HH Srimath InjimEdu Azhagiya Singar's Vaibhavam : Part VII

[Guest guest]

SrimathE RaamAnujAya Nama:

 

Sriamth Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

 

Dear Sri Matam SishyAs and AbhimAnis :

 

Today adiyEn will cover the following three topics:

 

(16) INJIMETTU AZHAGIYA SINGAR'S TANIYAN AND HIS AATHMA GUNAMS

***************************************************************

Sri U.Ve. Vidvan Purisai NadadUr KrishnamAcchAr Swamy is

the only grandson of HH The InjimEttu Azhagiya Singar through

His daughter. Purisai Swamy is a great sampradhAyic scholar

and the current Editor of Sri Nrusimha PriyA .He composed

a moving Taniyan for his revered grandfather :

 

SrirangEsa YathIndhunA kAruNayA asou syAth ithi prEkshitham

khAyatha Srinarasimha KaarijamunID-paadhAmbhujEndhindhiram

DhAnthi-KshAnthi DayAdhibhi: SubhaguNai: BhAntham BhudhAgrEsaram

Srimath RangasatAri Yoginrupathim SrEyOnidhim samsrayE

 

Here , Purisai Swamy makes reference to the merciful anugrahm

of HH The KalatthUr Azhagiya Singar(35th Pattam ) through

the performance of Pancha SamskAram in 1887 for the eight year

old boy , who would later become the 42nd Pattam Jeeyar of

the Sri Matam FOURTY TWO years later(1929).KaLatthUr Jeeyar

was struck by the Tejas and intellect of the Eight year old boy

and recognized immediately that this young boy would grow

the Bhagavath RaamAnuja SampradhAyam immensely . Just as

NadAthUr AmmAl recognized the greatness of Sri VenkatanAthan

(5 year old boy at that time) and blessed the child to become

an AchArya Saarvabhouman , KaLathUr Jeeyar blessed the 8 year

old RanganAthan . The first line of the Taniyan , " SrirangEsa-

YathIndhunA KaruNayA asou syAdhithi prEkshitham " .

 

The choice of words in the first line are " SyAth " and

" prEkshitham " . The choice of these two meanigul words

have been influenced by the Sri Sookthi Passage of Swamy

Desikan in AdhikaraNa SaarAvaLi , where he refers to

the blessings that he himself received from NadAdhUr AmmAL:

 

" SrimadhbhyAm SYATH-asaavithyanupahti VaradAchArya

RaamAnujAbhyAM Samyak dhrushtEna " .

 

Purisai Swamy points out that he selected the famous words

" SyAth asou ithi " verbatim from Swamy Desikan for the First line.

In place of " Samyak DhrushtEna " , Purisai Swamy

chose the word with similar meaning : " PrEkshitham " .

 

The second line , " khyAtha-SrinrusimhakArijamunID-

paadhAmbhOjindhIndhiram " refers to the blessings of

another Azhagiya Singar ( the 41st Jeeyar known as

Kaarukkuricchi Azhagiya Singar ) , who selected

InjimEdu RanganAthAcchAr Swamy to succeed him .

The 41st Jeeyar earned the title of " PaNDitha

PakshapAthi " because of his selection of InjimEdu

Swamy for the Pattam based on his appreciation of

the PaaNDithyam (Eminent scholarship ) of InjimEdu Swamy.

 

The second line of Taniyan acknowledges that InjimEttu

Azhagiya Singar spent his time joyously like a bee drinking

the honey from the lotus feet of HH the 41st Jeeyar.

The 41st Jeeyar was like Madhura Kavi to Swamy NammAzhwAr

( His AchAryan the 34th Pattam Atthippattu Azhagiya Singar ).

