AdivaN SaThakOpa jeer - purattAsi kETTai (Sunday 05.10.08)

October 3, 2008

SrI:

Dear Srivaishnavas,

Thirunarayanapuram SrI kiDAmbi Srinivasachar did his kalakshepam in perumalkoil

under the grandson of periya-ammAL, SrImath ghaDikASatha(ka)m ammAL.

In his swapnam, malOlan invited to ahobilam, wherein the lord (in the guise of a

yati) did prESamantrOpadESam and gave this 20 years young brahmachAri -

kAshAyam, tridaNDam and turIyASrama tirunAmam 'SaThakopa jeer'.

This jeer re-installed the vigraham of Azhwar in Azhwar tirunagari, which made

polindhu ninRa AdippirAn very happy to add the prefix 'vaN' to 'SaThakOpa jeer'.

The happy Azhwar added the prefix 'Adi' (from Adippiran's name) to make the

jeer's tirunamam as 'Adi vaN SaThakOpan jeer' and gave him 'hamsa mudrai',

'SrISaThakOpaSrI' hasthAksharam, long birudu, Azhwar sannidhi nirvAham, first

theertham, sannidhi keys etc.

This jeer fondly called 'Azhwar' as 'nammAzhwar', and that has become the well

known name of 'thirukkurugUr SaThakOpa Azhwar'. (Please see ahobilamutt's

'Acharya vaibhavam' book to know more on this).

With the divine order of nammazhwar, this jeer installed swami desikan's

vigraham in thirukkurugur. The interesting Q/A exchange between this Azhwar and

swami desikan needs to be read by all.

King Mukundadevaraya, Mysore king, udayanabhAnu miSrar, all vamSaththAr of 74

sinhAsanAthipathis, 2nd pattam jeer, Thozhappar, annamAcharya and a few more

took refuge at this jeer's divine feet.

60 granthams were composed by 2nd pattam jeer (vaidIka sArvabouma nambAkkam

krishnamacharyar) with the divyAgnA and anugraham of AdivaN SaThakOpa jeer.

His kaimkaryams include : Rajagopuram for melkote temple; thirumalA sOpAnam;

100-pillar mandapam in thirukkacchi; swami desikan sannidhis at Azhwar

thirunagari, thuppul, kanchipuram, thirunarayanapuram & Srirangam;

jeernOttAraNam of Srirangam madhiL, uttaraveedhi Rajagopuram etc ...

AsthAna nirvAham of 60 long years and brundAvanam is at thirunarayanapuram.

His taniyan :

prapadye niravadyAnAM niSadyAM guNasampadAm |

sharaNam bhava bhItAnAM shaThakopa munishvaram ||

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keshavArya krupApAtram dhIshamAdi guNArNavam |

shrIshaThAri yatIshAna deshikendram aham bhaje ||

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dAsan

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