That day was Thursday. It was sun-rise time. The hour of planet Jupiter was passing. Sri Tirumala Das and myself were in a room in deep meditation. A fine ray of sun shine entered our room. Wonder of wonders! In that fine rays of sun both of us saw the form of Sreepada Sreevallabha. When the sun shine entered our room we returned to normalcy from meditation. To witness the most holy and utmost auspicious form of Sreepada Sreevallabha as a lad of sixteen years is undoubtedly only on account of the generous grace of the great Lord! That splendid auspicious form gave darshan for a second and then disappeared. The chick peas kept as an offering to the Lord turned into metallic pieces by the rays of sun. That was amazing as well as irksome. We were worried mentally whether the appearance of the Lord was a sign of grace and whether the change of bengal-gram into metal pieces was a sign of His wrath?
Then Tirumala Das began to tell, “My child! Shankar Bhatt! This afternoon you can start for Kuruvapuram after accepting my hospitality. The permission of Lord Sree Datta is sought. In the mid day on Thursday Lord Datta would seek alms in Datta Kshetras. That is a very auspicious time.”
Then I said, “Sir! Everyday we are spending time with the recollection of Sree Datta and with narrations of the episodes of Sree Datta. It is painful that the peas given as offering turned into metallic pieces. Kindly remove my doubts and make me fulfilled.” Tirumala Das began to speak thus, “My Son! After some centuries when kali yuga advances, atheism becomes rampant. The Lord through various strange and astonishing miracles destroys atheism and establishes theism. He thus blesses living beings. In the incarnation of Sreepada Sreevallabha Lord Datta grants the seed form for the programmes of establishment of dharma
in future.” The consciousness in metal lies in dormant state. In metallic stage life exists internally. Due to various chemical actions of the metals life emerges. Mind exists in life as an inner ingredient. The consciousness in the life form is a semi dormant state. You can see this clearly in trees. A man who consumes narcotics experiences this state in his body. The nature which expressed itself in the form of life force, learns to function through mind in the developed stage attained after evolution. This state can be seen in animals. An animal after complete evolution is called man. Mind works with its total strength but, in mind a supra-mind transcending ordinary mind exists. It lies in an internal position. Man can become a perfect man through yoga. He can activate the kundalini force lying in ‘mooladhara centre’ and take it to ‘sahasrara’ point. There he can also achieve ‘savikalpa’ and ‘nirvikalpa’ states and experience an identical absorption with Sree Guru who is an embodiment of Supreme Light. He derives undefinable bliss in that state but, he conducts himself according to the maha samkalpa(great resolve). Therefore, he has no bonds of karma. The shape of that
maha samkalpa is, however, unthinkable, unimaginable, and has an extraordinary tremendous speed. The supra-mind belongs to the great Lord only.
Lord Sreepada accepts crores of prayers every moment. He replies to every righteous prayer which is just. He remedies the trouble. He grants every just wish. If the speed of mind of a man is the speed of a tortoise, the speed of His supra-mind is highly fierce, and beyond thought. The speed of light is also not equal to the speed of His supra-mind. Even a small prayer of a man or any living being must reach His countless rays of brilliance! He is the support for all visible and invisible forces. The lustre in His world is not any other, but, the cluster of brilliant rays emanating from His ever shining body only. That is the brilliance of crores and crores of suns. Even the combined brilliance of crores of stars and planets shining in crores of Brahmaandas is like the light of a small candle torch before the sun. My child! This is the real and exact nature of Sreepada Sreevallabha. That formless, attributeless form having infinite strength, infinite knowledge and infinite prevalence granted vision in a human form having qualities and shape as Sreepada on account of His free and infinite compassion. To understand this, man should achieve perfection and comprehensiveness.
The divine form of Sreepada Sreevallabha
Just as the evolution of man towards divinity is inevitable, God also comes down to lower strata, by compressing His infinite limitations. This is called Incarnation.This is a continuous yogic process. When once truth is established in creation it works naturally and effortlessly. Sreepada Sreevallabha–a personification of truth, knowledge and infinity–is a supreme divine incarnation descended with an intention to establish several divine truths in creation. He is really Lord Datta. Then I said, “Sir! As I am carrying the conversation with you many new things are unravelled. The real nature of Sreepada defies comprehension. I do not know how to write this Superb Glorious Biography of His; I do not know with what commentaries I should write it. You said about establishing truth. I heard about establishment of images, but I did not hear about establishment of truth. Kindly explain.”
Then Tirumala Das said, ''Dear Shankar Bhatt! You are the person intended to write the hagiography of the Lord. You write the experiences of devotees of Sreepada whom you come across. You record the things they tell. Your commentaries are not necessary. ‘Sree Vaaru (Sreepada Sreevallabha)’ Himself will get His Biography written through your writing instrument. For you to think more than this is waste.”
