Sri Padmanabha Teertharu

Sri Padmanabha Teertharu

  • Poorvashrama Name : Sri Shobhana Bhatta
  • Period : 1317 – 1324 AD
  • Gurugalu : Sri Madhwacharya
  • Shishyaru : Sri Narahari Teertharu
  • Aradhana Tithi :  Kartheeka Bahula Chaturdashi (Nov)
  • Vrindavana Situated at : Navavrundavana (Anegondi \ Gajagahvara )
  • River : Tungabhadra
  • Grantha’s : Sattarka Ratnavalee , Sannyaya Ratnavalee, Anandamaala, Vayuleela vistharana, Upadhikhandana, Maayavaadakhandana
ಶ್ರೀಪದ್ಮನಾಭತೀರ್ಥರು

ಪೂರ್ವಾಶ್ರಮನಾಮ ಶ್ರೀಶೋಭನ ಭಟ್ಟರು
ಸನ್ಯಾಸ ಸ್ವೀಕಾರ 1317 ಪಿಂಗಳನಾಮ ಸಂವತ್ಸರ
ಗುರುಗಳು ಶ್ರೀಮನ್ಮಧ್ವಾಚಾರ್ಯರು
ಪೀಠ ಆಳಿದ ಅವಧಿ 7 ವರ್ಷಗಳು
ಬೃಂದಾವನ ಪ್ರವೇಶ 1324 ನೇ ರಕ್ತಾಕ್ಷಿನಾಮ ಸಂವತ್ಸರ ಕಾರ್ತೀಕ ಬಹುಳ ಚತುರ್ದಶಿ
ಬೃಂದಾವ ಸ್ಥಳ ಗಜಗಹ್ವರ (ಆನೆಗೊಂದಿ) ನವಬೃಂದಾವನ
ಉತ್ತರಾಧಿಕಾರಿ  ಶ್ರೀನರಹರಿತೀರ್ಥರು
ನದಿ   ತುಂಗಭದ್ರಾ
ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ  ಕೊಪ್ಪಳ
ರಾಜ್ಯ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ
ಗ್ರಂಥಗಳು ಸತ್ತರ್ಕ ರತ್ನಾವಳೀ, ಸನ್ನ್ಯಾಯ ರತ್ನಾವಳೀ, ವಾಯುಲೀಲಾ ವಿಸ್ತರಣ, ಉಪಾಧಿಖಂಡನ, ಮಾಯಾವಾದಖಂಡನ, ಆನಂದಮಾಲಾ


ಪೂರ್ಣಪ್ರಜ್ಞಕೃತಂ ಭಾಷ್ಯಮಾದೌತದ್ಭಾವಪೂರ್ವಕಂ |
ಯೋ ವ್ಯಾಕರೋನ್ನಮಸ್ತಸ್ಮೈ ಪದ್ಮನಾಭಾಖ್ಯಯೋಗಿನೇ ||

Sanskrit :
पूर्णप्रज्ञकृतं भाष्यमादौतद्भावपूर्वकं |
यो व्याकरोन्नमस्तस्मै पद्मनाभाख्ययोगिने ||

Telugu :
పూర్ణప్రజ్ఞకృతం భాష్యమాదౌతద్భావపూర్వకం |
యో వ్యాకరోన్నమస్తస్మై పద్మనాభాఖ్యయోగినే ||

Tamil :
பூர்ணப்ரஜ்ஞக்ருதம் பாஷ்யமாதௌதத்பாவபூர்வகம் |
யோ வ்யாகரோந்நமஸ்தஸ்மை பத்மநாபாக்யயோகிநே ||


pUrNaprajgjakRutaM BAShyamAdautadBAvapUrvakaM |
yO vyAkarOnnamastasmai padmanABAKyayOginE ||

History

Considering Padmanabhatheertha fit, Acharya endowed him with the responsibility of carrying on the heritage of Sadvaishnaiva tradition established by Sanakadis and protected by Prajnatheertha. It was Padmanabhatheertha who was coronated as Acharya’s successor in Vedantha Samrajya. His name before sanyasa was Shobhanabhatta. He was from a place on the banks of the Godavari. He was a scholar in the royal court of Warrangal.  Harihara and Bukka had held him in high esteem. Shobhanabhatta was a great scholar, intellect and wore a brilliant look. He had taken sanyasa in about A.D.1263 after his defeat in a debate with Acharya. Afterwards his erudite scholarship and renown spread far and wide. Teekakrithpada has been all praise for Padmanabhatheertha’s scholarship.

Sri Padmanabhatheertha has many books to his credit. He has written Sattarka Rathnavalee and Sannyaya Rathnavalee as commentaries on Acharya’s  ‘Bhashya’ and ‘Anuvyakhyana’. Apart from these two he is also known to have written two more books ‘Anandamala’ and ‘Vayuleelavistharana’. The latter is said to contain eight Cantos, 1101 verses.  In addition, he has written commentaries on ‘Mayavadakhandana’ and ‘Upadhikhandana’.

Thus Padmanabhatheertha who had widely become known for his great books and reigned Vedantha Samrajya for seven years worshipping Sri Moolarama fell at the Lotus feet of Lord Krishna to rest eternally on the fourteenth day of Kartheeka Bahula of Rakthakshi Samvatsara in A.D.1324 entrusting the Samsthana and the idols to the care of Naraharitheertha, his successor, as ordained by Acharya.

As Harihara and Bukka had great reverence for Padmanabhatheertha, they espoused the installation of Padmanabhatheertha’s Brindavan on an island of the Tungabhadra near Anegondi of Kampli kingdom.

Padmanabhatheertha after entrusting Mahasamsthana to Naraharitheertha, handed over the idol of Sri Gopinatha inherited by Acharya to one Lakshmidharatheertha, his disciple. It is that heritage which is now known as Sreepadaraja Mutt.

Source : Gurucharithe

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