Sadasiva Brahmendra Stutih

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Dear Sunder-ji,

 

Namaste.

 

Hearing the name of great avadhuta Shri Sadasiva, my joy knew no bounds.

Infact, his works like Siva Manasa Puja Stotram, Atmavidya Vilasam &

Dakshinamurthy Dhyana are the three hymns which is a part of my daily parayana.

 

Sadasiva Brahmendra Saraswathi, who needs no introduction to the followers of

Advaita School, was a great poet, writer, philosopher, mystic, Mauna Yogi and

Jnani and stands as the greatest embodiment of Self-Realization. His life is a

great beacon light to the Sadhakas and Sadhus of the present day. He was not

only a great devotee but also a great Siddha Purusa and Avadhuta. The life of

this great sage is still a mystery to most of the scholar who lived in our holy

land just two centuries ago.

 

He was really a personification of the highest religion, subtlest philosophy and

profoundest mysticism. Of his minor poetical works, the Kirtanas, the

Atmavidya-Vilasa and the Sivayoga-Pradipika are very popular. His commentaries

on the Yoga aphorisms of Patanjali and the Brahma-Sutras of Sage Vyasa stand

supreme in that line.

His style in Sanskrit prose and poetry is almost similar to the inimitable style

of Sri Sankaracharya. It is told that Sri Sadasiva lived for over two hundred

years in our land and performed many miracles. Sri Sadasiva Brahmendra was the

title conferred upon this great soul by his spiritual Guru, Sri Paramasiva

Brahmendra Saraswathi, the acharya of Kamakoti Pita.

 

In Trilinga desa, there lived a family belonging to Srivatsa Gotra bearing the

surname `Moksainti.' In the Srivatsa-Gotra and in the Moksainti of a Vellanada

family Sri Somasundara Avadhani was born somewhere at the close of the sixteenth

century. His father was an Astavadhani, one who can grasp eight different things

at the same time. Somasundara Avadhani was a great Vedic scholar and also a deep

student of the Sastras. Our hero was born to Sri Somasundara Avadhani and was

named Sivaramakrishna. He was also nick named Picchukuppa by local people.

 

Some of his works are:

 

Brahmasutra Vyakhya – Tattvaprakisa, Siddhantakalpavalli , Kesaravalli

(commentary of Siddhantakalpavalli ), Manisha Panchaka Vyakhya (tatparya

dipika), Patanjali Yoga Sutra Vyakhya (Yogasudhakara), Dwadasa Upanishad Vyakhya

– Dipika, Atma-Anatma Viveka Samgraha, Paramahamsa Charya, Bodharya Prakarana,

Sarva Vedanta Sara Samgraha, Suta Samhita Samgraha, Ratna Didhiti.

 

Apart from these there are also other minor works:

Navamanimala, Atmaanusandhanam, Svapnoditam, Svaanubhuti Prakasika,

Dakshinamurthy Dhyanam, Mano Niyamam, Navavarna Ratnamala, Atmavidya Vilasam,

Siva Manasa Puja, Advaita Taravali, Punyasloka Manjari, Guruparampara Nama Mala.

 

It needs a special mention that the acharyas of Sringeri held Sri Sadasiva

Brahendra in high esteem and his works specially Atma Vidya Vilasam. Sri

Sadasiva was the hero of Sringeri Acharyas. The brahmaanubhava which Sri

Sadasiva attained was the motto and aim

of Sringeri acharyas and they were the testimony.

 

Apart from these philosophical works, he composed several wonderful

soul-stirring kirtanas for Rama, Krishna, River Ganga. One needs to introduction

to the songs " manasa sanchara re " ,

" pibare rama rasam " , " tunga tarange gange " , " khelati pindande " etc. which were

the composition of Sri Sadasiva Brahmendra Saraswati.

 

This is a short poem composed by Sivabhinava Sachchidananda Nrsimha Bharati

Swamigal of Sringeri Sankara-Mutt. Sri Nrisimsha Bharati swamigal visited Nerur,

where exists the Samadhi of Sri Sadasiva Brahmendra and stayed for 3 days. His

intension was to have the glimpse of Sri Sadasiva in his physical body who by

then took Samadhi. For almost 2 days, Sri Nrisimha Bharati Swamigal was in

deep Samadhi abstaining from bhiksha and water. On the third day, Sri Sadasiva

Brahmendra Saraswathi gave darshan in his physical body to Sri Nrisimha Bharati

Swamigal. Out of ecstasy, this poem gushed forth from Sri Swamigal.

 

Paratattva leena manase

Prnamadbhava bandha mochanaayaashu

Prakatitha paratattvaaya

Prnatim kurmah sadasivendraaya

 

Paramasivendrakaraa mbuja

Sambhutaaya pranamravaradaaya

Padadhutapankajaaya

Prnatim kurmah sadasivendraaya

 

Vijananadeekunjagru he

Manjulpulinaika manjutaratalpe

Sayanam kurvaanaaya

Prnatim kurmah sadasivendraaya

 

Kaamaahidvijapathay e

Samadamamukha divyaratna vaaridhiye

Samanaaya mohavithateh

Prnatim kurmah sadasivendraaya

 

Very few people following the vedic rites following nitya karmaanushtana, have

attained this state of Avadhuta. Though there are certain people in the state of

Avadhuta, they either walked through the path of Jnana (Ramana Maharishi) or

Yoga. But following the ideals of Veda, adhering to strict rituals of Karma

Kanda of Veda, then achieving the avadhutahood is a rare phenomenon which we see

in Sri Sadasiva Brahmendra Saraswathi and Sri Seshadri Swamigal of

Tiruvannamalai. To this category fall also HH Chandrasekhara Bharati Swamigal

and Sri Nrisimha Bharati Swamigal of Sringeri

 

 

With regards

Sriram

 

 

advaitin , " sunderh " <sunderh wrote:

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> advaitin , " babi " <sriram_sapthasathi@> wrote:

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> > The vyavahira nama was Shri Madhava Yogi (as told to me by my gurunatha).

BTW, Sivaramakrishna was the vyavaharika nama of Shri Sadasiva brahmendra.

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> Namaste,

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> Some information about Sadashiva Brahmendra at:

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http://ssubbanna.sulekha.com/blog/post/2007/08/sadashiva-brahmendra-the-avadhuta\

..htm

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> Regards,

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> Sunder

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