81st Birthday celebrations of HH PoundarIkapuram Andavan : Tributes from the Four Veda samhithais

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Dear BhakthAs :

 

adiyEn prepared this note as salutation for

HH Prakrutham PaRavAkkOttai Andavan's

SathAbhishEkam , which falls on March 30, 2001.

 

The Veda PaarAyanam , Sadas will start as of

March 24 and culminate on March 30. Many sishyAs

and AbhimAnis of the various electronic lists are

already at Srirangam to take part in this MahOthsavam .

 

adiyEn thought it will be good to release this

Chathur Veda Vandhanam (salutations) to HH PoundarIkapuram

Andavan as the celebrations commence today .

 

Daasan ,

Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri satakOpan

 

SrI:

 

NamO NaarAyaNaa

 

Dear SishyAs and AbhimAnis of HH PoundarIkapuram Andavan :

 

On this day , it is adiyen's bhAgyam to release

an article that I was invited to submit for

the Souvenir of this memorable occasion by

the Committee organizing the celebrations

at Srirangam.

 

adiyEn's AchAryan , HH Srimath Azhagiya Singar

along with other great Yathis of Sri VaishNavite

SampradhAyam will be participating in this MahOthsavam.

 

It is adiyEn's humble tribute to a great

Sri VaishNavite AchAryan on this special

occasion .

 

May this great AchAryan shower on us all

His blessings and continue to be a shining

light on the hill for many , many years to come.

 

DaasOham ,

Srimath Azhagiya Singar Thiruvadi,

Oppiliappan Koil/PoundarIkapuram V.SatakOpan

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CHATHUR-VEDHA VANDHANAM FOR A GREAT ACHAARYAN

by

Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Satakopan

 

INTRODUCTION

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Adiyen has ancestral links to the village of

Poundarikapuram and it is my bhagyam to offer my

humble salutations to one of the most revered Acharyans

of our time in Swamy Desika Sampradhayam , HH Paravakottai

Andavan of Poundarikapuram Aasramam.

 

Adiyen's grandfather and great grandfather hail

from Poundarikapuram village and have served as

Bruhaspathis for the family of the First Poundarikapuram

Andavan during the first four decades of the Twentieth century.

My father was a twenty three year old young man , when

the renovation and consecration of Lord Oppiliappan's temple

took place under the supervision of HH Poundarikapuram

Andavan. The year was 1928 and the Hastha-Sparsam of

HH the PoundarIkapuram Andavan has resulted in the growth of

Oppiliappan Koil (Thiruvinnagar) as one of the greatest

prarthanaa sthalams among the 108 dhivya desams .The SvarNa

Kavacham for the Uthsavar dhivya dampathis presented by

HH POundarikapuram Andavan then is worn by Them on all days of

the year except JyEshtAbhishEkam day . That is how close

HH Poundarikapuram Andavan is to the Dhivya Dampathis of

Thiruvinnagar. My father,Vaikunta Vaasi Poundarikapuram

Bruhaspathi Varadachar Swamy has mentioned about this

auspicious event a few times to me .It is adiyen's

privelege to offer salutations through " Sudar mihu Sruthi "

manthrams to HH Prakrutham Poundarikapuram Andavan ,

U.Ve. Paravakkottai Gopala MahaDesikan during the occasion of

the celebration of his 81st Thirunakshathram at Srirangam .

 

Vedam , Achaaram and Sadaachaaryan

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Vedam is nithya-nirdhosha-pramana-sreshtam.The inner meaning

of Vedam establishes that Sriman Naarayanan is the indweller

(antharyami ) of all Devathaas and He is the sarva-karma

samaaraadhyan .He alone has the power to grant us Moksha

Siddhi , when we seek refuge at the sacred feet of His

Sadaachaaryans .

 

These most merciful Achaaryaas remove our rajo-tamo

gunams arising from our prakruthi sambhandham through

their upadesams for us to observe unfailingly nithya-naimitthika

aachaarams ;their intercession removes our paapams , grows

our bhakthi and ultimately assures us of Moksham through

Saranaagathi at their sacred feet .

 

Their own observance of the highest level of aachaaram

to qulaify them as Sadaachaaryans is referred to by

Swamy Desikan in his well known definition of a true Achaaryan:

" aachinothi hi saasthraarthaan aachaare sthapayithyapi,

svayam aacharathe yasmaath , tasmaath Achaarya uchyathe " .

 

HH Paravakkottai Andavan and asmath Achaaryan , HH Sri Naarayana

Yathindhra Mahaa Desikan of Ahobila Jeeyar paramparai

are two such stalwart Achaaryaas ,who maintain the highest

level of Achaaram as exemplary Sadaachaaryaas. They are utterly

uncompromising in their practise of Achaaram and their

insistence that their sishyaas inculcate such a discipline

in their lives, is exemplary. All of their efforts are totally

rooted in the Vedic precepts handed to them by their respective

Achaarya Paramparais reaching all the way up to the Dhivya

Dampathis. Adiyen prays to the kula dhaivam of Poundarika Puram

(Founding) Andavan , Sri Bhumi Devi Sametha Sri Thiruvinnagarappan

for many blessed years of life to HH Paravakkottai Andavan

to shower his dayaa on his sishyaas and abhimaanis .

