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From: M.S.HARI Madabhushi Sarangarajan Hari (mshari_at_usa.net)
Date: Sun May 06 2001 - 22:52:34 PDT
Anand K Karalapakkam <kgk@md2.vsnl.net.in> wrote:
SrI:
SrI Lakshminrusimha ParabrahmaNE namaH
SrI nArAyaNa yateendra mahAdESikAya namaH
namO nArAyaNa!
Dear all,
After the sad news of SrI SEva SwAmi's attainment of
AchArya-ThiruvaDi, we are jolted by other very sad news :
SrI MukkUr LakshminarasimhAchArya SwAmi of great fame has
attained Paramapadam on Thursday night around 11:30 pm,
at KAkinADa, Andhra-Pradesh. More in the end ...
On Wednesday afternoon, another great mahAn
"SrI VillUr NaDAdUr 'SrI-BhAshya-SimhAsanAdipati' Aasukavi -
SrInivAsarAghavAchArya SwAmi", popularly known as "SrInidhi
SwAmi" attained paramapadam. SwAmi has been bed ridden for
few years and was in critical condition for a week. Though we
lost this mahAn, its good considering that swAmi didn't suffer more
in this world - due to his bed-ridden condition with almost no
strength coupled with other bodily discomforts.
SwAmi belonged to the illustrious lineage of "NaDAdUr AmmAL"
and aptly was a "SrI-BhAshya-SimhAsanAdipati". SwAmi was
son-in-law of the SrI DEvanArviLAgam Azhagiyasingar (43rd
HH Jeeyar) in pUrvAshrama and has also studied under Jeeyar
in pUvAshrama. As other mahAns, SrI SrInidhi swAmi was also
filled with jn~Ana,bhakti,vairAgya and anushTAna. During the
1940s, SwAmi was highly honoured by the Mysore-King after
SwAmi won over many great poets in some contests. SwAmi
was a poet of the Aasukavi order - can compose verses
spontaneously when needed. SwAmi's vairAgya has also been
praised by many vidvAns.
SwAmi was deeply devoted to Lord RAma at VaDuvUr, his native
place.SwAmi has many excellent poetic compositions to his credit.
Special mention must be made about Manju-RAmAyaNam
and Mandasmita-RAmAyaNam. The origin of the latter is interesting
to be noted. Everytime when SwAmi performed ma~ngaLAsAsanam
to VaDuvUr RAmar, a verse was born out of swAmi spontaneously,
regarding the beautiful "smile" of PerumAL. All those verses were
then
re-arranged in the order of the incidents in SrImad RAmAyaNam to
yield "Mandasmitha RAmAyaNam". SwAmi was not only a
SrI-BhAshya adhikAri, but also had performed VEda-adhyayanam.
Single-handedly, SwAmi has been conducting yearly Vidvat-Sathas
on SrI-BhAshya for few decades, popularly known as "NaDAdUr
AmmAL Vidvat-Sathas". This is a very big achievement considering
the financial expenses for such a grand sathas and the very ordinary
financial status of this mahAn in the past. aDiyEn will write more on
SwAmi's works and achievements later.
SwAmi imparted everything - right from VEda-adhyayanam, Sanskrit
sAhitya and kAvya,vyAkaraNa and VEdAnta grantha-chatushTaya
to his son SrI KaruNAkaran swAmi, who is now one of the well
known upanyAsaka and very good SrI-BhAshya adhikAri.
SwAmi's life was dedicated for our sampradAyam and has also given
us an excellent vidvAn well known in many places of India for his
upanyAsams. SwAmi blessed aDiyEn through a verse on the eve
of aDiyEn's upanayanam - which aDiyEn's cherishes - the blessings
of great mahAns like Sri SrInidhi swAmi will lead one a long way
in being a paramaikAntin. After aDiyEn's bhara-nyAsam
performed in ukti-nishTa by SrImad Villivalam Azhagiyasi~ngar,
aDiyEn went to SrI SrInidhi SwAmi's thirumALigai and swAmi
blessed aDiyEn through a verse. SwAmi asked couple of questions
regarding Prapatti like - "Is it SaraNAgati Or CharaNAgati, that
has been performed ?". SwAmi couldn't even speak ...But from
close hearing, SrI KaruNAkaran swami conveyed the questions
to aDiyEn. Incidentally, the very morning Azhagiyasi~ngar had
performed the upadEsam to me on the very word SaraNAgati and
other meanings that SaraNam can denote. aDiyEn directly answered
it quoting the upadEsam of Azhagiyasingar and swAmi was extremly
happy.
aDiyEn has been learning a lot from SrI KaruNAkaran swAmi and
SrI SrInidhi swAmi is a prAchArya in that way.
Lets seek the blessings of this great mahAn for our spiritual
progress.
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SrI MukkUr SwAmi' sudden attainment of paramapadam has
been a great shock to the whole of SrI VaishNava community.
SwAmi is too well known a legend to be written about.
SwAmi was a son-in-law of SrI ThirukkaLLam -
NrusimharAghavAchArya swAmi of great fame. SwAmi was
nicknamed as "SIlA" in his youth by the elderly vidvAns.
For many a years, swAmi was only an office-goer alongwith
the vaidika-anushTAnas. Suddenly, by the blessings of Lord
Nrusimha, swAmi became a great upanyAsakar and left the
office. SwAmi's excellent recitation of vEdas and stotras
is a treat to listen. SwAmi's upanyAsam attracted hundreds
of devotees and it reached even the layman in appreciating
the glories of PerumAL and the sampradAyam. SwAmi's
KuRai-onRum-illai series is an outstanding work that is
a boon for all beginners of bhagavad-kalyANa-guNa-anubhava
- Even a layman with no idea about PerumAL and
sampradAyam can take the book and read. Its for sure that
he/she will become a good devotee in due time by swAmi's
blessings. Ofcourse, its to be read by every SrI-VaishNava for
its contents and excellent narration. SwAmi has also been
contributing scholarly articles to SrI Nrusimha Priya on
MantrarAja-pada-stotram.
SwAmi has performed more than hundred yajn~As and has
been highly devoted to MaTTapalli Nrusimha at Andhra Pradesh.
Its well known that SwAmi gets possesed by Lord Nrusimha many
a times - esp. when the upanyAsam is about Nrusimha avatAram.
SwAmi has hundreds of followers and all of them are shattered. Many
have gone from Chennai with tears to KAkinADa. Even the
devotee who rung aDiyEn's father was hardly able to put the
words cogently. Its certainly a very big loss for all of us. A great
mahAn's separation who was not quite aged and who had lots and
lots to be performed for the sampradAyam and lOka-kshEmam, is
certainly a very big jolt for us. SwAmi's family especially his wife
must have been totally shattered.
SrI VaishNavas in their next gathering can pay their homage to
SrI MukkUr SwAmi and obtain swAmi's blessings.
In three days, we have lost three mahAns of our sampradAyam !
Its a signal that the present generation (elder and the young)
should not waste more time and should indulge much more positively
in various kai~nkaryams in association with the current mahAns.
Otherwise it would too late and there is no point in lamenting later
that "I missed the great oppurtunity of learning under this mahAn
and I don't have proper guidance now" etc. Lets not make mahAns
be merely glorious historical personalities of great merit and fame ;
instead lets devote more time to imbibe a lot from the current
mahAns in whatever capacity of an individual. While kAlskshEpam
is the most important aspect, there are many other things that needs
to be learnt, attended and served too.
aDiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan,
anantapadmanAbhan.
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