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81st Birthday celebrations of HH PoundarIkapuram Andavan : Tributes from

the Four Veda samhithais
From the Bhakti List Archives
by Sadagopan • March 23, 2001

Dear BhakthAs :

adiyEn prepared this note as salutation for

HH Prakrutham PaRavAkkOttai Andavan's
SathAbhishEkam , which falls on March 30, 2001.

The Veda PaarAyanam , Sadas will start as of

March 24 and culminate on March 30. Many sishyAs
and AbhimAnis of the various electronic lists are
already at Srirangam to take part in this MahOthsavam .

adiyEn thought it will be good to release this

Chathur Veda Vandhanam (salutations) to HH PoundarIkapuram
Andavan as the celebrations commence today .

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 Daasan ,
Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri satakOpan

SrI:

NamO NaarAyaNaa

Dear SishyAs and AbhimAnis of HH PoundarIkapuram Andavan :

On this day , it is adiyen's bhAgyam to release

an article that I was invited to submit for
the Souvenir of this memorable occasion by
the Committee organizing the celebrations
at Srirangam.

adiyEn's AchAryan , HH Srimath Azhagiya Singar

along with other great Yathis of Sri VaishNavite
SampradhAyam will be participating in this MahOthsavam.

It is adiyEn's humble tribute to a great

Sri VaishNavite AchAryan on this special
occasion .

May this great AchAryan shower on us all

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 His blessings and continue to be a shining
light on the hill for many , many years to come.

DaasOham ,
Srimath Azhagiya Singar Thiruvadi,
Oppiliappan Koil/PoundarIkapuram V.SatakOpan
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CHATHUR-VEDHA VANDHANAM FOR A GREAT ACHAARYAN

by
Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Satakopan

INTRODUCTION
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Adiyen has ancestral links to the village of
Poundarikapuram and it is my bhagyam to offer my
humble salutations to one of the most revered Acharyans
of our time in Swamy Desika Sampradhayam , HH Paravakottai
Andavan of Poundarikapuram Aasramam.

Adiyen's grandfather and great grandfather hail

from Poundarikapuram village and have served as
Bruhaspathis for the family of the First Poundarikapuram
Andavan during the first four decades of the Twentieth century.

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 My father was a twenty three year old young man , when
the renovation and consecration of Lord Oppiliappan's temple
took place under the supervision of HH Poundarikapuram
Andavan. The year was 1928 and the Hastha-Sparsam of
HH the PoundarIkapuram Andavan has resulted in the growth of
Oppiliappan Koil (Thiruvinnagar) as one of the greatest
prarthanaa sthalams among the 108 dhivya desams .The SvarNa
Kavacham for the Uthsavar dhivya dampathis presented by
HH POundarikapuram Andavan then is worn by Them on all days of
the year except JyEshtAbhishEkam day . That is how close
HH Poundarikapuram Andavan is to the Dhivya Dampathis of
Thiruvinnagar. My father,Vaikunta Vaasi Poundarikapuram
Bruhaspathi Varadachar Swamy has mentioned about this
auspicious event a few times to me .It is adiyen's
privelege to offer salutations through "Sudar mihu Sruthi"
manthrams to HH Prakrutham Poundarikapuram Andavan ,
U.Ve. Paravakkottai Gopala MahaDesikan during the occasion of
the celebration of his 81st Thirunakshathram at Srirangam .

Vedam , Achaaram and Sadaachaaryan

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Vedam is nithya-nirdhosha-pramana-sreshtam.The inner meaning
of Vedam establishes that Sriman Naarayanan is the indweller
(antharyami ) of all Devathaas and He is the sarva-karma
samaaraadhyan .He alone has the power to grant us Moksha

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 Siddhi , when we seek refuge at the sacred feet of His
Sadaachaaryans .

These most merciful Achaaryaas remove our rajo-tamo

gunams arising from our prakruthi sambhandham through
their upadesams for us to observe unfailingly nithya-naimitthika
aachaarams ;their intercession removes our paapams , grows
our bhakthi and ultimately assures us of Moksham through
Saranaagathi at their sacred feet .

Their own observance of the highest level of aachaaram

to qulaify them as Sadaachaaryans is referred to by
Swamy Desikan in his well known definition of a true Achaaryan:
" aachinothi hi saasthraarthaan aachaare sthapayithyapi,
svayam aacharathe yasmaath , tasmaath Achaarya uchyathe".

HH Paravakkottai Andavan and asmath Achaaryan , HH Sri Naarayana

Yathindhra Mahaa Desikan of Ahobila Jeeyar paramparai
are two such stalwart Achaaryaas ,who maintain the highest
level of Achaaram as exemplary Sadaachaaryaas. They are utterly
uncompromising in their practise of Achaaram and their
insistence that their sishyaas inculcate such a discipline
in their lives, is exemplary. All of their efforts are totally
rooted in the Vedic precepts handed to them by their respective
Achaarya Paramparais reaching all the way up to the Dhivya

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 Dampathis. Adiyen prays to the kula dhaivam of Poundarika Puram
(Founding) Andavan , Sri Bhumi Devi Sametha Sri Thiruvinnagarappan
for many blessed years of life to HH Paravakkottai Andavan
to shower his dayaa on his sishyaas and abhimaanis .

