SRI: t t"$ Sri Paddavathi Sahatha Srinivasapara Sd MahadeviSardetha Devadbirajapirabtahma Sri Bhagavad RaeatujayaNamaha. Srlmlte NigamsntaGuraveNadaha. SriBatoRaBgaranaouja Maba DesikayaN6rnaha, SrimateAbbi[avaDesikaVatsyaSatobakravarti Uttamur, SRI VIRARAGHAVARYAMAEA DESIKAYA NAMAI,A. ql Taliatr:AdbhutamyaryavikraDtamVcda vecthecvishodhane J Ap.r4m Njganantary.EPrapadyeVinraghavantl Abhinava Desika Vaibhavam (o"ii"":#; j"',fi;*ffi f"ffi#)*i"iil1,l;""";#jl'iiii,l,?ll* Makard6asa, Anala sanvatdara-lotb February,l9i7). ,'Akhilagada sancborabKamalagiiba medhioam l Sridamcha ViraiaghvidaDr curulr gunenidbinbhaj.ll (Avalarao: Durmukhiramvat$ara_Maketa dasa_Spati nakshatra, 26_1_1897), (plsce: Uttabur villag€-lo 6ilcs fron MaduraDtakaotowD_Cbilgleput Dt.) Lord AlEighty SrimanNarayanrtakcuan Avatara to blasr his Bhakt6r, AD Achsrya takco an Av6t6rsDot oDly to q,ipc out tho sorrow!of all wboreck his feet,but also to showthemthep8thfo. EterlalBliss-Moksba, That is why Vedasproclsim "Acharya Devo Bhav6" and " Devamiva Acharyam Upaseota'. That is ryby our greatAcharya, Sri NigamantaGuru, vehemently said (,. Acharyadiha DevataE Samadhi-kaBAnyaE Na Mantaorh!') that in lbil worl4 lhlre iq !o olher D€vatawbichis superiotto en Aoherya, Veda8,Soritir, Itihasas,puratas and oth€r prociaiEthat if a persondoes Pramanas Dor get th€ bl$silgs of an Acharya,hc will Dor ger Moksba,eventhougbhe ndaypossess all tbe maleriallrealthi otr rheotbe. band, On6 w[o ias the ble$iDgs ofan Aclarya,will,ol @ preveDted fromattai-oing th€ ErernalBliss_ Moksha, evetrtboughhe has ooomitted the EoSt heiaousorime. Lz Olr Acharta Parampara starts fiom Srifian Nsrayasaand Sri Nigamaota Guru slandsin tie biddle as tbe " CrestJe*e|". lD tbal guru OUR SWAMI,SriU.Ve.Abhrnava parariPara, Mahadesila0' Des'La.UltamurVrraraSbavarya Excel' Aiharya-Par a SupteEe as aloof staDds accept€d universally and aD undbputed lelo€-as GUIDING STAR for our sampradavaand as the ABHINAVA AVAIARA of Sti Niga' the maDta Gulu atrd in no way inferio! to AouAchara. in Knowledge, orisiDal A\atara sht;Da,and Vairagla Tbis will be very clearly understood if ole goes tbrough lhe various incrdentsald happeDiogsitr OUR SWAMI'S to us if life. It will tle an amazhg exPedence ' by prepared was we fnd out how Out Swaoi $e to fill shastras lhe the variousdolens in all and nost ot a CuiarngStar atrd to aLem(Dr qolk rbe Nrga' bv dole iuoplement tbe great manta Guru in lhis AbhinavaAvalara' I il f,oods in Vegavati river n€ar Kancbi and took the troubleof arrang'lg Preta-Sam3kar& for the dead body. Not knowing that this act is equilalent to that of performiDgmany Aslaneda Yagas, th€ local people boycotted hid. But Sd DevadhirajaSwami,enshtinedat tbe Kanchi t€nple, had diferent ideas; called him aDdproclaim€dthat he may be consider€d "Bad for the world-But Good for m€"" Oorukku Pollan, Emakku NALLAN " Tanian slokas starthg with "Vega Vegoparleetao1etc etc",...are available to ptove the aboveincid€Dt. CgAKRAVARTI: Puranas hail, that Lord TiruvengadaBudaiyar gavethe " Stdarsana-Patrcbajanya " Cbakravarti,for wo,sbip. !o one ToodaimaD This ToDdaiman Chalravarti, *as, io his pr€vious birtb, born as Ratrgadasa. Ile was