[Chaturamnaya] His Holiness Jagadguru Sri Sacchidananda Sivabhinava Nrisimha Bharati - 5

[S Jayanarayanan]

http://svbf.org/journal/vol8no1/2006_10_swamigal.pdf
 
 
Master’s Care
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At dark, the guru put him through the
evening rites, made him have a light meal of fried
grains and ordered him to lie down beside him on
a deer-skin and take rest. The guru himself then
went on with his usual puja and japa. The boy
soon fell asleep and was heard to murmur in his
sleep sarvoham, sarvoham, "I am all, I am all."
 
It was not enough that the guru should be
deeply versed in the Sastras. His eloquence had to
be persuasive and convincing and his personality
should be an inspiration to those who came in
contact with him. So the guru, intent on taking
the young Swami on an extended tour, started for
the banks of the Cauveri, near Srirangapatnam,
and, after completing the chaturmasya ceremonies
there, proceeded on a prolonged tour through the
Tamil districts of Madras Presidency.
 
The old guru’s watchfulness in providing for
the education of his young charge and his proper
upbringing, in the midst of a protracted tour, was
indicative of his foresight, solicitude and love.
 
When he found that the boy had outgrown
the teaching of the first teacher, he arranged that
the elder brother of the young Swami, who was a
great scholar, should be in charge of his higher
Sastraic studies. When his secular studies for the
day were over, the boy was given instruction, by
the Swami himself, in the niceties of Vedic dharma,
the grandeur of piety and love for Isvara, the
duties of a sannyasi and incumbent of the
Peetham. He initiated the novice in the several
mantras needed for the upasana of the deities and
in due time took him through a course of
prasthana-traya with Sankara’s bhashyas; and he
also taught him the secrets of yoga practice.
 
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