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Sri Sacchidananda Shivabhinava #Narasimha Bharathi #Mahaswamiji the 33rd #Sringeri #Jagadguru

"There was no branch of knowledge which Sri Jagadguru did not know and that too Sastraically."

HH was grand in simplicity.People would give anything and

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everything to get HH’s blessings. All comforts that love or money could secure were at HH’s beck and call. Still HH was perfectly indifferent to them. HH never cared for them. Not only did HH not care for them, but HH actually did not know the value of them as it is

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understood by us. HH did not know the difference between one Rupee and one lakh of Rupees. HH considered both as valuable as the mud HH was treading on. HH would very often lie down on the bare ground and as often wander in lonely forests and derive therefrom

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immense pleasure. HH would scorn all riches. HH would scorn all paraphernalia But HH was tied down by the command of his Guru to a Peetha which, ever since assuming the reins, had immense riches and large paraphernalia. HH felt himself bound thereby. HH yearned to be free.

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HH would use golden vessels for the Mutt Puja but for his own use HH would have simple wooden vessels. HH could not understand why people led evil ways & would shudder to hear of the world's wickedness. HH would talk words of wisdom as freely to the prince as to the peasant.

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HH was never reserved. HH would listen patiently and advice freely without fear or favour. HH was the most easily accessible of all. Thousands of people visited him daily and prayed for the relief of their wants. HH had a kind word to say to each after attentively listening

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to his or her tale of woe and then give them some Prasada which would cure their malady either physical or mental. HH would actually shed tears when HH found people suffering and would pray to God to relieve their suffering. Such was his simplicity that every disciple felt

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that HH possessed a tower of strength in a Guru who could be approached at all times on even the slightest pretext of distress. source ahambrahmaasmi.org

HH was mighty in learning & voracious in reading. A sharp intellect, a retentive memory and a keen zest went to

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mark him as the most distinguished scholar of his day. Leisure moments would never go in vain. HH would always either read something or repeat something. His learning was not only deep but also many-sided. HH could break a lance with any adversary in any of the Sastras.

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There was no branch of knowledge which HH did not know and that Sastraically. HH was Mantra Sastra personified. Mantras were at his finger's ends. HH knew Nadi Sastra - a Sastra quite unknown now a days perfectly well. HH was equally learned in Vaidya Sastra. HH knew very

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well the medicinal value of all kinds of herbs. In Tarka and Vedanta, nobody could even understand the arguments put forth by him without much labour and thought.

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With all his learning HH was perfectly simple in expositions. The highest truths HH would expound to a rank novice in language easily understandable by him. -SriTKBalasubrahmanyam

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