Man eats various types of food. They are assimilated on their own accord and give strength to the man. In this procedure there is no intervention or intelligence of man. The responsibility of man is limited to the acquisition of food. Afterwards, the duty of a healthy body is to internally cook it and give strength to the body. That means earning food is a duty imposed upon you. It is the duty of the body to assimilate the food eaten and render strength. As man has mind, he enjoys more freedom and there is a chance to do right or wrong. But the body has no such freedom. It must turn the food fit for assimilation and give strength to the body! That is a natural act done effortlessly regardless the likes or dislikes of the person who ate the food. It means that a duty was prescribed to the body. A truth relating to it was established. An act taking place on the principle of truth goes on automatically without our effort or will.
Actions and reactions in this nature or creation happen on the basis of truth. Sunrise, sunset, seasons and the course of planets and stars should take place like this! This is an inviolable law. Liberty was not given to them to make things happen in another way. The omnipresent Lord having mercy on the living beings in this creation relaxes to some extent the duties prescribed by Him. In kruta yuga everything is achieved by mere will. In treat yuga things are achieved by the performance of sacrifices and rituals. In dwapara yuga they are achieved through the deployment of mantras and astras (fiery missiles used in ancient warfare). In kali yuga tantra saastra has importance. In this yuga results are achieved by using machines. Simplification is introduced according to the yuga dharmas
. As the strength and intelligence of people are diminishing the policy of simplification was decided upon.
The vision of Sreepada can be obtained by relentless meditation.
For those who continuously chant and meditate upon Sreepada for three days and nights Sreepada grants darshan in flesh and blood and bless them.If man follows a lakh ways for down fall, God adopts ten lakh paths to uplift him. Lord Sree Datta carries on His administration of this creation with His Incarnations and through Siddhas, Yogis, Avadhootas and great Siddhis. There is a slight suspicion in your mind as a small seed, whether this Sreepada is actually Sreedatta of ancient yugas. To remove this doubt Sreepada changed the offering of Peas into metal pieces. Mother Anasuya transformed metallic peas into eatable peas. He did this to remind us that He is none other than Sree Datta of Yore. There is another secret meaning in this. Planet Jupiter in your horoscope is in a debilitated position. There is a relationship between planet Jupiter and bengal-gram peas. Sreepada communicated to you through this indication that difficulties due to the affliction of Jupiter are in a seed form; and that He changed them into metals incapable of sprouting any more. No article enters into this creation which is not seen by Sreepada in His divine mental horizon. There is no possibility for any living creature to enter into this creation without being seen by Him in His divine mental horizon. This is a supreme truth.
Knowledge relating to truth is well established. Therefore, there is no loss even if all the people who had that knowledge disappeared from the world. When that person who is worthy of that knowledge steps into this creation, that knowledge will itself become wedded to Him. Divine powers, long lived sages, divine incarnations belong to the phenomenon of non-destruction. Human beings belong to the phenomenon of destruction. There is no stipulation that the phenomenon of non-destruction should confirm to a particular type of knowledge, position, strength and movement. Its nature is one of freedom. It is total and complete. It is most ancient and most modern too!
No action takes place without cause. For all causes and for all actions the sole phenomenon is the basis. That is above all. That is the nature of Lord Datta. That Lord Datta incarnated for the first time in kali yuga with His all splendid potencies as Sreepada Sreevallabha in Pithikapuram. It is impossible even for a thousand hooded Aadisesha to describe vividly such great Sreepada Sreevallabha.
My child! Sreepada often proclaimed that He would incarnate as Sree Nrusimha Saraswati. Hiranya Kasipa obtained very strange boons. It appeared as if his death was impossible. Even then without infringing the boons granted, the incarnation of Narasimha killed Hiranya Kasipa in an exceedingly unimaginable manner. The great devotee Prahlada was saved. Prahlada averred that his lord was in a pillar. Swamy manifested from the pillar.
In kali yuga many doubts abound as to whether God is there or not. To suppress the arrogance of kali yuga Hiranya Kasipas; and to rescue devotees like Prahlada; Lord Sree Datta incarnated. The speciality of Narasimha incarnation lies in proving the existence of God. Lord Sreepada Sreevallabha and Sree Narasimha Saraswati are the two incarnations of Sree Datta came into this Universe, with two important missions–To suppress the pride of those who abuse God and to protect their devotees, just like the eye lids protecting the eyes. There is nothing which is not possible for Sreepada.
When Tirumala Das was narrating in this manner a doubt crept in my mind, “I was writing Sreepada Sreevallabha Charitaamrutam on bhoorja patra (the leaves of Indian paper birch tree). In future, on what type of material people would write this Charitaamrutam. At that time salivahana saka was running. Sreepada informed that in futur english saka would gain prominence. When did the niryaana
of Sree Krishna take place? On what date and at what time did kali yuga commence. I would believe that Sreepada Sreevallabha was actually an incarnation of Datta, if Sreepada writes about all these things according to the calculations of time to be adopted by people in future on a leaf to be used by them in future.”
