Bala Tripurasundari Suprabhatam

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venkata sriram
Message 1 of 4 , Oct 16, 2008

Dear members,
This is the Bala Tripurasundari Suprabhatam which was composed by Maharishi Srividya
Vachaspati Brahmasri Tadepalli Raghavanarayana Sastry of Chandavolu, Guntur District, AP.
A short profile of Brahmasri Tadepalli Raghavanarayana Sastry
Shri Sastry was a marvelous srividyopasaka, and verily was the form of Kamakshi
Parabhattarika. During the sastra sabha in Andhra Desa that was presided by Kanchi
Mahaperiyaval, the swamigal commented on sastry as follows. There is ONLY ONE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ME AND RAGHAVANARAYANA SASTRY. AND THAT IS
SASTRY IS GRIHASTA (MARRIED) AND I AM A SANYASI. THIS THE ONLY
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ME AND SASTRY.
The spiritual heights which Mahaperiyaval attained, was also attained by Shri Sastry of
Chandavolu. A karmishti to the core, performed the Sandhya, Brahma Yajna, Vaisvadeva, Guru
Tarpana, Veda Adhyayana, Navavarana Archana to the core everyday. He was an ahitAgni till his
life time. He was born on 25-8-1896 at Guntur. Regarding the birth, there was a revelation to his
father Shri Venkatappayya Sastry. His father had a vision that his son was a mahayogi in
Manidwipa and due to the command of Mother Lalitha would be born in his house as his son.
He was initiated into Bala Mantra at the tender age of 9 years. Attained the Bala Mantra Siddhi at
the age of 16. His mantra guru was Tadikonda Kedaralingayya. At the childhood itself completed
the tarka, vyakarana, mimamsa, kavya, nataka, alankara. Was initiated into the secrets of
Chintamani, Panchakshari, Ganapati, Chandi, Panchadasi, Shodasi by Brahmasri Addepalli
Somanatha Sastry of Kallepalli.
Every night shri sastry used to perform Mahasodanyasa, Pranayama, Kumbhaka and used to be
in Antarmukha Avastha till 2 midnight. For 2 hours, he used to sleep. Used to get up at 4 AM for
nityakarmanushtana.
Shri Sastry used to perform 9 hours long sriyantra puja during every navaratri and used to give
discourses on Saubhagya Bhaskara in the evenings. During one navaratri, Sastry after giving
discourse in the evening retired to bed at 1:00 clock night. The doors of the house were open and
the golden and silver utensils and kamandala used for worship were in the verandah. The thieves
taking this advantage wanted to barge inside the house. When they were about to enter the house,
they heard a loud laughter of a Deity. When they lit the lantern, saw, to their ashtonishment,

Mother Kali was guarding the Golden Sriyantra of the Sastry. Seeing the Mother Kali,
immediately the thieves fled that area. Meantime, sastry woke up and saw the scene of Mother
Kali which sword and knife guarding the sriyantra. Immediately, the following couplet sprang
from his mouth.
gurukritanavarAtrOtsava sandarshakabhaktarakShiNi yatra
kAlI karavAlakarA yAmika mUrtih mallimluchAn jigyE
Several are the wonderful lilas of sastry. His father was a wonderful sivopasaka and rama bhakta.
Shri Venkatappayya Sastry (sastrys father) used to suffer from Udara Shula Vyadhi (a sort of
appendicitis). He could cure his pain with mantra sastra but did not. He used to repeat the
Brihadaranya Upanishad sloka EtadEva paramam tapO yat vyAhita stapyatE. Suffering the
disease and performing the anushtana itself is a GREAT TAPAS.
Once his disciple pleaded his father saying ask the Siva to cure the illness of Shula Vyadhi.
Immediately, Venkatappayya Sastrys reply came in the form of a couplet.
ambEti shUlaparipIDita kukShidEshah
Artah smarannapi parAm janakashcha tasya
shrutvAmbikA vachana mIpsitadAna siddham
shUlitvamEva vararAjatayA sa vavrE
This is a wonderful poetic composition inspite of his excruciating pain. When disciple asked him
to cure his shula vyadhi, his answer was negative and poetically he expressed that HE
WANTED TO REMAIN AS SHULI. This has 2 meanings. One is that he wants to experience
his prarabdha karma and the other is he wanted TO BE SHULI OR THE FORM OF SHIVA
(WHO HOLDS THE SHULA / TRIDENT AND HENCE SHULI).
Shri Sastrys wife Smt. Sridevamma was the Mother Annapurna in human form. Whatever may
be the time of the visiting hours of the guests, disciples, students, without any inconvenience and
embarrassment, used to feed them with sumptuous food. Even, if one visits the sastry in
midnight, she used to cook the food. Infact, both Raghavanarayana Sastry and Sridevamma were
like adi-dampatis.
THE ONLY LEGACY AND PROPERTY SHRI SASTRY HAD WAS HIS FINGER RING
MADE OF DARBHA GRASS, RS. 14/- AS BANK BALANCE, A SRIYANTRA, SOME
SILVER UTENSILS FOR PUJA, ANA A VEDA PATHASALA.
On the fateful day of 10-12-1990 (Monday), shri sastry left for Manidwipa. When the fueral pyre
was lit, a beautiful form of Bala Tripurasundari came out of the pyre and vanished into the thin
air. This marvelous incident was published in local telugu news paper Andhra Jyoti.
The next day, shri sastrys daughter had a vision. In the vision, she saw Bhagavan Vyasa, Sage
Suka Brahman and his father Shri Sastry were in the abode of Manidwipa in the blissful state of
Samadhi.

