Thirunakshatram of 44th Jeer of Ahobilamutt

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Today happens to be the 100th year thirunakshatram of the 44th jeer of

Ahobila mutt. His tanian is as follows:

 

Sri ranganatha shatagopa yateedra drishtam

Lakshmi nrisimha shatajit karunaika paatram

Sri rangaveera raghuraat shatagopa hridyam

Vedanta desika yateendram aham prapadye

 

Sreematha Sreevan Shatagopa Sri Vedanta desika yateendra maha desikaya namaha

 

I had samasrayanam and bharanyasam under this illustrious teacher, about

 

25 years back. Today at Ranganatha seva samithi, NY, there was paaduka aradhana

done authentically as per shastras.

 

44th jeer was an erudite scholar in addition to being a powerful personality

who was responsible for building the Raja Gopuram of srirangam. I have a book

written by him - this is the essence of sribhasyam of Ramanuja in the form

of a sanskrit sloka. It seems that he had mastered bramhasutras. Today I was

listening to one of his lectures - via cassette player. This lecture indicated

his precision and mastery of various issues of shastras. I think he lived

until the ripe age of 97 and he was an acharya of ahobilamutt for the last

40 years or so. I have a short biography of this acharya which are of about

5 pages and a larger article which is about 20 pages. I will try to make

copies of them and try to make it available for others who are interested.`

It seems that this acharya established the madurantakam school of scriptural

studies. 45th jeer recently revived that school with additional funding.

Today in srirangam ahobila mutt there will be a big celebration in memory

of this great acharya.

 

With profound respects to my Acharya - 44 th jeer

 

shreemathe shreevan shatagopa yateendra maha desikaya namaha

 

 

krishna