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Vaadeendra Theertharu (Mantralayam)

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  Sri Vaadeendra Theertharu (mantralayam) https://archive.org/details/vaadeendra-theertharu-mantralayam Did you know? Sri Vadeendra Theertharu was the great grandson of Sri Guru Raayaru (in his poorvasrama) and He was just two years old when Sri Raayaru entered Brindavana. Guru Raayaru who had a vision of this child prodigy becoming a saint and his successor in course of time, had kept ready the Brundavana that was originally meant for him brought by Diwan Venkanna. Adjacent & to the left of Moola Brindavana of Sri Guru Rayaru, we find the Moola Brindavana of Sri VaAdeEndra Theertharu the 5th descendant in the lineage of GuruSarvabhouma Sri Raghavendra Swamy. He belongs to 18th century and His period of Vedanta Samrajya was between 1728-1750.           Vaadeendra teertharu openly says that Rayaru is the only choice for all people in this era!! If anyone carefully reads Gurugunastavana, his next course of action will be getting rid of all problems, as we...

GURUGUNA STAVANA (with commentary in English)

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GURUGUNA STAVANA (Sri Vaadeendra Theertharu) with commentary in English (sangraha)   A great scholar, an ardent devotee of Sri RaghavendraSwamy, Sri Vaadeendra Theertharu composed several verses in praise of Sri Rayaru. On one such occasion, when He was singing Gurugunastavana in front of Sri Rayaru Brindavana the whole Brindavana nodded in appreciation of his scholarly work. Gurugunastavana is a magnum opus of Sri Vaadeendratheertharu. Verse after verse, Rayaru is extolled majestically in this poem. It is through Gurugunastavana we come to know about how much we are dependent on Sri Raghavendra Swamy. In GuruGunastavana, Sri VaadeendraRu extolls and made a special mention about the scholarly writing/commentary skills (RachanaKousalya) of Sri GuruRayaru. In his magnum opus GuruGunaStavana Sri Vaadeendra Theertharu profusely extolls the glory of Sri Guru Raayaru in his literary works, his commentary writing style. Link for lyrics & commentary (English) https://archive.org/detail...