 

Vedic Prayers on the occasion of the Sathaabhishekam

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adiyen will start the Vedic prayers from my own saakhaa,

Yajussaakhaa, and offer two manthrams as prayers:

 

(1) " May life succeed through kaimkaryam to the Lord

and His ordained Achaaryans (aayuryaj~ena kalpathaam--) !

May life-breath thrive through their union! May the eye

thrive through the kaimakryam to the Lord and His Achaaryans!

May the ear thrive through kaimkaryam to the (Omnipotent) Lord

and His (most merciful) Achaaryans! May the voice thrive

through the service to the Lord and His Acharyans!

 

May the mind thrive through the kaimkaryam to the Lord

and His Achaaryans! May the jeevan thrive through

the kaimkaryam to the (soverign)Lord and His Achaaryans!

May the knower of the four vedaas thrive through

the kaimkaryam to the (Omniscient ) Lord and His

Achaaryans! May the light of justice (Jyothi) thrive

through the kaimkaryam to the (Self-Luminous) Lord and

His Achaaryans! May happiness thrive through the kaimkaryam

to the Lord and His Achaaryans! May passion for knowledge

be satisfied through study (of Vedam and Sri Sookthis)!

May desirable deed be peformed through sadaachaaram!

May the Atharva Veda , the Yajur Veda ,the Rig Veda and

the Saama Veda and its Brihath , Rathantra, thrive through

the grace of the Lord and His Achaaryans!

 

O Acchaaryaas! May we be freed from the pangs of birth and

death ! May we attain the happiness of final beautitude !

May we become the true progeny of the Lord! May we be yoked to

noble deeds and truthful(Vedic) speech! " --Yajur Vedam:XVIII.29

 

(2)TejOsi tEjo mayi dEhi ! Veeryamasi veeryam dEhi !

Bhalamasi Bhalam dEhi! ---sahOsi sahO mayi dEhi!

 

(Meaning):Oh Lord(Achaaryan)! Thou art lustre;give me lustre!

Oh (Omnipotent ) Lord(Achaaryan)! Thou art manly vigour ;

give me manly vigour! Thou art strength; give me strength!

Thou art vitality;give me vitality! Thou art righteous

indignation;give me the righteous indignation! Thou art

forbearance ;give me forbearance!..Yajur Vedam:XIX.9

 

Saama Vedic Prayer to Achaaryan

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(1)SA PUNAANA UPA SOORE DHADHAANA --Uttaraarchika Saaman:1358

(Meaning): " The learned person (Achaaryan) , purifying

himself , and concentrating on the Lord through profound

divine meditation , fills both the literate and the illeterate

with the glow of learning , and discloses various sorts of

knowledge . The pure and noble desires of a learned person

(Achaaryan) are meant to guard us against fears and

obstacles.May He (Achaaryan) grant us His daasans ,

the excellent wealth of spiritual knowledge .

 

Vaibhavam of Achaaryan (Rg Vedam)

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(1)yEthE sameebhi:susamee ---X.28.12

(Meaning): " Such are the Godly men (Achaaryans), sanctified by

sacred ceremonies , as have fostered their mind and body with

holy prayers.In the language of man, they ask for food (Jn~Anam)

and surely , they acquire name and fame in celestial regions

(nithya Kaimkaryam at Parama Padham) " .

 

(2)akshEthravith kshEthravidhaam---X.32.7

(Meaning): " One who knows not the true path inquires from

One (Achaaryan), who knows it;and directed by that skillful

guide , he (the mumukshu) travels onward; this is ,in truth,

the blessing of instructions gotten from Achaaryan and

thereby one finds the straight path that leads directly

forward (to purushaartha kaashtai) " .

 

Atharva Vedam and Achaaryan

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KrishNam niyAnam Haraya: SuparNA

apO vasAnA dhivamuthpathanthi I

tamm aavavruthranthsadhnAdhrutasyAdheedha

gruthEna pruthiveem vyUadhu: II

--Atharva Vedam :Canto IX.Hymn X.22

 

(Meaning):The radiant learned souls (AchAryans),

adorned by dhivya Jn~Anam and virtuous AchAram go to

the Lord , their highest shelter (abode), and reunite

with their Lord for nithya kaimkaryam and paripoorNa

BrahmAnubhavam. After enjoying the pleasures of

nithya Sooris , they return at His niyamanam from

Parama Padham ,the abode of Satyam and Rutham (as AchAryA

incarnations) to uplift the inhabitants of the earth

with resplendent knowledge (once again). "

 

HH ParavAkkOttai GopAla MahA Desikan adorning currently

the noble AchArya Peetam of PoundarIkapuram Aasramam is

one such radiant , learned soul , who is illuminating our

path and showering His limitless DayA on us . All of our

collective prayer to the Dhivya Dampathis is just

" InnumOr NooRRANdirum " .

 

Jayathi YathirAja Sookthi: Jayathi Mukhundhasya PadhukAyugaLee

TadhubhayadhanAs thrivEdhim avandhyayanthO Jayanthi bhuvi SANTHA:

 

Azhagiya Singar Thiruvadi ,

DhanyOsmi ,Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan