been recorded and should

be ready for release around Sri Vaikunta EkAdasi day of this year.

Altogether there will be six CD ROMs of high audio fidelity

recitations recorded with great care and devotion in

the most sampradhAyic way by two brothers from

TamilnAdu .

 

The two young Sri VaishNavA brothers are the grandsons of

a devout BhagavathA by the name of PerumgaDamannUr

U.Ve.Sriman ParthasArahty , who has studied deeply ubhaya

VedAntham at the sacred feet of two Andavans (viz).,

H.H. Aakkur Andavan and H.H. Thirukkudanthai Andavan .

 

Sriman ParthasArathy taught his two grandsons --

Srimans ShyAmsundar SrinivAsan and VenaktanAthan Srinivasan--

the 28 sthOthrams of Swami Desikan , SthOthra Rathnam and

ChthuslOki of AlavandhAr , Sristhavam of KurEsA and

divya prabhandham at the tenderage of 5 to 9.AdiyEn met

these gifted brothers for the first time at Sri RanganAthA

Temple during the 600th anniversary celebration of the founding of

the Ahoboila Matam last year .They helped adiyEn in my presentation

on the Life and works of Swami Sri Desikan with recitations

of the appropriate slOkAs from the sthOthrams that are

closely connected to the different phases of life of

our Kavi ThArkika Simham .

 

The chaste Sanskrit pronunciation , the respectful

sampradhAyic recitation , the sweetness of the voices

and the blending of the two voices of the brothers into

one made a lasting impression in adiyEn's mind at that time .

One of the most beautiful experience was to hear

Swami Desikan's Achyutha Sathakam being recited

in PrAkrutham . Many of us will be hearing

like adiyEn Prakruthic recitation of Achyuaya

Sayayam for the first time in our lives . This is

a rare and anubhavam-filled experience that

captures the mood of Sri Venakata Naayaki(Swami Desikan )

and " her " overflowing love for " her " Naayakan,

Sri Achyuthan (natha Satyan )of Thiruvaheendrapuram .

 

All in all , it was a most thrilling experience

to listen to the auspicious and beautiful

sthOthrams recited in the ancient way that we hear at

Thiruvahindrapuram during the annual PurattAsi

SravaNa uthsavam for our Sarva Thanthra Svathrar ,

Swami Sri Desikan .The revered Jeeyar of Ahobila

Matam is spending his ChAthurmAsyam at ThiruvahIndra-

Puram this year to be close to both the divya dampathis

of KshEthram and Swami Desikan .

 

AdiyEn was dreaming at that time as to how wonderful

it would be to capture the entire sthOthra MaalA of

Swami Desikan for the benefit of all of us

to get closer to these magnificient sthOthrams

and learn to recite them with the correct

pronunciations and stops.

 

Few weeks later , I was thrilled to hear that

Sriman Nadadur Madhavan of Sri RaamAnujA Mission of

Srirangam Srimadh Andavan PeriyAsramam acquired high fidelity

audio recording equipment and started to record the 28

sthOthrams of Swami NigamAntha MahA Desikan as recited

by the two brothers . VaikuntavAsi U.Ve Sri KaNNan Iyengar

Swamy , a distinguished Sri Vaishnavite Scholar

in his own right guided the brothers and Sriman

NadadUr Madhavan in realizing these recordings. The brothers

live in New Jersey and work in New York City .They

travelled to Virginia during many week ends to have

the recordings done at Sri Madhavan's house /studio .

 

It is a pity that U.Ve Sri KaNNan Swamy did not get

to hear the completed recordings prior to being called to

perform nithya Kaimkaryam at Parama Padham .Thereafter ,

Sri Madhavan asked adiyEn to review the content of

the first three volumes of these CD ROMs as a ParisOdhakar.

It was adiyEn's bhAgyam to be engaged in this kaimkaryam .

AdiyEn's reward was the receiving of the first set of

the three CD ROMs from the hands of the president of

Sri RaamAnujA Mission , Sri PooNDI Vijayaraghavan

on AchArya RaamAnujA's Thirunakshathram at New jersey

VenakatEsA's temple .

