Satabhisheka pravachanam by prakritam ParakalaSwami

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Sri lakshmi hayagriva parabrahmaNe namaH

 

Lakshmi nAtha samArambhaam nAtha yAmuna madhyamAm |

asmad aachaarya paryantaam vandE guru paramparaam ||

 

Sree Raamanujasya charanou SaraNam prapadyE

sreemate vEnkatesAya vEdaanta guravE namaH

Srimad Abhinava RanganAtha parakala mahAdesikAya namaH

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya NamaH

Srimad abhinava vageesha parakaala swaaminE namaH

 

Dear bhaktas:

 

adiyEn is grateful to Sri. Muralidhar Rangaswamy for summarizing

the pravachanam given by prakritam swami srimad abhinava vageesha

parakala desikan, on the auspicious occasion of the Satabhishekam of

Poundareekapuram Srimad Andavan Sri Gopaladesika mahadesika

swami, held last month in Srirangam [Vikrama: panguNi rohiNi, SaShti].

 

Sri. Muralidhar Rangaswamy's knowledge in Sampradayam and Samskrit

has resulted in so many wonderful articles on the online discussion

groups

that readers like me can learn from and enjoy - he has studied Sanskrit

under Sri. Rangapriya mahadesikan swami [who received sanyaasa

mantropadesam from the previous (35th.) swami srimad Abhinava

Ramanuja parakaladesikan]. Sri. Rangapriya SwamigaL is also a close

contemporary of prakritam Poundareekapuram Srimad Andavan swami,

the two of them having undergone (in their respective poorvasramas)

vedanta kalakshepam at the feet of 33rd. Parakalaswami Srimad Abhinava

Ranganatha brahmatantra swatantra mahadesikan. Both these future

yatheeswarars obtained great brahmagnyanam through the anugraham

of 33rd. Parakalaswami - and they still maintain very close ties.

 

It is a well known fact, that while Sri. Rangapriya swami was cured of

his speech impediment as a child by Sri Srinivasa Mahadesikan Swami,

[the founding Acharya of Srimad Poundarikapuram Ashramam], the

present Poundareekapuram Andavan Swami continues the Parakala

mutt tradition of hayagreeva upasanam through a lakshmi hayagreevar

sannidhi within the asramam's inner precincts.

 

Such cross-pollination of vidwat and acharya anugraham have resulted

in the existence of mahacharyas/yatheeswarars in our midst today, who

tirelessly strive to propogate Sri. sampradayam. Let us all take a

minute

to reflect not on the differences, but the overwhelming commonalities

among the various acharya paramparais of Sri. sampradayam. Let us

then, pay our tributes to the Jeer of the oldest monastic institution in

 

Swami Desikan's tradition, by honoring his 67th. thirunakshatram.

 

adiyEn hereby appeals to bhaktas to get involved and peform such

kainkyaram at this opportune moment. We only have a couple more

days to send our kulam/gotram/nakshatram information to Parakalamutt.

Let us do so in earnest, and thanks for your involvement. Please see:

 

http://www.parakalamutt.org/festivals/jeeyartn.shtml

 

Following is the wonderful summary of Jeer's pravachanam by none

other than Sri. Muralidhar - whose family is extremely close to Parakala

 

Swami, who as a child learnt Swami Desikan stotrams from prakritam

parakalaswami (then in poorvasramam), and who as an infant was

indulged by swami ( " swaami ivarai thooki viLaiyaadinaar " !!).....

 

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SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya NamaH

 

Adiyen's recent trip to India for attending AsmadhAcharyan's

SathAbhisheka MahOthsavam was memorable for a number of reasons.

Adiyen's visit commenced with a magnificent darshanam of Bhagavan

Lakshmi Hayagrivar at the Nanganallur Hayagrivar Temple, which paved the

way for a number of memorable Bhagavat, Bhagavata, and Acharya Sevais

and Anugrahams. In this posting adiyen wishes to summarize the upanyasam

of H.H. 36th Jeeyar of Parakala Matham on the occasion of

AsmadhAcharyan's Sathabhisheka mahOthsavam.

 

H.H. Prakritam Jeeyar Swami began the upanyasam with a prayer to his

Aradhana Murthy, Bhagavan Hayagriva, from Swami Desikan's Hayagriva

Stothram salutation " dishanthu mE dhEva sadhAthvadhIyA:

dayatharangAnucharA: katakshA: shrOthrEShu pumsAm amrutham ksharanthIm

sarasvathIm samshrita kAmaDhEnum " . This verse unfailing confers the

benefit of unmitigated flow of speech since it is the condensed essence

of the Udgita Vak embodied by Bhagavan Hayagriva.

 

H.H. continued " I was extremely sick recently. Thus, when the mahOtsavam

celebrations commenced, I was doubtful of my attendance. However, at the

last minute due to the grace of Bhagavan Hayagriva, I was able to get

relief from my sickness and attend this celebration. I have known this

Swami (prakrutham Andavan Swami of Srimad Poundarikapuram Ashramam) for

a long time. Swami spent time at Parakala Matham for Kalakshepam under a

purvacharya and His Bhakti for Bhagavan Hayagriva is enormous. I am

convinced that it is His Bhakti for Bhagavan Hayagriva, which granted me

relief from my sickness and enabled my presence for this occasion. This

Swami is known for his Atma GuNas-most notably Daya. This makes Him an

ideal Acharya in the manner of Lord Krishna.

 

The Narayana Upanishad glorifies Lord Krishna as BrahmaNyO DevakiputrO

BrahmaNyO MadhusUdhanOm. What is it that makes Kannan the Parabrahman

and carry out his role of GitAcharyan to perfection? Undoubtedly this is

due to the fact that Kannan is none other than Bhagavan Hayagriva

incarnate. Why? The presiding deity over all knowledge is Bhagavan

Lakshmi Hayagriva and this includes nyAsa vidya, which extols the

doctrine of SharaNagati (the path of unconditional, total surrender to

His Lotus feet). The path of Prapatti is enunciated in the Svetshavtara

upanishad salutation " Yo brahmaNAnAm vidhadhAti... " . What does Shveta

Ashva mean? It means a white horse? What does this denote? None other

than Bhagavan Hayagriva. Thus it is Bhagavan Hayagriva, who is out of

his mercy and desire to bless mankind with the central message of the

Upanishads, (i.e., the Bhagavad-Gita and specifically the Charma

shlokam) chose to reveal his paratvam as Kannan.

 

Let us now consider the avataram of Bhagavan Nrusimha. His avataram is

no doubt athyAdhbhutam. He is glorified in the dashavatara stothram as

" yadruccha harE " . How did this avataram come about? Not to protect

Prahlada or to destroy HiraNyan to free the Devas from his persecution,

but to uphold the words of His Bhagavata, Prahlada. his aspect is

extolled in the Srimad Bhagavatam salutation " Satyam vidhAthum

nijabhruthya bhAshitham... " Let us focus on nijabhruthya Bhashitham. Who

is the presiding deity of speech? It is none other than Bhagavan

Hayagriva. Therefore, it is again Bhagavan Hayagriva who was responsible

for the avataram of Bhagavan Nrusimha.

 

With this, I once again salute the greatness of this Swami (Srimad

Andavan Swami of Srimad Poundarikapuram Ashramam) and thank Bhagavan

Hayagriva for having brought me here. Narayana, Narayana "

 

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adiyEn,

-Srinath C.