By T.S.V.Krishnan, Coimbatore
Shri Tamraparni D.V. Subbachar was born in 1907 to Shri Venkatanarismhachar and Smty. Saraswathi.
Shri Subbachar lost both his parents at a very young age when he was just one year old. He was brought up by his aunt Smty.Kitti Amma. He was extremely brilliant from a very early age and studied his school/college in scholarship. He joined as an apprentice with his maternal uncle’s son Shri. C.P.Hariachar, Coimbatore and successfully completed in CA examination. He was the first qualified Chartered Accountant of Coimbatore and is photo can be still found in ICAI, Coimbatore branch. He was a very successful auditor. His clientele included Lakshmi Mills, LMW, Central studios etc. He also holds the credit of being the auditor of Late Mr. Shanmugam Chettiar, the first finance minister of India.
Apart from his loukika career, Shri Subbachar was an outstanding scholar in Dwaita philosophy. He was called a “Simha Swapna” by his presence in any Vidwat Sabha. He has attended sabhas of Sri 1008 Shri Sathyadhyana Sripadaru of Uttaradi Mutt and also has learned pAtha from His Holiness Shri Vidyamanyatheertha of Bandarekere Mutt. Shri Subbachar had the most unique feature of writing our shastra in simple language so that anyone can understand it. He has published books in Sanskrit and there are other krodapatras which are unpublished yet.
He had the full blessings of his Guru Shri Shri 1008 Shri Madhwanatha Sripadaru who was the Praatasmaraniyaru for him. Shri Madhwanatha Sripadaru’s brindavana is at Srirangam. His Guru also happens to be Shri Subbachar’s maternal grandfather. Shri Subbachar was very poor when he was born and went through extreme difficult times during his younger days. With his Guru’s blessings and apAra bhakthi in Hari Vayu gurugalu , he not only was successful in becoming a leading auditor and profound scholar, but also earned the goodwill and reputation from all the leading corporate as the most powerful auditor. Not only that, He is still respected in the Madhwa Community and will be remembered ever for his contribution to the Dwaita philosophy and Madhwa society. Even though, he was active in audit practice, he was yet orthodox and following all the upavaasa and anushthaanas.
Shri Subbachar got married to Smty.Kaveri and was blessed with four sons. The couple was famous for their policy – “Simple Living and High Thinking”. With their well planned life, they brought up successfully all the four sons. They also continued during Aradhana to their Guru at Srirangam. Shri Subbachar performed Aradhana for 60 years without any break. Aradhana is performed by reciting all the 16 sargas of Sumadhvijaya everyday for 3 days and having discussion in various topics by inviting scholars from everywhere. Even at his old age he used to get up at 4 am and start reading dwaita shastras. After his schedule of reading , every day he would invite his Madhwa neighbors and Achars for pAtha and discussion in various topics like Pramana Paddathi, Sriman Nyaya Sudha and many more.
I still remember how he used to teach Sanskrit and granthas like Manimanjari, Sumadhvijaya and Vayustuti for the kids in the family at a very early age. We always wondered how he could sit down on the floor without even any support for his back in his 70s and 80s .
Shri Subbachar wrote books even in his late 80s, untill he breathed his last at age of 86. He did lot of charity work . Though he earned a lot of wealth, his simplicity of clothes and way of living was astonishing. He never wore anything more than a Dhoti, Shalya, and sometimes a white long cotton shirt.
His Bhakthi for Hari Vayu Gurugalu , the way he used to do VAADA with the advaita scholars and his Sanskrit proficiency was mesmerising to see. Though he's not there any more with us, he lives in his books and manuscripts which will help the generations to come .
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