 

These recitations of the immortal slOkams of

our GhantAvathAran (avathAram of the Koil MaNi of

ThiruvEnkatam ) begins appropriately

with the mangaLa dhvani of the big bells of

the lord of Sapthagiri . Sriman Nadadur Madhavan

gives a brief introduction to the Life and works

of Swami Deikan , which is a result of significant

research on his part . He also prefaces each of

the slOkams with a short introduction to highlight

the unique points about the individual sthOthrams .

These introductions are followed by the recitations of

the individual sthOthrams by the brothers in

a masterly fashion .Each volume ends with

the mangaLa dhvani of the bells peeling joyously

from the top of the seven hills .

 

The titles of each of the three CD ROMs have esthetically

chosen color schemes and the sacred images of ArchA murthys

eulogized in that CD ROM in addition to the images

of Swami Desikan and AchArya RaamAnujA . These images

of the ArchA mUrthys are a delight to the eye and mind.

The set of CD ROMs will be a wonderful addition to

the AchArya RaamAnujA multimedia CD ROM awaiting

release in a month's time .

 

As Sriman Nadadur Madhavan observed in his introduction,

about Swami Desikan " no framework in words can do justice

to this towering personality , the wide range of his knowledge

and the burning faith of his simple life " .The sthOthrams

are a very significant part of the monumental contributions

of the towering intellect of Our NigamAntha MahA Desikan .

As Sri Madhavan observed in the context of the avathAram

of Swami Sri VedAntha Desikan , his day of appearnce on

this earth and his ascent to Sri Vaikuntam to join the divya

dampathis coincided with the days of birth of the First

AzhwAr and the return to Parama padham of the last AzhwAr " .

These are no coincidences.

 

AdiyEn appeals to all the BhakthAs in all sincerity

to acquire these CD ROMs and use it for introducing

the beauty and auspiciousness of the sthOthrams to

youngsters to grow their Bhakthi in our sampradhAyam

and sanAthan dharmam with Nigama ParimaLam . Please

contact Sri Madhavan at the above address to acquire

copies of these rare recordings for Yourself and Your

families .

 

AdiyEn will conclude this posting with Swami Desikan's

quintissential upadEsam housed at the end of his Chillarai

Rahasyam named " Tattva sandhEsam " :

 

sathvasthAn nibrutham prasAdhaya

sathAm vrutthim vyavasthApaya

thrasya BrahmavidhAgasthruNamiva

thraivargikAn bhAvaya I

nithyE sEshiNi nikshipan

nija Bharam sarvamsakhE SrisakhE

dharmam dhAraya chAthakasya

kusalin dhArAdharaikAnthina: II

 

(meaning): Conduct yourself in a manner that

pleases the SaathvikAs.Perform your duties to

Saadhus (AchAryAs) to perfection . Stay in fear

of commititng apachAram to Brahmavidhs . Stay away

from those , who engage in material pleasures and

consider them as equivalent in value to blades of

grass. Have MahA viswAsam in Sriman NaarAyanan ,

who is eternal Isvaran with parama dayai to forgive

our despicable trespasses.Place at the feet of

the Divya Dampathis the protection of your aathmA

through SvarUpa, Bhara and Phala SamarpaNam in

the manner taught by ancient AchAryAs of our paramparai.

After the Bhara SamarpaNam , stay in this world

awaiting the Lord's call to His parama padham

like a Chathaka Pakshi waiting for the water from

the rainy clouds alone.

 

Swami Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan

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Respected Bhagavatas,

Glad to hear about the recordings.

May I request whether they can be released or presented on the Desika

Thirunakshatram day at Sri Ranganatha Temple, where the Desika sampradayam

is the life and living, on the command of the graet 44th Jeer Swami of Sri

Ahobila Mutt, and we feel it is a great honour to have it that way please.

adiyen, venkat kanumalla, in the service of the Divya Dampatis.

 

 

>Sadagopan <sgopan

>

>

> Sri Desika SthOthra MaalA : The Audio CD ROM release

>: Parts I-III

>Sat, 31 Jul 1999 23:15:10 -0400 (EDT)

>

>

>Dear BhakthAs :

>

>Sriman Nadadur Madhavan announced recently the release

>of three audio CD ROMs that cover 18 of the 28 SthOthrams ;

>the remaining 10 sthOthrams have been recorded and should

>be ready for release around Sri Vaikunta EkAdasi day of this year.

