A tribute to His Holiness , the 44th Jeeyar of Sri Matam , MukkUr Muni Pungavar ( Sri Vaikunta Vasi SrivaNN SatakOpa Sri VedAntha Desika YathIsvarar)

From the Bhakti List Archives

• September 13, 1999


Dear BhakthAs :

Yesterday was AvaNI hastham , the birth day
of one of the greatest yathisvarALs , who
sat on the throne of AhObila Mata Peetam 
as the 44th SthAnAdhoathi Of Sri matam .

He is the great AchAryA , who built the southern
Gopuram for Sri RanganAthA .His parent's name in
this world was Sri RanganAthan and Srimathi RanganAyaki.
He performed the loftiest Kaimkaryam to Sriranga
Divya Dampathis , Sri RanganAyaki SamEtha Sri RanganAthan 
at a ripe age as Kaimkaryam by a vayOvruddhar 
to another vayOvruddhar . His unlimited mercy 
and dayA are well documented . At our house in 
ThiruviNNagar, our family had the great BhAgyam 
of receiving his Ponnadi , when he stayed twice 
for a few days .It is my great bhAgyam to dedicate 
a small samashti Kruthi in Raagam Hamsadhvani for 
this Parama hamsa MahA Purushar , a Vaazhi ThirunAmam and
Vandhanam . May this Sri Vaikunta Vaasi continue to bless
us all for all times to come !

AdiyEn places at the sacred feet of this
Azhagiya Singar my humble salutations .
AdiyEn will have another posting to cover
the meanings of these salutations . 


1. SAMASHTI KEERTHANAM (KRITHI WITH NO CHARANAM)
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Raagam : Hamsadhvani, TaaLam : Aadhi

Pallavi: KanintharuLvAi KaruNaik kadalE 
         KaathangaL kadanthu vanthadaintha Yemmai 

Anupallavi :Sri Vaikuntam Vaazh Parama DesikanE
            Jn~Ana ViLakkai yERRi yemmai kAppaI 

2.VAAZHI THIRUNAAMAMS
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1. Sri RaamAnuja SiddhAntha vijaya dhvajan VaazhiyE

2.Prapatthi Saasthratthai vaLartthOn VaazhiyE 

3.BAha nadhik karayil uthitthOn VaazhiyE 

4.AvaNi Hasthatthil avatharitthOn VaazhiyE

5.Jn~aNa ViLakkia yERRi ,iruL ahaRRiya Vitthahan VaazhiyE

6.Sakala KalyANa GuNa SampUrNan VaazhiyE 

7.ParipUrNa BhOdha BhudhAgrEsan Naamam VaazhiyE  

8.Sri Bhaashya Desikan yenRa pEr yedutthOn VaazhiyE

9.DayA Saagara sathakam aruLinOn Naamam VaazhiyE

10.Thiruppavaikku SubhOdhini yenRa VyAkhyAnam aruLinOn VaazhiyE

11.Sri LakshmI Nrusimha KarAvampanam anugrahitthOn VaazhiyE

12.Sri Ranga Veera RaghurADD padha pannkaja HamsamAnOn VaazhiyE

13.AhObilatthil Raaja Gopuram kattinON VaazhiyE

14.ThiruvahIndhrapuratthil Karunkal Matam amaitthOOn VaazhiyE

15.MuppatthaindhaNDu ChAthurmAsyam kaNdaruLinOn VaazhiyE 

16.Sritha vathsala PrabhuvAi ninRu rakshitthavan VaazhiyE

17.NaimisAraNyatthil Pattam sUdinOn VaazhiyE

18.InjimEdu Azhagiya Singar CharaNAmbhujA ShaDpadham AanOn VaazhiyE

19.Brahma Soothraartha Padhya Maalikai TanthOn VaazhiyE

20.PanchAmrutha, DhvAdasa sthOthrangaL aruLinOn VaazjiyE 

3.AchArya chaathur Veda Vandhanams
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1. Sri Veera Raaghava MunIndhra KrupAvalampam DesikEndhram 
   Aham BhajE

2. NirvyAja KrupA katAksha Vaibhava AchArya Rathnam 
   Aham AasrayE

3. KalyANa SaanthAyaadhiGuNair Visishtam AchArya Varyam 
   mansaa SmarAmi

4. Viraktha Moorthim, KaruNA Samudhram AchArya Saarvabhoumam 
   sirasA Noumi 

Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil V.Sadagopan