Srimad Villivalam Periya Swami( SrI VedAntha VaavadhUka Swami) : Part VI ( slOkams 17-33)

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SrI:

 

SrimatE Lakshmi Nrusimha ParabrahmaNE Nama:

 

SrimatE RaamAnujAya Nama:

 

SrimatE VedAnta GuuravE Nama:

 

SrimadhbhyAm Sriranga SaThakOpa SrI VedAnta Desika YathIndhra Mahaa

DesikAbhyAm nama:

 

SrimatE VedAnta VaavadhUka SrI NarayaNAchArya MahAvidhushE Nama:

 

SriamatE LakshmI Nrusimha dhivya PaadhukA Sevaka SrIvaNN SaThakOpa SrI

NarayaNa Yatheendhra MahA DesikAya Nama:

 

SlOkam 17

 

SrirangakAryAtmajayOgirAjO yAtrAntarA champaka-kAnanAkhyam

 

SrI RaajagOpaalapuram pravishDa:

pratyudhgata: pourajanaissubhaktyA

 

(Meaning): The 42nd Pattam Srimad Azhagiyasingar , SrIvaNN Sri Sriranga

SaThakOpa YadheendhramAhAEsikan

arrived at Raaja mannArgudi during his sanchAra kramam and was welcomed

warmly by the citizens of MannArgudi.

 

SlOkam 18

 

ASAsya sanmangaLamachyutAya

SrIrAjagOpAya subhaktipoorNa:

 

alanchakAra svajanairmaTham svam

MaalOladhainandhinapoojanAya

 

(Meaning): Srimad Azhagiya Singar performed MangaLAsAsanam of Sri

RaajagOpAlan with bhakti and arrived at His MannArgudi MaTham thereafter to

perform AarAdhanam for MalOlan .

 

SlOkam 19:

 

KshEtrEatra NaarAyaNasarivArtaa:

vidhyArhtivrundhSnugruheeta vidhyAm

 

sammAnanam sAdhujanairnitAntam

GururnireekshyAtitatarAm mumOdha

 

At this KshEtram , Srimad Azhagiya Singar saw and heard about SrI

NaarAyaNAcchAr's glories , learnt about the range of the vidhyAs that he

imparted to his sishyAs and the high regard the local vidhvAns had for Swami .

 

 

SlOkam 20

 

SrirangE prathamam krupAvirAchitam

MaalOla-vidhvatsabhAm

 

Vaakjn~aryA nijayAh

hyabhUshayadhayam vidvanmaNi laagita:

 

ittham Jn~Ana-viraktiSeelaviBhudham

samsthApayishyanpadhE

 

tasyArhE samachintayadh-guruvarO yOgyam cha kaalamkramAth

 

(Meaning):This VidvanmaNi Sri NaarAyaNAcchAr Swamy) participated

in the Vidvath Sadas started at Srirangam and made distinguished

contributions with the power of his knowledge . Srimad Azhagiya Singar started

to think about an opportunity and time to place Swamy in a position befitting

his Jn~Anam, VairAgyam and Seelam .

 

SlOkam 21

 

MadhurAnthaka-manDanAyamAna:

RaghuNAthOapi Bhudham dhidhrukshurEnam

 

samakalpayadhAlayam kalanAmiha

nirmAthumanEnayOginaikam

 

(Meaning): Sri Raaghavan , also known as Sri KarunAkaran ,the jewel of

MadhurAnthakam( archA Moorthy there) wished to meet this MahA VidvAn. In this

context , the Naayakan of MadhurAntakam

( Raaghavan) decided to establish a VidhyAlayam at His kshEtram through

Srimad Azhagiya Singar .

 

SlOkam 22

 

Saahitya-SaBdha-tarkAnadhyApya-

bahUmSccha vEdamOuLividha:

 

srashtum manOvyathAneeth SrirangAkhyO Yatheendhra-gururAja:

 

(Meaning): Sri Sriranga SaThakOpa Yatheendhra MahA DESikan decided in this

context to establish

a VidhyAlayam at MadhurAntakam to train future VaidhikAs learned in

Saahityam , VyAkaraNam and Tarkam .

 

SlOkam 23:

 

yathAmanOratham dhivyam nirmamE

sakalAlayam

 

viBhudhAnAm vachObangheem

vardhayishNu: guNOjjvalAm

 

(Meaning): Srimad Azhagiya Singar decided to extend the outreach of great

scholars and their instructional excellence and created for that purpose the

VidhyAlayam at MadhurAntakam .

 

SlOkam 24

 

SrIvAsudEvArya maharshirAseedhyasyAgraNee:

viSrutaBhEdhyavEttA

 

SrIsoumyanArAyaNa sUrivaryO-

apyalancchakArAdhipatE: padham tath

 

(Meaning): Maharshi VaasudEvAcchAr Swamy , who had mastered all that needs

to be known on Tattva Hita PurushArthams without any doubts became the first

path setter for this institution . After that ThirukkOttiyUr

MahAn Sri Ubhaya VedAnta Soumya-

NaarAyaNAcchAr Swamy became the Prinicipal of this new VidhyAlayam .

