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Srimath periAndavan's Life History - Part III

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venkat sreenivasan • February 21, 2002 


Dear Bhagavathas,

This is the Continuation of Posting on Life History of
Srimath pEriAndavan. This is the third Volume in the
series.
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Life as a GruhastA

In His gruhastAsrama, Srinivasaraghavan swAmi was
blessed with a girl and He immediately felt that He
had fulfilled his duties as a gruhastA. In spite of
resistance from His mother and wife and knowing very
well that he could not convince them easily, He made
his mother agree to a condition upon which his
decision hinged upon. If  the time of leaving was
auspicious, He said He would pursue going to Srirangam
to take up sanyasam  otherwise He would return back to
his family. It was  Divya dampathi's  will that He was
ordained to  become a sanyAsi. So when swAmi started,
the Holy birds, PakshirAja – Garuda and bharadwAjam
were seen in the skies. Seeing this wonderful sight,
His mother immediately obliged as per His wish putting
aside her personal interests. However in spite of the
difficulty He faced convincing his wife, swAmi's will
power ultimately triumphed in His taking up
sanyAsAsrama.


Taking up SanyAsa

When Srinivasaraghavan swAmi went to Srirangam and
prayed with Thirutthuraipoondi Andavan for sanyAsa,
Swami tested Him in various ways to see whether He was
ready to take up sanyAsa . Andavan swAmi commanded Him
to stand in neck deep water and asked him to vow that
He was fully ready for it and He had completely
renounced sAmsAra bhandham. Srinivasaraghavan swAmi
went a step ahead and vowed that along with that he
would also forsake the idea of raising disciples.
Swami was extremely pleased but requested Srimath
PeriAndavan to give up the idea of not having
disciples for the sake of  loka bhAgavathAsÂ’
ujjeevanam. Hence , Swami granted  sanyAsam to Srimath
PeriAndavan and he was given the title “Srinivasa mahA
dEsikan”.

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(To be Continued ....)

dAsan,
vEnkatanAthan SreenivAsan
Srimath Andavan Thiruvadi





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