Shripad Shrivallabh Datta Parampara: Biography (Charit) of Shripad Shrivallabh AND INTRODUCTION OF GOPALBABA, PITHAPURAM

|| Shri||

|| Shripadrajam Sharanam Prapadye||

||Digambara Digambara Shripad Vallabh Digambara||

|| Shripad Shrivallabh Sampoorna Charitamrut||

Biography of Shripad Shrivallabh

Original Sanskrit author: Shreeman Shankar Bhattaji from Karnataka and a contemporary of Shripad Shrivallabh

Telugu Copy submitted by: Late Shri Malladi Govind Deekshit, Bheemavaram

English Translation from Marathi script: Shri Prashant Talnikar

Prologue

The biography (Charit) of Shripad Shrivallabh is a precious gift of Lord Shri Dattatreya for this Kaliyug (an age of devil). To fathom the secrets in this book, the reader needs to experience them himself. For that, it is highly essential to have belief, devotion and conviction. As per His promise to Maharshi Bhardwaj, Lord Shri Dattatreya got this book written in words, through Shreeman Shankar Bhattaji for the upliftment of Pithikapuram (Pithikapur). Late Shreeman Malladi Govind Deekshit, the 33^rd descendent of Malladi Bapannavadhani became the cause to bring this book in reality. That this biography has reached the devotees is indicative of Lord Dattatreya’s blessing. The devotees are requested to experience this blessing. Shri Guru (Lord Dattatreya) had said to Narsavadhani, “the combination of time, action and cause is the rarest of rare coincidence, a yog. A wise person makes the most of such a yog. An unwise person cannot identify this yog and is at a disadvantage always.” An example of this ‘rarest of rare coincidence’ in the modern era is the complete biography Shripad Shrivallabh!

This entire Biography is a living, vibrant text. In a way it’s a combination of mythology and history. Devotees like Thirumaldas and Anand Sharma write the biography of Shripad Shrivallabh themselves. They are the cause behind this text. Anand Sharma being a worshipper of Gayatri Mata, his word about this book is a standard in itself. It is not necessary to detail the antecedents of the orators and creators of this book. Shripad Shrivallabh is another name of Lord Dattatreya. Cream, curd and ghee (clarified butter) etc are all part of the milk therefore drinking milk itself is enough. Likewise, Shri Datta Charita is all inclusive.

In this book, one finds monism, specific duality, duality, tantra, mantra and yog. This book is sufficient for those who wish to live a perpetually integrated life rather than a fragmented existence. It has in it everything, Samkhya philosophy, jurisprudence, analysis etc. The book is more than sufficient to earn the blessings of Lord Dattatreya in the easiest way. Shripad Shrivallabh had himself said to Shankar Bhatta that there is nothing mystic about this book. It’s a simple text. In different contexts, Shripad Shrivallabh had told Thirumaldas, Bapannavadhani and Shankar Bhatta, that he would be reborn as Shri Nrusimha Saraswati and would exist eternally, even thereafter. To understand the meaning of the flow of time, karma (deeds), yog and the nuances of devotion, one needs to know the entire life-story of an incarnation. Even though Vyas Muni has asked to put aside all other texts and scriptures, just chant the name of Lord Rama, the biography of Shripad Shrivallabh is the appropriate guide to the ultimate knowledge and cannot be put aside.

Jagatguru (guru of the entire universe) Shripad Shrivallabh left home when he was just 16, in response to the calls of the devotees. If we take one step towards Lord Dattatreya, he responds by taking a million steps to reach us. If we have a thousand ways to stray, he finds a million ways to save us. In this kaliyug among these millions of ways however, the best is to read and re-read the biography of Shripad Shrivallabh.

||Shripadrajam Sharanam Prapadye||

Sarva Shripad Mayam

Everything belongs to Shripad Shrivallabh

This universe is an expression of the divinity. Maharshi Vyas has mentioned in the Bhavishyottar Purana (the latter part of the mythology) that in the cycle of protecting religion, the chain of reincarnations runs like, Janardan in Krut yug, Raghunandan (Lord Rama) in the Tretayug, Lord Krishna in the Dwapar yug and Shripad Shrivallabh in the Kaliyug.

In the Tretayug, Maharshi Bharadwaj invoked Lord Shiva himself for a yagya (sacrificial holy fire) by the name Savitru Kathak Chayan. It was the result of this yagya, that Dattaprabhu Shripad Shrivallabh took birth in this Kaliyug, as the son of Shri Dhandikot Appalraj Sharma and his wife Sumati Maharani. A divine incarnation is when God descends at the level of human existence by limiting his seamless, limitless existence. Shripad Shrivallabh too has descended on earth to establish many divine truths here. Nothing happens without a cause. The sole base principle behind all the causes and all the works is Lord Dattatreya, which is beyond everything else. Lord Dattatreya descended on earth in the Kaliyug for the first time in the form of Shripad Shrivallabh, at Pithikapur. Even the thousand-headed Shesha (the cobra-seat of Lord Vishnu) with his one thousand tongues cannot describe him completely.

