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कृஷ்ண G शेषाத்ri

@hormndoc

3 Jun

The Sringeri AcArya sri abhinava vidyAtiurtha was on a Vijaya yAtra. The village of madanandapuram was hopeful. The last time a Sringeri AcArya had visited was 50 years ago. Representatives from the village went several times and requested the AcArya. They were told it will

happen. Also in that village a yati who in his pUrvASrama was the teacher of the AcArya Sri Bashyam Swamigal. The AcArya came. He was received with pUrNa kumbha veda ghoSa and carried golden palanquin. It was summer and not a cloud in the sky. As they neared the tirtha vinAyaga

temple it poured. The palanquin was set down and the AcArya was escorted inside Sri bASyam swAmigaLs Ashrama. To the bewildered BS who was standing there with a pUrNa kumbha the sringeri jagadguru said Lets go inside. There he removed the crown and paraphernalia adorning him and

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कृஷ்ண G शेषाத்ri

@hormndoc

23 May

I m always intrigued with the word happiness. Happiness is used in pop psychology as an easily achievable state of mind. Is it? Do we confuse a transient sense of pleasure that comes when we gain something wordly with something more permanent that comes from discipline and effort

Interestingly the english happiness and other European words etymologically mean luck! Again the link to material gain. Tamizh has two equivalent words மகிழ்ச்சி of the rajnikAnth fame which again sounds transient and உவகை which seems to be closer to bliss. The other ancient

language संस्कृतम् has a close word सुखं। the Vedic use seems to be pleasure. The Mahabharata which personifies these traits calls it the offspring of dharma and siddhi. Clearly happiness as our morning messages tell us is a transient joy (from the Latin gaudere). Bliss a

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कृஷ்ண G शेषाத்ri

@hormndoc

23 May

In the evening Sri Chandrasekara Bharati would go to the kAlabhairava temple. There vidyArthis would participate in an andhAdi Sloka recital (an antAkSari with Slokas). One evening during his turn to start with la said the following:
लोको नापुत्रस्यातीति शृत्या त्वभाषि लोका।

मुक्ति संसरणं वा तद्नय लोकोऽथवा नाद्य॥
from the prabodha sudhakara. He then quoted the next couple of verses and asked for their meaning.
What is the meaning of the Sruti vAkya when it says nA putrasya lokosti? Will a person who does not have a son not achieve any world? What

world does world imply? If it is mukti is the world spoken of - will those who have children all attain mukti? Will this not be against the concept of samsAra? In the maitreya brAhmaNa there is testimony that mukti referred to as a amrutatvam and states that आत्मावा वा अरे

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कृஷ்ண G शेषाத்ri

@hormndoc

22 May

A sense of literature and history is so important for a poet. Kannadasan is the epitome. There are many instances where he would take a line or two from kamba rAmAyaNam expand and flaunt and searching for the origin of that usage is a great past time because he would introduce

You to the classics. But this one stumped me for long. This is from a movie called savAle samALi. Walk these words. In the movie Shivaji sings this after his newly wed tells him not to touch.
புதியதல்லவே தீண்டாமை என்பது
புதுமை அல்லவே அதை நீயும் சொன்னது
Untouchability is not and

..new it's not novel that you said it
(This is when the genius of the poet comes in..)
சொன்ன வார்த்தையும் இரவல் தான் அது
The words that you used are also borrowed
(And wait for this)
திரு நீலகண்டரின் மனைவி சொன்னது
These were said by Thiru neelakantars wife.
I have either just

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कृஷ்ண G शेषाத்ri

@hormndoc

17 May

Around 1931 there was a big drought in Mysore and Madras province. The penance of Sri Chandrasekara Bharati and the koti gAyatri japa along with various prayers in temples including atirudrAs resulted in rains and the end of drought. Recognising the AcAryas tapa as the prime 1/n

many persons thronged to Sringeri to seek the Acharya's blessings. One of them was Sri Satyamurthy. The Acharya had him seated and appreciated him for his contribution to the freedom struggle
SS: by involving in the Congress I am not able to do my swakarma properly
SCB पश्चातापेन

शुद्ध्यति if you regret at not being able to do it then that itself becomes a parihAra for the doSas.
SS Like Mysore there was no rain in Madras. Only from last week there has been rains and from this we may get prosperity
SCB since all of you have done your swakarma to the 4/

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कृஷ்ண G शेषाத்ri

@hormndoc

15 May

For some years Sri Chandrasekara Bharathi would become antharmukha for periods of time. During this he would be in a self absorbed state not responding the external environment. Sometimes he would say odd words or Slokas which his attendants would note and keep. One day the 1/n

the acharya called the head of a vedapAtaSala and instructed that they vidyArthis should do sahasra gAyatri from that day till he tells them to complete and that this should be done in front of SharadAmbal herself. He added that this will need not only benefits to the atma but

also to the world. He instructed that a total count of the gAyatri be made. After this the Acharya became antarmukha. Some days letter some officials from mysore came to see him unannounced. The administrator was hesitant to let them see the Acarya while he was in this state

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