t6 lRAMA, AND MANY Kavya, Nataka andAlankara graDthas. Side by side he also stu-died tb€ firsi lalf year portions he missed atrdi! the final exaDrfuat;or, be got a lery highrank which helped bim to get admissiou to theSiromad class next year without any difrculty.

Apart from the Tarka Granthas pres-cribed for Siroldarli ex3mination, OurSwami studied olher Tarka granthas privatelyuDder his Guru, S.i Snachandam Swami. Mostof the days, Our Swami us€d to sit ia themandapam ctr the banks of river Kaveri underth€ feet of his guru and study for lwo hours inth€ fiorDjng, after both completing their morn-ing Anushtana, and before comjrg home. Suchwas the trouble taketr by tbe guru to instructthe sishya. Th;s ljelped Our Swami io pass inthe UTHANA PARVA at Pudukotiai Sams-thanam examinalion wiih dislinclior. Alobgwith Tarka, Our Swatrri studi€d, in addition toMIMAMSA BHATTA DEEPTKA as a porr ionfor Siromani, other Mimamsa granthas alsoprivately under the famo]]s Mitrramsa authority,Bmhmasri Venkata Subramania Saslri (alsoknown as Chinnaswami Sastri). The geniousof Our Swami irDpressed Sri Sastri so muchrhat he even ga\e to Our Swami, tbe manuscri-pts of Sriman Sastri's yet urpublishedMIMAMSA KAUSTUBHA and other originalworks of his, lbr taking notes. One dayBrahmasri Sastri call€d all tbe Etudents andtold them thar Our Swami would oneday be-come the undisput€d authority on all the fourSbastras ald ai6o will be olaimed as the" Acharya Par Excelienc€ " amongst theVishhtadvaitjns. It ir only a geDiuo who canspot anolher buddiDg genius. It was BrahmasriSastri wbo did ihat thetr and jusl as be waosayiDg that, a Garuda Bird !!as circling theassembled people jn a clockwise direction. Sri'ldaD sastri poiried out thk to o$em and saidtbat !o less tban Vedat&a vihagesrvara bi'l-self has coEe there to conflrm whax he saidand also to bless OuI Swami. At TiruvaiyyaruCgllege, it used !o be a regular f€ature, tha[

Our Swami will pass all th€ examinatioliaiways in FIRST RANK aDd slatch away allth€ prizes. Very soon, Our Ss,ami was electedto the Saoslrit Debating Club at the campus,and be spent his spare time iD ably managingth€ affairs ofthe club. Stud€lts ofthe loere.classes osed lo come to him almost every dayto clear their doubts ard Our Swami becamevery popular. At the time of his final exami[a-tion, Our Swami fell sick and be was forced torcturn to Madurantakad and stayed there forabout two months to r€coup his healtb. Th€illustrious father of our Swami gol worriedand prayed to Lord Ramachandra Moorti axtbe Madumtrtakam temple for the speedy reco-very of his sor, and fioally Our SwaEi recove.red his Dormal health and oade back to Tiru-vaiyyaru in time for the fitral exaEination.The Principal oftb€ college, Sri VedaatacharyaSwami predjcted that Our Swami will pass hioexamination so creditably tbat the collegeaulhoritres will auromatically take him in tbecoilege as a staff member, IIis prediction cadeiiu€ and Our Swami passed the Siromani ex.aminatior, and stood FIRST IN TIIE PRESI-DENCY. This got him th€ post ola ResearohScholar in the sam€ college in the same year.Thus, orecaB see very easily from Our SwamihLife how Lord Vira.agbava Perumal at Tiru-vellore not only blessed the parents of OurSwani with aD illustrjous soD, but preparedand kept .eady a galaxy of Pandits aEd Yid-sans on al l Shastra", wbo were al l experts intheir branches of learring and providedchances to Our Swami to com€ into coDtactwilh them at appropriate times. Is tbere aDyother proof nec€ssary to prove that Lord Vira-raghavaPernmal blossed Our Swami to becomeknown as Abhinava Desika at the end, whenbe ble"sed Our Swamit par.Els with a soD'

During rbis period Sri Swachandam Swamiused to atteDd rhe sadas at ' f i ruchanur conduc-ted by the theo Head of tbe Utharadi Mutt,Sri Salya Dbyana Teertha, lhe famous altho-rity in Nyaya Shastra. Our Swami also usod

b ac.oEPaEY his Tarka ACIIARYA and

th€re. Ou; SwaEi used 10 answer all the ques-

f,oos'oi".a i" tbe Sadas. in a very credikble

daonet. Slill lhe Sadas waoled to tesl,hlmitr

rll other Graslhas before grv'og lne- tu'l

Sa.Ebbavana and Our SwaBi did tbis also lo

the eElire satrsfactiotr of all those preseol , uo

t lc 6oal day of the Sadas. Mysor€ Maha

Vialvaa Sri KrishDomurtiachariar, raised some

jooUt. io .,Su.u"yu Sirukti". Permitted by

i it*J"oa"t s""'i, our ssami pres€nr€dI aif.r"nt uoet" to tt" tubjec! atrd

proled that

tle obiectioN raised were not valid l h-e presr_

diDq Madadbipatbi proclaimed as ul tneer '

.^-i- ."a "r.s.nt.a

full Sarcbhavana !o Our

Swaroi, to the approval of al l Thiq vrsrt ro

Mysore became a tegular yearly lealure'

ii.iog "o"

*.t lriP, oD tbeir way bacl' The

Euru ioA S"r 'va s,ayta overnight at Tiruparhi '

Si Xapisrutoro Svami made ao offsr to Our

Swami. lhe post of a professor )n ' r ruparnl

college for Vedatrta' He also promised to gel

Dermr3sion ro Our Swami to conduct classes In

ir i Bhasbyam,n bis house i l he [ee]s rbat sucb

ir ' .o*O"vu granthas could not be Iaugbr in

ooen classis and tnat i t rs €oougb i f be teJches

oih.r gruotnus io t l " regular ctars oou's oJr

S*aroi coosuhed his Rev(red Acharyd' sri

Kol iyalam Swaoi and wi lh bis appro!al gave

his 6roal applrcal ioD f"rd Bul af tet coming

ba.k to Trruvaiyaru he foued lhaL hh commir-

serts a! Tiruvaiyatu preven'ed bim-from 80_

ine to Tlrupalbl al thal Lioe l beo uJr 5v' /aml

ived in Trruvai laru for FIVE more )ears and

--te t*o loots cal led VAISLS|KA DAR-

SANA VIMARSAM, PRACHYA PARCHA-

DYA DARSANA VIMARSAM'" . In the

rffilwbile be bad aheady slart€d wrrLrtrg tne

oott" 'ntUnltsq SUDHASVADAM " '

i co*"otu.y for Mlmaolsa Nybya Prar'a3a'

;he coUege authorities and other pandits felt

t t I

[i,.t i, olt *.t"oturv wrll help studeDrs to

lrlcrstaod tle tough Sranrhas like tsbalta

tb,lg wnicn is wrirren trrostly i! larka

IG suooi. MihanrahopadhYaYa. sfl

ako felt rhat Sti swami should writc a coa'

Eeotary on Bbatta Deepika itself'

But the real turniDg poif,t i! Our SwanJi"

^o'"cr was the accidental aDd Cod-setrL chaoce

rr. oot t" "r"

bis VEDANTA SHASTRA

ADHYAYANA. Tt is a qoDderlbat accoforng

ro Our Swamis troroscope tbe 'Gutu Dasa -,

whicb sLarr€d iD bis eigblh year when he bad

[r, o,rttrlopua.tut, .u] towards rhe later bslf

of rbE C.lru Ddsa i t"el f , his ini t iat iotr jnto the

learDitrg ol Veda0la Shaslras aBd was complc'

ted iD ; few ]earc. l t rsa wunder- lhal eveD^the

Stars seemed to ha\e cooperaLed in the final

Eaking of the Abbrna\a Desika as a ful l

Sedgej acbarya. Wbat elle can^tbe Stars do

orl.'n it is tte "itt uoa blessjtrg of Lord vtra'

raghava Perumal of Tirulellore'

SADACHARYA SAMPATTI :

Our Swami haal the accidental meeting oi Sri

U. Ve. Raghavacharya Swami (who was tro

other than his R€vered Acbatya, Sri Koliyalam

Swami Sri Rangaramanuja Mdha D€sikan, in

his Pootvds{amam} sho wds the Antaranga

Srsbla of Sn l i ruPalbr Swami, by t bom Our

Swocq, s Surouttay,out qas perlormed The

or€eLiog took place iu KaDdryur ar tbe temple

of Sr i -Hara

Sapa H.ra Perumal ' Sr i U' Ve'

Ragbavacharya Ssamr lras ls Ih€ middh of

hh lJpanyasad iD tbe e\€3rng' wbrcl l l ]seoro

arrraci a ;uge aod learDed audience Al- t€r lhe

Upuoya.rtrr , Orr Swa.i Iel l at his feer aod fel t

ex:remely satrsfred' as hls \ is i t to lbe Kaodlyur

tempre was purely accrdenlal Scr U Ve'