Shri Narayana Sastry and my gurunatha were saha-adhyayis during the vyakarana adhyayana.
Both were close friends and were like Rama and Sugriva in friendship.
chidachidrandhivibhEda bOdhaka mahAkAvya prajA nirmitam
kamanIyam kavirAjarAjamakuTAlankArahIrashriyam
shrutishIrShAnchita samvidEkarasikam shrIrAghavAkhyAnchitam
paranArAyaNa shastri sadgurum naumyasvaham sannidhim
My prostrations to such a wonderful gurumandala of Srividya
BALA TRIPURASUNDARI SUPRABHATAM
rAtrirdEvIti na vibhAga udEti kAlE
AstE sadApi bhavatI khalu jAgarUkA
dEvi prabhAtamapi nO kva cha suprabhAtam
tvatsuprabhAtavashatO mama suprabhAtam
Ekam tatadvayamiti shruti rAha bhUyO
nAnAvidhatvamavabhAsayati sma mAyA
gItA nishA bhagavatA tadidam vidhUya
pashyAmi tatvamabhavE mama suprabhAtam
vEdhA dvidhA striya mahO puruSham vyadhatta
lingadvayam na yadi sA prakriti stritIyA
mAyIva kO(a)pyaTati tatra mahEshI mAyA
tvam mIlayAmi nayanE mama suprabhAtam
traiguNyasAmyavashatah parishuddhamAyA
syucchAvachai rguNgaNai rmalinIlabhavanti
bhrAntyA vivartayasi vastu tadEka maddhA
tvamchEt prasIdasi shivE mama suprabhAtam
brahmAhamityavadadIshwara Eva pUrvam
viShNu stathA(a)ja itarE(a)maramounivargAh
kriShNAdayO(a)pi katha manvaya ityudAsam
sO(a)nvEti chAdya lalitE mama suprabhAtam
rUpANi kalpayasi bhUmni guNAnuShangE
nAmAni dhArayasi tai rbahu thaikathAcha
kAvyamkarOmyubhayatO(a)bhayatO yathEShTam
EtadvibOdhanamahO mama suprabhAtam

