Prakrutham Srimath Azhagiya Singar's approaching 79th Birthday (Thirunakshathram ) Celebration at Bangalore on Dec 10, 2005 : Part I

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SrI:

 

PaarTiva Samvathsaram , Simha Maasam ,

Sukla Paksha Sarva Parivarshanai EkAdasi

 

Dear BhakthAs :

 

Today is a very special day . Whatever one attempts today will grow more

and More . " Pari " means more and more when added to a noun or adverb.

Varhanam means growth . It is such a PuNya dinam , where every thing attempted

grows more and more .

 

AN APPEAL TO YOU ALL TO JOIN IN A FORTHCOMING CELEBRATION

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adiyEn seeks YOUR support of a major Kaimkaryam , namely , the Celebrations of

the 79th Birthday of the Current Jeeyar of the Ahobila Matam , HH Sri NaarAyaNa

YathIndhra MahA Desikan . That special day happens to be December 10 , 2005 .

 

This MahOthsavam will be celebrated with ChathurvEda PaarAyaNams ,

Dhivya prabhandha PaarAyaNam et al at Bangalore Sri Matam premises .

YOU are all welcomed to attend this function . Boarding and Lodging logistics

will be taken care of for overseas visitors by local Ahobila Matam sishyALs.

 

On this day , we are also setting the stage for the SathAbhishEkam celebrations ,

when Prakrutham Azhagiya Singar will become 80 years in HIs blessed life .

That celebration would take place in December 2006 . adiyEn will come back to

YOU on that grand uthsavam in January , 2006 .

 

For now , let me say a few words about this PuNya dinam ( Sep 14 )

as a preface to the Upcoming 79th birthday of one of the greatest

Yathi SrEshtar , who is the 45th Pattam Azhagiya Singar , HH Sri VaNN

SaThakOpa , MalOla PaadhukA SEvaka , Sri NaarAyaNa YathIndhra

MahA Desikan .

 

WHAT IS SO SPECIAL ABOUT THIS DAY ?

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WHY IS THIS DAY MARKED FOR PARIVARDHANAM ?

 

Why is this day is marked for huge Growth in our VidhyA and Jn~Anam ?

 

(1) It is because this day , AavaNi SravaNam is Lord HayagrIvan's

Thirunakshathra dinam . He blesses His upAsakAs very much on this day .

 

(2) At Srirangam , PavithrOthsavam starts today . This is a special Uthsavam

for removing omissions and commissions in Bhagavath AarAdhanam

and for the restoration of Saanidhyam at the Sannidhis of BhagavAn .

 

The next few days of this & Ensuing week are equally important

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(3) Tomorrow (Sep 15) , it is Vaamana Jayanthy , Nakshathra and SravaNa DhvAdasi

as well as MahA PradhOsham , an evening very dear to Lord Lakshmi Narasimhan.

 

(4) Friday (Sep 16) is SukravAram , when AlarmEl Mangai ThAyAr of ThirucchAnur/

Thiruppathi takes Her MangaLa SnAnam .

 

(5) Saturday (Sep 17) is KanyA PourNami and the birth of the Month of PurattAsi

in which many important events happen :

 

***PurattAsi 2 ( Sep 18 ) : Final Day of ChAthur Maasyam for YatheeswarALs ,

MahALaya Paksham begins today .

 

*** PurattAsi 3 ( Sep 19): UtthAnam for YatheeswarALs , when they resume

their SanchArams .

 

*** PurattAsi 5 ( Sep 21): MahA BharaNi

 

*** PurattAsi 9 (Sep 25 ): MahA VyatheepAdha PuNya Kaala Thirumanjanam for

Lord RanganAthan during MadhyAshtami . This is a rare Thirumanjanam for

Lord RanganAtha at Srirangam and Pomona , NY .

 

*** PurattAsi 18 ( Oct 4 ): NavarAthri Aaarambham

 

*** PurattAsi 23 ( Oct 9 ): Kettai (JyEshtA ) : Adhi VaNN SaThakOpa Jeeyar's

Thirunakshathra dinam .

 

*** PurattAsi 26 (Oct 12): Lord SrinivAsa , Swamy Desikan and First ParakAla

Matam Jeeyar's Thirunakshathram , SravaNam .

