Once, one of his students stepped out of class. Patanjali was very furious & flames came out of his eyes.
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#Mahabhashiam #GovindaBhagavatpada #AdiShankara
Adi Shankara's guru was Govinda Bhagavatpada who in turn was a shishya of Sree Gaudapadacharya. Interestingly, his story is connected to Mahabhashiam by Patanjali and his 4 sons are prodigies in their own right.
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Once, one of his students stepped out of class. Patanjali was very furious & flames came out of his eyes.
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Patanjali was furious that because of him he lost others & landed up burning him down too
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Patanjali was livid and anger and curses him that he has cheated and hence, should become Brahmarakshasa.
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Brahmarakshasa starts to pose questions to passing by Brahmins. When they dont answer, he eats them
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Pleased with his answer, he takes the Brahmin boy under his tutelage and starts his education on Mahaabhashiam
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Student is very good and picks up the concepts in a very quick time
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If he comes in touch with water, he will sleep for 6 months.
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Once he comes across a river, but without any boat to cross. Thinking the water is shallow, he tries to cross the river, but falls in the river.
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She takes care of him for 6 months during which he sleeps. Based on a doctor's advice, they cover him with rice (Annalepanam) to keep him rejuvenated
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He observes nearby cows and checks on the owner who turns out to be the same lady.
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It's the blessings of Rsi Patanjali & mahima of Mahaabhashiam that it was saved thus
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The Brahmin who would be contemplating sanyaasa is now in a fix.
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True to his word, he marries a Brahmin lady, a Kshatriya, a Vaisya lady and finally the shudra lady.
He starts his family life with his 4 wives.
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Hence, the son born to the shudra lady had to sit behind a curtain and he had to promise not to spread the holy text..
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1. Vararuchi - renowned Scholar of Prakrutaprakasham & Dhanapanchakam
2. Vikramaaditya - Emperor of Ujjaini
3. Bhatti - Minister of Vikramaaditya & author of Bhattivakyam
4. Bharthruhari - celebrated write of Hariteeka and Vakiapadyam
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The name the person took was Govindaswami / Govinda Bhagavatpaada, whose illustrious student is none other than Adi Shankara
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Thank you @/swamy64 Sir for this wonderful reference. I learnt a lot through this wonderful episode. Hope you too enjoyed the same.
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