ardhAnganArthapuruSham pratipadya vESham

mrityunjayAkhila mahEshwararUpadhArI
udyOgavAnakhilasamharaNE pinAkI
kailAsagO dishatu tanmama suprabhAtam
bhUtvA hari hridi ramA mupavEshya dIvya
tsauvarNakaustubhamaNI gaNabhUShitAngah
yah pAlayatyakhila vishamitAvatArah
sO(a)yam prabhushcha kurutAnmama suprabhAtam
tannAbhipadmavivarE samabhU dvidhAtA
svasyAmtarALadhrita satyasaraswatIkah
vEdAnuvAdarasikO(a)khila sriShTikarthA
tatsamprasattivashatO mama suprabhAtam
lOkatrayANi paripAlayatE shachIshah
pApApahO dashshatAkshi vimruShTakAryah
vritrasya hanturamarEshiturAprasAdAt
dhanyO(a) mastu tadidam mama suprabhAtam
sAvatparOrajasi tatsaviturvarENyam
dEvasya dhImahi mahO matichOdakasya
gAyatramarthamiti bhAvayatO durantA
sAntA nishA praviralA mama suprabhAtam
shIrShANi pancha shashibhUShabhUShitAni
bAhUn dashAyudhadharAn pratikalpya shAktAh
ambEtyupsata iti dyaya mAkalayya
chittEna vittamiha yanmama suprabhAtam
janmAnyatItAnikiyanti mE(a)ho
ucchAvachatvam yada bhUtsukhadukhahEtOh
tvaddAsadAsatamatAmabhi padyapuNyAt
bAlE tavAnugrahavashAnmama suprabhAtam
//iti shri tadepalli raghavanarayana sastry virachita bala suprabhatam sampurnam//
With regards,
sriram
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Sri Tadepalli raghava narayana Sastry gari sannidhi

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Posted by LalithaSree at 5:35 AM

Last posting I stopped at the mention of a Shudra by name Uyyuru

Lakshminarasimha Rao going to Chandavollu Shastry garu for mantra deeksha.

At this Uyyuru Garu fell at his feet and said, "I have a desire to learn Sanskrit Grammar and
Vyakarana and am learning it privately but there are lot of difficulties and restraints.I need a
mantra to overcome all this."

Chandavollu Garu said, "Oh, that is simple, do the Gayatri mantra and then Saraswathy Devi will
start dancing on your toungue! This is because Vyakarana should come from Suryamandala and
Gayatri mantra is the easy method to access that mandala."

Uyyuru Garu looked to the ground and said, "But Iam a Shudra..."

Chandavollu Shastry looked at him and said, "Not a problem, but you must abstain from eating
meat and do regular pooja..."

Uyyuru Garu said, "I dont eat meat even now or drink alcohol or even smoke.."

Without delay Chandavollu Shastry Garu took the trembling person to a nearby river made him
dip there and then looked at the sun with a mudra (hand) and then touched the person's head, the
person started to sweat and felt an energy sweeping his frame.He felt lighter as if lot of negative
energy lifted off him.

Then Chandavollu Shastry gave him the mantra.

Uyyurugaru did upasana of the mantra alongwith another surya mantra which Chandavollu Garu
gave him and not only became a Vyakarana Pundit but also earned lot of wealth,fame and
name.He also built a residential school and became a multi-millionaire.

This showed Chandavollu Shastry Garu's benevolence and compassionate nature.

Chandavollu Shastry Gaur was a great Agama Pundit also. In his Ashrama he built temples for
Dattatreya, Subramanya Swamy and Seetharama Lakshamana Hanuman.

He also installed the idols in Vekanoor for Lalitha Tripurasudari Devi and in Tenali for Bala
Tripurasundari Devi.

He also installed Yantras in countless temples in Andhra and Tamizhnadu.

He was a great poet and his most famous writing are:

1. Hema Durgambikashatakam
2. Tukaramadasu Charitram
3. Naa Yogamu(My Yoga)
4. Paadina Paata
5. Pandurangeshwara Prashasthi
6. Balatripurasundari sametha Rajaraja Narendra Stavam
7. Shaankaree Stavam
8. Naa Yatra(My Yatra/Journey)-Referring to his journey to Kasi and other religious places

9. Prabhu Prapatthi
10. Sahasra Lingeshwara Stuthi
11. Naaku tochina maata
12. Inkoka Maata(Vyaasaalu)
13. Matswapnaha(Sanskrit)
14. Dattatreyaashtaka garbhitaathma Suprabhatham
15. Praarabdha praabalyamu
16. Vaasudeva saarathyamu
17. Datta-Bhagavathamu
18. Shreerama Kathaamrutha Shesha Puranamu
19. Shiva-Leela

Yours yogically,

Shreeram Balijepalli

http://www.indiadivine.org/content/topic/1579530-sri-sri-sri-tadepalliraghavanarayana-shastry-garu-part-8/