I was not disclosing my above doubts to Tirumala Das. I was putting up postures as if I was listening to him. I was smiling and looking towards the metallic peas now and then. Suddenly the voice of Tirumala Das became hoarse. He lost the capacity to speak. While I was listening to the life history of Sreepada, I heard a terrible deafening sound. After hearing that explosive sound I turned profound deaf unable to hear any sound. Oh! In a second I became deaf and Tirumala Das mute. Tirumala Das was trying to tell something but no word was coming out. I could not hear even a small sound inspite of my efforts to hear. Then I felt sorry in my mind that I got such a doubt which I should not entertain. As a result I became deaf. It is not a permanent disability! Oh! God! What is to be done now?”
The offering of metallic peas formed into a sentence as‘Sreepada Raajam Saranam Prapadyae’
In the meanwhile, the chick peas kept for offering and turned as metallic pieces, moved and stood in the shape of a sentence as “Sreepada Raajam Saranam Prapadyae” in Telugu language.There was a small white leaf on them. It was becoming bigger as we were seeing it. It became rectangular in shape. It was having very much low thickness than bhoorja patra. It was smooth when touched with hands. Letters were being written in black colour in a beautiful way. They were written in telugu language and they ran like this–The demise of Sree Krishna took place during 3102 B.C., 18thday of February, night 02 hours 27 minutes 30 seconds. That was the year named Pramadi, Chaitra month, Paadyami of first fort night of lunar month, Friday, Ashwini star, Kali entered after the niryaana of Sree Krishna. I was perspiring profusely. All the water in my body was coming out as sweat. There was violent shaking in the body. I was certain that Sreepada was invisibly present there. I thought to myself, “What a misfortune? It is a far cry for me to reach Kuruvapuram? I need not be surprised even if Sreepada assumes the form of Narasimha and slays me. What can I do if He orders Tirumala Das to beat, wash and dry me like a fabric? If the Lord orders Tirumala Das would certainly beat me on the washing rock and hang me for drying after the wash.” Some gurus who boast themselves as wisemen endowed with self-knowledge, generally, while imparting brahmajnaana to their disciples, shower them with plethora of praises with an eye on milking money from them. The disciple also conducts himself with haughtiness, proclaiming that he was praised by that particular guru. This sort of gurus and Sishyas are both blame worthy! It was the ingenuity of Sreepada that– knowledge of the supreme was taught to me born in the brahmin caste by Tirumala Das born in the washerman caste.
Those living in the vicinity were engaged in their profession as washerman. They were not discussing such profound things nor could they understand such matters. Whatever it was, Sreepada Sreevallabha was my sole refuge. I looked at Tirumala Das. His face was placid and shining with the lustre of the supreme. Then it occurred to my mind that Tirumala Das was a brahmin and myself with a sullied mind was a washerman. The offering of peas turned as metal pieces gradually returned to their original shape. I understood that Sreepada pardoned me. After some time that white sheet disappeared. Tirumala Das said, “My son! Shankar Bhatt! This kali yuga is an age of metals. This age is an admixture of impurities. In compliance with the command of Sreepada I have to take birth again in Maharastra after staying for some time in Hiranya loka following my death.”
Tirumala Das said like this, “Once I took washed clothes to the house of Sreepada’s maternal grandfather. Then, Sreedharaavadhaani, uncle of Sumati Maharani was
carrying Sreepada and making Him play and was singing ‘Datta Digambaraa! Datta Digambaraa! Datta Digambara Avadhootaa!’
Then Sreepada was a boy of two years. He was crying with joy and playing. That spectacle was very charming to behold. Then I uttered, ‘Sreepada Sreevallabha Datta Digambaraa!’Sreedharaavadhaani looked towards me.
Then Sreepada said, ‘Nrusimha Saraswat is Datta Digambaraa!’
Thus, Sreepada taught in His own style that–He Himself is Sree Datta in the past; He was then in the name of Sreepada Vallabha on the screen of time; and when that image fades out He would make His appearance as Nrusimha Saraswati.
Samartha Sadguru to incarnate as Shirdi Sai Baba Sreepada said, “Grandfather! I want to incarnate as Nrusimha Saraswati in Maharastra. I am asking Tirumala Das also to come to Maharastra.”
Sreedharaavadhaani was dumb founded. Then Tirumala Das said, “Swamee! It is Your responsibility to kindly take care of me in any place, in any form, and in any birth. I have special liking for Your Bala Krishna Form.”
Later Sreepada blessed me, “Tirumala Das!You would be born in Maharastra under the name Gadge Maharaj in the washerman caste! You will become pious in the service of distressed, oppressed and miserable people! In Dheesila town my ‘Samartha Sadguru’ incarnation as Sai
Baba in the garb of a muslim will take place. Then also you would certainly obtain My grace in that incarnation of Samartha Sadguru Sainaadh.You have fondness for the image of Bala Krishna. So you chant the name of ‘Gopalaa! Gopalaa! Devaki Nandan Gopalaa!’ I grant you My darshan
always in your mental eye. After the fall of this present body you stay for some time in Hiranya Loka and afterwards work for the welfare of the world as Gadge Maharaj. This is my boon for you!This is my assurance!”
