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 ===================================================== 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). ======================================================= (To be Continued....) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com
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