June 2015 - Anusham
THIS IS MY DETERMINATION
Govinda Bagavath Padhar welcomed Sankarar with the love of a mother. He gave initiation to Sankarar as per norm and thus placed the lamp which was in the pot, on top of the hill. In addition to getting the fruit of his own birth, he inaugurated the e e t of “a karar s irth realizi g its fruit.
The child Sankarar dressed Himself in saffron robe. Ragam means love, affe tio . A as eti is alled Viragi Vi—‘agi e ause he dis arded raga . The ord ‘aktha ----red----also origi ated fro raga ‘aktha i “a skrit
ea s affe tio ate, lo i g, pleasi g .
But a Viragi saint) wears a saffron robe! A sai t s lo e, i stead of ei g centered on himself, is centered around and in the world, is it not ? Sankarar had also got His tuft, which symbolizes arrogance, shaven. He also took up the Dha d i His ha d, as a i di atio that the i d, the spee h a d the body have been punished and brought under self control.
Govinda Pujya Padhar gave away the highest wealth that is Adhvaitam, to
“a karar. Utteri g these eautiful ords, You ha e o pe sated for ha i g poured out the poisonous flame through your one thousand faces, by showering the nectar—like ords ith our si gle fa e “a karar , prostrated efore him.
For so e ti e, He ser ed His Guru as a true dis iple ould. As Guru Ashtaka sa s E e if o e possesses all kinds of wealth, none of them will equal the pri ilege of o e ti g o e s soul ith the golde feet of Guru , “a karar served His Guru on the banks of Narmada with enthusiasm and devotion.
Sankarar had eulogized the hierarchy of Guru with so much of love mixed with humility. Significantly, He has sung all His prayers on Krishna, using the name
Go i da of His dire t Guru.
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Dha da uthapa i Lord Muruga / Karthik i Pazha i Hi self i “a karar. He
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When they looked at Him, they got a confidence as if they had caught hold of
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heart with his love and his teaching of the philosophy which is acceptable to
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he is carrying, suffocated Him. In addition to all these, he is holding four dogs
Chapter 9 of Jaya Jaya “a kara by “ri Naraya a Bala origi al i Ta il by “ri Ra.Ga apathy Wisdom which is witnessing everything without attachment----whether such a perso is a edi s holar or out aste, he is Guru; this is fir o i tio .
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Those rare perso s, ho surre der their i tellige e i the sea of Bliss, ---by
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The Pra a a Ma thra OM o tai s i it the ore sou ds of the Maha ak a sa red a thra “O HAM hi h e plai s the pri iple I a that Brah a .
As a symbol of that and the meaning of the fifth sloka, Sankarar established the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam and installed Himself there. These incidents come later in this story.
When we think about Sankarar, and the exalted position He occupied and also the time in which He walked this earth, and then imagine how He accepted the out aste as His Guru, o l the e a u dersta d His hu ilit , si pli it and the total absence of arrogance in Him.
Can anything other than this incident be practical example to the famous couplets from Thirukkural ?
1) To discern the truth in every thing, by whomsoever spoken, is wisdom 2) Self-control will place (a man) among the Gods;
3) The touch-stone of perfection is to receive a defeat even at the hands of one's inferiors.
Even today, we can see some great souls who occupy the sacred Peetams, leading a simple life.
TO BE CONTINUED IN CHAPTER 10 …………..
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