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FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => • Saptadasachame is 17 + 64 = 81 and the mathematical root is 9. The other factors are as following: • Navadasachame – 19 + 81 = 100 its root is 10 • Ekavingsatischame – 21 + 100 = 121 its root is 11 • Trayvingsatischame – 23 + 121 = 144 its root is 12 |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => • Panchavingsatischame – 25 + 144 = 169 its root is 13 • Saptavingsatischame – 27 + 169 = 196 its root is 14 1 A friend of Krishna from childhood who lived very contented; the meaning of the word is ‘one who is hardly closed’ |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => 2 Verses from ‘Rudrādhya’ invoking the blessing of Rudra for grant of various desires 2. Srī Siddhendra Yogi and the Story of Vichitrapuram 43 • Navavingsatischame – 29 + 196 = 225 its root is 15 • Ekatriyamsatischame – 31 + 225 = 256 its root is 16” |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => The above details are shown in the following way for better understanding: Ekachame 01 + 000 = 001 its root is 01 Trisrachame 03 + 001 = 004 its root is 02 Panchachame 05 + 004 = 009 its root is 03 Saptachame 07 + 009 = 016 its root is 04 |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => Navachame 09 + 016 = 025 its root is 05 Ekadasachame 11 + 025 = 036 its root is 06 Trayodasachame 13 + 036 = 049 its root is 07 Panchadasachame 15 + 049 = 064 its root is 08 Saptadasachame 17 + 064 = 081 its root is 09 |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => Navadasachame 19 + 081 = 100 its root is 10 Ekavingsatischame 21 + 100 = 121 its root is 11 Trayovingsatischame 23 + 121 = 144 its root is 12 Panchavingsatischame 25 + 144 = 169 its root is 13 Saptavingsatischame 27 + 169 = 196 its root is 14 |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => Navavingsatischame 29 + 196 = 225 its root is 15 Ekatriyamsatischame 31 + 225 = 256 its root is 16 I explained in the foregoing manner the mathematical mysteries enshrined |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => in the Vedic mantras of Rudra Chamaka1. My explanation was highly appreciated by the scholars of the court. I was amazed at my own explanation. Again, I added, “All this is about the mystery of atoms responsible |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => for Creation. This was known to Sage Kānāda. Various metals form according to the different arrangement of the number of atoms.” On account of the great mercy of Srīpāda Srīvallabha I came out of the Vichitrapuram in a strange way in the above manners. |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => 1 Modern concepts of arithmetical progression, geometric progression and other scientific formulae are to be found in the Vedic texts 44 Sripada Srivallabha Charitamrutam Victory unto Srī Srīpāda Srīvallabha! Srīpāda Rājam Saranam Prapadye |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => 3. Encounter with Palaniswami — Visit to Kuruvapuram 45 Chapter 3 Encounter with Palaniswami — Visit to Kuruvapuram The efficacy of constant meditation about Srīpāda Srīvallabha I resumed my travel from Vichitrapuram only due to the mercy of Srīpāda |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => Srīvallabha. My mind was eager to visit Parameswara1 in Chidambaram. My travel continued for three days in a happy way. I was getting food without asking for it. On the fourth day, I stood at the threshold of a Brahmin’s |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => house and begged for food. A ferocious housewife came out of the house and yelled that there was no food. I waited for some time outside the house. The householder came out and said, “I am not fortunate enough to |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => extend hospitality to guests and visitors. My wife is a great shrew. When she gets angry she breaks earthen pots on my head. In this matter, my wife and the wife of my guru stand on an equal footing. However, there is one |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => difference. My wife demands from me the cost of pots broken, but the wife of my guru does not harass him in that manner. Just now some pots were broken on my head. There is no dearth of food and water in our house, but |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => I must compulsorily reimburse the cost of broken pots immediately. This is very troublesome to me. If I could get some money distributed during religious functions as sambhāvana2, today there would be no trouble. If it is |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => not possible then I must borrow the money from someone. I can only repay the loan whenever I get money through sambhāvanas. Out of the money received by way of sambhāvanas, I use a portion of it for the repayment of |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => debts and the rest is handed over to her. This system continued for some time. However, in the recent times, she is taking away all the amount of sambhāvanas. Therefore, I am not able to repay the loans. People who |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => know my position are no longer coming forward to offer me any loan. They are asking me, ‘How will you repay the loans? Are you thinking that you can repay the debts when you receive money through sambhāvanas?’ That way 1 The highest God |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => 2 Monetary compensation, fee 46 Sripada Srivallabha Charitamrutam is also closed now. As I am rich, no one is giving any donation. Moreover, |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => they are ridiculing me. I must now pay the cost of broken pots. After scolding you sharply, my wife called me inside the house and said, ‘There is a pilgrim in the street. You go along with him and bring a donation received |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => at any place. Then only you will receive food in the house.’” Then that henpecked husband told me that he would come along with me. He said that he knew very well all the houses of the Brahmins in the village and |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => that they might get meals as well as money as dakshina1. I was taken aback. I thought “Srīpadā! Srīvallabhā! What is this horrible test?” I went to each and every house in that village of Brahmins along with that Brahmin. |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => No one offered any meals, not to speak of offering any financial help. Then that Brahmin who accompanied me lamented, “Till now I am only unlucky. |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => As you joined with me, your fortune was also lost and you also became unlucky.” Then I told him “Srī Dattatreya is the omnipotent Lord who provides food to all creatures! He dwells in Kuruvapuram in this Kali Yuga2 |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => assuming the name and form of Srīpāda Srīvallabha. I am going there to see Him. Let us sit at the foot of that audumbara tree chanting His name. Let us leave it to the mercy of Srī Datta.” The Brahmin agreed to that. Hunger was scorching in the stomach. We |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => were chanting the name of Srīpāda Srīvallabha in a feeble voice. While we were continuing the chant of the name of Srīpāda, servitors of the king of Vichitrapuram approached us and submitted, “Sirs, the yuvarāja3 |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => is now able to speak. His muteness was removed. The king ordered us to immediately bring you. Therefore, you please come along with us.” I could not disclose our miserable plight to those royal servants. I told |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => them that I could not come alone and that they should take my companion also along with me. The servants of the king agreed to that. They took us with all respect seated on the backs of horses. Seeing this, the |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => residents of the agrahāram4 were utterly amazed. The king said, “Mahātmā, even after knowing that you are a great scholar, I sent you with empty hands without honouring you. After you left, |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => the prince fell unconscious. We did a number of services to him. After a 1 Monetary offering 2 Dark age 3 Dauphin, crown prince 4 Village inhabited mainly by Brahmins 3. Encounter with Palaniswami — Visit to Kuruvapuram 47 |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => long time, he opened his eyes and began uttering ‘Srīpāda Srīvallabha Digambarā! Srī Dattadeva Digambarā!’ The prince disclosed that a very tall, extremely handsome yogi of sixteen years appeared and placed holy ash in |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => his mouth. Who is that yogi? Where is his residence? What is the relationship between Lord Srī Datta and that yogi? Kindly tell us.” I submitted with humility, “In what way can I describe the glory of |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => Srīpāda Srīvallabha? He is actually an incarnation of Lord Datta. His form of incarnation is very extraordinary as that of the incarnation of Srī Krishna. What I heard about Him is only very little. I am travelling to Kuruvapuram |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => to have His dārshan. I am visiting sacred places and holy men on the way.” The learned people of Vichitrapuram wondered at this strange happening. They praised Srīpāda Srīvallabha in various ways because the king now |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => got his good nature back, they were rid of the troubles, and that their yuvarāja’s mutism was cured on account of their austerities for forty days. The king honoured me with a donation of gold. The king’s preceptor |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => said, “Sir, wisdom dawned on me after so many days. I realised that Shaivaites by abusing Vishnu and Vaishnavites by abusing Shiva are only amassing sin and that no purpose is served. As a result of our abusing of God, |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => we experienced all troubles. With or without knowing, we observed austerities for forty days for propitiating Lord Datta, thanks to the advice of Mādhavā Nambūdri. We are very indebted to you.” |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => When we took