Ragtavacharya S''vsrni (Koliyalam swamt

haDpened lo be aD elder courln ol uur swaEr'

as Ltre grand molLers of boLlr wer€ sisters tt

Paivambadl vl l lagj . O.rf Sv\aml, al tet exctraDge

of iamrlv neus, reques(ed hrm to cottre lo

Karsudi and stay in his hunble cottage lor a

few-da1s, Sri Kolryalan Swaoi readi ly.agreed

and so\ecl in(o Kargudi Sr i Kol iyalam

Swaor war Doted' evet In hiq Pootvasramam'

for hrs very slrrcl observaBce of Acbara^m A3

he oid oot t

Ac'hara bsbi$, at luoh ao carly age, instruotcdOur Swsroi, otr thatday, nol to touch anythhgin the kitche!. At Our Swami's request, SriKoliyalaD SwarDi started the Anhika Kala.kshepam. Wilhin a few days, rhe Acharyafound out that Our Swami, though quiteyourg, was in no way iDferior to bim ia hisAchara vyavahara. So with gr€at joy, he penmltted Our Sqrami to eoter the kitchet lrithoutany restriction and do.Sisrusha for him. Atthat tiloe Sri Koliyalam Swami 6aid thatwheDever he visited Madurantakam, heus€d todo Bhagavadaradhanam only in Our Swami'sfsther'e house; and that he was not surprisedthat Our Swami was also traiDed by his fatherin tho sas6 strict fianner. He said that a Tigerwill not give birth to a cat, He also erpressedthat Knowledge may be acquired by many butto combiDe it with Achara and Anushlatra wasrare aod was fully salisfied lbat Our Swami ishaving boih in full measure. As it was holidayat the college, Our Swami requested hiE tostart the Kalakshepam of Sri Bhashyam. SriKoliyalam Swami wanted to make doubly sureabout the capacity of Our Swami add hetrcewent tlrough the manuscripts ofthe comlnen-tary on MIMAMSA NYAYA PRAKASAwhich our Swami was writing at that time. Hewas so much impress€d and convinced and hetold Our Swami tbat he wa6 fully qualifed toreceive instructions io UTIARA MIMAMSA.Sri Koliyalam Swami posiponed hb visit toSrirangam atrd moved into a drfi'ereot bouse inKargudi ard deoided to stay for two monthsfo. the sake of giviDg Sri Bhashya Kala"Lshepam with Srutaprakasika commentry. Asu6ual Sri Koliyalam Swami did hb UnchavrittiiD Rayampett.i village aDd devoted his etrrrctime for Sri Bhashya Kalakshepam. As thoprov.rb goes, 'Only a snake ktrows the legsof alothe. $!ake" so also only a Getrius couldspol:ttrother Geni s. It took no time for SriKoliyalam Swami to find out the buddinggenios iD Our Swsmi, I{e used to be amazedat the capacity of Our Swami for quict gras.piEg add his aaalytical Eind aDd tha instruc.

tE I

tioDs in Vedanta Shartras wetrt oD with greatvigour atd the basenr€nt for the lif€ ol thrAbhinava Desika as the Supreme Acharya waslaid on solid ground. Duriog thc courso ofSAMANVAYADHIKARANA in Sri Bhashva.Sri Kol iyalam Swami. one f ine moroing, deci-ded to enier ioto the luriyasramam (Sanys-saE); and the subsequeot 6tory is w€ll known'to all of u9: and more elaborately q,ritteo inthe Sashtiabdapoorti Malar of Sri KoliyalamSwami iD Ou.Swamis arr;c le, Acharyd vaibhavam'. While wairitrg for the Sweekarao ofSaDyasam at Srirangam, at the Asradarn ofSri Poundarikapuram Swami, the Kalakshepamof Samanvayadhikaranam was cospl€ted. Oneday Sri Poundarikapuram Swami called OurSwami and questioned him on ce.tain nratr€rgin Tarka Shasfra add he was amazed at theprofouItd knowledg€ of Our Swami addcoDgralulaled Sri Kol iyalao Swaoi io acqui_ring such a worthy Sishya. Such were thegreantness of rbose Acbaryas whoseoDlyaimand Purusharta was to wai! atrd grab at theearliest chance to ge1 a worthy Sishya addspare Do efforts to impart aod propagat€ S.iDesika Sampradaya without erpechoganything in return, theoselves living oDUnchavritti.