Sreedharaavadhaani returned to normal state after sometime. All this was perplexing to him. In the meantime Sumati Maharani called her uncle. As illusion completely enveloped him, again he thought Sreepada as a common boy.
Then I said, “Sir! I have a doubt. Sree Krishna said in Bhagavad Geeta that the fruits of actions are unavoidable! How Sreepada would destroy karma without violating the principles mentioned therein?” The result of donations and philanthropic acts offered to Sadgurus, Satpurushas and Yogis.Tirumala Das said, “Sree Krishna said that one should experience the results of actions, but, He did not specify that they should be experienced only in wakeful state. They can be experienced even in the dreaming state.A
karma which has to be suffered physically with the body for ten years can be undergone through mental anguish or mental torture in dreams for few hours. In that manner the impact of karma can be erased. By offering services and donations to righteous people and yogis, offering services to deities, also results in sinful acts diminish. The images of deities are holy. When we render them services, our sin would be attached to them and their virtue is transferred to us. When we offer donations to pious people and serve them, then also this sort of transfer takes place. When we meditate upon Samartha Sadguru this kind of exchange occurs through the medium of meditation. A sadguru accepts services from his disciple, and through the medium of those services he takes the sinful acts of his disciple and bestows fruits of his penance to the disciple. Someone should suffer the results of sinful acts. However, as deities and divine incarnations are of tremendous brilliance and are personifications of blazing fire, they can burn the sinful karmas accepted by them into ashes. Even if we offer with sincerity a leaf, a fruit, or a flower to them; such transfers take place mutually between our sinful karmas
and their punya. the process of transfer would be directly in proportion to the intensity of our devotion, surrender and distress. Sometimes Sreepada transfers the sinful karmas of His dependents to inanimate objects like rocks, and stones. By knocking at those stones and rocks and through various strange ways He would be destroying the results of that karma.I will tell a small episode illustrating this. Listen carefully. From the time of birth of Sreepada there was the problem of scarcity of milk. Sumati Maharani was not having sufficient milk. There was a cow in their house. For making offering to Kaalaagnishamana Datta in their house small quantity of milk was needed. That cow used to give that much small quantity of milk but, it used to give milk to its calf to full satisfaction. This was a peculiar nature. At times Sreepada used to stealthily enter the pooja room and drink the small quantity of milk kept for Kaalaagnishamana Datta even before the offering was made. On such days Sree Appalaraja Sarma used to offer a small piece of jaggery as
naivedya(an offering to God) to Lord Datta and he used to observe fast on that day. When her husband was fasting Sumati Maharani also was on fast. In case He waited upto the time o naivedya Sreepada alone used to drink that milk. The parents were very much miserable that they could not afford to give sufficient milk to that rare Divine Child born in their family. Pynda Venkatappayya Sreshti and Narasimha Varma tried many a time to donate a cow which gave abundant milk. All their attempts were in vain. Appalaraja Sarma would not accept donation under any circumstances. That was his vow. He was of the opinion that acceptance of donation would bring sin. As he was a vedic scholar, he used to accept rewards presented in vedic conferences. His income from priesthood was very meagre. He was conducting priesthood only to Pynda Venkatappayya Sreshti garu and Narasimha Varma garu. When those two persons offered more money than what was normally given to other priests, Appalaraja Sarma used to resent such gestures. Sri Appalaraja Sarma was not accepting anything even from his father-in-law Satya Rusheeswarulu. The birthday of Sumati Maharani occurred on Kaartika Poornima. Only on that day he was dining in the house of Baapanaaryulu. In the same way on Vaishakha Suddha Truteeya, which was his birthday, he used to take meals in the house of his father-in-law. In course of time he was taking meals on Ganesha Chaturdhi also in the house of his father-in-law as it was the day of Sreepada Jayanti. Thinking about the miserable state of the family Sumati Maharani one day said to her husband, “My parents are well to do people.
In addition they are orthodox people observing strict spiritual discipline. I do not find anything wrong in accepting a cow from the wealthy family of our Malladi Parents. We are not in a position to give enough milk to Sreepada. I submit that you may consider this matter carefully.” Then Appalaraja Sarma replied, “Sowbhagyavatee! What you said is right. As Satya Rusheeswara is unblemished of sin no fault is committed if a cow is accepted from him but, the approval of
dharma saastra(scripture dealing with ethical principles and regulations) about this matter is essential. Many great personages said that Sreepada is an incarnation of Datta. Many astonishing things are happening from the time preceding His birth upto this time. If this is the new incarnation of Datta
–The cow in our house must give abundant milk or you must have sufficient milk! Not only that! Our eldest son Sreedhararaja Sarma is blind and the younger son Ramaraja Sarma is lame! Sreepada could free both of them from the physical disabilities! You discuss this matter with your father or ask Sreepada Him-self! But it is not proper for God to create a complicated problem all the way to violate my vow.” Sumati Maharani submitted this matter to her father. Baapanaaryulu smiled and said, “My dear! All this is the play of Sreepada. Sreepada is skilful not only in solving problems, He is skilful in creating problems also.
I noticed through yogic vision that Sreepada is Datta. We got number of cows in our house. To give one cow I am not only agreeable but also feel extremely happy. Lord Datta very much likes cows’ milk. The approval of dharma saastra is also necessary, as told by your husband! Oh! What an irony of fate! In this world there are countless sons-in-law who attempt in several methods to grab the wealth of their father-in-law; but my son-in-law stands equal to a blazing fire. We become fools if we attempt to break his vow. Unless he receives clear permission from all the five primary elements of creation, Your husband would not accept this donation of cow. If Sreepada relieves His two brothers from physical handicaps, His bond of indebtedness with your family gets severed. Datta who is freed from debt cannot remain as a child in your house. He leaves the house as a world teacher to uplift the world. Therefore, don’t request Sreepada even by mistake, to remove the physical disability of His brothers. Everything is subservient to time. That time is under the control of Sreepada. If Sreepada wills you would get plenty of milk but, the link of indebtedness with Him will be lost to you. When once He is redeemed of debt Lord Datta would not limit Himself to our family. He escapes from the house to assume the role of a preceptor of the universe. If Sreepada desires, the cow in your house would produce adequate milk and give milk properly abandoning its peculiar nature. Then this problem would not rise at all. Therefore, have patience for some time. Datta who created this knotty problem, will Himself solve it.”
Then Shankar Bhatt asked, “Sir!What is the reason for the brothers of Sreepada to be born with physical defects? Are there any hereditary lapses of karma relating to the family?”
Then Tirumala Das said, “My child!Sree Dattatreya incarnated in the evening dusk. Sreepada incarnated during the dawn. The ensuing incarnation of Sree Nrusimha Saraswati will take place during mid-day in the ‘Abhijeet Lagna’.
The sportive plays of Datta are profound. Darkness spreads after dusk. Living beings remain in sleepy condition. Therefore, the incarnation of Datta assumes full responsibility for the process of development in the yogic endeavours and allows the living creatures to enjoy comfortable sleep. It is thick darkness and people do not know in what direction to proceed; what to do; how to move and in which direction in the process of evolution.
The significance of Datta incarnation is to achieve evolution and development in people without those people being aware of it.
Living beings without any effort on their part or with little effort travelled towards spiritual evolution from the deepest recesses of inner consciousness in methods unknown to them. This is not limited to the earth only. Sreepada arrived during dawn. During dawn all the powers of Sun God shine forth atonce and purify all creatures. Their soul is a replica of Sun. This indicates the development in infinite variety of several powers awoke and dancing in different courses. The mid-day sun is the form of a fierce and terrible raging fire. The purpose of incarnation of Sree Nrusimha Saraswati is to make solar soul to scatter abundantly and freely with complete powers and awaken all living beings. These matters relate to His consciousness that spread all over the universe.
Sreepada Raajam Saranam Prapadyae
Sreepada Sreevallabha Charitaamrutam
incarnation of Datta–
The cow in our house must give abundant milk or you must have sufficient milk! Not only that! Our eldest son Sreedhararaja Sarma is blind and the younger son Ramaraja Sarma is lame! Sreepada could free both of them from the physical disabilities! You discuss this matter with your father or ask Sreepada Him-self! But it is not proper for God to create a
complicated problem all the way to violate my vow.”
Sumati Maharani submitted this matter to her father. Baapanaaryulu smiled and
said, “My dear! All this is the play of Sreepada.
Sreepada is skilful not only in solving problems, He is skilful in creating problems also.
I noticed through yogic vision that Sreepada is Datta. We got number of cows in our house. To give one cow I am not only
agreeable but also feel extremely happy. Lord Datta very much likes cows’ milk. The
approval of
dharma saastra
is also necessary, as told by your husband! Oh! What an irony of fate! In this world there are countless sons-in-law who attempt in several methods to grab the wealth of their father-in-law; but my son-in-law stands equal to a blazing fire. We become fools if we attempt to break his vow. Unless he receives clear permission from all the five primary elements of creation, Your husband would not accept this donation of cow. If Sreepada relieves His two brothers from physical handicaps, His bond of indebtedness with your family gets severed. Datta who is freed from debt cannot remain as a child in your
house. He leaves the house as a world teacher to uplift the world. Therefore, don’t request
Sreepada even by mistake, to remove the physical disability of His brothers. Everything is subservient to time. That time is under the control of Sreepada. If Sreepada wills you would get plenty of milk but, the link of indebtedness with Him will be lost to you. When once He is redeemed of debt Lord Datta would not limit Himself to our family. He escapes from the house to assume the role of a preceptor of the universe. If Sreepada desires, the cow in your house would produce adequate milk and give milk properly abandoning its peculiar nature. Then this problem would not rise at all. Therefore, have patience for some time. Datta who created this knotty problem, will Himself solve it.”
