Mahāpuruṣa Observances

काञ्ची ५९ जगद्गुरु-श्री-भगवन्नाम-बोधेन्द्र-सरस्वती-आराधना

kāñcī 59 jagadguru śrī bhagavannāma bodhendra sarasvatī ārādhanā

KanchiAradhanaDays
Timing Bhādrapada (भाद्रपद) māsa, Śukla Pakṣa Pūrṇimā, at अपराह्णः (vyaapti tithi rule)

श्रीविश्वाधिकदेशिकेन्द्रवचसा प्राप्तो दिशं दक्षिणां
प्राचीनाम्बुधिरोधसि प्रतिजगन्नाथं प्रपन्नो गृहान्।
श्रीलक्ष्मीधरशर्मणोऽस्य तनुजान्म्लेच्छीकृतां योषितं
कुर्वाणाद्द्विजसङ्गतां स नियमादध्यैष्ट भक्तेः क्रमान्॥९॥
श्रीकाञ्चीमनुविश्य देशिकपदं सम्मण्ड्य तत्त्वोज्ज्वलैर्-
ग्रन्थैर्भक्तिपथं विधाय विशदं विश्वस्य मुक्त्यै कलौ।
मूकस्यापि शिशोर्महाप्रवचनप्रावीण्यदायी मुनिर्-
बोधेन्द्रो जयतात् स भक्तजनताकल्लोलिनीनीरधिः॥१०॥
श्रीमन्मण्डननाम्नि काञ्चिनगरीखेटे कृतावासतः
काण्वात् केशवपाण्डुरङ्गविबुधाज्जातोऽभिजाताकृतिः।
भक्तः श्रीपुरुषोत्तमे श्रितवतां भक्त्यध्वदर्शी महान्
अध्यास्तासनम् आदिशङ्करगुरोरार्यात्मबोधाज्ञया॥११॥
आचार्यत्वम् उदूह्य साधु स चतुष्पञ्चाशदब्दं मठे
पीठे कामदृशः स्थितः प्रवचनैरद्वैतमुद्द्योतयन्।
अब्धि-ग्लौ-रस-चन्द्र-सम्मितशके (१६१४) श्रीशालिवाहाह्वये
सिद्धिं प्रापदपारधैर्यजलधिः स्वस्यैव धाम्न्यद्वये॥१२॥
प्रजोत्पत्तिप्रौष्ठपदपूर्णिमायाम् उपार्जुनम्।
भगवन्नामबोधेन्द्रो बोधसाम्राज्यम् ईयिवान्॥१३॥
—पुण्यश्लोकमञ्जरी परिशिष्टम्

This preceptor (Śrī Bhagavannāma Bodhendra) under the directions of Śrī Viśvādhika came to south; while staying in the house of Jagannātha Kavi, son Śrī Lakṣmīdhara at Jagannātha pini on the shores of Eastern Sea. He sanctified by enjoining expiatory acts based on bhakti to the Brahmana woman polluted/molested by a mleccha. May preceptor sage Bodhendra entering into Kāñci and embellishing the preceptorship, erecting an elaborate path of devotion for the emancipation of all in the Universe by writing excellent works highlighting the concepts (of Bhakti), He who bestowed eloquence even to a dumb child, the ocean with devotees as waves, shine well. Born of Keśavapāṇduraṅga, an eminent scholar of Kaṇvaśākhā, residing in the small village called Maṇḍana near Kāñci, the virtuous devotee, noble (great) in guiding people resorted to him to the path of bhakti, adorned the seat of the great Preceptor, Śrī Śaṅkara, under the directions of Śrī Ātmabodha. He carried out preceptorship ably in the Maṭha for fifty-four years and remained in Kāmakoṭi Pīṭha highlighting Advaita through lectures/discourses, the ocean of courage, attained his own non-dual abode in the Śalivaha era 1614. Śrī Bhagavannāma Bodhendra reached the empire of enlightenment near Madhyārjuna Kṣetra on the full-moon day of the month of Bhādrapāda in the year Prajotpatti. That this revered preceptor also known as Yogīndra travelled to Rāmeśvaram and on his return attained siddhi at Govindapuram near Madhyārjuna is a well–known fact.

Names

Sanskrit
काञ्ची ५९ जगद्गुरु-श्री-भगवन्नाम-बोधेन्द्र-सरस्वती-आराधना
Lunar Month Bhādrapada

Sources cited

  • www.kamakoti.org

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