Bhadrapada (புரட்டாசி பௌர்ணமி) Pournamasya - 20.09.21:
Today is the Vaarsheeka (Annual) Aradhanai of Pujyasri Bhagavan Naama Bodhendra Saraswati (II) Swamigal, the 59th Pontiff of our Moolamnaya Sarvagnya Peeta Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam and one of the prime initiators of "Naama Siddhanta" and also one of the Trinity of Dakshina Bhajana Sampradaya!
His Holiness was born in Mandana Misra Agraharam at Kanchi as the son of one Kesava Panduranga. Bodhendra's former name was Purushottama.
It was he who stressed the efficacy of devotion as a means to liberation in Kali. He therefore undertook the great task of Nama Siddhanta, or establishing the supreme efficacy of reciting the names of Bhagavan in many of his writings, chiefly in Namamrta Rasayana and Namamrta Rasodaya.
His mission of Nama Siddhanta was pursued with equal vigor by Sridhara Venkatesa, or Ayyaval of Tiruvisainallur and by Sadguru Swami of Marudanallur. It was the Nama Siddhanta of Bodhendra that was ultimately responsible for the evolution of Bhajana Sampradaya as an institution in the religious life of the Hindu community in South India.
Bodhendra performed Tatanka Pratistha at Jambukeswaram and while returning to Kanchi he attained videha mukti at Govindapuram on a Full Moon day in the month of Proshtapada (Bhaadrapada) of the cyclic year Prajotpatti (1692 AD).
It is said (and also experienced by many blessed souls) the spiritual presence of Sri Bodhendra still abides at his Adhisthana at Govindapuram. It is said that in the calm silence of the night a melodious voice uttering Rama Nama is heard rising from subdued tones to a crescendo, and then fading into silence again!
यस्य स्मरणात्रेण नामभक्तिः प्रजायते।
तं नमामि यतिश्रेष्ठं बोधेन्द्रं जगतां गुरुम्।।
யஸ்ய ஸ்மரணமாத்ரேண நாமப⁴க்தி: ப்ரஜாயதே |
தம் நமாமி யதிஶ்ரேஷ்ட²ம் போ³தே⁴ந்த்³ரம் ஜகதாம் கு³ரும் ||
yasya smaranamAtrena nAmabhakti: prajAyatE |
Tam namAmi yatishrEshtam bOdhEndram jagatAm gurum ||
प्रदोष शङ्कर प्रत्यक्ष शङ्कर।।
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