domg PushpaKarnkaryam lo Lord of SeveD Itdls by suppllirg {ow€rs to VikaDas BIR'IH: Maharshrwho was doing Pooja to Lord Trruin ' yengadamudaiyaD.God was60 pleasedwith Our Swami, Abhinava Desita was bom villrse calledU fTAMUR (Ullamasallur)'l0 RanBadasa rnat he blessedhim to be born as a milei away from MaduranlakaDolowD, Klng |D iris reil birth. The Lotd SareblE thc ( hrnsl€outD'st io Ta$il Nadu, as tbe soo SudarbaDa-PdEcnaJAoya biE for worsoippiog HAvA * CHAKRAVARTI' . This J s",i.'u. ve. sRlNlvAsARAC add harled bro swAMI, wbo was tte is rhe Sanlha-Chakra handld over to Sti iuernevenrt -'l at that time He was Bhashyaxatuby our Swamr's ancesLors villag€ who Ekadb4atiof that as wellknownfor his famrlyback$ould, \Yealth' were .also called "CflAKRAVARrIS" to fte KamkarYam Sri Aohara,Atrushtana,KDowledgeetc' contiuued lhey alier ToidaiBatr Ti.uveDgadamudaiyan KULAM : Chakravaiu. srivatsa-Tirumalai- Nallan-Chakravarti SRIVATSA GoTRAM I Vamsam. I! is well knowo that the Nityasuri, SRI' VA]SAM on lhe chestof Lord SrlmanNaraTIRUMALA1: perlDimer! abode of SrI Lalshmi of Our Swamisetdedin vanc. LLe As $e atrceslors to the *^ Uo.o o" S" Va(saMaharsbi. Srl Valloitr' TiruEalai,to do th€ Nitta Kainkaryam Brugbu, Cby"tana, Dcdne-echi,UdaDk4 asd Lord ofS.veuHills, S'i Tiruveagadamudarya!' Sossata rbul5 ttelotrgto tbe ltlvalsa uoLrarrl. " Tiilsalai "' rhey go! lhe dlle NALLAN : odce' OBe of the anceslors of Olt SFaBi' Lsbore bellg$esbd saw aBra}rorll'r de3dbcd) ANCESTORS. O i STraoi'3 aocastors were the hcr€ditorJ' owoers of the Yrllages,UltaoalalEr (UFaBur) l3l s t r t lT i t u m a l p u r a m ( T i d m a v a r a m )O u r Swamis Great graod f.rtber, Sri U Ve KrisbnadacharyaSwami was well known lD lbosedays, lt seemstbat he uled Io perform Abbigamara Nrtyakarmaousbtaoa aDd Aradhana to his lamily Deity and only after obtaioing permissionfrom the Deity, he used to go to tbe villagers to redressthei' sd€vances. The British gove.nmentknowing ii. gr"uto".., appoif,ted bim to administer lo ten \illages 1otbe villagersbelotrgiog iusLic€ geoerour. was kiod. learn€d. He bim. around time a very strict same the at and wealthy observing Sampradaya, Desika of Sri follower and Anushtana' Achara the to the maimum, So he commalded the great€si.ega.d from ono and all. Once when he was goiDg on horse.backto Chingl€put, he was met by th€ Collecto., a Britisher,wtio was also cotliDg on horse.back. The Collector was very }ungry ard he jokiDgly said to Our Swami's great grand father: "You are hailedas Anna Daara by all j Can you give me food at th€ very moment?" To his surprise,Our Swami'sgreat crand fath€r Produced the bundie on his ;houlder and fron it gavehim Curd-Rice and pickles, and the collectol was very much pleasedand PraisedhiE. eldestsotrwas Sti U. Sri Krishnamachsrya's Swami's G.andfathet Our Ve. Varadacharya, name was Pefirndevl. grandmothels and his also very slrict rn was Sri Varadacharya but wasnot Atrushtana, observingAchara and or Agriculture io eithe. very much interes[ed IIe spedt like his father. other worldly matters most of his time is worshjp and in pursuil of knowledgein th€ conrpaDyof Bhagavatas Sri varadacbaryabad four soDsand lbe elde.l, Sri