Acharya Vaibhavam (42nd Jeeyar)


Granthams of HH The 42nd Azhagiya Singar With the rich background of the compositions of the predecessor Azhagiya Singars going back to five centuries, HH The 42nd Azhagiya Singar blessed us with the following 8 Granthams besides Introductions to Tatthva Deekai, 41st Pattam Azhagiya Singar's sathAbhishEka Malar and many articles in VedAntha DhIpikai, the predecssor journal for Sri Nrusimha PriyA founded by him. The 8 Granthams authored by HH The 42nd Pattam Jeeyar are:

  1. NyAsa NishtA MeemAmsA He had performed Bhara SamarpaNam before Kanchi VaradarAja PerumAL as a Grahasthar and the rites were performed by SrimushNam SvarNam Swamy.
  2. Ukthi NishtAbharaNam,
  3. UkthiNishtAbharaNOthyOdham Dealing with the Ukthi Nishtai in practise at Sri Sannidhi,
  4. GeethArtha Sangraha VyAkhyAnam,
  5. KritthikA DhIpa Kaala NirNayam,
  6. UpAkarma Kaala NirNayam which came in handy this year (Vishu, 2001), when there was so much confusion on the determination of the dates for
    the UpAkarmA at different parts of the world for Sri Matam SishyAs
  7. Sri RahasyathrayA VyAkhyA:Sri Saara BOdhini, and
  8. VisishtAdhvaitha VedAntha KOsam

The many talented SishyAs, who performed KaalakshEpam under this great AchAryan (Prakrutham Srimath Azhagiya Singar, Purisai KrishNamAcchAr Swamy, PerukkAraNai Swamy and others) have captured and stored the great insights of this MahA Desikan and blessed us with their own Sri Sookthis.

5. Asrama Sveekaram: Prelude Sri U.Ve. InjimEttu RanganAthAcchAr Swamy was Fifty years old in 1929 C.E. From the age of 30 until 50, he was deeply involved in SampradhAya Pravachanam, Sadhas anvyam/adhyaksham (particpation and moderation) and being the AasthAna VidvAn of Sri Matam for Six years from the 44th to the 50th years of his blessed life. He travelled often with HH The 41st Jeeyar during His vijaya yAthrais during this tenure as AasthAna VidvAn

There was an occasion during Sri InjimEdu Swamy's tenure as AasthAna VidvAn of Sri Matam, when a great Sri VaishNava Scholar by the name of ChEtlUr NarasimhAcchAr Swamy(of ThiruvahIndrapuram) hailed the greatness of AchArya Nishtai and put down Ukthi Nishtai practised by the Sri Matam for many hundred years. AchArya Nishtai is one of the four methods of Prapatthi, where the SaraNAgathan's prapatthi is covered under the Prapatthi done by a SadAchAryan. Ukthi Nishtai revolves around the act of the Prapannan repeating the Prapatthi vaakyams uttered by his/her AchAryan. A prominent Sri Matam sishyar was pained over the put down by the ChEtlUr Swamy and requested InjimEdu Swamy to help clear the confusion and establish the importance of Ukthi Nishtai as a major and time-honored practise established by our PoorvAchAryAs.

InjimEdu Sawmy consulted with the Kaarukkurichi Azhagiya Singar about accepting this challenge and was blessed to engage in this Grantha lEkana kaimkaryam (Grantham writing)for defending Ukthi nishtai's glory.InjimEdu Swamy researched source granthams such as Swamy Desikan's Srimath Rahasya Thraya Saaram, NishEpa Rakshai, NikshEpa ChinthAmaNi,NyAsOllAsam, NyAsa Reethi and composed the following three granthams:

  1. NyAsa NishtA MeemAmsA,
  2. Ukthi NishtAbharaNam, and
  3. Ukthi NishtAbharanaOthyOtham

He next placed them at the sacred feet of HH The 41st Azhagiya Singar and requested His approval of the three granthams. HH The Azhagiya Singar was thrilled at the quality of Scholarship in defending the Ukthi Nishtai that He decided in His mind that InjimEttu Swamy would be the most fitting successor to ascend the throne of Sri Matam after His reign. InjimEdu Swamy might have been around 46 years, when he completed these granthams.

6. Asrama Sveekaram to become Chinna Azhagiya Singar (April 1929) Four years went by.InjimEdu Swamy reached the age of FIFTY. HH The 41st Azhagiya Singar became ill in 1929 C.E. He worried about the appointment of some one suitable to succeed him in performing MalOlan's NithyArAdhanam and SampradhAya abhivardhanam (growth). He could not think of anyone better than InjimEdu Swamy. He requested InjimEdu Swamy to be his successor to bless the Sri Matam SishyAs and to grow the avicchinna paaramparyam (Unbroken paramparai of AchAryAs starting from AdhivaNN SatakOpa Jeeyar). InjimEdu Swamy had a priya BhAryai (dear wife) and one young daughter. It was a wrenching situation for his wife. Inspite of this difficult situation, InjimEdu Swamy could not say no to his AchArya Niyamanam. He received the PrEksha Manthram given by MalOlan to the Founding Jeeyar of the Sri Matam at AhObilam through the Kaarukkuricchi Azhagiya Singar and became the Chinna Jeeyar. Few days later, HH The 41st Jeeyar's health improved. Both the Periya Jeeyar (HH the 41st Jeeyar)and the Chinna Jeeyar (HH The 42nd Jeeyar) shared the duties and performed MalOlan's kaimkaryam and KaalkashEpam for Sri Matam SishyALs.

The joint reign by the Periya and Chinna Jeeyars continued for 12 years smoothly (from 1929 to 1941). HH The 41st became weak progressively and the Chinna Jeeyar performed the Visvaroopa MangaLa HAratthi, abhigamana aarAdhanam, theertha viniyOgam and Sri SatAri blessings to SishyAs. During the KaalakshEpam times, Periya Azhagiya Singar will start with a few words and Chinna Azhagiya Singar will take on from there to complete the KaalakshEpams on (1) Sri BhAshyam (2) Srutha PrakAsiaki commentary (3) GeethA BhAshyam of AchArya RaamAnujA (4) Taathparya Chandrikai commentary of Swamy Desikan on Githai (5) Bhagavath Vishayam (ThiruvAimozhi commentary by PiLLAn/Thiru AaRAyirappadi) (6)Eedu MuppattARAyirappadi of Vadakku Thiruveedhip PiLLai (7)Pancha VyAkhyAna-sahitha Rahasya Thraya Saaram (with its five commentaries)(8) the entire ChillaRai Rahasyams of Swamy Desikan, (9)NyAya SiddhAnjanam of Swamy Desikan/SD (10) NyAya Parisuddhi of SD (11) Tatthva Muktha KalApam of SD(12)SarvArtha Siddhi of SD (13) AdhiakraNa SaarAvaLi of SD (14) AdhikaraNa DeekAmrutham, AdhikaraNa Kalpa Tharu, Satha-dhUshaNI ChaNdamArutham of MahAchArya, Tatthva Deekai et al without missing any one sentence of these Sri Sookthis by Swamy Desikan and the next generation commentators of the Sri Sookthis of the NigamAntha Guru.

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