SRI DHEERENDRA THEERTHARU - Phalguna Krishna Trayodashi ( Hosaritthi)

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SRI DHEERENDRA THEERTHARU

 

Shree Dheerendrathirthara PD (Hosaritthi)(Haveri

Taluk) - (1765-1785). 40th Pontiff of Sri Rayar Mutt

 

Hosaritti is on the banks of the rivar Varada, At the

entrance to the Town after the Bridge coming from

Savanur side. Of course, to reach this place we

have to go to the town and come to the banks of the

river. The entrance to the mutt is not attractive. One

has to walk on pebble stones to reach.

The Brindavan together with that of Sri Rayaru and Sri

Susheelendra theertha are installed in a serene and

calm place in a big hall where hundred Bhakthas could

sit and have darshan.Three archakas separately

perform pooja . On both sides of the three

Brindavanams, space is there to perform Namaskaaram.

 

Behind the Brindavan there is a hall (in a raised

platform) for Pravachana and will not hinder Bhakthas

performing PradakshiNa Namaskaaram. Whatever the

inconveniences be, by meditating in that place one

would find a sort of satisfaction in his life

 

PooRvashram Name was Jayaramacharya.

 

Comes after Sri Varadendra thirtharu- He has written

Vyakhyana to Purusha Sooktha, Sri Sooktha- Manyu

sooktha- AmbruNi sooktha and NarayaNa Upanishat.- Also

to GuruguNa Sthavana- His Mahimas are plenty in

number- gave ashram to Sri Bhuvanemdrathirtharu-

 

[Courtesy: Some valuable information on Amara

Dheerendra. Authors name Not known.]

 

Courtesy: from: tvs at jncasr.ac.in

[iGR]: AMARA DHIRENDRA!!

Thu, 6 Feb 2003 06:06:02 -0000

 

Jayaramacharya unknown to anyone, was at that time in

Kumbakonam Doing humble 'sevas' to the Moola

Brindavana of Sri Vijayeendra Theertha, without

any inkling of all the things that were going on at

Mantralaya!

 

Soon, Sri Guru Sri Dhirendra Teertha was the eight

pontiff in life after Sri Raghavendra Theertha to

ascend to the Parama Hamsa Peeta at Mantralaya.

 

He was the 'Purva Asharama' son of the great Vaadendra

Theertha and was known as Jayaramacharya.

Jayaramcharya was a great scholar well versed in

Veda-Sastraas and at the same time he was a very great

traveler and was always on the move visiting

far-off religious places .

 

The then reigning pontiff at Mantralaya, Sri

Varadendra Theertha had grown very old and was

anxiously looking out for a suitable successor to

ascend the 'Peeta' after his time and had decided to

anoint none other than Jayaramacharya for the Peeta!

 

But to his great dismay, Jayaramacharya was nowhere to

be found!The aging pontiff Varadendra Theertha sent

forth his messengers far and wide to search

for Jayaramacharya and bring him to Mantralaya , but

all the messengers came back empty handed and there

was no trace of Jayaramacharya anywhere.!!

 

Sri Varadendra Theertha full of anguish prayed to Sri

Raghavendra Theertha to help him out of his

predicament and to immediately trace out

Jayaramacharya.

 

Ragahavendra, heeding to the prayers of Sri Varadendra

Theertha, appeared in the dream of Jayaramacharya and

instructed him to immediately head for Mantralaya and

to accept 'sanyasa' from Sri Varadendra Theertha!!

 

As per Gururaya's command, Jayaramacharya arrived at

Mantralaya much to the joy and astonishment of

everyone, particularly Sri Varadendra Theertha!

Jayaramacharya was given 'sanyasa' by Varadendra

theertha and was ordained with the holy name of

Dhirendra theertha!

 

Sri Dhirendra Theertha ably carried forward all the

responsibilities of Sainthood and after a fruitful

period, ordained Sri Buvanendra Theertha as his next

successor and entered 'Brindavana' at Hosaratti!

 

After a lapse of about six years, Sri Dhirendra

theertha appeared in a 'dream' to a disciple at the

Sri Mutt at Mantralaya and instructed him to

immediately resurrect' him from his Brindavana and to

shift him to another spot , and thereby build a new

Brindavana once again.!! Everyone was dumb struck when

the disciple narrated this strange dream.!!

 

So accordingly it was decided to shift the Brindavana

of Sri Dhirendra Theertha to a new spot!

Huge crowds had gathered as the information about the

impending 'shifting'had spread every where! People

were highly enthusiastic at to what would happen.!!

This shifting of the Brindavana had never taken place

before! The 'dismantling' of the

Brindavana began in right earnest!

 

Lo and behold! Every one was stunned when they saw

the 'mortal remains' of Dhirendra Theertha which was

still exactly in the same condition as it was

when the first " Brindavana jodane " took place,

resplendent with namas' and mudras' with a still green

garland of 'tulasi', as fresh as it was when it

was first interned in the Brindavana six years

before!!

 

Slowly Direndra Theertha was lifted from inside the

Brindavana amidst the chanting of The Lord's name

which rent the air! and then 'shifted' to the

final Resting place at the very spot that Direndra

Theertha had himself 'shown' to

 

A disciple in his dreams! One thing that should be

noted here, is that when Dhirendra Theertha was

first placed in the 'Brindavana' he had already shed

his mortal coils, but still his body was found to be

very much intact inside the Brindavana!! This

is indeed a 'challenge' to modern day science!!

 

Such is the holiness' of Madhwa pontiffs' of the

Parama Hamsa Peeta!!, divine messengers of Sri Hari in

this Kaliyuga!!

 

Also, it is quite apt to remember that Sri Guru

Raghavendra Swamigalu had entered ' the Brindavana

LIVE and still continues to be 'present' inside

the Moola Brindavana at Mantralaya, meditating of

Sriman Narayana and continues to Bless the multitudes

of his devotees even to this day!!

 

Ondu Nooru Manujanige Raghavendra/

Mooru Nooru granthage Raghavendra/

Brindavanadalli Yeelu Nooru Raghavendra/

 

sudheendrachar.

Dhyana Sloka:

 

DharaNi mandale Khyatham

DhaiRyaadhi GuNa Brimhitham|

DhiKrithwaadheeBham

Dheera Simha Guru Bhaje ||

 

Dheerendr-Dheerendra, saaridha Bhakuthara-Neeraja

saandra- In Raga Poorvi set to adi Thal is a famous

song by Varada vitala.

 

 

Pranams

Krishnaraj

 

 

 

 

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