Shree AadiShankaraachaarya's 2534th jayanthi celebrations on the occasion of Shree Vishwaawasu naama 2025 samvatsara Vaishaakha Shuddha Panchami all over the world, earmarks the most prominent festival of the Indian diaspora to be celebrated with great honor and jubilance....💐😊
The Indian army units located on the 4 sides of the Indian Republic are essentially serving the nation to protect us from the infiltration of foreign hostile groups and are ensuring us a peaceful and fruitful life as a proud Indian.
Quite similarly, Shree AadiShankaraachaarya Mutts,
known as the Chaturaamnaaya Peethaalu
(located in Shringeri, Dwaaraka, Badari, Puri) established by Shree Aadi Shankaraachaarya are essentially serving the nation to protect us from the infiltration of various foreign hostile civilizations / cultures and/or the infiltrated foreign civilizations / cultures so that the very essence of our Sanaatana Bhaarateeya Dharma vaibhawam continues to sustain healthy and are ensuring us a peaceful and fruitful life as a proud Bhaarateeyan.
Since ancient times, the blessed Indian subcontinent has been the abode of unparalleled divinity and a way of life that worships the same for the well-being of one and all in the name of "Sanaatana Bharateeya Dharmam", that has later on took a generic name called Hinduism due to whatsoever circumstances.
Hinduism and its tenets are all about the universal peace and well-being of humanity at large via the below mentioned activities.
1. Worship of Desi / Indian Cow in the name of Gomaata Aaradhana as an embodiment of all the gods and goddesses for all the merits a cow imparts to this world all along it's lifetime.
2. Explicit worship of the Fire god in the name of Nityaagnihotram / Yagnyam / Yaagam / Deepaaraadhana.
3. Worship of various gods and goddesses consecrated in various temples that are built according to an exquisite amalgamation of various ancient subjects namely...
(Rrug, Saama, Yajur, Atharwana) VedaShaastram, YantraShaastram, ShilpaShaastram, ShabdaShaastram, VaasthuShaastram, DhaatuShaastram, RatnaShaastram, PanchaangaShaastram, AagamaShaastram, MantraShaastram, AayurvedaShaastram and many other ancient subjects that may or may not be everyone's cup of tea to understand and comment about the same appropriately.
4. Respecting the stalwarts in the aforementioned
ancient subjects in-order to sustain their glory through the future generations for a healthy, spiritual, divine India.
5. Respecting the fundamental rights of all the native Indians to practice and glorify the magnanimity of their Sanaatana Dharmam / Hinduism and its global meritorious effects.
The aforementioned activities have had their own
hiccups and hurdles during the times of Shree AadiShankaraachaarya too and thus his avataar earmarks the most celebrated event in the vibrant history of the glorious India since ancient times and for all the times to come.
Let's look at a few key spiritual reforms introduced by Shree AadiShankaraachaarya for the well-being of humanity at large and other important events in his celestial journey of 32 years spent travelling across the ancient Bhaarataavani to revive, rejuvenate, reform, sustain, and firmly establish the concept of Bhagwad Tattwam and Bhagwad Aaradhana for everyone's well-being before he vanished into the snows of Kedaarnath..
The Panchaayatana form of worship established by Shree AadiShankaraachaarya has stabilized the concept of Bhagwad Aaradhana by confining the diverse names and forms of Gods into 5 main entities namely....
1. Gaanapatyam - The worship of lord Ganapathi
2. Shaakteyam - The worship of goddess Shakti
3. Shaivam - The worship of Lord Shiva
4. ShreeVaishnavam - The worship of Lord LakshmiNaarayana
5. Souram - The worship of lord Sun
as the 5 primordial entities of worship into which any and every form of all other gods would be implicit to.
The basic fire / Deepaaraadhana has been designated as Koumaaram - The worship of Lord Subrahmanya Swaamy
and thus Shree AadiShankaraachaarya has attained the revered name of "Shanmathasthaapanaachaarya"...
Shree AadiShankaraachaarya's unparalleled divine intellect coupled with the spiritual wisdom has ensured to bring all sorts of siddhaantams / tattwams - philosophies / theological beliefs / devotional practices / and various spiritual doctrines that have existed during the then times, under one umbrella of "Adwaitam" naming it as the root of all the paths and practices and the zenith of all the spiritual cognizance and attainable divinity by any and every intellectual in this world...
