Srimad Villivalam Periya Swami( SrI VedAntha VaavadhUka Swami) : Part I

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SrI:

 

SrimatE Lakshmi Nrusimha ParabrahmaNE Nama:

SrimatE RaamAnujAya Nama:

SrimatE VedAnta GuuravE Nama:

SrimadhbhyAm Sriranga SaThakOpa SrI VedAnta Desiaka 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:

 

Sriman MaaDabhUshi SokkanAvUr Dr. E.S.V. NarasimhAchArya Swamy , the then AasthAna VidvAn of SrI Ahobila MaTham created the ParamaikAnti Kaavyam named SrI Vaatsya NaarAyaNeeyam in 1998 C.E. The author of this Kaavyam had unlimited bhakti for the Naayakar of this grantham , Sri Villivalam Periya Swamy , the elder brother of Prakrutam Srimad Azhagiya Singar in His PoorvASramam . This grantham has 233 slOkams housed in the four chapters named (1) DhArmika StaBakam (2) PaaramArthika StaBakam (3) SatyakAma StaBakam and (4) Parama PurushArtha StaBakam . The grantha kartA celebrates the exemplary life and the auspicious Atma GuNams of Villivalam Periya Swami in this kaavyam .

 

adiyEn will cover all the 233 slOkams of SrI Vaatsya NaarAyaNeeyam through a number of Postings with the anugraham of asmad AchAryan during the coming weeks and plan to release it later as an ebook in the Sri HayagrIvan series .

 

This grantham was released by Prakrutam Srimad Azhagiya Singar on July 28 , 1998.

The MangaLaaSAsana sLOkams and Phala Sruti for this Grantham were blessed to us by Prakrutam Srimad Azhagiya Singar Himself .

 

The Four MangaLASasana SlOkams attest to the important role played by Periya Swamy in the shaping of the life of Srimad NaarAyaNa Yatheendhra MahA Desikan and His jyEshta bhrAtA's MahOpakArams . It is the wish of Prakrutam Azahgiya Singar that the world knows about (1) the matchless Atma guNams of Periya Swamy : (2) His depth of scholarship in Saastrams and SampradhAya granthams , (3) His extraordinary skills in teaching the terse tarka-nyAya granthams in an easily assimilable form by the students at different levels . Srimad Azhagiya Singar's tribute to Periya Swamy flows along these lines :

 

" We are administering the DhivyAsthAnam of SrI Lakshmi Nrisimhan and performing nityArAdhanam for Him , which is difficult to attain even by BrahmA- Siva and SanakAdhi Rishis . The Main reason for this blessing is VedAnta Vaavadhuka Villivalam SrI NaarAyaNAchArya Swamy Himself. He was our elder brother in PoorvAsramam. We lost our dear father early in our life and Periya Swami performed upanayanam as well as BrahmOpadEsam for us and He is therefore our AchAryan and Dhaivatam ( " bhrAtrE BrahmOpadhEshtrE mE GuravE dhaivatAya cha" ) . Further to these anugrahms , Periya Swamy taught us immaculately the NyAyAdhi sAstrams and generated the ruchi for VedAnta PrastAnam . The direct result of those efforts led to us being placed at the sacred feet of InjimEttu Azhagiya Singar for learning fully the adhyAtma Saastrams . This anugraham in turn has led to the prApti of SrI Nrusima AsthAnam ".

 

VaikunTha Vaasi Periya Swami had incomparable Atma guNams . He led a simple life free from pomp , self-praise and haughtiness ( DambAsooyAdhibhir-mukta:) . He could take any difficult matters pertaining to SaastrAs and make it easy for the students to learn and retain them in their minds. Such were His instructional skills ! His soulabhyam was legendary and was celebrated by one and all. He was a dharmAtma , who discarded fruitless talks and practised uttamAnushtAnam .

 

Prakrutam Azhagiya Singar concludes His MangaLAsAsanam by pointing out that all AstikAs interested to learn about the illustrious Atma guNams of Periya Swami and eager to know as how to conduct one's life should read and enjoy the monograph of SrI Vaatsya NaarAyaNeeyam and benefit :

 

VedAnta VaavdUkaakhya swAminAm paramAdhbhutam

charitram guNajAtam cha granthOayam vakti sAdharam

 

tasmAth sarvEapi gruhNantu grantamEnam satAm matam

paThantu SraddhayA chainam prApnuvantu param Subham

 

Srimad Azhagiya Singar points out that the reading with sraddhA by the AstikAs of this supremely wonderous charitram and Atma GuNams of Sri VaavadhUka Swamy as described by the author would be blessed with all auspicous boons by SrI MalOlan .

 

We will start with the First Chapter , DhArmoka StaBakam next .

 

Srimad Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SraNam ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan