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Dvisahasri of Tembesvami (Summary and Study)

by Upadhyay Mihirkumar Sudhirbhai | 2012 | 54,976 words

This page relates ‘Conclusion� of the study of the Dvisahasri by Tembesvami:—a Sanskrit epic poem (mahakavya) narrating the legend and activities of Lord Dattatreya, including details on his divine sports and incarnations. Also known as Datta, he is considered one of the Holy Masters in the Natha cult imparting spiritual knowledge and adequate practice to the aspirant.

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Conclusion

Thus this chapter provides a clear evidence of the fact how an individual endowed with righteous conduct, divine qualities and Supernatural virtues, treads on the path of practices of Yoga and spirituality which leads him up from the normal status of a monk (ṃnṃnī), to an exalted sage (ūٲ), Culminating himself into a teacher (ܱ貹ś첹) then a preceptor (guru), then the Holy Master (śīܰ) then a god (deva) and finally God (貹ś).

The Vedic Literature including the 貹Ծṣa puts ٲٳٰⲹ’s name in the list of monks exalted sages followed by the ʳܰṇa and classical literature introduce him as the teacher of Yadu (predecessor of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa), Alarka (Ѳ’s son), Paraṣurāma (’s son), Sahasrārjuna (Kṛtavirya’s son) and so on.

The Time passese and brings into the effects famous statement of Poet 󲹱ūپ.

kālohyaya� niravadhivipulā ca ṛtī|

“The Time is limitless and the earth is capacious.�

The commencement of the medieval literature (in Sanskrit as well as in Marathi) seems to widen horizon and extends beyond all worldly limits to establish ٲٳٰⲹ to be not only one of the important god of the trinity but also to be the trinity but also to be the Attributive Lord (ṇa󳾲).

The chapter also aims at the fact that the tradition of ٲٳٰⲹ worship places ample illustrations of the Holy Master changing the devotees self into the Holy Master’s Self.[1]

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[1]:

dṛṣṭānto naiva dṛṣṭastribhuvanajaṭhare sadgurorjñānadātu�
  sparśaścettatra kalpya� sa nayati yadaho svarṇatāmaśmasāram|
na sparśatva� tathāpi śritacaraṇayuge sadguru�
  svīya śiṣye svīya� sāmya� vidhatte bhavati nirupastena laukiko'pi || jagadguruśaṅkarācārya viracita śataślokī
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