Srimath Kadandhethi Andavan Life history - I

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Sri

Srimathe Rangaramanuja Mahadesikaya Namaha

Srimathe Srinivasa Ramanuja Mahadesikaya Namaha

 

 

Sri Srinivasa Ramanuja Mahadesikan (Srimath Kadanthethi Andavan)

Thirunakshatram: Aavani-Moolam

 

Thanian

Srimath Srivasa yogi pravarasa kaaruNa paanghasanghaadha BHangaath

VEdhaantha dvandva vidhya madhu rasa laharich chanchari kaayamaaNaha

thEnaachaaryENa ranga prabhu charaNa yugE daththa rakshaa BharaSri:

Srimath Srivasa raamaavaraja muNimaNis santhatham srEyasEsyaath

 

Today (September 15, 2002), Aavani Moolam is the 173rd Thirunakshatram

of Srimath Kadandhethi Andavan. He was the 5th Andavan in the lineage

and was born in the year 1829. He entered thureeyAsramam in the year

1905 Aug. and lived till 1909. Here is the first part of a series of

articles on the life history and prabhAvam of Srimath Kadandhethi

Andavan.

 

Srimath KAdandhEthi Andavan's Life history and PrabhAvam - Part -1

 

Srimath KAdandhEthi Andavan was born in the Avani month of Virodhi

varusham (1809 A.D) in Moolam nakshatram in a village just south of

river KAveri called KAdandhEthi to Srimathi Janaki Ammal and Sri

RaghunAthAchar. Sri RaghunAthAchar was performing kainkaryam to Srimath

Thiruthuraipoondi Andavan, the second Andavan of Srimath Andavan

Ashramam. The child was named Sri Varada VedAnthAchAriAr. He was

initiated into Brahmacharyam with upanayanam at the prescribed age and

was taught vEdAs and upanishads. He learnt Tharka ShAstras in RajamannAr

Koil under the tutelage of Sri U.Ve. SamiyAchchAr swAmi.

 

In his young days itself Sri Varada VedAnthAchAriar, with sincere

devotion and strong vairAgyam meditated on the sacred Moola manthram,

AshtAkshara manthram and gAyathri manthram vigrorously and attained

manthra sidhdhi and power. Later he visited Mysore Asthanam and further

mastered in tharka shAstrAs from Mysore samasthAna vidwan named Aakki

Azhwan. During this period he also received Sri Hayagreeva

ManthrOpadEsam from Sri Parakala Jeeyar Swami and Sri Nrusimha

ManthrOpaDesam from Sri Ahobila Matam Azhagiyasingar. Thus he attained

various manthra sidhdhi and SathAvadAna shakthi at a very young age as a

bramhachAri. He mastered the four shAstras and also had poetic prowess

as an “Aasu Kavi”.

 

Sri Varada VedAnthAchAriar was married at the age of 35. Immediately

after his marriage, he started on a yathra and visited various

samasthAnams. When he visited Thiruvananthapuram Raja sadas, the DiwAn

of the sadas wanted to test his prowess. He took swAmi to Saraswathi

MahAl where swAmi instantly showed his satAvadAna shakthi and displayed

wonders. But a manthravAdi in the sadas using his mAnthric powers tried

to make our SwAmi speechless. Our swAmi who himself had special yogic

and mAnthric powers knew this and meditated on Sri SudarsanAshtakam. The

manthraVadi’s powers failed on himself and the mantravAdi started

bleeding from his mouth.

 

Later Sri Varada VedanthAchAriar visited Kochin samasthAnam. Even in

this sadas there were people who were jealous of his powers and the

recognition he was receiving from everyone. They were hiding on the way

to swami’s home with the intent of killing him. Swamy was reciting Sri

Hayagreeva Sthothram on his way as usual. Suddenly there was someone in

royal attire appearing on a horse near swAmi. They dropped all their

weapons and ran away from the scene. In another incident during this

time, while swAmi was continuing his yathra through forests near

KaLLikkOttai, he stayed in a choultry. Some thieves came to the choultry

learning of this new yAthri’s stay there. Through his special mAnthric

powers, swami learnt this. He did not worry and just meditated on Sri

Hayagreevan and Sri Sudarshana. As the thieves tried to enter the

choultry, they noticed a ferocious snake near the entrance coming after

them. The thieves ran away for their lives. Later swami went to many

divya-desams and reached Nagapattinam..

 

 

(to be continued)

 

Srimath Andavan Thiruvadi,

Shyamsundar Sreenivasan