Srimath Thirukkudanthai Andavan Life History - Part 4

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SrImathE ranga rAmAnuja mahA dEsikAya namaha

SrI ranganAtha Divya maNi pAdhukAbhyAm namaha

 

Dear Bhagavathas,

 

This is the Continuation of Posting on Life History of

Srimath Thirukkudanthai Andavan. This is the fourth

Volume in the series.

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SwAmi’s lowkikA skills

 

Even though swAmi very much lived a life of a parama

vaidhikA, swAmi had great skills in lowkikA as well.

Since the time swAmi started rendering upanyAsams, He

would never attend others’ upanyAsams. Wherever swAmi

had to go for rendering upanyAsams, He would see to it

that he will be there just in time. He would never go

early and wait for people to come. He would always go

to these places by car. The other great aspect of

swAmi’s quality is that he would never disperse His

radiant brilliance in front of disparaging people. A

lot of crowd used to throng swAmi’s upanyAsams.

SwAmi’s thiruppAvai upanyAsams in particular had wide

following equally amongst men and women folks. SwAmi

received invitations to render upanyAsams in various

sabhAs and He generously obliged to quench the

spiritual thirst of Asthika prapannAs by having

upanyAsams in all the places where He was called.

 

Without fail, swAmi’s upanyAsam would happen everyday

in the morning at Basullah road samAj. On Sunday

evenings( from 4 pm onwards), swAmi used to give

lectures in sabhAs located in Mowbrays road and

Ambatthur. For travel convenience, swAmi procured a

car. Comforts grew as the time passed by.

 

With the help of Kumkumam VaradAchAr swAmi, swAmi

bought a house (located in Baroda street) and

performed gruha pravEsam. In 1950, swAmi’s whole

family relocated from Thirukkudanthai to chennai.

 

SwAmi’s rahasya thraya sAram lectures used to be held

regularly at Egmore sAkEtha

nilayam,ChindhadhirippEttai,lakshmipuram either

everyday or on Sundays. In between, swAmi used to

regularly visit Srirangam and perform kainkaryam at

the periAsramam.

 

Whenever swAmi went out of town (away from chennai),

He would always adhere to His austere nithyAnushtAnams

and wherever He travelled across length and breadth of

the country, He spread our vishishtAdvaita siddhantA

and earned a lot of goodwill and wide followers of our

faith. During those times, ‘Veecumsee” Sri.

P.V.RajagopAlAchAr swAmi was immensely helpful to His

family and took care of them to great extent.

 

As a parent, SwAmi performed his duties very well by

giving good education to his children and led his

gruhAstAsrama in a blessed manner. SwAmi bought a new

house in Unnamalai Amman street ( in kOdambAkkam). But

swAmi got so much attached to his house in Baroda

street that it became very diffucult for Him to make

up his mind and move to His new house as swAmi always

used to say that yamA wouldn’t dare to enter his

house.

 

His Acharya Bhakti which was so deep rooted in his

heart prompted him to visit Srirangam several times to

seek the blessings of Srimath Thembarai Andavan.

Srimath Thembarai Andavan seeing his Acharya bhakthi

not only ordained him to look after the administration

affairs of the Asramam ( by appointing him as Sri

kAryam of the Asramam) but also commanded Him to stay

permanently in Srirangam. Kannan swAmi organized the

160th mahOstavam of Srimath periAndavan in a grand

manner and carried out holy orders of Srimath

Thembarai Andavan as per His wishes. Sri. Chitrakootam

VijayarAghavAchAriar swAmi was with swAmi and helped

him a lot in performing his responsibilities.

 

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(To be continued....)

 

Srimath Andavan Thiruvadi,

dAsan,

venkat Sreenivasan

 

 

 

 

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