Sri U.Ve.PerukkAraNai Swamy's extraordinary Monograph on ThiruppAvai

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Dear BhakthAs :

 

Yesterday , I had the BhAgyam of receiving

the copy of the above 608 page monograph

that was airmailed along wiht pictures of

the Oct 11 book release Function at Chennai.

 

Further ,I have also received a video of

the October 11 presentation functions , where invited

scholars felicitated Sri PerukkAranai Swamy on

this " Commentary of Commentaries " . Although

the perrenial noise from the cars and scooters

around Desika Bhavanam ( site of the celebrations)

made it difficult to hear well the speeches of

the scholars on dais , I got a good feeling for

what the scholars said about this extraordinary book

and its celebrated author.

 

It was an extraordinary event .

 

The monograph is a testament to the great

scholarship of this MahA VidvAn . The depth of

information covered , the rare insights on

the meanings of the individual words chosen

by GodhA PirAtti in Her ThiruppAvai bear

abundant testimony to Saara Saarj~nthvam of Swamy.

His title Saara Saaraj~nan means One who is

the commander of of the quintessential Knowledge

(on Sri VaishNavam in all its aspects).This title was

conferred on Swamy By the great AchAryan,Parama Padha Vaasi

HH the 42nd Jeeyar of AhObila Matam , Sri RanganAtha

SatakOpa YathIndhra MahA Desikan .

 

I can not praise adequately the greatness of the effort

in Swamy blessing us with this commentary of commentary

on ThiruppAvai . Because of his failing eye sight ,

he dictated all the content and thre ladies acted

as scribes to complete the task of prparing

the print ready manuscript .

 

It will not be easy to rush thru this book . There is

so much that needs to be enjoyed again and again .

This book is a life time companion .

 

Before seeing this book , I had nurtured some ideas

of translating this book into English for the benefit

of BhakthAs , who do not speak Tamil . I recognize

that it will be futile to translate this brilliant text .

I will translate some high lights however as time

goes by and intensify these efforts during

the coming Marghazhi Month .

 

Thanks Once again to all the BhakthAs ,

who have provided financial support to

make this dream come true .It is probably

the best thing we have done so far in our

lives .

 

Andal ThiruvadigalE SaraNam ,

V.SatakOpan

 

P.S : Sri MahA Vidvan PerukkaraNai ChakravarhtyAcchAr

Swamy has seven more books in Tamil entitled:

 

1. SrimadraamayaNa SudhA

2. MummatasAram

3. Sri Ahobila KshEthra MaahAthmyam

4. TulA Kaaveri MahAthmyam

5. Sri Godha Sookthi SudhA

6.SarOddhAram

7. Tattva PrabhAsaNam

 

There are number of books in Sanskrit

(Sri Bhaashya Chandrika , Lakshmi Tatthva

NirNayam et al ) .

 

May I request any members of this group

visiting Chennai to bring with them a copy

of Sri Lakshmi Tattva NirNayam and send it

to me.It will be very useful in the context

of the ongoing postings on Sri GuNa rathna Kosam .

Thank you in advance .

 

I can not wait to prostrate before Swamy

at Sri Desika Bhavanam to express my gratefulnes

for his MahA kaimkaryams to the sampradhAyam .

 

Daasan , SatakOpan