Lord Sri Hayagriva

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Sri Sri Rangapriya Swamiji is well known among lovers of Samskruta and Samskruti as a scholar par excellence, outstanding orator, poet extempore and an ascetic of the highest order. His personality was a unique blend of Jnaana, Bhakti and Vairagya.

Born as Varadadesikacharya in 1927 in the tiny hamlet of Hedathale in Nanjangud near Mysore, he had the great fortune of being a close relativeof Sriranga Mahaguru. The kinship got transformed into an intimate Guru-shishya relationship. Under the spiritual tutelage of Sriranga Mahaguru, he studied the basis and beauty of Bharatiya Samskruti and its component vidyas, kalas and shastras.

He completed formal education at the Samskrutha Pathashala, Mysore and later at Saugar University, M.P. He taught at National College in Bangalore from where he retired as HOD of Sanskrit. He delivered hundreds of invited lectures and inspired countless numbers of people to follow the path of Dharma in the best traditions of our culture. His written articles and transcribed lectures have been compiled into several books on a variety of topics such as Festivals, Bhagavad Gita, Vivaha, Upanayana and other Samskaras. His words and thought appealed to one and all-be it students or professionals, scholars or common folk, children or the elderly. His own personal life however was simple, sweet and steeped in devotion to his Guru at whose feet he surrendered his all.

This booklet covers a discourse delivered by His Holiness at the holy shrine of Parakala Mutt, Mysore, in the august presence of its pontiff.

Smt. Padmini, a post graduate in physics, had a long stint with the Indian Space Research Organisation, Bengaluru, as a space scientist. Trained in classical carnatic vocal music, right from a very young age, she emerged a topper at the vidwat grade. A performing artist and a teacher, she is an empaneled artist of the All India Radio.

Blessed by Sri Sri Rangapriya Sri Srih, she is currently pursing a study of Bharatiya Samskruti as per the vision of his mentor and preceptor Sriranga Mahaguru. This translation is her maiden and a very modest effort in reaching out the wonderful and lucid discourse of swamiji.