Thursday, January 23, 2014

Sri Kumaravaradacharya

Pithro brahmopadeshtre me guruve daivataayacha.
prapyaaya prapakayaasthu venkatesaaya mangalam.
May all auspiciousness attend on Sri Venkatesa who is not only my father, who performed the brahmopadesha to me taught the gayatri mantra and initiated me into the vedas and my guru, but is also my god, whom i should attain and serve and who is also the means to the goal.

Thus wrote Sri Kumaravardacharya. This only goes to prove what exemplary regard he had to his father Sri Vedanta desikar. He establishes his relationship with his father in six ways. first Father, Acharya, Guru, God, Goal and Means.
The above verse is from Vedanta desika mangalam.
The preceptor who teaches the three realities and the means to liberation is the highest of all preceptors for any one. unique father son combination. rare to see. The Great Vedanta Desikar was blessed indeed. He has the most no of articles and works that he has contributed to us.

to be continued.

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