>Altogether there will be six CD ROMs of high audio fidelity

>recitations recorded with great care and devotion in

>the most sampradhAyic way by two brothers from

>TamilnAdu .

>

>The two young Sri VaishNavA brothers are the grandsons of

>a devout BhagavathA by the name of PerumgaDamannUr

>U.Ve.Sriman ParthasArahty , who has studied deeply ubhaya

>VedAntham at the sacred feet of two Andavans (viz).,

>H.H. Aakkur Andavan and H.H. Thirukkudanthai Andavan .

>

>Sriman ParthasArathy taught his two grandsons --

>Srimans ShyAmsundar SrinivAsan and VenaktanAthan Srinivasan--

>the 28 sthOthrams of Swami Desikan , SthOthra Rathnam and

>ChthuslOki of AlavandhAr , Sristhavam of KurEsA and

>divya prabhandham at the tenderage of 5 to 9.AdiyEn met

>these gifted brothers for the first time at Sri RanganAthA

>Temple during the 600th anniversary celebration of the founding of

>the Ahoboila Matam last year .They helped adiyEn in my presentation

>on the Life and works of Swami Sri Desikan with recitations

>of the appropriate slOkAs from the sthOthrams that are

>closely connected to the different phases of life of

>our Kavi ThArkika Simham .

>

>The chaste Sanskrit pronunciation , the respectful

>sampradhAyic recitation , the sweetness of the voices

>and the blending of the two voices of the brothers into

>one made a lasting impression in adiyEn's mind at that time .

>One of the most beautiful experience was to hear

>Swami Desikan's Achyutha Sathakam being recited

>in PrAkrutham . Many of us will be hearing

>like adiyEn Prakruthic recitation of Achyuaya

>Sayayam for the first time in our lives . This is

>a rare and anubhavam-filled experience that

>captures the mood of Sri Venakata Naayaki(Swami Desikan )

>and " her " overflowing love for " her " Naayakan,

>Sri Achyuthan (natha Satyan )of Thiruvaheendrapuram .

>

>All in all , it was a most thrilling experience

>to listen to the auspicious and beautiful

>sthOthrams recited in the ancient way that we hear at

>Thiruvahindrapuram during the annual PurattAsi

>SravaNa uthsavam for our Sarva Thanthra Svathrar ,

>Swami Sri Desikan .The revered Jeeyar of Ahobila

>Matam is spending his ChAthurmAsyam at ThiruvahIndra-

>Puram this year to be close to both the divya dampathis

>of KshEthram and Swami Desikan .

>

>AdiyEn was dreaming at that time as to how wonderful

>it would be to capture the entire sthOthra MaalA of

>Swami Desikan for the benefit of all of us

>to get closer to these magnificient sthOthrams

>and learn to recite them with the correct

>pronunciations and stops.

>

>Few weeks later , I was thrilled to hear that

>Sriman Nadadur Madhavan of Sri RaamAnujA Mission of

>Srirangam Srimadh Andavan PeriyAsramam acquired high fidelity

>audio recording equipment and started to record the 28

>sthOthrams of Swami NigamAntha MahA Desikan as recited

>by the two brothers . VaikuntavAsi U.Ve Sri KaNNan Iyengar

>Swamy , a distinguished Sri Vaishnavite Scholar

>in his own right guided the brothers and Sriman

>NadadUr Madhavan in realizing these recordings. The brothers

>live in New Jersey and work in New York City .They

>travelled to Virginia during many week ends to have

>the recordings done at Sri Madhavan's house /studio .

>

>It is a pity that U.Ve Sri KaNNan Swamy did not get

>to hear the completed recordings prior to being called to

>perform nithya Kaimkaryam at Parama Padham .Thereafter ,

>Sri Madhavan asked adiyEn to review the content of

>the first three volumes of these CD ROMs as a ParisOdhakar.

>It was adiyEn's bhAgyam to be engaged in this kaimkaryam .

>AdiyEn's reward was the receiving of the first set of

>the three CD ROMs from the hands of the president of

>Sri RaamAnujA Mission , Sri PooNDI Vijayaraghavan

>on AchArya RaamAnujA's Thirunakshathram at New jersey

>VenakatEsA's temple .

