Guest guest Posted August 1, 2000 Report Share Posted August 1, 2000 SrI: SrI PadmAvati SamEta SrInivAsa Para BrahmaNE namaha SrImatE Bhagavad rAmAnujAya namaha SrImatE nigamAnta mahAdESikAya namaha SrImad abhinava dESika UttamUr VAtsya VeerarAghavArya - mahAdESIkAya namaha SrImatE SrIvaN SaThakOpa nArAyaNa yateendra mahAdESIkAya namaha Dear devotees, namO nArAyaNa. The following is an article by SrI N. Chakravarthy of SrI Ahobila Mutt, who performed kAlakshEpam under SrI UttamUr SwAmi. He is the current principal of SrI MadhurAntakam Sanskrit College run by SrI Ahobila Mutt. This was published in the souvenir released on 25th Jan 1984 in commemoration of SrI UttamUr SwAmi's 88th thirunakshatram (birthday), soon after swAmi's attainment of his AchArya's sacred feet (ie.attainment of Paramapadam alias SrI VaikuNTham). THE GREATNESS AND GLORY OF SRI ABHINAVA DESIKA ************************************************ The unequivocal glory and radiance of the Great AchArya of our times SrI U.Ve. TarkArnava, PaNdita-RatNa, Poorva-Uttara MImAmsa Pradeepa, Ubhaya MImAmsa vallabha, PaNdita MArtANda, PaNdita BhUshaNa, PrakASika PrakASa, Ubhaya-VEdAnta Vijayadwaja, SarvAtma RakshAmaNi, MahAvidvAn abhinava dESika Tirumalai nallAn chakravarthy UttamUr VeerarAghava MahAdESika can only be compared in the words of the great poet " Adi Kavi " SrI VAlimIki thus - " gaganam gaganAkAram sAgaraha sAgarOpamaha " ie. " Sky can be compared only to the sky and likewise ocean for ocean " . Its not an exaggeration but a humble truth that the Greatness of SrI Abhinava DESika SrI UttamUr SwAmy can be equated only to his own greatness. It is an adventure to dwell on his greatness; yet let us consider atleast one aspect of the many and varied prabhAvAs of SrI SwAmi. Bhagavad BhAshyakAra - SrI RAmAnuja firmly established SrI VaishNavism, the ViSishtAdvaita siddhAnta in sheer contrast to various 'isms' like Monism etc, and this was hailed by the unbiased philosophers of the world as the " Living and practical philosophy " . He did so in line with the SanAtana Dharma - through the Upanishads, Brahma SUtras of Bhagavad BAdarAyana, BodhAyana's Vrittigrantas and the teachings of SrI NAthamuni, YAmunAchArya and other AchAryas. The unique sAmrAjya (kingdom) of SrI Bhagavad BhAshyakAra was zealously guarded by the " wonder " fortress created to surround the kingdom against any onslaughts of the enemies through any mischievous means. And this was done by Lord VEnkatanAtha (Lord SrInivAsa of Tirupati) Himself in His avatAra as " Thooppul SrI VenkatESa " alias " SrI NigamAnta MahAdESika " (alias SrI - VEdAnta DESIka). All these proved still inadequate to arm further against any intruders. SrI VEdAnta DESika himself appeared again as SrI Abhinava DESIka UttamUr SwAmi. ....... Bhagavad BhAshyakAra's first and foremost mandate is to dedicate oneself to the noble task of propagating the true philosophy (ViSishtAdvaita). Our SwAmi SrI apara (newer) DESika stood as an eloquent testimony and true to the letter and spirit of pUrvAchAryas. His dedication and grace towards mankind is unparalleled and unique. He graced us with more than 150 invaluable and rare spiritual works of all times. His glory started radiating through " ParamArtha BhUshaNam " which carried with it the President's First National Award for Sanskrit. Amongst the various pearls, gems, diamonds, emeralds, safire, rubies and other invaluable and precious stones of amazing philosophical works of SrI swAmi studded and adorn the Crest Jewel brahmaSirasi videeptE of Lord SrInivAsa shall include commentaries, notes on the Upanishad BhAshyas, SrI BhAshya, SrI GIta BhAshya, SrImad Rahasya Traya SAra, Prabandha Raksha, all sUktIs of SrI VEdAnta DESika with commentaries including the yeomen work of TatvamuktA kalApa, PAdukAsahasra, YAdavAbhyudaya, AdhikaraNa SArAvali, Paramata bhangam, DramidOpanishad TAtparya RatnAvali (UttamUr SwAmi last commentary released on the eve of Lord's call to His abode) and so on. Amongst the *last will and Testament* of SrI UttamUr SwAmi include in the forefront - (1) The protection of all his rare works, by reprinting as and when exhausted ; and to keep these grantas always made available for the needy. (2) Regular discourses/pravachanams/kAlakshEpas with the help of these works to gladden the Supreme Lord. (3) To bring out SrI swAmi's unpublished works which include the pUrvAchArya's vyAkyAna of Divya Prabandha in DEvanAgiri script (Sanskrit) ie. in ManipravALa style, which are at moment out of print. Truly jellying with the 'Tanian', SrI UttamUr SwAmi had laid a perfect concrete road to the High Bliss and what is just required by all is to broom the road and dust out by constant dedication and total devotion to the study of his works. Nothing shall please SrI swAmi than these. And let us pray and plead the Grace of SrI (UttamUr) SwAmi on this august occasion to bless us for dedicating to these kainkaryas (services) in our humble mite. -- By SrI N.Chakravarthy --- Hope that you all have read the previous posting titled " A Sincere Appeal to SrI VaishNavas in 1977: Reg. UttamUr SwAmi's Books " . If anyone has missed it, kindly go through it. Thanks. SrI Abhinava DESika's final instructions before the attainment of Parama-padam, to all SrI VaishNavas and his sishyAs + abhimAnis in particular, is very clear. The " Sri Uttamur Viraraghavachariar Centenary Trust " is carrying out these instructions. Apart from Books re-publication, the trust is arranging for monthly upanyAsam by a scholar at " SiddhAshramam " (UttamUr SwAmi's thirumALigai) on every " SwAti " star appearence day; SwAti being SrI UttamUr SwAmi's avatAra nakshatram. The yearly thirunakshatram of SrI UttamUr SwAmi (Thai-SwAti) is celebrated in a very grand manner with many upanyAsams from leading vidvAns, apart from Vidvat Sathas on subjects like SrI BhAshyam. Good amount of sambhAvanai are given to all the scholars. During that celebration, a lecture is also arranged at Vaishnavism Dept of Madras University. Cash awards to those SrI VaishNava students who excel in Stotra recitation, Study of NyAya SAstra, VEda adhyayanam and Divya Prabandha adhyayanam are given by the trust in recognition and encouragement of their talent. The successor of SrI UttamUr SwAmi in adminstrating Panca-SamskAram and Bhara-nyAsam is SrI U.Ve. PayyambAdi VEnkatavaradAchArya, a very devout disciple and cousin brother of SrI UttamUr SwAmi. SrI PayyambAdi SwAmi is delivering kAlakshEpam at SiddhAshramam on SrI BhAshyam and Bhagavad Vishayam currently. The Trust is giving monthly sambhAvanai to this AchArya as well. Please come forward to help the Trust in carrying out the instructions of SrI UttamUr SwAmi. aDiyEn will post a separate mail on the availability of books. Thanks. aDiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan, anantapadmanAbhan. krishNArpaNam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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