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second "Avatar" (incarnation) of Lord Datta in this
age of Kali was in the form of Sri Nrusimha Saraswati.
To the pious couple, Madhava Sharma and his wife
Amba, who lived in a village named Karanja or Laad-karanja
in the State of Maharashtra, was born this divine
child who amazed every one from the time of his
birth, not by crying, but by uttering clearly the
"Pranava-Nadam" (the sound of OM). The child named
"Narahari", grew upto be a handsome boy of five,
but he could not speak. This was a cause of worry
to the Parents.One day the young boy conveyed to
his mother that he would speak if his "upanayanam"
was performed. No sooner than the child was invested
with the sacred thread, the divinity in the child
swelled out and keeping his promise, he started
reciting all the Vedas and immediately sought "Bhiksha"
from his mother. He then did "pradakshina" (pacing
in a circle thrice around a person(s)/deity etc.)
of his Parents and sought their permission to enter
the "Sanyasa Ashrama", (i.e. the fourth Stage of
religious life). |
When
they remonstrated to him that he was their only
son, he blessed them with his divine form and presented
them the wisdom that he was not an ordinary mortal.
After a year, with the birth of twins to his parents,
they permitted him to renounce the world and he
left his home dressed as renunciate. On his way
to Badrinath, Narahari visited Varanasi (Kashi)
and in accordance with holy tradition, resorted
to His Holiness Swami Krishna Saraswati as his "Guru"
and from him took the vow of "Sanyasa" and he came
to be known as Sri Nrusimha Saraswati. He thereafter
visited various Holy places and during the course
of his wanderings blessed many devotees, had caused
many divine miracles to happen and resurrected many
forgotten Holy places like Karaveerapuram, Bhillavati,
Ganagapuram etc. The very Trinity in human form
that he was, Sri Nrusimha Saraswati, performed many
leelas beyond the comprehension of the mortal mind.
Like in his previous incarnation, Sri Nrusimha Saraswati,
ended his incarnation by sitting on a float with
the leaves of banana and flowers on the waters of
river Krishna in Patala Ganga, near Srisailam and
drifted along the flowing river to merge in the
Pure conciousness.
( Also refer "Sree Guru Charitra"
(English)by Pujya Sri Acharya Ekkirala Bharadwaja)
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