>

>These recitations of the immortal slOkams of

>our GhantAvathAran (avathAram of the Koil MaNi of

>ThiruvEnkatam ) begins appropriately

>with the mangaLa dhvani of the big bells of

>the lord of Sapthagiri . Sriman Nadadur Madhavan

>gives a brief introduction to the Life and works

>of Swami Deikan , which is a result of significant

>research on his part . He also prefaces each of

>the slOkams with a short introduction to highlight

>the unique points about the individual sthOthrams .

>These introductions are followed by the recitations of

>the individual sthOthrams by the brothers in

>a masterly fashion .Each volume ends with

>the mangaLa dhvani of the bells peeling joyously

>from the top of the seven hills .

>

>The titles of each of the three CD ROMs have esthetically

>chosen color schemes and the sacred images of ArchA murthys

>eulogized in that CD ROM in addition to the images

>of Swami Desikan and AchArya RaamAnujA . These images

>of the ArchA mUrthys are a delight to the eye and mind.

>The set of CD ROMs will be a wonderful addition to

>the AchArya RaamAnujA multimedia CD ROM awaiting

>release in a month's time .

>

>As Sriman Nadadur Madhavan observed in his introduction,

>about Swami Desikan " no framework in words can do justice

>to this towering personality , the wide range of his knowledge

>and the burning faith of his simple life " .The sthOthrams

>are a very significant part of the monumental contributions

>of the towering intellect of Our NigamAntha MahA Desikan .

>As Sri Madhavan observed in the context of the avathAram

>of Swami Sri VedAntha Desikan , his day of appearnce on

>this earth and his ascent to Sri Vaikuntam to join the divya

>dampathis coincided with the days of birth of the First

>AzhwAr and the return to Parama padham of the last AzhwAr " .

>These are no coincidences.

>

>AdiyEn appeals to all the BhakthAs in all sincerity

>to acquire these CD ROMs and use it for introducing

>the beauty and auspiciousness of the sthOthrams to

>youngsters to grow their Bhakthi in our sampradhAyam

>and sanAthan dharmam with Nigama ParimaLam . Please

>contact Sri Madhavan at the above address to acquire

>copies of these rare recordings for Yourself and Your

>families .

>

>AdiyEn will conclude this posting with Swami Desikan's

>quintissential upadEsam housed at the end of his Chillarai

>Rahasyam named " Tattva sandhEsam " :

>

>sathvasthAn nibrutham prasAdhaya

> sathAm vrutthim vyavasthApaya

>thrasya BrahmavidhAgasthruNamiva

> thraivargikAn bhAvaya I

>nithyE sEshiNi nikshipan

> nija Bharam sarvamsakhE SrisakhE

>dharmam dhAraya chAthakasya

> kusalin dhArAdharaikAnthina: II

>

>(meaning): Conduct yourself in a manner that

>pleases the SaathvikAs.Perform your duties to

>Saadhus (AchAryAs) to perfection . Stay in fear

>of commititng apachAram to Brahmavidhs . Stay away

>from those , who engage in material pleasures and

>consider them as equivalent in value to blades of

>grass. Have MahA viswAsam in Sriman NaarAyanan ,

>who is eternal Isvaran with parama dayai to forgive

>our despicable trespasses.Place at the feet of

>the Divya Dampathis the protection of your aathmA

>through SvarUpa, Bhara and Phala SamarpaNam in

>the manner taught by ancient AchAryAs of our paramparai.

>After the Bhara SamarpaNam , stay in this world

>awaiting the Lord's call to His parama padham

>like a Chathaka Pakshi waiting for the water from

>the rainy clouds alone.

>

>Swami Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

>Daasan , Oppiliappan koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>------

>Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka

>Srivan Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama

>

>

 

 

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Dear Sri Kanumalla :Namo NaarAyanA !

It is an excellent idea .AdiyEn am all

for such a celebration . This year

PurattAsi SravaNam ( Swami Sri Desikan's

Thirunakshathram ) falls on Tuesday , September 21.

it will be wonderful to have the celebrations

on the weekend before ( Sep18-19) at the Sri RanganAthar's

Temple . We could have the paarAyaNam of the entire

28 SthOthrams on one day and Thirumanjanam

for Swami Sri Desikan . Another day or part

of it can be devoted to presentations on

the great contributions of Swami Desikan

to the concept of Prapatthi thru the Tamil

and sanskrit works .One of the highlights

should be the recitation of Achyutha Sathakam

in PrAkrutham by the two brothers form New Jersey .