leave of them, Mādhavā Nambūdri also expressed his resolve to come along with us. We agreed. We three returned to the village of my Brahmin friend. We distributed the gold given to us by the king to the |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => Brahmins of that agrahāram. After receiving gold, my friend’s termagant wife offered us food. Afterwards, she became a devotee of Srīpāda Srīvallabha. She turned docile, leaving her previous termagant temperament. |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => Mādhavā Nambūdri and I travelled towards Chidambaram. Sage Agastya appointed Parabrahma Sastry, a resident of Ryali village situated in the Godavari region, for the priesthood of Dharma Sāsta Ayyappa Deva1. In the |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => course of time, Vedic scholars from the village Nambūru of Gartapuri2 were invited by the royal families ruling Malayala Desa3. Many Brahmins 1 Ayyappa is Dharma Sāsta, born out of the union of Shiva and the female Mohini form of Vishnu 2 Today: Guntur |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => 3 Modern Kerala 48 Sripada Srivallabha Charitamrutam left Nambūru and propagated Vedic knowledge in Malayala Desa. These people are called Nambūdri Brahmins. The ancestors of Ādi Shankara1 also |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => belonged to Nambūru. Nambūdri Brahmins are famous for their religious observances and traditions, discipline and devotion, proficiency in mantra, tantra and yantra practices, but Mādhavā Nambūdri was an unlettered |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => one. He was eking out his livelihood working as a cook in the houses of some Brahmins. He lost his parents in childhood. Close relatives did not |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => help him. He had an unshakable devotion towards Lord Datta. After hearing about the incarnation of Srīpāda Srīvallabha, he was eager to visit Him as soon as possible. |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => We heard that there were some great siddhas near Chidambaram. We visited Srī Palaniswami, an old hermit leading a solitary life in the hills. When we arrived at the entrance of the cave of Srī Palaniswami, he saw us and greeted |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => us, “Both Mādhavā and Shankar are coming together? What a fortune!” We realised that he was a great siddhā who could call us by our names even without any acquaintance. Merciful Srī Swamī said, “My sons, it is time to cast off |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => this body and enter into a youthful body in accordance with the command of Srīpāda Srīvallabha. The age of this body is 300 years. It is the order of Srīpāda that I should leave this body and live for another 300 years in a new |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => body. Even the liberated ones during life, and those who crossed the circle of birth-death order of Creation, should return when Srīpāda orders them to |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => come back! The great resolve that administers the entire Creation has incarnated in the form of Srīpāda Srīvallabha. His descent will always take place in the subtle worlds of higher regions. To come in human form is rather rare. |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => His is a comprehensive yogic incarnation. Incarnations emerging from a fraction of His infinite powers always take place on this earth to protect devotees. My son Shankara, you have mentioned about Sage Kānāda and his theory |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => of atoms in Vichitrapuram. Please explain in detail.” The theory of atoms propounded by Sage Kānāda I said, “Swamī, please excuse me. I know very little about Sage Kānāda and his theory of atoms. Whatever I said in Vichitrapuram came out of my |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => 1 A great Vedic teacher 3. Encounter with Palaniswami — Visit to Kuruvapuram 49 mouth without any effort from me. Swamī also knows that,” I replied. Compassionate Srī Palaniswami explained in the following manner: |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => “The entire Creation is made up of superior atoms. Due to the existence of particles much finer than atoms, electrical current flows get generated. Just as the various planets rotate in different orbits around Sun, |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => these finer particles rotate with incredible velocity around their central |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => point in their respective orbits. All the emotional vibrations of living creatures are much subtler than the finer particles. Nothing will remain constant in this pulsating universe. Change is its nature. Changing every moment is its natural trait. The consciousness of Lord Datta is much finer and |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => subtler than the above vibrations. Obtaining His grace is easy and also difficult. When each atom or particle is divided ad infinitum, each part of the atom becomes equivalent to a void. The combination of infinite Maha |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => Sūnyās1 