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Mani Varadarajan • August 17, 1998 


Sri Sadagopan wrote:
> I recall a similar occasion with H.H. The DevanArvilAgam 
> Jeeyar ( 43rd Jeeyar ). His mother , brother and wife
> were totally opposed to Sri Lakshmi NarasimhAcchAr 
> swamy  ( purvAsrama Name of the Jeeyar ) accepting the sanyAsa
> aasramam at the behest of H.H. the InjimEttu Jeeyar (42nd Jeeyar).
> They would not hear of it , but were helpless 
> in stopping him .

How is this possible? From what I recall about the
process of taking sannyAsa, one must request and have
the permission of one's parents (if one is unmarried,
i.e., a brahmacAri) or one's wife (if one is married,
i.e., a gRhastha) before one can enter sannyAsa ASrama.

If the 43rd jIyar's wife did not want him to enter
the fourth ASrama when he was a gRhastha, should he
not have refused?

Mani