The 42nd Jeeyar was like Madhura kavi to the HH The 41st Jeeyar

(Swamy nammAzhwAr) according to Purisai Swamy . InjimEttu

Azhagiya Singar Himself has referred to His anubhavam as

the bee with the sanchAram at the sacred Thiruvadi (lotus)

of HH The 41st Jeeyar this way:

 

" YathparicharaNAdhAtthou BrahmAnubhavOapyahO mayaa athraiva "

 

Purisai Swamy refers to the above quotation from HH The 42nd

Azhagiya Singar's Sri SaarabhOdhini , the celebrated commentary

on Sri Bhaashyam. Here the revered Jeeyar states that He enjoyed

the ParipoorNa BrahmAnubhavam right here on this earth through

the blessings of Sri Lakshmi NrusimhArAdhanam bequeathed to Him

by HH The 41st Azhagiya Singar;in this context HH the 42nd Jeeyar

compares Himself to a happy bee drinking the nectar from the lotus

of His AchAryan .

 

The first two lines of the Taniyan celebrated thus far

the Pancha SamskArAm from the KaLatthUr Azhagiya Singar

and SanyAsrama SveekaraNam from Karukkurichci Azhagiya Singar.

Now , Purisai Swamy turns his attention towards the auspicious

Aathma GuNams of InjimEttu Azhagiya Singar in the last two

Paadhams of the Taniyan :

 

" DhAnti-KshAnthi-DayAdhibhi: SubhaguNair-BhAntham BhudAgrEsaram

SrimadhrangasatAri-yOgi-Nrupathim SrEyOnidhim samsrayE "

 

The fourth Paadham states that the sishyAs seek the refuge of

the Thiruvadi of the Emperor of Yogis and the abode of Sakala SrEyas ,

SrivaNN SatakOpa Sriranga SatakOpa YathIndhra MahA Desikan.

 

The third Paadham refers to what these KalyNa GuNams are.

Some of them are : DhAnthi( control over Indhriyams ),

KshAnthi (Infinite forbearance/PoRumai ), DayA ( extraordinry

compassion and mercy to all ). He shines with these and

other assembly of auspicious sadhguNams ( Subha GuNai: BhAntham).

These subha GuNams make Him a Yogi-Nrupathi or King of Yogis.

In addition to being the abode of Sakala KalyANa GuNams

associated with His role as an AchArya Saarvabhouman ,

His brilliant intellect, Saasthra Jn~Anam , KaalakshEpa

Saili ( KaalkshEpam Style)marked Him out to be a PaNDitha

SrEshtar occupying the front row of the greatest scholars

(BhdhAgrEsar).

 

Purisai Swamy captured the essence of the noble Qualities of

his revered grandfather and AchAryan in a fitting manner in

this beautiful Taniyan with great reverence and humility.

 

In the next few postings , adiyEn will cover the individual tributes

from the contemproary SrivaishNavA Sholars , who knew HH The 42nd

Jeeyar and revered Him as a shining star among the galaxy of

Sri Matam AchAryAs.

 

adiyEn's grandfather received his Pancha-samskAram from HH

The 36th Azhagiya Singar , SrivaNN SatakOpa Sri SrinivAsa

YathIndhra MahA Desikan in 1888 C.E; his BharanyAsam was

from InjimEttu Azhagiya Singar. adiyEn's father received

his pancha SamskAram from HH The 39th pattam MannAr Koil

Azhagiya Singar and his BharanyAsam from HH The 44th Jeeyar,

SrivaNN SatakOpa VedAntha Desika YathIndhra MahA Desikan .

adiyEn's own SamAsraYaNam is from HH the 43 rd Jeeyar ,

Sri DevanAr ViLaagam Azhagiya Singar and the BharanyAsam

blessings came from HH The 45th Jeeyar , SrivaNN SatakOpa

NarAyaNa YathIndhra MahA Desikan last year . Indeed adiyen

feels blessed to post these aticles on our AchArya paramparai

with the connections that adiyen can recall from the time span

of 112 years spanning three generations ( 1888-2000 C.E).

 

Srimath InjimEttu Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE saraNam ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan