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From: Madhavakkannan V (srivaishnavan_at_hotmail.com)
Date: Fri Oct 26 2001 - 06:20:36 PDT
SrI:
SrImathe Ramanujaya namah:
SrImathe Nigamantha mahadesikaya namah:
SrImAn venkatanAthAryaH kavitArkika kesarI |
vedAntAcArya-varyome sannidhattAm sadA hRdi ||
May the glorious Sri Venkatanatha, the greatest of teachers of Vedanta, and
the lion among poets and debaters, reside forever in my heart.
Dearest Srivaishnavas,
I am continuing on my appeal and posts on Swamy Desikan and appeal for
Thuppul maNdapam kaimkaryam. URL:
http://www.geocities.com/lsriniva/thoopulappeal.html
It is my humble request to please contribute your mite towards this
kaimkaryam, as remembering Acharyan, and talking alone will not suffice. In
another 2 posts, I will conclude this series hopefully. Let us enjoy PadhukA
sahasram furthermore. This is an extract from Sri Sevaa Swamy’s article on
Padhuka sahasram. (only few paragraphs are written):
The most wonderful creation of the most wonderful AchAryan is PadhukA
sahasram. There can be hundreds of poets born in the world or yet to be
born. None would have created such a poem. No one can deny that this
(PadhukA sahasram) is the creation with wonders. The pAdhukAs, which do not
have any thing in them for being talked about even, have been sung in such
great glories and praises, discovered by Swamy Desikan in PadhukAs. It
caught the entire gamut of Poets spellbound. Even VishwakarmA gets stunned
at the way it is created in one yaamam of night (yaamam- three hours).
Creation is adhbutham; the way it is created is adbhutham;
In Naadha paddhathi, Swamy does not hide from us a Rahasyam (secret). Latter
part of the night, Swamy with Bhagawath niyamanam (at the command of the
Lord) takes pledge (sankalpam) and performs saathvIka thyAgam to start
Paadhuka sahasram. He starts: santha:… jayanthi… The Divya Dampathi, who are
having Their “kaLLa” nithrA (Yoga nithrA) wake up.. They wonder as to what
and how it is going to happen. They are curious. The Sarvasakthan; Sarvagnan
Lord Ranganathan Himself is taken aback. “ThUppul PiLLai was sleeping;
Suddenly, he has started off now. How is he going to finish 1008..? Feels it
may be difficult (even for Rangan).
The way the poems sprung out of Swamy, the pAdhukAs are excited and start
their beat to take count of slOkAs- Why? (asks Swamy Desikan). That beat-
Swamy listens and composes that also in a slOkA. Nithrayaa dhUramuktha: (How
can They and paadhukAs get sleep?) It is similar to parents being unable to
sleep the night before the son’s most difficult competitive exam.. These
parensts are maathaa dEvi thvamasi Bhagawaan VaasudEva: pithA mE.. jaathas
sOham janani yuvayO: Eka lakshyam.. Swamy himself had written in SrISthuthi.
Even pAdhukAs think- How is he going to praise me that can not be praised by
anyone.. So, when Swamy started with a grand gala opening Santha: it strated
counting with excitement and happiness. Padhyaarambhaan gaNayasi.. If
someone is asked to count, they may slip and hence paadhukAs do not want to
take risk. .. swair ninaadhai: What a BEAUTY!
ANNan Swamy (Sri Prathivaathi bhayankaram ANNan Swamy) in his Sapthathi
rathnamaalikA refers to paadhukA sahasram as “PaadhukA sthuthi sahasram”.
Meaning, in each slokam, it is thousand praises for paadhukAs - says ANNAn
Swamy proudly. For Ranganathan, there are few hundered slOkas. For His
paadhukAs, have 1000 soThrAs, each one with thousands of meanings. What
AchArya bhakthi! PaadhukA sthuthi sahasram ajasram..
Swamy Desikan always likes the simili of sugar and milk.. kshIram sarkara
yEva..yaapirabruthak bhUtha: prabhUthai guNai:.. In Dasaavathaara sthothram,
Swamy says, KrsihNan and Balaraaman are like sugar and milk – more tasty
when combined. Here, in PaadhukA sahasram, Swamy says: the Thiruvadi (Lotus
Feet) of the Lord and His Sandals (PadhukAs) are like Sugar and milk.
Together, they are tastier for our eyes..
rangEswarasya yadhidham maNi paadharakshE!
paadhaaravindha yugaLam bhavathIsamEtham
pumsaamupOshithAvilOchana paaraNArham
kshIram thadhEthadhiha sarkarayaa samEtham.. (984)
Swamy desikan calls himself mandha buddhi (dull headed) (sloka 1002) after
singing paadhuka sahasram.. similar to VedhAntha dEsika padhE vinivEsya
baalam (in daya sathakam). What can we say about this! In hundred, there was
saahasam; in thousand, here is saahasam. In both, he calls himself humbly as
mandha buddhE and baalam.. (child).
One can sing about pAdhukAs in thousands (like Swamy Desikan did). One can
never sing in praise of Swamy’s paadhukA sahasra sthOthram..
SrI Sevaa swamy writes: likyEtha paadhukA prabhAva: na likyEtha paadhukA
sahasra prabhAva:
Let us see how SrI sevaa Swamy further enjoys in our next week post..
On this Greatest AchAryasaarvabhouman, isn’t it right and most appropriate
for us to pay our humble samarpaNams to Swamy Desikan by contributing our
mite towards the construction of ThUppul maNdapam for Swamy Desikan? LET US
PLEDGE NOW..
URL: http://www.geocities.com/lsriniva/thoopulappeal.html
Please donate according to your shakthi. The money can be sent to "Thuppul
Trust" and the address is:
Thuppul Trust
Old No.20, New No.24, Thiruvengadam Street
West Mambalam, Chennai-600033, India
Phone No: 91-44-4741559 / 91-44-3715771
Please contact Sri. V.K. Sudharshan at vksudarsh@vsnl.com or Sri Lakshmi N
Srinivasa lsriniva@hotmail.com (He can collect and send it as single amount
in USA).
The address:
Lakshminarasimhan Srinivasa
3 Old Towne Road, #212
Ayer, MA-01432
For those in the South East Asia, please contact me at
srivaishnavan@hotmail.com . Please pass on this kaimkaryam to as many people
as possible in order to complete the same.
kavi-tArkika-simhAya kalyANa-guNa-SAline |
Srimate venkateSAya vedAntagurave namaH ||
Salutations to Sri Venkatesa, in whom all perfection resides, who is the
teacher of Vedanta and the lion among poets and debaters!
Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Narayana Narayana
NarayaNa dAsan madhavakkannan
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