HH Srimath InjimEdu Azhagiya Singar's Vaibhavam : Part VI

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SrimathE RaamAnujAya Nama:

 

Sriamth Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

 

Dear Sri Matam SishyAs and AbhimAnis :

 

Today adiyEn will cover the following three topics:

 

** (13)HH The 42nd Jeeyar's favorite SthOthrams

 

** (14)The appointment of DeavanAr ViLAgam Swamy as

the 43rd Jeeyar(February 9 , 1951).

 

** (15) HH The 42nd Jeeyar's ascent to Parama Padham

( March 1, 1953).

 

13) INJIMETTU JEEYAR'S FAVORITE STHOTHRAMS

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Sri BhIshma Sthuthi housed in Sri MahA BhAratham(I.9.33-42)

was a daily prayer(nithyAnusandhAnam ) of the Jeeyar.These

ten slOkams are testament to the KrishNa Bhakthi of BhIshmar.

He focused his mind, speech and eyes on Sri Paarthasaarathy

standing in front of him (BhIshmar)at the battle field of

Kuru KshEthram and eulogized the Lord and placed his aathmA

at the Lord's feet.The aathma JyOthi of the Svacchandha Mruthyu

( One who can hold off death until he desired ) , BhIshmA ,

entered the sacred feet of GeethAchAryan right then and there.

 

The tenth and the final slOkam of Sri BhIshma Sthuthi

is rich in meaning:

 

Tamimahamajam SarIrabhAjaam

hrudhi-hrudhi dhishtitham Aathma kalpithAnAm

Prathidhrusamiva naikadhArkamEkam

samadhigathOsmi vidhUtha-bhEdhamOha:

 

(Meaning): adiyEn has now realized that the eternal/birthless

Lord is the Supreme One , who shines in the hearts of all of

His creations ; my nescience has been banished now. The Sun

in the Sky is the Only One , which is perceived by the eye. The eyes

that look at this One object however are many, but it is the same ,

one and only Sun seen by many eyes . Just as the Image(Prathi-Bimbham )

of the Sun is seen as different objects by many and yet there is no

change in the Sun , adiyEn has understood clearly now that

the Lord seen as the resident of many hearet lotuses is still

the Same Supreme Being . This Jn~Anam has taken firm root in

my mind and adiyEn has now attained the status of KruthArthan.

 

AlavandhAr's SthOthra Rathnam , ChathusslOki , SvAcchArya

DhyAna SlOkam ( SrimushNam SvarNam Swamy) , Soozh Visum PaNI-

Muhil Paasuram of Swamy NammAzhwAr , SaraNAgathi Gadhyam ,

Swamy Desikan's SthOthrams , JithanthA SthOthram were very

dear to our revered Jeeyar.

 

14) THE APPOINTMENT OF DEVANAARVILAAGAM SWAMY AS HIS SUCCESSOR

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Great MatAdhipathis have a knack to select their successors

in good time. MalOlan helps them in this noble deed to grow

the SampradhAyam. HH the 42nd Jeeyar selected a great scholar

and Aathma GuNa Sampoornar , DEvanAr ViLAgam Sri Lakshmi NrusimhAchAr

Swamy to be His successor. This Swamy is my Pancha SamskAra AchAryan.

His tEjas, Vidhvat , humility , anushtAnams are exemplary. His father

was the SvIkAra Puthrar of the daughter of the 27th Pattam Srimath

Azhagiya Singar., the son of HH The 26th Azhagiya Singar. It is all

in the family. Sri Lakshmi Nrusimhan of Boston is posting a series

of informative articles on HH The 43rd Jeeyar hand picked by InjimEttu

Azhagiya Singar to succeed Him . I will therefore provide a brief

summary about asmath AchAryan:

 

14.1: BRIEF CHARITHAM OF HH THE 43RD AZHAGIYA SINGAR

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AvathAram: 1901 C.E, Plava Kaarthikai, PoorAdam

 

VidhyA GrahaNam : NyAya MeemAmsa SirOmaNI degree from

Sanskrit College, ThiruvayyARu.