U. Ve. Chakralartiaoharwas the fathef of Our Swaldi. Like his graDd falher, Our Swami'sfather wasalso well versedin Agriculture aod in the various administrativework of the village aDdtook an active part alolg wrtb bis grandfath€r. It i3 authenticallytold that osce when his grandfatherwent [o a vil]age rcar Pondicheryfor atteDdinga malrirge of one oi bis relatives,he took his gratdsotralso with hio. On the way, the grandsonsaw a cat crossjDgthe path and wben be brought thi$ to tle notice of his grandfather,the grandfather jokingly lold him tbat "All is iwell. Who knows, you may also be married like your relative at the nardage patrdal!"...It so happened thai ih€ marriageof the girl could not be proceededwilh (for some unexpectedreason) the bridegroom already selected, All tb€ relativ€s,of course,with lhe consentof the giandfathergav€ tbe girl in ma.riage to the graDdson,Our swami'sfalher. His oame was and the bride's name Srinivasaraghavacharya a rare coincid€nce What ! wasAlarmelmangai. presenl tbe couple sayiu? bles"ed All theelde|s that " Sri MahalakshrBi" herselfhas colle to the family, voluntarily. The blessingsof the elderswere not wastedand the couple, Our Swami's fatheraud mothe.,lived a very happy life. Our Swami'sfath€r Sri Chakravartbiachar Swamilvaswell veGedin Sahiryaand Shast.a granthas and spentbis sparetime teachiDgto his disciplesin th€ village. He was also very proicient ir Englishand Tamil and in spiie of that, preferredto slay itr the viilage, so as to enable him to lead the lif€ without sacrificiDg bis Anusbraol. He sas knoworo be aDadept iD makiDgthe loughestgranthas,easilyundersraDdable,evenby the dull disciple. He was bis k.owledgeiD Elglisb jD masagi0g urilisrog the villag€ affairsvery eficiently and to look after his landsprope.ly.His lvife, Our Swami's mother, was also equally religious and gave her uistinled suppori to her husbandin all his activniesand tbus providedan ideal atmos. phere FOR THE BIRTH OF A GREAT ACHARYA. (Orce, as rbe authertic story goes,rbai wheDrhere was d Ere accidentiD Our Swami's parenls' houser Our Swami's mother ran into tb€ house, without minding her persotralsaiely, and rekieved the family Koyilalva. out of lhe hDuse from 6re, to a safe place. Such is the d€votion of Our Swami's mother to her family deiiy. I! is oo t 1l \lodder that the Saligramam,which is to be worshipped by no less thao the Abbinava Desika,waspr€seredand handeddownto our Swamiby sucbiliust.iousfore-faihers). raghava Porulral of Tiruvetlore, thc parcitis namedhim VIRARAGIIAVAN; ia the raEe r'ay a6 Sri Desika'opareDtsnamedtheir soDas V€Dkalanatha. BIRTH: (Avatara of AbhiDavaD€sika); VIDYABHYASAM: Tbe parents of Our Swami, thongh had The parents of Ou. Swami, iD proper femalecbildreD,we.e not blessedwith a male time, did the ANNAPRASANA, CEOWLA, child, to pe$eluatethe Vadsa Parampara,Just AKSIIARABT{YASA etc. with all care add io the saoe way as Lord TiruveDgadadudaiyan interest.Without sendingthe child to a regdar appearedin the:dreamofthe pareDt$of Niga- villagesohool,the father bimselftaugh!his soD msnta Guru, Sri Anantasu.iand Totarambha the Gadya-Padya KarTa0 atrd also Aritheaad askedthem to