Fwd: Question on biographical details of Swami Venkatanathan

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SrI:

 

Dear Sri Sudarshan:

 

In response to your query (Attached at

the end of my response) , here aremy inputs.

 

Given His modest way of life , there are

many things about Swamy Desikan's life

that are missing . One such time period

is his stay in KarnAtaka after the apachAram by

KanthAdai LakshmaNAcchAr's sishyan at SrIrangam.

 

SrIman SatakOpa TatachAr Swamy of Thuppul Sannidhi

might have some information related to your question.

The other devotee is Smt.Nagu Satyan , who is helping

with the reconstruction/repair at Swamy Desikan's

sannidhi at SatyaakAlam at the request of

HH SrI RangapriyA Swamy of Karnataka. The parakAla

matam sishyAs also might have specific information.

 

Let me summarize what I am familiar with

from AchArya Vaibhavam descriptions.

 

The available information is that the KumArar,Devigal

of Swamy Desikan and PeraruLALa Jeeyar

( His prime disciple) were with Swamy Desikan

at SathyAkAlam/Sathyamangalam on the bank of Cauvery river

with the now historic temple for Lord VaradarAja.

 

During this self-imposed exile at Sathyamangalam

Swamy Desikan had a great urge to have Lord RanganAthA's

sevai at Srirangam. It was like Swamy ParAsara Bhattar's

desire to have the Sevai of the Lord of SrIrangam ,

while he was an a self-imposed exile at ThirukkOshtiyUr.

This was before the invasion of the Srirangam Temple.

 

Swamy Desikan left His Devikal and KumAran at

SathyAkAlam/Sathyamangalam and went to SrIrangam with

PeraruLALa Jeeyar and had the blissful anubhavam of

peforming MangaLAsAsanam of the Lord of SrIrangam

with Sudarsana Bhattar and PiLLai LokAcchAr.

 

There at Srirangam , a great scholar challenged Swamy Desikan

for a debate . Swamy Desikan suggested that PeraruLALa Jeeyar

should debate with the haughty vidhvAn . PeraruLALa Jeeyar

accepted his AchAryan's niyamanam on head (sirasA Vahitthu)

and engaged that VidvAn in three days of debate and won over

him with the help of Swamy Desikan's granthams like

Satha DhUshaNi.PeraruLALa Jeeyar returned to the sannidhi of

his AchAryan and described the way in which the debate went.

Swamy Desikan was so pleased with the debating skills and

the scholarship of his sishyar that he awarded the title

of Brahma Tantra Svathanthra Jeeyar . Sudarsana Bhattar

was there in that assembly and was very happy about

the honor accorded to PeraruLALa Jeeyar .There was planted

the seeds of ParakAla matam at SrIrangam.

 

This was also the time of the foreign invasion at

SrIrangam.The preparations to create a stone barrier to

hide the Moola BhEram , the subsequent atrocities at SrIrangam

by the invading troops , the request of Sudarsana Bhattar to

Swamy Desikan to protect Srutha prakAsikai and his two sons ,

all of this took place while Swamy Desikan was still

at SrIrangam and His family was at Sathyamangalam.

 

Soon Sudarsana Bhattar was killed duirng the invasion

at the temple. Swamy hid amongst the plie of corpses

on ground with the Srutha PrakAsikai and the two sons of Bhattar.

After night fall , Swamy Desikan freed himself

and started his journey back to Sathyamangalam

with the rare treatise of Srutha PrakAsikai

and the two young sons of Sudarsana Bhattar.

During these chaotic hours , Brahma Tantra Svatantra

Jeeyar was separated from his AchAryan and was at a loss to

find his AchAryan and as he wandered back, he met Swamy Desikan

on the way by accident and both returned to Sathyamangalam.

 

From Sathyamangalam , Swamy Desikan and family

moved to ThirunArAyaNapuram and the Lord there

blessed KumAra VaradAchAr to be the RaamAnuja

SampradhAyaka Pravarthakar after Swamy Desikan's

ascent to SrI Vaikuntam.The Taniyan , " RaamAnuja

DayApAthram " took birth here at ThirunArAyanapuram .

The year was BahudhAnya and the Month was AavaNi.

That Taniyan is used by all those who start

their Bahgavath Vishaya KaalakshEpam.

 

The famous AbhIthi Sthavam was composed by Swamy

Desikan at ThirunArAyanapuram with prayers for

return of SrI RanganAtha back to His aasthAnam

at SrIrangam. SrI RangarAjan returned soon after

from Thirumala via Chenji and the nithya , paksha

Uthsavams began at SrIrangam.

 

Swamy heard about this auspicious news and returned to

SrIRangam from Karnataka. Swamy Desikan returned with

His family and took up permanent residence at SrIrangam .

During this stage of His life , SrImad Rahasya Thraya Saaram

and VirOdha ParihAram were created by Swamy Desikan.

 

It will be wonderful to hear additional specifics

from our family of SrI VaishNavAs from Karnaataka about

the time of stay of Swamy Desikan at Sathyamangalam.

 

Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Oppiliappan Koil V.Sadagopan

 

 

At 01:26 PM 5/2/03 -0700, you wrote:

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>Dear friends,

>

>I would be grateful if anyone could please throw some light on a

>little known detail about Swami Desikan's life.

>

>When Swamy left SriRangam to escape the occupation/invasion of the

>Ghazni marauders, it is known that he lived quietly for over a decade

>in the village of Satyaakaalam (near Melkote, Karnataka).

>

>Did Swami's 'dharma-patni' and 'tirukumArar' also live with him in

>Satyaakaalam during that period or did they live in Thoopul? If Swami

>was living alone in Satyaakaalam, is there any historical account of

>his days there -- where he lived, what was his daily regimen, who

>looked after him etc.?

>

>Will be grateful for any references to extant biographical works

>also.

>

>Thanks and regards,

>

>dAsan,

>Sudarshan

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