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 anRu ivvulaginaiaakki arum poruL nool viritthu
ninRu than neeL pugazh vENkatamaamalai mEvippinnum
venRi pugazh THIRUVENKATANATHAN enRum Guruvaay
ninRu nigazhndhu maN mEl ninRa nOygaL thavirtthananE

In times of yore, That day- The Lord Bhagawaan- had created the
worlds; Then, He taught the essence of Vedas as GitAchAryan [declaring the
essence of Vedas in the last chapter as Rahasyam- the doctrine of
Saranagathi]; Then, He stands resplendently on the Thirumala mountain as
Srinivasan- to the delight of everyone; [similar to the farmer who wants his
field to be watered well and nurtured
to a large extent and
be saved]-
the Lord

stand here
ensuring the avatars
of Acharyas to teach Saranagathi
doctrine- showing his Hand towards His lotus feet. In
spite of His standing, sending various Acharyas, teaching the doctrine of
Saranagathi and following the same as well in their lives, the Lord did not
get much response from the masses. So, in order to ensure the people take
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an Acharya in this Kaliyuga in his own name- Venkata Nathan- and
alleviated all our diseases existing on the earth by reinforcing the then
existing Saranagathi maargam from the times of AzhwArs.
Thus with Sri Vedantha Desikan Avatar, the Lord willed to let everyone
realize the greatness of Saranagathi and be saved from the samsaaric
ocean of births and deaths. There is no barrier for any jeevathma as long as
that jeevan performs Saranagathi at
the lotus feet of the Lord. Hence,Sri
Vedantha DesikaAvatar becomes the
greatest avatar made by
Venkatamudaiyaan Himself. Also
Lord Sri Hayagrivan shows Himself
with the vyAkhyAmudrA in one hand,
and the book on the other; Desika
archA avatarams also have this same
form, proving that Lord
Hayavadhanan has taken
anupravESa avatar in this
mahAchAryan. Even in DevaperumAL
Sannidhi [in Kanchi] EmperumAnAr
SWAMI DESIKAN, TIRUVALLUR
Sri Ramanujacharya also shows
Himself with upadEsa mudrA [or vyAkhyA mudrA]. Our Swamy mentions the
same in YathirAja sapthathi as well: [Ramanuja with His jnAna mudrA the
resplendent nails dispel the darkness in his heart..]

Our Swamy is addressed is as Bhagawaan by Sri PrathivAdhi

Bhayankaram aNNan Swamy : yammEnE vishNO avathAram- [in Vaibhava
prakAsikA]..

Sri NainAchryar, the illustrious son of Our Swamy also says: [in his Desika
mangalaasaasanam]

vEnkatESAvathArO(S)yam thadhgaNTAmSOThavaa bhavEth |

yatheendhrAm SO(S)thavEthyEvam vitharkyAyAsthu mangaLam ||

May all auspiciousness be with Sri Vedantha Desika about whom different
views were held that he was an incarnation of Lord Venkatesa or he was His
divine gantA (Bell) or the divine incarnate of Acharya Ramanuja Himself.

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Dindima Kavi (in 14th century) who was a junior contemporary of Our
Swamy pays tribute to Swamy’s greatness as follows:

There was confusion all around

as a result of turbid nature of
Kaliyuga; the Vedas were in
great distress; (because of
misinterpretation); wise saying
of the seers were completely
ignored; there was an unholy
intermixture of all castes; and
quite in consonance with this
sorry state, all sacred epics
and puranas lost their validity;
the maayaavaada was in all
glee; and the school of nihilism
(soonya vada) was having
undisputed acceptance by all.
It was at this critical juncture
that Sri Vedanta Desika came
into this world as an
incarnation of the great rining
divine bell of VishNu for the
Srinivasan, Chengalpattu
establishment of Dharma and
its protection. He shines all victorious.

vEdhE sancAthakEthE……….. vishNu gaNTAvathaara:

Vaazhi Nigamaanthacherian
Vaazhi Avan Padaaravinda malar.

Courtesy:- Sri Ranga Sri. Sri Madhavakannan Swamy

Nangainallur Venkatesan

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