cometo:Tirumalai for wor- metio,English and Tamil. At the Eighth year ship and frnallyblessedtbem with a @alecbild, BRAHMOPADESAMq,asdore. Our Swasi out Nigamanta Guru, the parents of Our was very keenard interesteditr perfotuaiogall S1namibad the commandofLord Viraraghava lhe rituals like Sandbyavandatram snd lea.Et Peiumal and Kanakavalli Thaysr, enshrined at th€ feetof his father all that is necesaryfor at Thuvellore,i! a similar dread, askingthenr a Brabmachari.Ai that ageiBelfthe illustioris to come to Tiruvellore for worship. Our father found the extraordioaryialeDt of tb€ Swami'sparentsJweDt at once to Tiruvellore boy, his sod, in Sahityasatrd aho folnd his and worshippedthe deiti€sand pray€dfor tie k€enintell€ctand sharpeoess itr learniog. At birth of a $on to the6. It is quite evidentfrom the ageof Thirteen, Sri Swami'$rmarriagewa6 tbe subsequenthappeDiDgsin Ou. Sryami's perforded by the pafenft, the Bfide, sow Life that Lord Viraraghava Pe.umal sbould Lakshmi, being the daughter of Oogoor, have blessedthe couple, as follow$: ,.AD Velamur,Samagar,Sri. U. Ve. Govindacharya. illustdous son will be born to you, who will After the marriageof Our Sq/arni,hh paleots not only propagateSri RamaDujaSidhaDtaand decidedto settle iD Madurantakam tofi1 for Sri Desika SaDpradayabur also wj stretrg- the dual purpose of worshipping Sri Raman then the D6ika Samp.adayaby his profound enshrinedat MadurantakamtempleaDdalso to Klowledge, Achara and Anushtana; who will admit his soD in the Sansk.it patasala thare. in oo way iDferio. to Sri Desikahimseuin his Inoidentally,Madurantaksm, as we all know, enthusiasEand vigour in the task of crantba is hailedas the "Dvayam vilaisda Tirupathi " Nirmana; who will be equalto, if not better, (Placewhere Dvaya Mantra wasinstructedby to SdDesika, io Vairagyaald Virakti; who Periatrambigalto Sri Bhashyakara.) I{ere Sri will be bailed as the undisputed ,,Guiding Perianambigalis ensh.ined(inside the templc Star " ofour Sampradaya;wbo will be acclar. fo. Sri Raman)alongwith "Sri Bhashyakaramed as the autho.ity itr all the Four Shastras; as s Grihasta.'! This timely decisionol Our ard in short, the bi.th of Sri Desikahimselfas Swami'sparents,providedhis son, by the time an AbhinavaAvatara.', The couple,after wor_ a BuddingProdigy, chanc€sto comeitrto oonship, cameback to Uttamur villag€ and in duc tact with eminent pandits aDd scholarswho course, gave birth to a male chitd, (Oqr adorDed the SaDskril Patasala at Madu, rantakad. At thst time, the Sanskri[Patasala Swami), itr tbe year Durmukhi, itr lhe month at Mdduranlakambadthe priv,legeof havioS of Makara and in Swati Nakshatra. As the as atr ifftructor iD Tarka Shastra, SRI spn was bortr \rith the blessiDgsof Lold Vira- SWACIIANDAM TARKA BI]ASKARA, trl SRINIYASACHARYA SWAMI. our SwaBr cafie into contactwith the great Tarka-Shas' uaceoius and it took no time for bim to de;ct the hiddengeniusin the boy. H€ readily took him as hi$ discipleand Our Sq'amiende_ red bimself to his Easter very soonthat the boy wasireatedmole or lesslike a member of the househotd. Our Swani spentmost of his time in Sri SwachandamSwami'spresencelrk€ " an iron bit attractedto a magnet" PANCHA