Srimath Abhinava Ramanuja Brahmatantra Swatantra Parakala Yatindra Maha Deshikan - A thirunakshatram tribute

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Swamy Deshikan Thiruvadigale Sharanam !!!

 

Dear Bhagavathas,

 

Tomorrow, Bhadrapada thiruvonam, marks the thirunakshatram of the 35th

pattam Swamy of Parakala matham, Srimadabhinava Ramanuja Brahmatantra

Swatantra Parakala Maha Deshikan.

Ashrama nirvAham - 1971 - 1992.

 

Swamy was one of the greatest acharyas of Sri Bhagavad Ramanuja

sampradayam.

 

Some of the rare photographs of this swamy may be seen at -

http://www.pbase.com/svami/image/47648826

http://www.pbase.com/svami/image/47648867

 

In his poorvashramam, he was known as Anantacharya. He was born in

Chikkaballapur, in the year of Paingala, month of Bhadrapada in the

constellation of Shravana on an Ekadashi that would be Thursday, and

14-9-1917, as the third illustrious son to Sri Thirumalai Rangacharya

and Thirumati Sinamma, daughter of Nallan Chakravarthi Sri

Ananthacharya. Theirs was an illustrious family of scholars dedicated to

Sri Sampradayam. He started his education at an early age after the

religious sacraments of chowla and upanayana, under the able guidance of

Sri Thirumalai Krishnamacharya, who taught him Sanskrit and Vedas along

with sampradayic lessons. After passing his matriculation, he moved to

Mysore and got the sacraments of pancha samskaram performed at the feet

of Srimad Abhinava Ranganatha Brahmatantra Swatantra Parakala Yatindra

Maha Deshikan, the then acharya of Sri Brahmatantra Swatantra Parakala

samsthanam. He then continued his higher studies in Sanskrit and Vedanta

Shastra and passed the vidwat examinations in both these subjects. He

entered into the fold of a gruhasta by marrying the daughter of one of

the descendants of the 26th pattam acharya of Parakala samsthanam, Sri

Brahmatantra Ghantavatara Maha Deshikan. He continued performing

kainkaryam at the matham and performed Grantha chatushtaya kalakshepam

at the feet of Sri Periya Parakala Swamy, who provided him with the

bhagyam of performing aradhanam to Lakshmi Hayagrivar, after seeing his

anushtanam and vairagyam. Due to the anugraham of his acharya and Sri

Lakshmi Hayagrivar, he became a great master of Ramanuja - Deshika

sampradayam. He then served at the Chintamani, Hasana and Vijayapura

pathashala as Sanskrit Pandit. He excelled in Sanskrit, Tamil, Kannada,

Telugu and English languages.

 

In the year 1971, during the times of Srimad Abhinava Srinivasa

Brahmatantra Maha Deshikan, Sriman Anantacharya got an invitation to

ascend to the acharya peetam at Mysore. He gave his ascent and in the

year Virodhikruth, month of Jeshta 3-6-1971, Sriman Ananthacharya

ascended the acharya peetam of Srimad Brahmatantra Swatantra samsthanam

with the title " Srimad Abhinava Ramanuja Brahmatantra Swatantra Parakala

Yatindra Maha Deshikan " . He continued on the pancha kala patha with

great anushtana, devotion and vairagya. The Sri Matham environment was

not new to him and very soon he gathered a huge number of shishyas who

performed the Sri Vaishnava sacraments of Chakrankanam and Prapatti at

his feet. He spent most of his time in Vedanta kalakshepam and writings.

His bhakti and love for Sri Lakshmi Hayagrivar grew day by day and

always addressed Sri Lakshmi Hayagrivar as " en appan " . Many great

students performed Vedanta kalakshepam at his feet and became eminent

vidwans. His contemporary deshika sampradayam acharyas and scholars

admired and respected his mastery in Vedanta. He undertook sancharam to

many places, many divya deshams propagating Swamy Ramanuja sampradayam

and also built many new buildings for Sri Matham installing the archa

vigraham of Sri Lakshmi Hayagrivar in those places.

 

He also published many poorvacharya works and authored many of his own.

He stayed on the acharya peetam for a period of 20 years and attained

his acharya thiruvadi in the year 1992.

 

His taniyan reads as follows -

 

nUtna SrIran~NganAthAgrimapadakalijillabdhachakrA~NkanaSrI:

trayyantadvandva tatvaM tadanaghacharaNanyastabhAraM yatIndrAt |

pratyagra SrInivAsAt samadhigataturIyAshramaM saMshrayAma:

navyaM rAmAnujAkhyaM kalimathanaguruM brahmatantra svatantram ||

 

lakshmIhayAsyapAdUvarivasyai kAntamAnassatatam

jayatu shrImadabhinava rAmAnuja samyamIndra parakAla: |

shrImate lakshmIhayagrIva divya pAdukAsevaka

shrImadabhinava rAmAnuja brahmatantra parakAla mahAdeshikAya namaha ||

 

shrImat shrI Vedanta deshika samyami sArvabhouma paripUrNA krupA

katAksha labdha sArvajna, shrImat shrI kavikathaka kantheerava charaNa

naLina yugaLa vinyasta samastAtmabhara, shrI lakshmI hayagrIva divya

pAdukA sevaka, shrImadabhinava Ramanuja Brahmatantra Swatantra Parakala

Yatindra Maha Deshikaya Namah

 

mangaLam deshikendrAya mahanIya guNAya cha

Chakravarthi tanUjAya sArvabhoumAya mangaLam ||

 

vAzhi vyAkhyAmuddirak kai !!!

vEdAntasUri charaNau sharaNam prapadye !!!