 

*** PurattAsi 27 ( Oct 13) : KOil Vijaya Dasami

 

*** PurattAsi 28 ( Oct 14): Sri VaishNava EkAdasi ( HarivAsaram)

 

*** PurattAsi 31 ( Oct 17) : PourNami , Revathy , Vishuva PuNya Kaalam .

 

Thus ends PurattAsi in a blaze of glory and leads us on to the sacred

Months of Iyppasi and Kaarthikai UtthirattAthi (December 10 ) , Prakrutham

Azhagiya Singar's 79th Thirunakshathra dinam at Bangalore .

 

There are thus 98 days from today to that blessed day of

Kaarthikai UtthirattAdhi dinam (Dec 10,2005) .

 

adiyEn would like to seek your financial support for the Parama

Vaidhika celebration of a MahAchAryan , the Current Azhagiya

Singar , HH Sri NaarAyaNa YathIndhra MahA Desikan .

 

Please pledge as much as you can for this special celebration

and recieve Srimath Azhagiya Singar's dhivyAnugraham .

Please keep Sriman Srihari Raghavan , the Treasurer of Ahobila

Matam North America (srihari.raghavan) and adiyEn

informed about your pledges .

 

All samarpaNams are Tax deductible . Your SamarpaNams

should be sent to :

 

Ahobila Matam North America

C/O Sriman R.Rajaji

10404 Shephard Crook Ct

Potomac , MD 20854

 

WHY AND HOW SHOULD WE SUPPORT ACHARYA KAIMKARYAMS ?

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In the Sikshavalli section of Taitthireeya Upanishad , there is a section

called : AnthEvAsyAnuSAsanam about the AchAryan 's commands to

a Sishyan after teaching him about Veda/VedAnthams :

 

It starts with " Sathyam Vadha , Dharmam Chara , SvAdhyAyAn maa pramadha:

ACHAARYAAYA PRIYAM DHANAM AAHRUTHYA PRAJAATANTHUM MAA

VYAVACCHETHSEE: ( Having offered the AchAryan the desired Guru

DakshiNai, do not cut off the line of progeny ) -------

 

The UpadEsam continues : SathyAnna Pramadhithavyam ------AachArya dEvo

Bhava ( Let Your AchAryan be God unto You ) ----

 

Regarding samarpaNams of AchArya Kaimkaryams , the Upanishad passage

instructs the Sishyan :

 

SraddhayA dhEyam ( You should offer your SamarpaNam with Faith )

 

asraddhayA dhEyam ( You should offer your samarpaNam without attachment )

 

SriyA dhEyam ( You should offer your samarpaNam with a happy state of Mind )

 

HriyA dhEyam ( You should offer it with shyness that you are not giving enough)

 

bhiyA dhEyam ( You should offer with fear that it is not proportionate to

the MahOpakAram done by the AchAryan for opening your spiritual eye )

 

samvidhA dhEyam ( You should give with will /without hesitation ).

 

This set of instructions concludes in a thundering fashion:

 

" This is the command ( aadEsa: ) and this is the instruction ( UpadEsa: ) .

This is the sacred teaching of the VedhAs ( yEshA VedhOpanishad) .

This is the command that the Teacher /AchAryan should impart to

the disciple ( yEthadh-anusAsanam ) . Thus should it be practised

( yEvam upAsithavyam) .Thus alone should one meditate ( yEvamuchaithadh-

upAsyam )."

 

The Siksha valli section of Taitthareeya Upanishad concludes with the UpasamhAra

Saanthi Paatam : " --- SamnO VishNururukrama: ( May VishNu of vast strides

protect US ) --------- tannmAmAveeth , tadhvakthAramAveeth , AaveenmAm ,

Aaveedh vakthAram , Om Saanthi: Saanthi: Saanthi: " ( That Brahman protected

me . That Brahman protected the AchAryan . Om Peace, Peace , Peace ") .

 

It is in the context of AchArya Vandhanam that we celebrate AchArya

Thirunakshathrams and feel fulfilled to offer our SamarpaNams as

SambhAvanai for the MahOpakArams Recieved from an AchAryan .

 

adiyEn will elaborate next in this 79th and 80th Thirunakshathram series

about the Upanishadic Instruction : " SraddhyA dhEyam " .

 

What is SraddhA ? Who is SraddhA ?

 

We will take up the two versions of SraddhA Sooktham and study

their meanings according to Nanjeeyar's commentary on SrI Sooktham

and Saayana BhAshyam .

 

Srimath Azhagiya Singar Thiruvadi ,

Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan