Sri Sri Jagadguru Shankaracharya Mahasamsthanam, Dakshinamanaya Sri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri



Dakshinamnaya Sri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri

Kumbhabhisheka of Gayatri temple in Koppa 


 

On 29th January 2012,  Jagadguru Shankaracharya Sri Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamiji performed the Kumbhabhisheka of Gayatri Devasthana at Koppa. In His Anugraha Bhashanam rendered on the occasion, the Jagadguru pointed out that it is the same Divine Mother who sports different forms be they Sharada, Gayatri, Annapoorna, Vishalakshi or Meenakshi. The Jagadguru recounted an incident from the Markandeya Purana where Shumbhaasura fights the Divine Mother who had expanded Herself into myriad forms Brahmi, Maheshwari, Vaishnavi. When Shumbhaasura confronted the Divine Mother, She absorbed all these manifestations and said –

एकैवाहं जगत्यत्र द्वितीया का ममापरा । पश्यैता दुष्ट मय्येव विशन्त्यो मद्विभूतयः ।। ५।। (There is no one in this Universe besides Me. Behold! All my manifestations have been absorbed in Me).

The Jagadguru mentioned the greatness of the Gayatri Mantra stating न गायत्र्याः परो मन्त्रः – There is no mantra that is superior than the Gayatri.

There is nothing impossible for a person who does a proper upasana of Gayatri. A Brahmachari who does the Gayatri Upasana properly will definitely get the fruits of his efforts in acquiring education.

 
  • Weapons do not cut This (Atma); nor does fire does burn It. Water does not wet (nor drown) nor does wind dry It. This (Atma) cannot be slain, nor burnt, nor wetted, nor dried up. It is changeless, all-pervading, stable, immovable and eternal. Bhagavan Sri Krishna on Significance of God
  • Do not be proud of wealth, people (relations and friends), and youth. All these are snatched by Time in the blink of an eye. Giving up this illusory world, know and attain the Supreme. Jagadguru Sri Adi Shankara Bhagavatpada on Mohamudgara
  • Today God is altogether ignored and this is the cause of all our suffering and misery. Jagadguru Sri Chandrashekhara Bharati Mahaswamigal on Significance of God
  • By God’s grace, we have obtained a human birth, the power of discrimination and someone to teach us about the ultimate, truth. If we still remain lazy, we will be wasting a marvelous opportunity. Jagadguru Sri Abhinava Vidyatirtha Mahaswamigal on Significance of God
  • No man is omniscient. Hence man should not have the ego that he knows all. It is ego that leads man astray and drives him to commit sins. Jagadguru Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamigal on Significance of God's Names