2023-11-19 19:21:54 by ambuda-bot
This page has not been fully proofread.
It is more than six decades since the great Kavyakantha
Ganapati Muni passed away in 1936. He was a great tapasvī,
whose one aim in life was the restoration of Bharata Mata (Mother
India) to her ancient greatness. Unlike others who aim at libera-
tion for themselves, this great soul believed that he must obtain the
grace of God not for himself but for the nation and through it for
the betterment of the world. Towards that consummation he had
done penance since his early years and this, too, very rigorously
during the last years of his life.
The Vedic seers were by no means recluses from the af-
fairs of the world. In fact, these Vedic seers made themselves the
superior vehicle through which the divine forces of heaven played
for the welfare of humanity. To become one such perfect instru-
ment in the hands of the Maha Shakti was the goal towards which
Ganapati worked and dedicated his entire life. Although the Muni
was a giant personality, he was very humble in his day-to-day life.
This can be proved by two incidents in his divine life. The Muni
and his beloved disciple, Daivarata, did tapas in Padaivedu near
Vellore in the year 1917. As a result of the tapas, certain Mantras
were revealed to his disciple Daivarata. Ganapati Muni, the guru,
recorded the Mantras as they came down from the lips of Daivarata,
his disciple. He even wrote a commentary on the Mantras, as
Sankara did for his disciple, Hastamalaka. There is yet another
incident to which I would like to draw the attention of the readers.
The Muni was verily a fountain of love and affection for his pupils
and followers far and near. This did not deter the guru and sisya
from having a difference of opinion at times. The Muni blessed Sri
Kapali Sastriar and permitted him to follow Sri Aurobindo.
A scholar poet, Sri Vasishta Ganapati Muni has many spiri-
tual and other writings in Sanskrit to his credit. Umāsahasram,
gitamālā, ramaṇagītā, ramaṇacatvārimsat and saddarśanam
are a few titles well-known among his disciples and others. But
xvii
Ganapati Muni passed away in 1936. He was a great tapasvī,
whose one aim in life was the restoration of Bharata Mata (Mother
India) to her ancient greatness. Unlike others who aim at libera-
tion for themselves, this great soul believed that he must obtain the
grace of God not for himself but for the nation and through it for
the betterment of the world. Towards that consummation he had
done penance since his early years and this, too, very rigorously
during the last years of his life.
The Vedic seers were by no means recluses from the af-
fairs of the world. In fact, these Vedic seers made themselves the
superior vehicle through which the divine forces of heaven played
for the welfare of humanity. To become one such perfect instru-
ment in the hands of the Maha Shakti was the goal towards which
Ganapati worked and dedicated his entire life. Although the Muni
was a giant personality, he was very humble in his day-to-day life.
This can be proved by two incidents in his divine life. The Muni
and his beloved disciple, Daivarata, did tapas in Padaivedu near
Vellore in the year 1917. As a result of the tapas, certain Mantras
were revealed to his disciple Daivarata. Ganapati Muni, the guru,
recorded the Mantras as they came down from the lips of Daivarata,
his disciple. He even wrote a commentary on the Mantras, as
Sankara did for his disciple, Hastamalaka. There is yet another
incident to which I would like to draw the attention of the readers.
The Muni was verily a fountain of love and affection for his pupils
and followers far and near. This did not deter the guru and sisya
from having a difference of opinion at times. The Muni blessed Sri
Kapali Sastriar and permitted him to follow Sri Aurobindo.
A scholar poet, Sri Vasishta Ganapati Muni has many spiri-
tual and other writings in Sanskrit to his credit. Umāsahasram,
gitamālā, ramaṇagītā, ramaṇacatvārimsat and saddarśanam
are a few titles well-known among his disciples and others. But
xvii