Date : 23/12/2014…. Tuesday. Life of SWAMI NARSIMHA SARASWATI. We are celebrating His Jayanti Today Gurudev Datt …..Vijay Pandya. Shri Narasimha Saraswati lived from 1378 to 1459 (Shaka 1300 to Shaka 1380). Saraswati was born into a Deshastha Brahmin family in Karanjapur, which is modern-day Lad-Karanja (Karanja), in the Maharashtra Vidarbha region of India. His father (Madhav) and his mother (Amba-Bhavani) initially named him Narahari or Shaligramadeva, with the surname Kale. Saraswati was a quiet child, who did not speak much during childhood. This lead his parents to worry about his speech ability; however, Saraswati showed through hand gestures that after his upanayana (munja), he would be able to speak. He started speaking after his munja, which so impressed the vedas and Brahmins in the village that it was talked about, with senior learned Brahmins coming to him for learning. Saraswati left home in 1386 and went on a pilgrimage to Kashi. He took Sannyasa at Kashi from Shri Krishna Saraswati. The second part of his name came from this guru, who eventually named him Shri Narasimha Saraswati. (This is a Sanskrit name.) After becoming a guru, Saraswati visited several holy places before returning to Karanja at age 30 to meet his parents. He visited various places before settling in Ganagapura (Gangapur)[3] (now in the state of Karnataka) for the last 20 years of his life. Towards the end of his life, Saraswati met with the Muslim king (Sultan) of Bidar who is possibly Allauddin-II of the BahamaniSultanate, who was the area ruler at that time. to be revived again. Now his karma for that avatar had completed. Thus he decided to take samadhi. He left for the jungle of Kardali. Shri Swami Samarth of Akkalkot, who is considered as his Avatar, is supposed to have come from Kardali-van (Jungle of Kardali) to meet with him, although the time difference between them is a few centuries. Saraswati took nijanandagaman (a type of samadhi) in 1459. Chronology The main events of Saraswatis life are given below. Possible years and dates are given according to descriptions of the lunar and stellar events calendar mentioned in the Shri GuruCharitra.[6] Sha. 1300 (1378 CE): Birth Sha. 1307 (1385 CE): Upanayan Sha. 1308 (1386 CE): Left home Sha. 1310 (1388 CE): Took Sanyas Sha. 1338 (1416 CE): Arrived back home at Lad-Karanja Sha. 1340 (1418 CE): Travelled along the banks of the river Gautami Sha. 1342 (1420 CE): Stayed at Parali-Vaijanath Sha. 1343 (1421 CE): Stayed at Audumbar (near Bhilavadi) Sha. 1344-1356 (1422-1434 CE): Stayed at Narasoba Wadi (Narasimhapur) Sha. 1357-1380 (1435-1458 CE): Stayed at Ganagapur Sha. 1380 (14 January 1459 CE): Nijanandagaman at Shrishaila Mountain Teachings Saraswati taught that the life of Brahmins was fully covered by the rules given in the old scriptures and the rules were to be strictly followed by the Brahmins in their daily lives inorder to achieve happiness and, ultimately, moksha. He insisted that his disciples follow these routines.........
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