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From: Venkat Sreenivasan <vsreeniv@xxxx>
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Date: 06 September, 2002 4:52 AM
Subject: [SriRangaSri] Srimath Thembarai Andavan Vaibhavam - Part III


>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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