Sri Swami had to rerurtr to Tiruvaiyaru, asLhe college repened, Next tim€ duritrg tbe ncarholidays, when Our Swami went to Sri.adaaExo psy his respects to his Revered AcbaryalsriKoliyalam Swamy, he \ras told that he badaheady lefr oo a pilgrimage walk to Tirumataihills after becomiog a Sanyasi and DoboalykDew eitb€r his rout€ ot his whereaboursattbatt i toe, Our gwaoi had to com6 back1o. Kargudi thoroughly disappoiDted at hrs

While returni trg to Kargudi. Our Swamrheard tbaL bis Revered Acharya, Sr i Kol iyalaDJwamr! Dow a 5anyasr. uoder tbe aameofsf iRatrgaramaouja Maba Desikao. was staviDc rnPudaFaharam village. At oDc€ eur Swaal

6[6u6i]ur66b 6DpdiD6ntl5i) 4! 6iu or r L6luq 6ijr4p[re9o

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aushed to him and prostrated be[ore him wiilrtears ofjoy at the sight of his Aaharya. Whilehe was payiog his homage to him, the peoplesround him wbich included his own Princjpaland other collegues, told him that lbey havereqlrested Sd Koliyalam Swami to stay o:r ioPudag.aharaE lor his Chaturmasya so th3tOur Swami could complete his Sfi BhashyaKalaksb€pam. The Principal asd others badalready made all the arrangements for Sri Koli'yalam Swami to stay aod th€ Principal ask€dOur Swami to immediately move itrto Pudagra-haram villag€ which is on the other bank ofKaveri river. The Principai also gave ourSwami permissioo to attend the college after

the Kalakshepam, after 12 aooo, every dat.Our Swami was so much thrilled at the ktnd'n€$ of all those people and at once shifled hisr€sidence to Pudagraharam. Sri KoliyalaDlSwami was very happy to hav€ got the chanceto cootinue the Sri Bhashya Kalaksh€pam toOur Swao0i. It 3o happetred that the Chatur_lDasya Sankalpam extended to three Eollths,berng a Mala Masa. The Kalahhepaor got

completed without further delay and at thectrd,th€ villagers and the Principal thatrked SriKoliyalaB Swami for his kindn€ss to stay odfor ihe sake of our Swami's Kalakshepam. sriKoliyalam Swadi also expr€ss€d his full satis'facr ion and prdised Lbe capacity of Our Swamifor his Gfahana Sakthi duriog the Kalakshe-pam, his capacity for the proper CraurhaAnvayam, and his InquiriDg mind for furtherdiscussion asd also bis capacity to r€tain alllhat he leattrt and his capacity to replocucewhat he had learnt. He also said all this wasbecause Our Swami had the blessings of hisown Acharya, Sri Tirupathi Swami by whomthe Pancha Samskaram was don€ to OurSwaDi atrd slso prafued the for€-thought ofOur Swami's fathe! to iDitiate hh son toundergo the Samasrayatraf, by Sri TirEpathiSwami, After thst, Sri Koliyalam Swami,ootrtinued his pilgrimage, pronisilg to contiDuettre Kalakshepam on oth€r Gratthas atal'pfopriate ti@es. our slv4mi at diferent

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tim€s followed his Revered Acharya io higSancharam and complet€d his Gita Bhasbya atPaiyambadi village, the Kalaksbepao of Sri-mad Rahasyatraya Saram a! Mettupalayamvillage aod Bhagavad V$hayam at Tiiuchatrur

The Study of Sri Bhashya with Srulapra-kasika atrd also the study of the otber fourShastfas und€r appropriate maste$ helped hrltrto command a great rcgard and respect, atsuch aD early age, Dot only at Pudugfahara6village but also at plaoes like Maarargudivhere p&ndits from South Tamil Nadu assen-bled, which Our Ss,,aroi attended otr iavitation.Before settling dowo to a more strict Acharaand Anushtaoa, he sta.t€d on his pilg.inageto Divya Kshetras itr North [ndia af!e. obtar.isg permissioo lrod his Revered Acbarya,Sri Koliyalao Swami. Oa his Acharya'ssuggestiof, he also took with bim as compaoioD,his Sat€ertiya, Sfi Nrlaoeghacharya, a Bfahloa-chari. They used to travel ddfiag nighls aDdduring dayline slay io wayside Vaishnavrtevillages and spent the day doing Upaoyasamson Sri Desika Sampradaya iD Saorkrit qrhile

the local pandiis traoslated the saoe in locallanguages, to the audieoce. ThiB took forlroonths for them to reach Calcurta, There,Our Swami me! Sri Brindavan Dharanidhara-cha. Swami. He came to ktrow about OurSwami's eruditioa and knowledge of Vedautaand the other Shasllas, aod be took him to SriMEogniram Sait, ahe VaishDavile Lakshalhi-padi and Palrotr of Vaishnava pandits,especiaUy f fom Sfi Desika Sa@pradaya. Duriogdiscussion otr a requesi fiom Sri Magoeera@Sait, Our Swami agreed to stay itr Pushkaramfor some time and propagai€ S.i DesikaSampradaya atrd do Vedatrta Pravaohaoa.After a short visit to Madurantakam, as he gotrepeared cal ls from Puchkaram, Orf Se,/dmideoided to go to Poshkaram with the dualpurpose of spreadiDg Sri Desika SampradayaiE No.th Itrdia and aho to get the opportusilyto bavq the holy bath at Pushkar4 Te€rta6

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