Vedic Prayers on the occasion of the Sathaabhishekam

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adiyen will start the Vedic prayers from my own saakhaa,
Yajussaakhaa, and offer two manthrams as prayers:

(1)" May life succeed through kaimkaryam to the Lord

and His ordained Achaaryans (aayuryaj~ena kalpathaam--) !
May life-breath thrive through their union! May the eye
thrive through the kaimakryam to the Lord and His Achaaryans!
May the ear thrive through kaimkaryam to the (Omnipotent) Lord
and His (most merciful) Achaaryans! May the voice thrive
through the service to the Lord and His Acharyans!

May the mind thrive through the kaimkaryam to the Lord

and His Achaaryans! May the jeevan thrive through
the kaimkaryam to the (soverign)Lord and His Achaaryans!
May the knower of the four vedaas thrive through
the kaimkaryam to the (Omniscient ) Lord and His
Achaaryans! May the light of justice (Jyothi) thrive
through the kaimkaryam to the (Self-Luminous) Lord and

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 His Achaaryans! May happiness thrive through the kaimkaryam
to the Lord and His Achaaryans! May passion for knowledge
be satisfied through study (of Vedam and Sri Sookthis)!
May desirable deed be peformed through sadaachaaram!
May the Atharva Veda , the Yajur Veda ,the Rig Veda and
the Saama Veda and its Brihath , Rathantra, thrive through
the grace of the Lord and His Achaaryans!

O Acchaaryaas! May we be freed from the pangs of birth and

death ! May we attain the happiness of final beautitude !
May we become the true progeny of the Lord! May we be yoked to
noble deeds and truthful(Vedic) speech!"--Yajur Vedam:XVIII.29

(2)TejOsi tEjo mayi dEhi ! Veeryamasi veeryam dEhi !

Bhalamasi Bhalam dEhi! ---sahOsi sahO mayi dEhi!

(Meaning):Oh Lord(Achaaryan)! Thou art lustre;give me lustre!

Oh (Omnipotent ) Lord(Achaaryan)! Thou art manly vigour ;
give me manly vigour! Thou art strength; give me strength!
Thou art vitality;give me vitality! Thou art righteous
indignation;give me the righteous indignation! Thou art
forbearance ;give me forbearance!..Yajur Vedam:XIX.9

Saama Vedic Prayer to Achaaryan

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 (1)SA PUNAANA UPA SOORE DHADHAANA --Uttaraarchika Saaman:1358
(Meaning):" The learned person (Achaaryan) , purifying
himself , and concentrating on the Lord through profound
divine meditation , fills both the literate and the illeterate
with the glow of learning , and discloses various sorts of
knowledge . The pure and noble desires of a learned person
(Achaaryan) are meant to guard us against fears and
obstacles.May He (Achaaryan) grant us His daasans ,
the excellent wealth of spiritual knowledge .

Vaibhavam of Achaaryan (Rg Vedam)

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(1)yEthE sameebhi:susamee ---X.28.12
(Meaning): " Such are the Godly men (Achaaryans), sanctified by
sacred ceremonies , as have fostered their mind and body with
holy prayers.In the language of man, they ask for food (Jn~Anam)
and surely , they acquire name and fame in celestial regions
(nithya Kaimkaryam at Parama Padham)".

(2)akshEthravith kshEthravidhaam---X.32.7
(Meaning):" One who knows not the true path inquires from
One (Achaaryan), who knows it;and directed by that skillful
guide , he (the mumukshu) travels onward; this is ,in truth,
the blessing of instructions gotten from Achaaryan and
thereby one finds the straight path that leads directly

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 forward (to purushaartha kaashtai)".

Atharva Vedam and Achaaryan

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KrishNam niyAnam Haraya: SuparNA
apO vasAnA dhivamuthpathanthi I
tamm aavavruthranthsadhnAdhrutasyAdheedha
gruthEna pruthiveem vyUadhu: II
--Atharva Vedam :Canto IX.Hymn X.22

(Meaning):The radiant learned souls (AchAryans),

adorned by dhivya Jn~Anam and virtuous AchAram go to
the Lord , their highest shelter (abode), and reunite
with their Lord for nithya kaimkaryam and paripoorNa
BrahmAnubhavam. After enjoying the pleasures of
nithya Sooris , they return at His niyamanam from
Parama Padham ,the abode of Satyam and Rutham (as AchAryA
incarnations) to uplift the inhabitants of the earth
with resplendent knowledge (once again)."

HH ParavAkkOttai GopAla MahA Desikan adorning currently

the noble AchArya Peetam of PoundarIkapuram Aasramam is
one such radiant , learned soul , who is illuminating our
path and showering His limitless DayA on us . All of our
collective prayer to the Dhivya Dampathis is just

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 " InnumOr NooRRANdirum ".

Jayathi YathirAja Sookthi: Jayathi Mukhundhasya PadhukAyugaLee

TadhubhayadhanAs thrivEdhim avandhyayanthO Jayanthi bhuvi SANTHA:

Azhagiya Singar Thiruvadi ,

DhanyOsmi ,Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan

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- SrImate rAmAnujAya namaH -

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