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Anand Karalapakkam wrote:

 

> For instance, SrI KArappa~ngADu VE~nkaTAchArya SwAmi, a great

> thennAchArya of last century (also, the kAlakshEpam AchArya of

> SrI VELukkuDi VaradAchArya) writes :

>

> " Sriya:Pathi-yAna SarvESvaran-uDaya nirhEtuka krupai-kku

> pAtrabhUtar-Ana aazhwAr mudal aaLavandAr emperumAnAr dESikan

> naDuvAga manavALa-mAmunigaL muDivAgavuLLa nam pUrvAchAryar-gaL,

> ........ " (Article: Ubhaya-VEdAnta aika kanTyam ;

> Book : EmperumAnAr DarSanam - 1; Pub: Sri Karappangadu

> Venkatachariar Swami Memorial Research Foundation,1997;

> Copies can be had from " SrI VaishNava SrI " .

>

> SwAmi writes that " Recipients of the nirhEtuka krupa of

> SrIya:Pathi,the Lord of all - PUrvAchAryas from AzhwAr to

> AaLavandAr, EmperumAnAr, DESikan in the middle and

> mAmunigaL in the end, ... " . This speaks by itself ..no need

> to add more comments.

 

Sri Anand: namo nArAyaNa. The only problem with the above is

that many thenkalais maintain that " dEsika " is a common noun,

and therefore, refers generally to ALL pUrvAchAryas between

emberumAnAr and mAmunigaL. Is there any way to ascertain the

TRUE intent of Sri kArappankADu Swami, or better still, to

determine exactly when the term " dEsika " is used to describe

Swami Desikan?

 

-- adiyEn

Srinath C.

[Guest guest]

SrI:

SrImatE rAmAnujAya namaH

 

namO nArAyaNa!

 

Dear SrI SrInath,

 

>

> > For instance, SrI KArappa~ngADu VE~nkaTAchArya SwAmi, a great

> > thennAchArya of last century (also, the kAlakshEpam AchArya of

> > SrI VELukkuDi VaradAchArya) writes :

> >

> > " Sriya:Pathi-yAna SarvESvaran-uDaya nirhEtuka krupai-kku

> > pAtrabhUtar-Ana aazhwAr mudal aaLavandAr emperumAnAr dESikan

> > naDuvAga manavALa-mAmunigaL muDivAgavuLLa nam pUrvAchAryar-gaL,

> > ........ " (Article: Ubhaya-VEdAnta aika kanTyam ;

> > Book : EmperumAnAr DarSanam - 1; Pub: Sri Karappangadu

> > Venkatachariar Swami Memorial Research Foundation,1997;

> > Copies can be had from " SrI VaishNava SrI " .

> >

> > SwAmi writes that " Recipients of the nirhEtuka krupa of

> > SrIya:Pathi,the Lord of all - PUrvAchAryas from AzhwAr to

> > AaLavandAr, EmperumAnAr, DESikan in the middle and

> > mAmunigaL in the end, ... " . This speaks by itself ..no need

> > to add more comments.

>

> Sri Anand: namo nArAyaNa. The only problem with the above is

> that many thenkalais maintain that " dEsika " is a common noun,

> and therefore, refers generally to ALL pUrvAchAryas between

> emberumAnAr and mAmunigaL. Is there any way to ascertain the

> TRUE intent of Sri kArappankADu Swami, or better still, to

> determine exactly when the term " dEsika " is used to describe

> Swami Desikan?

 

Here, it is very clear by the construction of the line that " dESikan "

in tamil refers to SwAmi DESikan. " ...dESikan naDuvAga " is the

construction. Even if the plural " dESikar-gaL " is used

to refer all the AchAryas in between, it will be absurd to say

" in the middle " . 100% straightforward in this case.

 

In UpadEsa RatnamAlai, the pAsurams which has " dESikan® " in

it is very general in purport and does not convey about

SwAmi DESikan's glories/attributes.

 

aDiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan,

anantapadmanAbhan alias Anand.