AdiyEn's DhaNdavath PraNAmams to our AchArya Saarvabhouma on His blessed Thirunakshathram day : Part I

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SrimathE Lakshmi Nrusimha ParabrahmaNE Nama :

SrimathE RaamAnujAya nama :

SrimathE NigamAntha MahA GuravE nama :

SrimathE Sri LakshmI Nrusimha Divya PaadhukhA sEvaka

Sri VaNN SatakOpa Sri NaarAyaNa Yathindhra MahA DesikAya nama:

 

Dear Sri Matam SishyAs and BhAgavathAs :

 

On this PramAthi Kaarthikai , Sukla Paksha EkAdasi( Kaisika

EkAdasi) dinam , when UtthirattAthi Constellation in ascendance ,

on this auspicious Friday , adiyen prostrates across the oceans

at the sacred feet of asmathAchAryan and offer this salutation .

AdiyEn will join with Thirukkudanthai Sri Rengarajan in

offering my birthday salutations .

 

Sri U . Ve. VidvAn PaiyampADi ChEtlur Vaa. SrivathsAngAchAr

Swamy in his " Maanrusimham PrapdhyE " slOkams describes

the glory of Sri MaalOlan this way :

 

andham tamO yadh udayAth praLayam prayAthi

praj~nA parAthma vishayE parinishtithA cha

mAyAmayAhigaralam vyapagacchathi dhrAk

tamm Maanrusimham Inamadhya gatham PrapadhyE

 

(Meaning) : Lord Narasimhan is the one at the center

of Soorya MaNDalam . With His udhayam (aavirbhAvam ),

the deep and dark shadows of aj~nAnam and ViparItha

Jn~Anam disappear . With His udayam , the poisonous

snake known as samsAram leaves one's mind and body.

With His udayam , every one's mind and intellect

get rooted in Him , the Lord , who is never separated

from MahA Lakshmi .

 

Srimadh VedamArga PrathishtApanAchArya Parama Hamsa

ParivrAjakAchArya , Sri Bhagavadh RaamAnuja SiddhAntha

nirdhAraNa Saarvabhouma , Sri Lakshmi Nrusimha divya PaadhukhA

Sevaka , SrivaNN SatakOpa Sri NaarAyana YathIndhra

MahA DesikAcharyan is the peetadhipathi of the Sri Sannadhi

and the santhathi of the Fourty four Jeeyars , who have

performed unique AarAdhanam for MaalOlan for more than

six hundred years.

 

This great 45th AchAryan presiding over the golden age of

his reign is celebrating his Thirunakshathram

today . His birth star is the glorious UttharattAthi .

 

The Nakshathra Devathai for UtthirattAthi is Ahir Budhnyan .

Although Ahirbudhnyan is recognized traditionally as Rudran ,

there are references in Sri BhAshyam to Ahirbudhnyan as

Sriman NaarAyaNan from the etymology , " BudhnE mulE Bhava: "

or Jagath KaaraNa BhUthan , who therefore can not be any body

but Sriman NaarAyaNan . The Nakshathram after UtthirattAthi is

Revathi , whose nakshathra devathai is PooshA (Sooryan ).

Thus connecting UtthirattAthi with the next nakshathram ,Revathi ,

one can take the liberty to visualize our AchAryan as

Sriman NaarayaNa SvarUpi in the middle of Aadithya MaNDalam .

Here , we are referring to our AchAryan's aprAkrutha Tejas

born out of Jn~Ana VirAgya AnushtAna sampath .Revathi following

UtthirattAthi is also the birth star of Sri RanganAthA .

Thus the AchAryan and EmperumAn are tightly linkable .

 

The three Veda manthrams used in the homam (Aajya AahUthi)

for UtthirattAthi ( PrOshtapadham ) according to Sri U.Ve.

Veeravalli GhanapAti BhAshya MaNi DesikAchAr Swamy of

VaduvUr are :

 

ahayE bhudhniyAya SvAhA

PrOshtapadhEbhya: svAhA

PrathishtAyai svAhA

 

Sriman DesikAchAr Swamy has pointed out that the first

manthram is for the Nakshathra Devathai for UtthtirattAthi.