results in this Creation. Just as matter is created, anti-matter, which is entirely opposed to matter, also exists. When these two get mixed, the anti-matter is extinguished. Matter can change its qualities |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => and properties. The idols of worship become alive and active after the |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => ritual of initation of life force is performed. Then they are rendered capable of fulfilling the desires of devotees. All mantras originate in kundalini. The Gayatri mantra also manifested in it. |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => “People think that Gayatri mantra has three lines, but there is a fourth line for the Gayatri mantra. It is ‘parorajasi sāvadom’. This four-lined Gayatri mantra indicates formless Brahman2. Kundalini shakti3 creates this universe |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => with 24 traits. There are 24 letters in Gayatri as well. Number 24 is also called Gokulam. ‘Go’ stands for 2 and ‘kulam’ stands for 4. The form of Brahman is beyond all changes and therefore, it is indicated by the number |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => 9. Number 8 is a form of Maha Māya4. Srīpāda Srīvallabha was asking people whom He liked, ‘Do Chowpāti Dev Lakshmi.’ Parabrahma is the Lord of all. He is the Pati of all. So, the Lord Patidev stands for number 9, Lakshmi |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => stands for number 8, Do stands for number 2, and Chow represents number 4. Instead of asking for two chapāthis5, He was asking strangely in a 1 Great voids 2 The absolute God; the highest Lord 3 Power of Kundalini (serpent power) 4 Great illusion |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => 5 Cakes made of wheat flour 50 Sripada Srivallabha Charitamrutam non-grammatical manner ‘Do Chowpāti Dev Lakshmi.’ In this manner He was reminding the living beings about the mysterious number 2498. The |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => Parabrahman and the Parāshakti1 of the Gokulam reside in the form of Srīpāda Srīvallabha. Please note that Lord Srī Krishna is Srīvallabha Himself. We recognise that the Gayatri mantra took the shape of His formless sandals. |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => “My son Shankarā, twelve kinds of variations exist in the gross human body. The gross body, which can be experienced by all, is subjected to the |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => influence of the gross Sun. Through the practice of the kriya yoga discipline, one can obtain bodies with more and more subtler variations. These bodies of twelve different variations are under the influence of Dwādasa |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => Ādityas2. However, as Srīvallabha is far superior to Dwādasa Ādityas, His divine gross body is endowed with wonderful divine vibrations. |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => “Even before His descent with a human body in Pīthikapuram, Srīvallabha arrived in this place 108 years ago. He blessed me. He came here in |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => the same form as He is now in Kuruvapuram.Where is the end to His divine plays? Sometime after Srīvallabha came here, great sages of the Himalayas worshipped Srī Badari Narayana in the great holy place Badari |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => with Brahmakamala flowers3. I observed that all those Brahmakamala flowers were falling on the auspicious feet of Srīpāda. He is beyond time and space.” Srī Palaniswami concluded his narration. |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => I had an undefinable experience on hearing the sacred sayings of Srī Palaniswami. I requested him, “Swamī, what are Brahmakamalas? Where are they available? I gather from your words that Lord Datta would be |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => elated if worshipped with them. Kindly clear my doubts.” Description of Brahmakamala flowers Srī Palaniswami in reply to my query extended his merciful looks on me and said, “Srī Maha Vishnu worshipped Sadashiva with Brahmakamalas. |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => That which was mentioned as the lotus springing from the navel of Srī Maha Vishnu is also Brahmakamala. If Srī Datta is worshipped with lotus flowers, material and spiritual wealth will be achieved. As replicas of 1 The supreme primordial force |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => 2 Twelve sons of Āditi, the highest light; solar gods 3 Saussurea obvallata, Nightblooming Cereus, Indian species 3. Encounter with Palaniswami — Visit to Kuruvapuram 51 the Brahmakamalas in the celestial world, Brahmakamalas are found on |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => earth in the Himalayas at an altitude of 12,000 feet. These blossoms |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => bloom once a year. My son, they bloom only during midnight. This is another wonder. When it blooms, an excellent fragrance wafts over the entire area. All the great spiritual aspirants in the Himalayas eagerly wait |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => for days and months to witness this rare spectacle. The flowers remain buried in snow from autumn to spring season. In the beginning of Chaitra1 month, the flowers spring out of the snow. The process of blooming takes |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => place during the entire summer. The flowers fully bloom during midnight by the time of Sravana Suddha Pūrnima2. It is at this time that the snowy |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => Shiva linga of Amarnath becomes visible. My dear Shankarā, this wonderful miracle takes place now and forever for the benefit of spiritual seekers, great sages and siddhas living in the Himalayas. All sins get destroyed by looking at the Brahmakamalas. Obstacles to yoga cease. This |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => miracle confers instantaneous results. Therefore, yogis and ascetics attain higher status in their respective paths. After it blooms, the Brahmakamala flower disappears; after all, those who were destined to see it had completely seen it. |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => “My son Shankarā, I want to remain in complete penance for ten days. |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => If any distressed people come here, yourself and Mādhavā have to arrange for their dārshan without causing disturbance to my deep meditation. If any dead one bitten by a snake is brought here, tell the people |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => who brought the body as my order that they should leave the body in the waters of a river or that they should bury the corpse in the earth.” Srī Palaniswami seated there went into a samādhi through penance. |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => Mādhavā and I were arranging his dārshan to distressed devotees in a calm manner. Some of the devotees supplied us with food materials. |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => Mādhavā said that he would start cooking with the fallen branch of a coconut tree nearby. I agreed. Mādhavā went with another person. As irony of fate would have it, a cobra hiding behind the bough of the coconut |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => tree had bitten Mādhavā when he lifted the coconut branch to carry it. Three persons brought Mādhavā to the cave. 1 Nakshatra constellation in the month of Aries 2 The full moon day of the first fortnight of the month Sravana, the 5th month |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => of the Indian year beginning around the end of July and ending in the 3rd week of August 52 Sripada Srivallabha Charitamrutam As the command of swami cannot be violated, I buried the body of |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => Mādhavā. People of that place cooperated with me. I sobbed. Mādhavā’s pure heart, pure devotion and unshakable faith on Srīpāda Srīvallabha came |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => to my mind and I became very much perturbed. I consoled myself that destiny could not be avoided. After this sad incident, I witnessed another unfortunate incident. The relatives of a young eighteen year old person brought |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => his dead body. They were crying and shouting with sorrow. The youth also died of snake bite. I informed that swami was in yoga samādhi and that they should bury the body in accordance with the orders of swami. The devotees |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => there informed the visitors that my friend also died in a similar manner and that his body was also buried following the orders of swami. The distressed people became crestfallen and were blaming their misfortune in many ways. |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => Under the unavoidable conditions, they buried the new youth. Every day three or four people used to visit swami. They used to see swami who was in a state of samādhi in a calm manner and were leaving |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => without any disturbance. Ten days passed like this. On the eleventh day, in the Brāhmi Muhurtha1, Srī Palaniswami became fully conscious and called for Mādhavā. I narrated to him all that happened, sobbing and crying. |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => Then Srī Palaniswami consoled me and looked at me with his yogic power. That yogic look caused a great movement in my spinal cord and created an unbearable pain. Srī Palaniswami saw me again with placid |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => looks. My pain disappeared. He said, “My dear, Mādhavā does not have the fortune of seeing Srīvallabha with his physical body. For the last ten |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => days his subtle body is in Kuruvapuram in the presence of Srīpāda. His desire is fulfilled irrespective of what had happened. The sportive plays of Srīvallabha are unimaginable. No one can comprehend the mysteries of |
FROM Shripad Shri Vallabh Charitramrutam => time, fate and causes. That is possible only for Srīpāda. Srīpāda has entrusted me the responsibility of introducing life of Mādhavā into his gross body. We must perform that task immediately.” |