Srimath ChinnAndavan Life History - Part III

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Let us all recite this mahan's thaniyan on His thirunakshatram day.

Sriman naatha muneendra yaamuna muni Srisamya mindraathmanahaSri Srivasa

muneendra dEsika maNE: praapthaaga maanthath dvayamSri rangEsha padhE

thadharpithaBHaram Sri paadukasevakaSri raamaanuja yoginam guruvaram vandhe

dayaasaagaram

This is the Continuation of Posting on Life History ofSrimath ChinnAndavan. This

is the Third Volume in theseries.

dAsan,vEnkatanAthan SreenivAsanSrimath Andavan Thiruvadi

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Taking up sanyAsa

When swami was in vELianallur observing his panca kala anushtAnams and leading a

very regimented life of a true srivaishnava paramAIkAnthi, Srimath PeriAndavan

due to His severe penance and austere life became very emaciated. For the

sampradaya to continue to flourish and grow, Srimath pEriAndavan wanted to

choose His successor and hence decided to conduct a test for the same. He

decided that whoever successfully qualified in his “pareekshA” would succeed

him as the next AchAryA of pEriAsramam. So He decided to do this to three of

His most qualified sishyAs who underwent kAlakshEpams under Him and were

explempary scholars in their own right.

SrinivAsarAghavan swami was one of those sishyAs, Srimath pEriAndavan wanted to

test. So He commanded one of his disciples to prepare 3 individual sets of

“ThirumaNN katti” wrapped in a banana leaf and asked him to hand it over to his

3 sishyAs. He also commanded his disciple to know their reaction and feedback

upon receiving the same and asked him to duly report back the proceedings.

Except SrinivAsarAghavan swami, the other two sishyAs received the material and

said to him that it was Srimath pEriAndavan’s blessings that they received it

and kept it as their treasure.

( To be Continued .......)

 

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