The second one is for the Nakshathram ( PrOshtapadham )

itself and the last one is for BhumI Devior PrathishtA ,

who is firm and stable . If we look now at the UttirattAthi

and those , who are lucky enough to be born under it , they are

flanked by Ahirbhudhnya-NaarAyaNan on one side and His divine

consort BhUmi Piraatti on the other side . Any one born under

this star should then be the selva piLLai of the Dhivya

(SaraNya) Dampathis and will have every auspiciousness

associated with them . That is the glory of our revered

AchAryan , whose Thirunakshathram we are celebrating today .

 

Our AchAryan's birth month is Kaarthikai , the month

that is holy because of that being the birth month

of Kaliyan and ThiruppANAzhwAr as well as that of

HH the DevanArviLAgam Jeeyar . All of them like our

Prakruthm Azhagiya Singar are known for their deep

attachment to ArchA mUrthys of the dhivya desams .

Therefore by birth nakashathram and the birth month ,

asmathAchAryan has illustrious connections to AzhwArs

and AchAryALs . That great (mahitha) AchArya (Sadhguru)

santhathi is celebrated in one of the sthuthis of

Sri Matam Sishyar , U.Ve.VidhvAn PazhavEri Chakravarthi

GopalachArya Swamy of Thiruppathi this way :

 

NaarAyaNAkhya YathisEkara Maanrusimham

soorimsthathA MAHITHA SADHGURU SANTHATHIM THVAM

aanamya tathkrutha mahOpakruthI: sadhApi

chitthE dhadhath sukruthishu prathasE krutha~jna:

 

(Rough Meaning): Oh the tilakam among Yathis ! Oh

Azahgiyasingar belonging to a great AchArya paramparai !

By saluting You and receiving the great blessings

through that salutation , we shall consider ourselves

first and foremost as MahA BhAgyasAlis and with depth

of gratitude , we will treasure You in our mind always .

 

I will conclude this first special posting on

the greatness of our AchAryan on His Thirunakshathram day

with two slOkams from the Sthuthi Padhya MaalA composed by

U.Ve.VidhvAn PazhavEri SatakOpAchArya Swamy :

 

Yaj~nOpaveetha vilasath kamanIya GhAthram

Srimath thridhanDa vilasath kamanIya PaaNim

ChUDA visesha parikarmitha Seershavantham

NaaRAyaNAkhya YathisEkaram AasrayAma:

 

This slOkam is very similar to Swami Desikan's

adoration of the majestic svarUpam of yathirAjA .

The meaning of this slOkam is as follows :

 

" AdiyEn takes refuge at the sacred feet of

Sri NaarAyaNa Yathi srEshtar , whose body

is shining with the sacred thread and whose hand

is radiant with the thridhaNdam and whose

head after the ritual of tonsure has the

majestic sikhai .

 

In another slOkam ,PazhavEri Swamy salutes

the great scholarship of HH Sri NaarAyana

YathIndhra MahA Desikan and recognizes that

Sri LakshmI Nrusimhan is sitting in the middle

of His Aaradhakar's tounge ( Yasmin JihvAgra

Madhyaa Vasathi Narahari:). He goes on to say :

 

Sri BhashyArhta VivEchanE pravachanE cchAthrOpadEsakramE

KhyAtha: tattva HithArttha nirNaya Vidhou nisseema Vaag Vaibhava:

pruthvyAm samsruthi maarga samsritha jana thrANAya thApAdhikAn

samskArAn rachayan asou Yathipathi: jEjeeyathAm sarvadhA

 

(Meaning ): This king of Yathis excels in the intrepretation

of Sri Bhaashyam as well as Saasthra UpadEsams ; He is

a marvel at determining the inner meanings of Tattvams

and Hitham and his glorious upadEsams on them are unparalleled.

May this AchArya Saarvabhouman , who performs pancha SamskAram

and Prapatthi to the people of the world stuck in the cruel

samsAram and saves them from these aflictions live forever

and everywhere !

 

In the next posting , adiyEn will translate the moving

tribute paid in Sanskrit to HH Prakrutham Jeeyar by

another great Scholar , Sri U.Ve. VidhvAn ChEtlUr

SrivathsAngAcchAr Swamy in his " Sri SwAmi Prasasthi "

composed in 1996 .

 

Asamath AchAryan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan