श्रीव्यासयोगिचरितम् /21

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<p lang="en">XIV
 
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<p lang="sa">desires to seat Śrī Vyāsa Tīrtha on the royal throne

and perform the consecretion with precious stones.

Out of kindness towards the king, Srī Vyāsa Tīrtha

agrees to fulfill the desire of the king. Śrī Kṛṣṇa Devarāya

seats Śrī Vyāsayogin on the Royal throne and in the

presence of many kings coming from other countries,

the māṇḍalikas and all the citizens, he himself performs

the abhiseka pouring the precious stones on Śrī Vyāsa

Tirtha, with a Kanaka Kalaśa. After the abhişeka, Śrī

Vyāsa Tīrtha distributes those precious stones to all

the kings and the scholars that had assembled there.

The king also makes a gift of a village called Vyāsa

Samudra where Śrī Vyāsa Tīrtha later causes the

construction of a huge lake. Somanātha says that many

scholars and Sanyāsins used to live in that village.
 
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<p lang="sa">After sometime, Śrī Kṛṣṇa Devarāya, knowing that

he is in the fag end of his life crowns his younger

brother Achyutadevarāya and in due course passes away.

Following the footsteps of his predecessors, Achyutade-

varāya also holds Śrī Vyāsa Tīrtha in high esteem

and with his blessings, rules over the kingdom.
 
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<p lang="sa">Somanātha the poet.
 
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<p lang="sa">-
 
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<p lang="sa">(Circa 1500 A.D to 1560 A.D)
 
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<p lang="sa">In the end of '&apos;Vyāsayogi Charitam'&apos; Somanātha, the

author of the work, gives some information about himself.

Accordingly, he belonged to Vatsa Gotra and was a

resident of an agrahara called Govinda Tīrthapura, near

Kanchi. He was a decendent of the family of Yajva

Bhaskara whose son was Devarāja Somapīthi. Devarāja

Somapīthi had a son namely Bhaṭṭa Gayamukhi Bhāskara

who was the grandfather of Somanātha. Bhaṭṭa

Gayamukhi Bhāskara was a great scholar as his
 
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