By copy of this note , adiyen is requesting

Sriman Nadadur Madhavan's inputs to synchronize

these plans .The other members of MalOlan

net are requested to send in their comments

so that we can together plan a wonderful

celebration of the Thirunakshathram of

Swami Sri Desikan and the AchArya paramparai

of this greatest AchAryA .

Daasan , Sadagopan

 

 

 

At 09:26 AM 8/2/99 PDT, you wrote:

>Respected Bhagavatas,

>Glad to hear about the recordings.

>May I request whether they can be released or presented on the Desika

>Thirunakshatram day at Sri Ranganatha Temple, where the Desika sampradayam

>is the life and living, on the command of the graet 44th Jeer Swami of Sri

>Ahobila Mutt, and we feel it is a great honour to have it that way please.

>adiyen, venkat kanumalla, in the service of the Divya Dampatis.

>

>

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My Dear Sriman Sadagopan Swamy, Pranamas to you and all Bhagavatas.

I am extremely delighted at your reply and also I met the two brothers

Shyamsundar and his brother on 8-1-99, on the first Sunday, when they came

to do the Divyaprabandha Parayanam at Sri Ranganatha sannithi, and they too

expressed a desire to do a grand celebration for Desika Thirunakshatram. If

Sriman Nadathur Madhavan also agrees with this suggestion, we all can have a

great two day meet to glorify our Desika, as we never saw before, here, in

USA; and my sincere request is for All Srivaishnava Organizations to come

together, UNITED, EVERY YEAR, and CELEBRATE at our ONLY SANNITHI, SRI

RANGANATHA TEMPLE. I am eager to hear from the other Bhagavatas of Malola

Net, and I will gladly take care of the arrangements.

adiyen, venkat, in the service of the DIVYA DAMPATIS.

 

 

>Sadagopan <sgopan

>

>

>CC: nadadur

> Re: Sri Desika SthOthra MaalA : The Audio CD ROM

>release : Parts I-III

>Mon, 2 Aug 1999 21:54:48 -0400 (EDT)

>

>Dear Sri Kanumalla :Namo NaarAyanA !

>It is an excellent idea .AdiyEn am all

>for such a celebration . This year

>PurattAsi SravaNam ( Swami Sri Desikan's

>Thirunakshathram ) falls on Tuesday , September 21.

>it will be wonderful to have the celebrations

>on the weekend before ( Sep18-19) at the Sri RanganAthar's

>Temple . We could have the paarAyaNam of the entire

>28 SthOthrams on one day and Thirumanjanam

>for Swami Sri Desikan . Another day or part

>of it can be devoted to presentations on

>the great contributions of Swami Desikan

>to the concept of Prapatthi thru the Tamil

>and sanskrit works .One of the highlights

>should be the recitation of Achyutha Sathakam

>in PrAkrutham by the two brothers form New Jersey .

>By copy of this note , adiyen is requesting

>Sriman Nadadur Madhavan's inputs to synchronize

>these plans .The other members of MalOlan

>net are requested to send in their comments

>so that we can together plan a wonderful

>celebration of the Thirunakshathram of

>Swami Sri Desikan and the AchArya paramparai

>of this greatest AchAryA .

>Daasan , Sadagopan

>

>

>

>At 09:26 AM 8/2/99 PDT, you wrote:

> >Respected Bhagavatas,

> >Glad to hear about the recordings.

> >May I request whether they can be released or presented on the Desika

> >Thirunakshatram day at Sri Ranganatha Temple, where the Desika

>sampradayam

> >is the life and living, on the command of the graet 44th Jeer Swami of

>Sri

> >Ahobila Mutt, and we feel it is a great honour to have it that way

>please.

> >adiyen, venkat kanumalla, in the service of the Divya Dampatis.

> >

> >

>

>

>------

>Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka

>Srivan Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama

>

>

 

 

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

Dear Sriman Venkat Swamin,

 

Adiyen is delighted to see the enthusiasm of Srimans Sadagopan

Swamin and the two young Sri Vaishnava brothers from NJ and welcomes

the idea of a meet to celebrate the greatness of Our Paramacharyan.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

Adiyen,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

 

 

 

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