Shree AadiShankaraachaarya's immeasurable intellect has been spread across and handed over to the future generations via his umpteen lyrical works / stotrams / hymns that continue to resonate the embedded divine power blessed by Shree Shankara...!
For example, a curious intellectual may visit the city of Vaaranasi and have the darshanam and bhojana praaadam of Kaashi Annapoorna Devi. However, the essence of Kaashi Annapoorna tattwam can be understood fully only after understanding the Annapoornaashtakam rendered by Shree AadiShankaraachaarya.....
For example, a curious intellectual may visit the holy hill Shrine of Tirumala and have the darshanam and bhojana praaadam of Tirumala Shree Venkateshwara swamy. However, the essence of ShreeShreenivaasa tattwam can be understood fully only after understanding the BhajaGovinda / Mohamudgara stotram rendered by Shree AadiShankaraachaarya.....
and similarly for all other names and forms of Gods on whom the various stotrams have been composed praising the divine essence of those respective gods and goddesses.
While the intellectual spiritual world continues to worship Shree AadiShankaraachaarya and his magnanimity for their well-being, it shall be the onus on every responsible devotee to share and propagate the magnanimity of Shree AadiShankaraachaarya and his works to the wider world / new generations in-order to fulfill the "Rishirunam" apart from the regular activities of fulfilling the "Devarunam" and "Pitrurunam."
Sadguru Shree Chaganti gaaru has been fulfilling this "Rishirunam" by rendering a selfless service of propagating and preaching the ancient Indian richness embedded in the VedaPuraanaItihaasaStotraKaavya saaraswatam since a long time to this modern world's curious intellectuals and devotees.
By reciting the below verses of the mighty "Thoatakaashtakam",
I humbly prostrate to the holy feet of
Shree AadiShankaraachaarya,
sadguru Shree Chaaganti gaaru,
all the Jagadgurus of Shankara Peethams established by Shree AadiShankaraachaarya having the Shrungeri Shree Shaarada Peetham's jagadgurus,
Shree Bharatee Teertha Swami vaaru and Shree Vidushekhara Bharatee Swamy vaaru,
as their presiding gurus,
and all other sensible intellectuals who respect and admire the heart of Shree AadiShankaraachaarya...🙏💐😊
SadaaShiva Samaarambhaam
VyaasaShankara Madhyamaam
Asmadaachaarya Paryantaam
VandayGuruparamparaam....🙏💐😊
TOṬAKĀŚHṬAKAM
Viditākhila śāstra sudhā jaladhe
mahitopaniśhat-kathitārtha nidhe |
hṛdaye kalaye vimalaṃ charaṇaṃ
bhava śaṅkara deśika me śaraṇam ‖ 1 ‖
karuṇā varuṇālaya pālaya māṃ
bhavasāgara duḥkha vidūna hṛdam |
rachayākhila darśana tattvavidaṃ
bhava śaṅkara deśika me śaraṇam ‖ 2 ‖
bhavatā janatā suhitā bhavitā
nijabodha vichāraṇa chārumate |
kalayeśvara jīva viveka vidaṃ
bhava śaṅkara deśika me śaraṇam ‖ 3 ‖
bhava eva bhavāniti me nitarāṃ
samajāyata chetasi kautukitā |
mama vāraya moha mahājaladhiṃ
bhava śaṅkara deśika me śaraṇam ‖ 4 ‖
sukṛteadhikṛte bahudhā bhavato
bhavitā samadarśana lālasatā |
ati dīnamimaṃ paripālaya māṃ
bhava śaṅkara deśika me śaraṇam ‖ 5 ‖
jagatīmavituṃ kalitākṛtayo
vicharanti mahāmāha sacChalataḥ |
ahimāṃśurivātra vibhāsi guro
bhava śaṅkara deśika me śaraṇam ‖ 6 ‖
gurupuṅgava puṅgavaketana te
samatāmayatāṃ na hi koapi sudhīḥ |
śaraṇāgata vatsala tattvanidhe
bhava śaṅkara deśika me śaraṇam ‖ 7 ‖
viditā na mayā viśadaika kalā
na cha kiñchana kāñchanamasti guro |
dṛtameva vidhehi kṛpāṃ sahajāṃ
bhava śaṅkara deśika me śaraṇam ‖ 8 ‖
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