Then Shankar Bhatt asked, “Sir!
What is the reason for the brothers of Sreepada to be born with physical defects? Are there any hereditary lapses of karma relating to the family?”
Then Tirumala Das said, “My child!
Sree Dattatreya incarnated in the evening dusk. Sreepada incarnated during the dawn. The ensuing incarnation of Sree Nrusimha Saraswati will take place during mid-day in the ‘Abhijeet Lagna’.
The sportive plays of Datta are profound. Darkness spreads after dusk. Living beings remain in sleepy condition. Therefore, the incarnation of Datta assumes full responsibility for the process of development in the yogic endeavours and allows the living creatures to enjoy comfortable sleep. It is thick darkness and people do not know in what direction to proceed; what to do; how to move and in which direction in the process of evolution.
The significance of Datta incarnation is to achieve evolution and development in people without those people being aware of it.
Living beings without any effort on their part or with little effort travelled towards spiritual evolution from the deepest recesses of inner consciousness in methods unknown to them. This is not limited to the earth only. Sreepada arrived during dawn. During dawn all the powers of Sun God shine forth atonce and purify all creatures. Their soul is a replica of Sun. This indicates the development in infinite variety of several powers awoke and dancing in different courses. The mid-day sun is the form of a fierce and terrible raging fire. The purpose of incarnation of Sree Nrusimha Saraswati is to make solar soul to scatter abundantly and freely with complete powers and awaken all living beings. These matters relate to His consciousness that spread all over the universe.
Between the incarnation of Datta and the incarnation of Sreepada Sreevallabha, a long black night intervened. That was entirely an embodiment of greater gloom. Representing that, the elder brother Sreedhararaja Sarma was born. After the elapse of dark period there was advent of another state during which doubts, atheistic arguments, tricky logics, perverted commentaries prevailed. Representing that, younger brother Sri Rama Raja Sarma was born.
Any living creature who shuns inertia which equals greater darkness; who rises above mental instability comprising of misleading arguments, doubts and perverse comments definitely derives the grace of Sreepada.This is the secret in this. These matters concern the evolution of living beings in the universe. There were certain mistakes in the actions of the family in the past. Even though Sri
Appalaraja Sarma belonged to the sect of ‘vaidika velanati brahmin’, their family had the headmanship of the village. The name of paternal grandfather of Sreepada was Sreedhara Ramaraja Sarma. It was the custom for brahmins having administrative powers over the village, to affix the title ‘raja’ to their names. The word ‘Sarma’ denotes that the individual is a brahmin.
Sreedhara Ramaraja Sarma is the village officer of Aiynavilli village. In their family the eldest son would get the headmanship of the village. Taxes had to be paid to the zamindars irrespective of the fact whether there was a good yield of crops or a failure of crops, and it was the responsibility of the village officer to collect taxes under coercion. Therefore, Sreedhara Ramaraja Sarma had to collect taxes through violent means in compliance with the orders of the zamindar, without having any regard to his personal likes and dislikes. That was his duty and dharma but, it became a sinful act in the eyes of God. The headmanship devolved to the eldest brother of Sri Appalaraja Sarma. On account of the sinful acts of their grandfather, Sreepada’s eldest brother Sreedhararaja
Sarma and the elder brother Ramaraja Sarma were born with congenital physical defects.
Even though Sreepada Sreevallabha was verily the incarnation of Lord Datta, He also had to suffer from the influence of the small sinful acts of His grandfather. That was why He had to face the shortage of milk. The Lord of the Universe will apply the regulations formulated by Him to all. Sreepada showed us the way, by way of suffering the effects of karma by Him also, even though He came as an incarnation.
Sri Pynda Venkatappayya Sreshti, and Sri Vatsavaayi Narasimha Varma regarded Sreepada as their own grand-son. So they thought for a long while how to solve the problem of milk troubling Sreepada. Sri Varma called Sri Sreshti and requested him to hit upon a plan to solve the problem. There were some cows born to a well known cow called Gayatri in the custody of Sri Narasimha Varma. Sri Sreshti bought from Sri Varma one cow having all auspicious qualities. Varma kept the sole proceeds carefully with him. In the meanwhile Sri Appalaraja Sarma came to the house of Sri Varma for performing priestly duties. Sri Varma gave the money received by sale of the cow to Sri Appalaraja Sarma on the occasion. That amount was disproportionately large compared to the normal honorarium given to priests for similar functions. Sri Appalaraja Sarma took out of that amount what was justly due to him and rejected rest of the amount. Then Sri Varma also refused to take back that rejected amount. He said that as a noble kshatriya, he would not accept back the amount he had once donated. This dispute was referred to Sri Baapanaarya. The Council of brahmins was convened. Sri Baapanaarya announced in the meeting, “Anyone who wishes to take the amount rejected by Appalaraja Sarma can do so.” Many brahmins competed
with each other to claim that amount. It was all an abnormal obstinate matter.Then a youth named Papayya Sastry said, “Sreepada is not an incarnation of God. If He is God why should this strange condition come to pass? If He is Datta why He did not save His two brothers from physical infirmity? Certain incidents took place at random. To blow them out of proportion is a crime. I am a devotee of Datta. I also obtained ‘Swetarkaraksha’ from my preceptor. Daily I am doing good amount of japa. No taint would stick to me even if I accept any donation. The amount may be given to me as I am worthy of it.” The council of brahmins got the money given to Papayya Sastry.With that amount one good cow can be purchased. Papayya Sastry went to his house after the meeting with the pride of victory. Then his uncle was in the house. A formal discussion was held between them. Papayya requested his uncle to dine. The uncle replied that he would take meals once in a year, and that it was not possible for him to take meals then in his nephew’s house. Saying so he immediately left. After his uncle left Papayya sat completely absorbed in thought. His wife came and asked, “Sir! This uncle who came now closely resembled your own uncle who died last year.Is it not?” Papayya was aghast. He was having only one uncle who died last year. Then who was that new uncle? In what an illusion his neglect was entangled? Even though he was having some other people who were uncles in some other ways of relationship none of them resembled him exactly in all respects. Had he seen the dead soul of his uncle? His heart began to beat violently. He was not having any connection through mantras
and tantras with devils and demons. Had he fallen from the grace of Sree Datta, who was being worshipped by him? Would the coming time a bad one?” The words of his uncle while departing fr
om the house, “I hope you will meet me shortly,” began to torment his mind in various ways. Was he going to meet his uncle in the next world after dying shortly? His heart became heavy. He chanted the mantra–‘Om Draam Dattatreyaya Namaha’. He could not carry on the meditation with single minded devotion. He went to the Sri Kukkuteswara temple to see Swayambhoo Datta. He began to meditate upon Datta. In that meditation he saw Datta without head. When he started to do japa his mind was vacillating. The prasaad given by the priest appeared to have been dipped in a jar filled with poison. The priest was laughing and telling something but Papayya Sastry heard a message that he should die soon after eating the prasaad . When Papayya returned home he did not find the vermilion mark on the forehead of his wife. He thundered at his wife why she removed the vermilion mark even when he was alive. She wondered as to why her husband was rebuking her even when she had a big vermilion mark as big as a rupee coin. Propaganda that Papayya lost his mental balance gained speed. Pithikapuram was full of rumours, criticisms and canards. Psychological treatment and treatment through sorcery were given to Papayya. He was saying that he was not mad and all that he was telling was true. People there were discussing among themselves that a lunatic also would sometimes speak logically. The wife of Papayya had a good idea. She thought that this was the result of the bad deed of her husband who abused Sreepada out of ignorance. It occurred to her that it was better to seek refuge of living Sreepada shining with divine lustre than to bow before speechless stone images of deities. She went to the house of Sreepada. She took the boy in her arms and kissed Him.
When they were alone she narrated her dismal state to Him. Sreepada said, “Aunt!All this will subside with a small adjustment. As you are like my mother I am telling you the secret. You construct a new house without any delay. When you and uncle enter the new house after performing vaastu pooja
everything will become steady.” She did not divulge this information to anyone. She convinced her people saying that the troubles plagued them because they resided in a rented house and that they must construct their own house immediately. Some one gave a forsaken pit as a donation of land to Papayya. It was immediately filled up with great labour and expense. For the construction of the new house all the money, gold, and valuables in the house were spent. Some amount was also borrowed. Mountain rocks were brought. They were broken into pieces and were used in the construction of the house. Papayya became healthy as soon as they entered the new house. Dear Shankar Bhatt!The period of impending death was running for Papayya. Sreepada rescued him from the predicament of untimely death. He was subjected to mental agony, dishonour, monetary loss and other troubles and the accumulated
karma was destroyed. Not only that. The
evil karma of Papayya was attracted into the hilly rocks and by breaking them into small pieces the karma of Papayya was destroyed.The methods employed by siddhas, and avadhootas
would be very strange. Sreepada said to Papayya who regained health, “What a fool you are? You have no head! When Datta whom you worship sincerely is before you in human form as Sreepada; you are an unfortunate fellow who could not recognise Him! You believed that the rocky Datta image in Kukkuteswara temple is your saviour! I am Datta who attracted your heaps of sins into the hilly boulders and got them broken into fragments, and thereby erased your karma. I also granted you a new house.If you had reposed faith in this living Datta in human form, I would have attracted all your evil tendencies unto my body and saved you by nullifying your Karma. The fruits of grace of God would depend upon the mental disposition of the devotee.” After this leela(sportive play) of Sreepada Sreevallabha, Papayya recognised Him as an incarnation of Datta. The problem of milk for Sreepada was causing trouble to Sri Sreshti and Sri Varma.They approached Sri Satya Rusheeswara and said, “Oh! Rajarishee! Like King Janaka you are a brahmajnaani absorbed in the supreme even when leading a worldly life. Ours is a small submission. You have to approve it.” For that Baapanaarya replied, “How can I express my approval without knowing the submission? You tell me the matter without any hesitation. If it satisfies the principles of dharma I will certainly approve it.” Then Sri Sreshti said, “I purchased from Sri Varma a good featured cow belonging to the progeny of Gayatri.I want to give it to our family priest Sri Appalaraja Sarma. If that cow’s milk is used for the service of Sreepada we feel extremely happy. Nothing more than that is desired by us.”
