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



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Dakshinamnaya Sri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri

Veda Shastrottejak Sabha


Jagadguru being received with due honours at Vedashastrottejak Sabha, Pune

About 150 years back, a visionary named Justice Ranade established an institution in the city of Pune and named it as Vedashastrottejak Sabha, for the sole purpose spreading Sanskrit education in the country through the learned pundits of Pune.

There is evidence from the manuscripts of freedom fighter late Bal Gangadhar Tilak that link was maintained by this institute with Sri Sharada Peetham at Sringeri which was held in esteem as a referral authority in the Sanskrit language or interpretations thereof.

During the vijaya yatra in 2007, the Jagadguru Shankaracharya Sri Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamiji was requested to release the new edition of Taittriya Aranyakam. The Vedic scholars were pleasantly surprised when Jagadguru explained the chapter-wise contents of the book without referring to the contents even once.

This institute conducts Sanskrit examinations every year. Students who appear for the examination as well as the Ghanapathis as examiners arrive from Nagarkoil in South to Varanasi in North.

On occasions, the institute requests the Jagadguru Shankaracharya of the Sringeri Sharada Peetham to nominate a pundit from Sringeri for valedictory function.

The devotees of Shringeri Math, Pune provide provisions for food during the ten day examinations.

 
  • Just as in this body, the embodied one passes through boyhood, youth, and old age, so does one pass into another body. With reference to this (birth, aging and death), the wise man is not disturbed. Bhagavan Sri Krishna on Significance of God
  • An object continues to be dear as long as one derives pleasure from it and it is detested for the duration that it causes pain. The same object cannot be always liked or disliked. Sometimes, that which is not dear may become dear. Moreover, that which was loveable can turn unpleasant. The Atma, towards which affection never wanes, is always the most beloved. Jagadguru Sri Adi Shankara Bhagavatpada on Shatashloki
  • Blessings are the monopoly of God and we must all pray for his gracious blessings. Jagadguru Sri Chandrashekhara Bharati Mahaswamigal on Significance of God
  • It is pitiful that when many of us are asked, “who are you?”, The first thought that arises is “I am a Keralite”, or “I am a Punjabi”, etc. The thought that should immediately stem is “I am an Indian”. If people first feel that they are Indians and only then think of divisions, the nation will have great prosperity and the divisive forces will not be operative as they are today. Jagadguru Sri Abhinava Vidyatirtha Mahaswamigal on Significance of God
  • Instead of using the tongue for speaking futile issues, use it to chant the names of God. God shall then guide you along the right and beneficial path. Jagadguru Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamigal on Significance of God's Names