SAMSKARAM : Bv about tbis time Sri U. Ve. Paramahassa parivraiaka, Sri Vedantatamanuja Maha Desika;, popularl) knowo as TIRUPATHT caoe lo MaduSWAMI, duringhis Sanchara. approached father Swami's Our rantakam. to do the and his feet at fell Prayed him. " PaachaSamskaram" for his son Sri Tiru' oarbi Ssami, though felt \ery glad' srill instructed our Swamis fatber himself to do to bls soo But Our rbe PaDchaSdmskara that he watrtedhis sotr desit€d father Swami's of Sri Trtupdthi Sq/dmi' the fold to crme iDto Parampara for Acharya sons so lbat. bis also couldbe acbieBrahmavidyaAdbyayaDa Swamithen Tirupathi Sri veil siEultaDeously Lakhmi like Kavyas is testealOur Swami genius' hiddeo out th€ Sahasraetc, aod fourd Samastayana performed the " " and He then start to Swami instructed Sri Swachandam €ven wasting without i! Tarka Shastra lessoDs was day a hitrute. ImEedistely an auspicious choseo aDd the budding boy-prodigy was initiatealiDto the mvsteriesof IARKA SHASTRA. by the Tarka Sbastraaulbority,Sti Ssami EveDbeforeLhis,O rr swachaDdam SwaBi had not wasted€vetr a minute in his and had alreadystudi€d stay at Maaluratrtakam STi CTiAMPU NATAKA GRANTHAS UNdCT Maha Desikai' GarudapuraESwami,Srioivasa who in his Poo asramalnwas slaylDgm me same town. Sideby side, Our Swamistudied SIDHANTA KAUMUDI VYAKARANA uoder Sfi TiruveogadacharyaSwami' our SwaBi did nol treglec!rhe VEDA ADBYA' YANAM also. He joined othet studentsatrd learnt UPAYUKTA V€DAMSAM, ACHID' RAM. ASW\\4EDH AM and a feq Kaodrsin Swadi did SAMHITA. But Sri. Swacbatrdam iB Vedsdhyayanam Swami Our not encourage as he l€lt that his study of Tarka Sbastrawill b€ hamperedaod d€layedand also lelt that the boy's geniuswill be betier utilised in learoing Slvami Ar rbattime,Sri Suvacbaodam Shasrras. GraDtha Vedanta hidself wasdoing his Ubhaya KalaksbeDaunder Sri Kothimangalam Tiru' malai Nallan ChakravartiGopalacharlaMaha DesikaDwho speciallyflas invited to Madurantakam for this puspose. IB spite of that, Sri Swachan&m Swamidevot€d enoughtime io Tarka to our Swami to give inslructioos Swamyhi6selfstudied Tarka Sri Swachandam MYSORE Shastra under tb€ famous DTIARMADIIIKARI RAJAVALLABT{A TARKA VSDANTA SSASTRA SUPRA. SIDHA Sri. U. Ve. KASIURI RANGA' were CI{AR SWAMI. Whilethe Tarka lessone goiDg oD, Sri SwachatrdamSwami had a requestand offer f.om MAHAMAHOPADII' YAYA KUPPUSWAMI SASTRIGAL, tO join the Satrskritcollegeat Tiruvaiyyaruas th€ Professo.in Tarka. With a little persuation, Our Ss'ami's father was persuadedto agreeto setrd his son to Trruvaiyyaru aloog with Sri swachatrdamSitami, on the plea that the Tarka lessonsshouldtrot be interrupt€d.Bven. though Our Swami'sfather, in the begioning hesilatedto sendhis otrly son away from him, be beioga scholarhimself,knewtbal ("... Aarambhasyaantagamaoam,Dviliyao Budhi lakshanam.") job oncestartedshould be com' pleted at any oost and flnally agr€€dto sctrd his son to TiruvaiYaru. At TiNvaiyaru college,as it was tbe middle of the academicyear, Our Swami could not join the iegular course fle was permittedto sit along with the siudertein oae cla$ Iower to Siromani. Our Ss/amistudiedMIMAMSA MUKTAVALT, NYAYA PRAKASAM, DINAKAREEYAM, VYAKARANA MANG