On hearing the words of Sreshti, Sri Baapanaarya said, “Alright! Alright! Send that mother-cow to our house. I will try to give it to Appalaraja. Stay of that auspicious cow in the house of Sri Appalaraja is specially beneficial both to the donor and the acceptor.” The mother-cow was brought to the house of Sri Baapanaarya. Sri Appalaraja Sarma refused to accept it as a donation. In Himalayas there was an area called ‘Satopadha’. From
that area only Dharmaraja and others ascended to heaven. A great person by name Sri Satchitananda Avadhoota was there. His age was some centuries. He was the disciple of Sri Visweswara Prabhu. He was residing at Kaivalya Srunga. Sri Visweswara Prabhu ordered Sri Satchitananda Avadhoota, that He incarnated as Sreepada Sreevallabha in Pithikapuram and that Sri Satchitananda should see His Childhood Form and feel exalted. Sri Avadhoota visited Pithikapuram. Sri Baapanaaryulu cordially welcomed him. He saw Lord Datta in the Form of Sreepada Sreevallabha and was gratified. The problem of paucity of milk was brought before him. Sri Avadhoota emphatically said that Appalaraja Sarma should accept the donation of cow and that Sreepada was verily Lord Datta Him-self; and that with useless restrictions the magnificent service of providing milk to Lord Datta should not be lost. The council of brahmins demanded evidence to establish that Sreepada was Datta. The Avadhoota said that he would give evidence through the five primordial elements.
The five fundamental elements giving evidence that Sreepada Himself was Dattatreya
The sacrifice commenced. Mother-earth gave evidence. As Sreepada was Sree Datta it was not wrong for Appalaraja Sarma to accept the donation of cow. That which was given with love by the father-in-law to his son-in-law could not be counted as a donation. Therefore, Sri Satya Rusheeswara could take it as a donation from Sreshti and he could give it as a gift to his son-in-law. This was the statement of mother-earth. After the yagna started it was raining all around except in the place of yagna. This was accepted as a second evidence. God of fire personally took the offerings in the yagna and explained the donation of cow was not wrong. This was accepted as third testimony. The wind evidently shook with terrible speed all the remaining area except the venue of sacrifice. This was regarded as the fourth evidence. A divine voice from the sky announced that Sreepada was in reality Lord Datta Him-self. After accepting the testimonies from the five primordial elements Appalaraja Sarma accepted the donation of cow. The fruits of cow donation accrued to Sri Sreshti. Therefore, it was decided that the price of cow should be given by Narasimha Varma to Sri Appalaraja. In this manner in the presence of Sri Avadhoota a rare meritorious virtue became available to Sri Sreshti and to Sri Vaatschavai Varma.
In future ‘Vaayasapura agraharam’ which will be called Kokanada(Kakinada), Shyamalambapura (Samarlakota) and Sree Pithikapuram amalgamate and develop into a mega city. People of all countries in the world; people from all races and all traditions; will come to Pithikapuram in any birth, on any day and have the darshan of Sree Swamy. The Biography of Sreepada written in sanskrit titled as ‘Sreepada Sreevallabha Charitaamrutam’ would receive the blessings of
Sreepada Sreevallabha. That volume of bhoorja patra would be kept buried in an invisible form, many fathoms deep underground in the birth place of Sri Sreepada, according to the will of Sri Sreepada. His Paadukas would be installed and a temple constructed in His birth place. Sri Pynda Venkatappayya Sreshti, an eminent affluent merchant who could donate a cow to Sreepada was indeed a very virtuous person. His life became an illustrious one. There would be no dearth of wealth and pelf in their family. He would stay for sometime in Hiranya Loka and after that he would take birth in Maharastra in a very wealthy vysya family and witness the incarnation of Sree Nrusimha Saraswati also. My child! Shankara Bhatt! This episode of donation of cow is indeed very auspicious.
You can proceed to Kuruvapuram. May Sreepada Sreevallabha protect you always!”
Victory Victory unto Sri Sreepada Sreevallabha!
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