[Chaturamnaya] His Holiness Jagadguru Sri Sacchidananda Sivabhinava Nrisimha Bharati - 12

[S Jayanarayanan]

 http://svbf.org/journal/vol8no1/2006_10_swamigal.pdf
 
 
Winsome Manners
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Wherever the Swami stopped he gave daily
lectures on vaidika dharma, which was listened to
by large crowds with rapt attention.
 
His very presence was an education. In the
words of the editor of the Swami’s work, Bhaktisudha-
tarangini, "No one was ushered into his
holy presence who did not go back full of noble
resolve to lead thenceforward a purer and a more
exalted life. To see him was a privilege; to speak
to him was a real blessing. The magnetic force of
his wonderful personality was such that one word,
nay, one smile or even one look was quite enough
to convert even the most indifferent of persons
into his most ardent and obedient of disciples."
His learning was colossal; yet, he was as simple as
a child.
 
While he was at Koilur, the Raja of
Ramanathapuram wired to him that
Chamarajendra Wodayar, the Maharaja of Mysore,
had unexpectedly died in Calcutta. The Swami
wanted to give up all further touring and wished
to go back to Sringeri but he was committed to
a visit to Tirunelveli. At Tirunelveli the Brahmins
themselves carried in procession the palanquin in
which the Swami was seated.
 
He proceeded to Banatirtha, the source of
the Tamiraparani river, and stopped there for three
days. The zamindar of Singampatti, within whose
jurisdiction the tirtha was situated, received him
and the Swami bestowed on him the title of
Tirthapati and blessed him that be may have
progeny.
 
After 40 days’ stay in the district, he began
his return journey. He halted for a time at
Ayyampalayam in Tiruchirapalli district, where
Tandavaraya Pillai, a wealthy and pious landlord,
had completed a shrine. The Swami installed the
murtis of Sri Dandapani, Sri Prasanna Parvati and
Sri Srinivasa after due consecration and infused
special energy in the devatas by worshipping them
himself and arranged for the conduct of daily
service in the shrine according to the vaidik mode.
 
The Swami reached Mysore in the month
of Jyeshtha of Manmatha(1895). He blessed the
two young princes, consoled the Maharani-regent
and initiated her into the sacred mantras and Sivapuja
and thence proceeded to Sringeri.
 
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