 

Pancha samskAram: HH The 40th Pattam Azhagiya Singar

 

Sri BhAshya Grantha KaalkshEpam : Started with HH The 40th Jeeyar

and completed under HH The 41st Jeeyar.

 

Prapatthi/UpAya AnushtAnam: From HH The 41st Azhagiya Singar

 

Conductance after Prapatthi as a Grahasthar: " SnAnam-SandhyA-

JapO-HOmO-DevathAnAm cha Poojanam! VaisvadevAthi thEyam cha

shadkarmANi dinE dinE " . Bhagavadh AaarAdhanam , KaalakshEpam

to those who sought his sacred feet filled his days.

 

Instructor at MadhurAnthakam : He served as the Principal at

Sri Matam PaatasAlai at MadhurAnthakam after the Vaikunta PrApthi

of ThirukkOttiyUr Swamy. Sri BhAshyAdhi ,Ahnika Granthams

were taught by him there to VidhyArthis.

 

SanyAsAsram SveekaraNam : Vikruthi Thai 27 ( Feb 9 , 1951 C.E)

was the auspicious day , when Sri U.Ve. LakshminrusimhAcchAr

Swamy of DevanAr ViLAgam Swamy became the 43rd Jeeyar of

Sri Matam .

 

PattAbhishEkam: March 13, 1953C.E.

 

Vaikunta PrApthi: November 24, 1957 at NaimisAraNyam .

 

Favourite Paasurams: ThiruviNNagar Paasurams of Kaliyan

and Swamy NammAzhwAr .

 

15: INJIMETTU AZHAGIYA SINGAR'S ASCENT TO PARAMA PADHAM

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The year was Nandana samvathsaram. The Month was Thai.

Srimath InjimEttu Azhagiya Singar was seriously ill.

The MalOla sadhas preparation for the next month was underway.

HH The 43rd Aazhagiya Singar was directed to full charge of

the planning of that Sadhas and other Nithya NirvAha Kaimkaryams

and AarAdhana-KaalkshEpa-UpAya anushtAnam duties.

 

Day by day, HH InjimEttu Aazhagiya Singar was getting weak

physically. His mind was always centered aroud MalOlan .

He was reciting SaraNAgathy Gadhyam and Dhvayam repeatedly.

SishyAs were reciting Sri BhIshma Sthuthi and SthOthra

Rathnam of Swamy AlavandhAr. Srimath Azhagiya Singar's

eyes were welling with tears of joy over the recitations .

ThiruveLLUr dhivya Desam is where Srimath Azhagiya Singar spent

His last days in Sriman NaarAyaNan's LeelA VibhUthi. As Srimath

Aazhgiya Singar breathed His last breath in preparation for

Joining Sriman NaarAyaNan for Nithya Kaimkaryam , Chinna

Azhagiya Singar (DEvanAr ViLAgam Azhagiya Singar ) recited

" SoozhvisumpaNi Mukhil-- " Paasuram decad with uncontrollable

tears in His eyes. ThiruveLLUr VeerarAghavan's big Koil MaNi

rang to announce to the world about HH The InjimEttu Aazhagiya

Singar's arrival at His TannadicchOthi.BrahmAlankAram , PerumAL

MaryAdhai were done and HH Injimettu Azhagiya Singar's prAkruthic

remains were carried in a Brahma ratham to His BrundhAvanam

on the southern banks of ThiruveLLUr VeerarAghavan's PushkaraNi

(Hruth PaapanAsini) for permanent rest. HH The Azhagiya Singar

joined the BrundhAvanams of three other previous Azhagiya Singars

( 33rd, 34th and 35th Azhagiya Singars ).

 

It was adiyEn's Bhaaagyam to offer my praNAmams during

February ,2000 to all the four BrindhAvanams of

the above four Azhagiya Singars at ThiruveLLUr .

The temple priest prsented me with a Vakula Pushpa

garland adorning the ThirumEni of HH InjimEttu

Azhagiya Singar. It was a blessed occasion .

 

Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan

 

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