Shashta parAnkuSa jeer- 6th pattam (Thai - poorattadhi)

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SrI:

 

Dear SrIvaishanvas,

 

This azhgiyasingar was widely known during His AsthAna nirvAham. He entered the

cave in ahobila nrusimhan sannidhi after 14 years of nirvAham, as ordained by

SrI jwAlAnrusimhan. As per elders, He is still doing ArAdanam to SrI Lakshmi

nrusimhan inside the cave. He came out only once to give darSanam to His sishya

SrI panchamathapanjanam tAtAchArya swami.

 

His taniyan is :

 

SrimacchaTAri munipAda SarOja hamsam

SrImath parAnkuSa tapOdhana labdhabOdham |

sriman nrusimha varadArya dayAvalambam

SrImath parAnkuSa munim praNatOSmi nithyam ||

 

dAsan

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Below is the text on this Azhagiyasingar from www.abhobilamutt.org site.

 

The sixth Jeeyar: Shashta Parankusa Yathindra Mahadesika After the first Jeeyar,

the 6th Jeeyar Srimath Shashta Parankusa Yatheendra Mahadesikan became equally

famous for his spiritual and miraculous powers. Let us see what S.N. Venkatesa

Ayyar writes in his 'History of the Ahobila Mutt'. " This Jeeyar, " he says, " is

deservedly considered as one of the most powerful personages that adorned the

pontifical seat. Even at the outset, in connection with this Jeeyar we meet with

another well known personage Pachamathabhanjanam Tathachariar (sister's son of

this Jeeyar in his pre- sanyasin life). This Tathachariar was also noteworthy as

being the father of the great Lakshmeekumara Kotikanyakadanam Tathachariar - the

famous p-erson who gilded with gold the Varadarajaswami Temple, Kancheepuram. He

was a person of great importance and influence - being the Guru of

Venkatapathiraya (Venkata 1) 1575 to 1614 C.E. and also of (Venkata 11) 1630 to

1642 C.E. - both Kings of Vijayanagar in its later days of decline. Any student

of the Aravedu dynasty of Vijayanagar cannot afford to miss this Tathachariar

family as outstanding spiritual teachers of the time. This Lakshmeekumara

Tathachariar has claimed himself as having crowned both Venkata the First and

Venkata the Second and used the valuable presents given to him by his masters -

the Emperors - for gilding the 'Tirupathi and Kancheepuram temples. The sixth

Jeeyar with whom we are now particularly concerned was THE GURU and TEACHER of

the Tathachariar - the original founder of the family. Inscriptions both at

Tirupathi and Kancheepuram state that the sixth Jeeyar founded a settlement at

Bhashyapuram in Cuddapah district, on the banks of the north Pennar. He was a

very learned man and taught Vedhantha and other philosophies to numerous

disciples. The Ahobila Mutt became quite wealthy in his reign, possessing a

large number of villages granted in Sarvamanyam, besides numerous heads of

cattle, number of elephants, camels and other paraphernalia of a rich Mutt. The

sixth Jeeyar travelled upto Badrinath in the Himalayas and visited all the

famous Vishnu shrines in India. The modern Vaishnavite Agraharams of Injimedu

and Thaiyar trace their origin to this Jeeyar.

 

Reference is made to this Jeeyar in the History of the Cult of Narasimha in

Andhra Pradesh wherein it is said that both during the period of the fifth

Jeeyar and the sixth Jeeyar, Ahobila Mutt was the nerve-centre of Srivaishnavism

in Andhra Pradesh and brought many influential families as well as masses into

its fold. It is stated that the fifth Jeeyar was the spiritual preceptor of the

Nandyala Chiefs who were Vijayanagara feudatories. The sixth of the apostolic

line of the Ahobila Mutt, Shashta Parankusa, says, Dr. M. Narasimhacharya, was

respected by king Mukundadeva of Kalinga and he instituted the worship of Alwars

at Purushottham (Puri) which is also known as Jagannatha Shrine. An epigraph of

1555 C.E. during the reign of Sadasiva, mentions that Shashta Parankusa was the

trustee of the Ahobila Temple and the agent of Aliya- Ramappadeva Maharaja. This

Jeeyar is stated by the 'Sathsampradaya Mukthavali' to be the contemporary of

Sadasivaraya for his spiritual leadership. It further says that he (the Jeeyar)

cured the Raya's daughter, who had become possessed and that he received from

Sadasiva, the village of Bhashyapuram on the banks of the river. He was the

author of a number of works including Narasimha-sthava. Tradition has it that

this sixth Jeeyar while fervently worshipping at Ahobilam was commanded by

Lakshmeenarasimha to be ever present there to do pooja to Him. In order to do

that he had disappeared into the cave of Ahobilam which now remains closed.

(This place is shown to pilgrims at the Upper Ahobilam Temple where it seems

even now early in the morning the peeling bells and chanting can be heard by the

devout). He was however never again seen afterwards though we are told, very

pathetically that his Shisyas - particularly Tatachariar - stayed outside the

cave for several days without meals and water, wept and cried out for him

requesting him to come out - but it was all in vain.