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This is the third posting on the vaibhavam of Srimath
Thembarai Andavan - Ranganatha Maha Desikan. More
postings to follow after this.

Srimath Andavan Thiruvadi
dAsan
Venkat Sreenivasan

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Guna seelA 

>From his younger days, swAmi was a puritan filled with
all satva gunAs without a tinge of rajas and tamO
gunAs. People used to wonder if they could find such a
nice person with all the nicest qualities one could
only imagine. Simplicity, honesty, purity, veracity,
courage, equality, renunciation, lucid and profound
sampradayic knowledge were hallmarks of swAmi?s gunAs.
One could see simplicity all the way in the clothes he
wore, the food he ate or the lifestyle he led. SwAmi
was such a down-to-earth person who won the respect of
many of his admirers. SwAmi was a very soft-spoken
person. He would never say harsh words that would hurt
others? feelings. Even when there was a difference of
opinion, he would speak to others in a soft tone and
would finally convince them into his side. He would
never indulge in unnecessary company just to while
away time, rather spending his time on fruitful
sathvishayavichAram, kAlakshEpams. 

SwAmi had no desire to save money for his family. The
amazing virakthi swAmi possessed is attributed to his
deep rooted profound knowledge of our siddhAnta and
total belief in it.Even during the sadas when
sambhavana was offered to vidwAns, swAmi would do his
best to avoid taking up sanmAnam. 

SanyAsa sweekAram

Swami was doing kainkaryam to Srimath Akkur Andavan,
continuing to undertake kAlakshEpams under His
Holiness. Srimath Andavan was immensely pleased with
our swAmi?s GnAna, vairAghyA and AnushtAnams and felt
that our swami was the right person to be adorned as
?sampradAya pravarthakA? of periAsramam after His
time.


But swami felt that he is not a fit person to take up
the AchArya peetam and hence told the same to His
Holiness. Some also felt our swAmi?s extreme and
rigorous vairAghyA would impede the growth of Asramam
as they thought that the one who has the right balance
of ?Lowkika sAmarthyam? also, would be able to run
the day-to-day administration of Asramam efficiently.

But Srimath Andavan thought otherwise and felt that
swami was the right person to take up the sanyAsam
after him and was very confident our swami would carry
Asramam?s growth to heights of glory. Accordingly HH
did upadEsam on prapatti proyOgA and prEsha manthram
to our swami.

In the meantime, swAmi?s dharma patni attained
AchAryan thiruvadi in the year 1946. Srimath Akkur
Andavan was also becoming weak because of age. HH was
more than convinced that our swami would come to Him
one day to take up sanyAsam. Swami after long thoughts
decided to take up sanyAsam and hence went to Srimath
Andavan and prayed to HH and sought his blessings for
the sanyAsam. Srimath Andavan was extremely pleased by
swAmi?s decision and ordained His sishyAs to make
arrangements for the Holy ceremony.

In the year viya in the month of Aippasi on the 21st
day i.e. on 6-10-1946 in the presence of several
Andavan Thiruvadis, Srimath Akkur Andavan gave the
holy sanyAsam to Sri. U.Ve. Brahmaniddhi Thembarai
VenkatarAghavAchAriar swami. He was given the title as
?Sri RanganAtha mahA dEsikan? and was fondly called as
Thembarai Andavan. Srimath Akkur Andavan lived for 5
more months after that and adorned ThirunAdu on
19-3-1947 on a krishna paksha dwAdasi day ( in the
month of Panguni, viya year).

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(To be Continued....)


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