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Sri Sampradaya Guru Parampara
lakshmI nAtha samArambhAm nAtha yAmuna madhyamAm |
asmadhAchArya paryanthAm vandhE guruparam parAm ||
I worship the entire guruparamparaa that starts with Emperumaan, Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayanan; which has SrI NAtha, Yaamuna muni (in between) upto my AchArya (Sri Ramanujamuni). This thaniyan is composed by Sri KooratthAzhwAn (Sri Ramanujacharya's most ardent disciple); This Thaniyan describes the paramapara of our Acharyas which starts with Sriman Narayanan. Sri AzhwAn pays his obeisance to the paramapara upto his Acharya. He does not mention the name of his Acharya but mentions utp my AchArya- asmadhAchArya paryanthAm. It fits in so well for every one of us for ages to come.. as when we recite this, it applies upto our present Acharyan. "upto my Acharyan, I pay my obeisance to the Gurupamarapara".
The Veda-Vedaanta, Bhagavath Geeta, Puraanaas, Itihaasas and authentic smrutis proclaims VisishtAdvaita Sidhdaantam (philosophy) and its anushtaanam (practice). This has been guarded irrefutably by sages like Paaraasarya Veda Vyaasa Bhagavaan (through his Brahama sutras), Bhagavath Bodhaayanna (through his vrutti grantam), brahma nandi dankaachaarya (vaakya grantam), dramidaachaarya (bhaashyam).
This is strength that the Vedaanta darssanam namely VisishtAdvaitam has in terms of pramaanam (source of knowledge). The ten Azhwaars have guarded the same through their divya prabandams (24 in number), which manifested as outburst of their experiences that they had with the supreme self para-brahman Sriman Narayana:.
This is the strength that that the Vedaanta darssanam namely VisishtAdvaitam has in terms of sampradaayam (the time tested implementation of the Vedaanta darssanam namely VisishtAdvaitam ). The same was preserved and preached by the uninterrupted lineage of preceptors starting from para-brahman Sriman Narayanan himself.
In this yugam, Swami Srimath Satakopa Nammaazhwaar became the first preceptor in the earth. He was followed by Sriman Naathamuni, Srimath Yaamuna muni and Srimath Bhagavath Raamaanuja muni. Then, the Vedaanta darssanam the Sri Sampradaayam was preserved by none other then VEdAnta-udayana-AchArya who is SrI praNathArtiharAchArya otherwise known as kidaampi Aachaan who served (did kainkaryam) intimately to Bhagavath Raamaanuja muni in his tiru-madai-paLLi (divine cooking place) and was the most blessed disciple (Sishya) with wisdom in entirety of Bhagavath rAmAnuja muni. SrImath Vaadi-hamSAmbuvAhAchArya kidaampi appullaar incarnated in his divine Vamssam (ancestry). He was the maternal uncle of Srimath Vedaanta Desikan. Srimath Nadaattur AmmaaL blessed Srimath Vedaanta Desikan in an unparalleled and unsurpassed manner.
(Dotted lines indicates that there are acharyas in between)
Srimath Vedaanta Desikan became the disciple of Srimath kidaampi Appullaar and was blessed with wisdom in its entirety. None other than Swamy Sriman Vedaanta Desikan re-established the Vedaanta darssanam VisishtAdvaitam and the Sri Sampradaayam. Swamy Sriman Vedaanta Desikan majestically proclaims that this is "mAnyam yatISwara mahAnasa sampradAyam" (SrI SaraNAgati dIpikA), "yativaranAr madai-paLLi vanda maNAm engal vArttayuL manniyadE" (parama-pada sopaanam) - the sampradaayam which came through the kidaampi Aachaan who served (did kainkaryam) intimately to Bhagavath Raamaanuja muni in his tiru-madai-paLLi (divine cooking place) and was the most blessed disciple (Sishya) with wisdom in entirety of Bhagavath Raamaanuja muni.
This is prelude to Sri Sampradaaya guru-parampara. Here is the only place where you will find Sri Sampradaaya Aachaaryas who blessed us with all the authentic Raahasyaarthams (divine purport of the Srimath Rahasya Trayam) who were authors not only for such rahasya grantams but also for grantams based on Saareeraka Saastra. This is the greatness, which is exclusive to yatISwara mahAnasa sampradAyam as proclaimed by Swamy Sriman Vedaanta Desikan . This is the celebrated Ubhaya-Vedaanta darssanam.
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