Jai Sriman Narayana !!
Jaya Jaya Sankara Hara Hara Sankara !!
Sri
Sadasiva Brahmendral was born to Sri Somanath and his wife Parvati, a pious
Andhra Brahmin couple settled in Madurai.
Sri Somanath was leading an austere life, this couple had no offspring
for quite some time. They visited Sri
Ramanatha Swamy Temple at Rameshwaram and earnestly prayed to Lord for a
virtuous child. On that night the couple
had a dream in that Lord assured them about the arrival of the savior of world and
a virtuous child. In due course of time
Parvati gave birth to a boy child and named him Sivaramakrishnan.
Sivaramakrishnan
had profound knowledge in Veda Sastras & Scriptures at an early age of
childhood. He was sent to the school of
spiritual studies were Sri Sridhara Venkatesa Ayyaval of Thiruvisanallur was
undertaking lessons on Veda Sastra.
Sivaramakrishnan lost his father at a young age; he had no interest in
materialistic life and followed an austere life. At the age of 16 he was married; soon he
retired from the married life and proceeded towards spiritual life. He attained the highest of spiritual and
philosophical knowledge along with Yogic powers. He elated himself into many distant sacred
places with the Yogic powers.
Sivaramakrishnan
arrived at Kanchipuram, shortly he was initiated to Sanyasasrama by
H.H.Paramasivendra Saraswathi Swamigal of Kanchi Kamakoti Peedam and honored
with the title ‘Sri Sadasiva Brahmendra Saraswathi’. He
remained a strict disciple of his Guru; he won over the fellow scholars in
debates with his eternal wisdom and intelligence. He was a young enthusiastic intellectual
person constantly engaged in the discussions and debates, keeps the
surroundings lively. Once, his Guru was
annoyed at the behavior of Sadasiva Brahmendral and desperately instructed him
to remain silent. He treated the advice
of his Guru as supreme advice and remained to be silent forever. Afterwards,
Sri Sadasiva Brahmendral left Kanchipuram and crossed many miles through the
lands of Cauvery for the spiritual advancement.
During these times, he remained in a supreme state, the bliss of oneness
for several days.
Sri
Sadasiva Brahmendral returned to Thiruvisanallur as promised to his mother at
the time of her death. Immediately after
her demise, he proceeded towards Nerur and wandered as Avadhootha in a state of
bliss with no worldly awareness. He was
often mistreated as lunatic by the people. He completely discarded the norms of
life and wandered aimlessly. Once his
Guru was happened to know the state of his young dynamic disciple and admired
saying ‘Will I ever be fortunate enough to have this state?’
There
were several mysterious incidents happened were proved that Sri Sadasiva Brahmendral
was lived a life elevated to the Supreme state of Brahmam. Once, he was in a deep meditation sitting on
the isolated rock cut in the river Cauvery.
He was swept off by the strong current of water and eventually buried
under the sands for more than six months.
While clearing the sands from this particular spot, the labourers found
blood oozing out at the strike of an axe; they pulled out the lively body of
Sri Sadasiva Brahmendral. Immediately,
herbal medicines were applied on the wounds and in no time Sri Sadasiva Brahmendral
walked away like normal person.
There
was another incident Sri Sadasiva Brahmendral was trapped into the bundle of
straws and the farmers piled up well. He
remained inside the bundle of straws for more than a year and walked out of the
cluster as out deep sleep. Once, he was meditating
in a transcended state on the heap of grains and the owner of the farm mistook
him for a thief. In a fury, the farmer
raised the stick to punch Sri Sadasiva Brahmendral. Soon, the farmer turned out a lifeless
statue with a stick in his hand. At the
time of dawn Sri Sadasiva Brahmendral got out of deep meditation and smiled at
the statue in front of him. Soon the
farmer got his life back and realized his folly.
Sri
Sadasiva Brahmendral was often mistaken as outrageous for wandering unclothed
body. A King happened to meet Sri
Sadasiva Brahmendral drifting with no awareness of the outer world. The King was incensed at the sight of this
saintly person and chopped off his hand.
Sri Sadasiva Brahmendral walked out nonchalantly like nothing had
happened. Soon, the King realized his sheer
foolishness and begged for forgiveness.
The compassionate saint amicably took the severed hand from the ground
and attached to his body and walked away gracefully.
There
was another incident Sri Sadasiva Brahmendral was preceding through the lands
of Tirunelveli, a few of labourers smugly called out him for a helping hand to
load heavy wooden logs. Sri Sadasiva
Brahmendral kindly heeded to their words, after finishing the work he calmly
walked out of the group. The labourers mockingly
addressed him mass of log, instantly the entire woods burnt into ashes. This incident put the labourers in extreme
shock and guilt.
There
were several incidents proved Sri Sadasiva Brahmendral’s divine touch was
capable to turn the dumb into wise and infuse life to the lifeless.
King
of Pudukottai, Vijaya Raghunatha Thondaiman was fortunate enough to have the
blessings of Sri Sadasiva Brahmendral.
In an occasion, Sri Sadasiva Brahmendral wrote Sri Dakshinamurthi Mantra
on the sand and it was reverently collected by the King. The sand secured was worshipped in the Palace
with great sanctity.
Sri
Sadasiva Brahmendral met Sri Sridhara Ayyaval at Thiruvisanallur. The two intellectuals had nothing to communicate;
Ayyaval readily understood the state of Sadasiva Bramendral and suggested him to
compose his rich experiences of spiritual, devotional and Yogic knowledge. Sri Sadasiva Brahmendral readily followed the
words of Ayyaval. His composition
includes stunning keerthanas Manasa
Sancharare, Pibare Rama Rasam, Kelathi Mama Hrudaye, Bajre Raghuveeram, Gayathi
Vanamali, Bajre Yadhunatham, Bruhimukundhethi, Sarvam Brahmamayam etc.. In addition to this there were invaluable
scriputres like Sivamanasa Puja, Atma Vidya Vilasa, Yoga Sudhakara, Kaivalya
Amrutha Bindu, Advaidha Rasa Manjari, Brahma Tatva Prakashika, Navamani Mala,
Guru Ratna Malika, Siddhanta Kalpavalli, Brahmasutra Vrithi etc…
In
the year 1755, Sri Sadasiva Brahmendra attained the Abode of Lord on a Shukla Paksha Dasami day in the Tamil
month Visakam/Vaisakh.
Jaya Jaya Sankara Hara Hara Sankara !!
Jai Sriman Narayana !!
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