 

SlOkam 25

 

AatmAnubhUtyA bhaagavat-padhABjE

nivishDachittam viBhudhAgrayamEnam

 

adhyApakatvai viniyujya vidhyAmAlayam yOgivarO-vyatAneeth

 

(Meaning): Our VidhvAn who had placed his heart at the Lord's sacred feet

with great AatmAnubhavam was appointed by Srimad Azhagiya Singar as a key

faculty to enhance the outreach of this new vidhyAlayam .

 

SlOkam 26

 

GopAlamAlOla hrudhAntaranga: SrichakravartyAtmaja-sEvanEcchu:

 

svadESa-dEvAdhi-dhruDAbhimAnAth

jagAma ramyam MadhurAntakam tath

 

(Meaning): This MahAn who worshipped MalOlan and RaajagOpAlan in his heart

lotus arrived now at MadhurAntakam to have the darsana sobhAgyam of

SrI KaruNAkara Raaghavan . With deep affection for ThoNdaimaNDalam

( sva dEsam) and the archaa Moorthys of Sri Matam and MannArgudi , Swamy

reached the beautiful kshEtram of MadhurAntakam .

 

SlOkam 27

 

SrirangaSaTahjith-yOgikrupA-VeekshaNabhAjanam

 

MadhurAntakamAsAdhya prAdhyApakapadhE Bhabhou

 

Our Swamy , the object of Srimad

Azhagiya Singar's krupA KaDAlsham

shone as senior Faculty of Tarka Saastram at MadhurAntakam School .

 

SlOakam 28

 

samskruta-kalAlayEasmin padhaveem-

upanAyakasya samprApya

 

adhyApanEna samyak vyatanOdh-

vidhyArthinO-atisookshama matheen

 

At this Samskrutha KalAsAla , our Swamy advanced to the position of

Assistant Principal and through his teaching skills developed the Sookshma

Buddhi ( Discriminating/sharp intellect ) of his students .

 

SlOkam 29

 

VedAnthamoola-tarkAn-BhOdhayitum

chAsyachAtureem veekshya

 

Aakrushtachitta SishyA: sarvE

kutukAdh-adheeta-pADagaNA:

 

(Meaning): The students admired the unique instructional skills of our Swamy

in teaching Tarkam , which is the basis to understand VedAntam were happy to

learn from him and studied with great ardour and benefitted .

 

SlOkam 30

 

SrInArAyaNasUri sikshitadhiyO-anantAsccha SishyA: BhudhA:

 

VedAnthaahava satsabhAsu vijayam

prApyEndhatE smAnvaham

 

chAtrANAm hrudhi jAyaMaana-vividhaaSSankA: sphuDam dhUrayan

 

naikEnApi kadhApi vismrutipadham

syAdhEsha dhanya: kruthee

 

(Meaning): Many sishyAs who learnt under Sri NaarAyaNAcchAr Swamy became

respected scholars and became

highly honored during their discourses in VedAntha SabhAs by fellow

Scholars . They were victorious in their debates .

 

SlOkam 31

 

pAtraviSEshW nyasta:pakvO nO vEti

samvichAryaiva

 

bhUyO-vastuviSEsham nyastum yatatE sma sookshamadarSee sa:

 

(Meaning) : Our Swamy was such a good teacher that he advanced the lessons

for the individual student only after making sure that the student

had understood and digested the previous lesson .He was very much aware that

instructions to a student ,

who had not grasped the earlier lessons is like stuffing food to one , who

had not digested the earlier meal .

 

SlOkam 32

 

jeerNA nachEsyAdaSitA sudhApi visham yathaivamsyuradheetapADA:

 

SaastrEshu yadhyat-sudruDam gruheetam tadEva samsthAsnu bhavEcchicharEna

 

(Meaning): There is a proverb , which reminds us to partake food according

to one's capability to digest ( aRRAl aLavu aRinthu uNNka) . Even nectar will

become poison , if one could not digest it properly . For one who has not

understood the lessons , teaching him SaastrAs further would not be

advisable.Only the knowledge absorbed well would be retained over long time.

 

 

SlOkam 33

 

ananya-sAdhAraNa-dhOraNeeyam

adhyApanEasya prathitABabhAsE

 

vidhyAlayE rAjata utsavOabhUth

sutattvasamkhyAkasamE maheeyAn

 

(Meaning): Our Swamy's method of instruction and capabilities to impart

education in VedAntha SaastrAs stood out with distinction . The silver

anniversary ( 25th birthday) for the MadhurAntakam PaatasAlA was celebrated now

( 1967 C.E) .

 

(To Be continued)

 

Srimad Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE Saranam ,

Dhaasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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