The incarnation of Shripad Shrivallabh is for dispelling the gloom of ignorance. It is for removing the disability of the life forms, which comes in the way of their spiritual and material advancement. Lord Dattatreya controls the gods of time and deeds. Shripad Shrivallabh is the root of this universe. He is like a banyan tree and his many incarnations are like his shoots. These shoots may look like trees themselves, however, the original tree is just the same. He is the final refuge and he is the mainstay of the good and the evil. All the powers emanate from him and dissolve in him again.

This biography of Shripad Shrivallabh was conceived and written by Shankar Bhatta, who was anything but a scholar. Shankar Bhatta was a contemporary of Shripad Shrivallabh. He was a divinely lucky and blessed person who actually saw Shripad Shrivallabh. This book is the truest of text which is presented to the world through the Lord Dattatreya Spiritual Society. It’s a book which is appropriate to be read by gods, yogis, the accomplished ones, students as well as ordinary people. There is no exaggeration and no unnecessary description in this book.

Late Shri Govind Deekshit was once walking through the premises of the temple of Goddess Mavulammi at Bheemavaram. Suddenly, a hungry, old beggar came to him and asked for alms. Govind Deekshit gave him Rs. 16/-. A couple of days later, he received the prasad (holy offering) from Nrusimha Saraswati Swami (Ganagapur), the second incarnation of Shripad Shrivallabh. Govind Deekshit hadn’t sent any money to Ganagapur for that and he was surprised. However, it dawned on him that perhaps it was a message for him from Shripad Shrivallabh, to bring his biography before the world. He got the old, worn copy of the same rewritten and then, immersed the old copy in the river Krishna, as suggested in the book. Thereafter he submitted the new, re-written copy of the Telugu text at the feet of Shripad Shrivallabh.

At the instance of Shripad Shrivallabh, on 14^th November 2006, the Lord Dattatreya Spiritual Society started “Annadaan Shanti Maha yagya” or the mega food donation initiative at Vangalvari Vidhi Shri Pithikapur. In the same way the Society had also started the initiative at Kuravpur, where Shripad Shrivallabh did his penance, as well as at Dattagad Kallur and Unukeshwara. At Mahurgad, the place of retreat of Lord Dattatreya, the Society also offers water and fruits to the hungry and thirsty animals apart from the food donation initiative. Some peculiar changes were observed at Pithikapur as soon as the food donation started. Apart from the fact that no one sleeps on a hungry stomach in the town any more, within six months, a great, 700-year old Shivling was found to have floated in with the tides at the seashore of Uppad, a village near Pithikapur! The geologists confirmed that the ling is very ancient. As it were, the ling is the same ling that the great ascetic Bapannarya, a contemporary of Shripad Shrivallabh had invoked and installed. Now famous as the Uppad Shivayya, the ling is consecrated with sea-water and the mixture of honey, curd, ghee, milk and sugar, called panchamruta (a mixture of five nectars). Every month on the Shivratri day a procession of the Swami’s palanquin leaves Pithikapur and reaches Uppad, where a special pooja is performed. In the coming days, a magnificent temple is planned for this great Shivling. The vibes indicate that this temple is going to be a world-famous temple of Lord Shiva.

The ‘Shripad Maha sansthana Sandesh Divya Palakhi’ or the procession of Divine Message from Shripad Shrivallabh, the arouser of the Kundalini of the entire world, had been sent from Pithikapur to many holy places in the vicinity. Taking up a long foot-journey for the first time, the procession was also taken to Shri Saibaba Sansthana at Shirdi in Maharashtra. At the instance of Shri Gopalbaba, the eternal flame was brought from there and installed in the Ashram premises at Pithikapur. This eternal flame rids people of all their sins.

The palanquin-procession went to Pancharam Kshetra and Arasvalli Sun Temple (Srikakulam) in Andhra Pradesh as well as Mahurgad in Maharashtra. Shripad Shrivallabh liked to move in the palanquin. He would roam in the streets of Pithikapur, sitting royally on the shoulders of his grandfather. He still roams around in Pithikapur in his ‘Pithikapur nitya vihara’ routine.

To further promote the Swami’s programs, Bhagwan Shri Gopalbaba Maharaj came to Pithikapur as a representative of Shripad Shrivallabh Swami. He established an ashram and has settled down here, overseeing the programs. It is Baba’s blessings that initiatives like bringing the eternal flame from Shirdi, donating clothes to the poor, eradication of illiteracy etc have started at Pithikapur in an effort to resolve the issues created because of the influence of Kali (the devil).

Everyone is requested to take part in the programs of Shripad Shrivallabh and be free from the evil influence of Kali.

||Shripadrajam Sharanam Prapadye||

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