Epilogue
Pūjya Śrī Sujayiṅdra Tīrtha, the successor (vara kumāra) of Śrī Suyamīndra Tīrtha, ascended to the leadership of the Mahāsaṁsthāna on January 12, 1967. In accordance with his guru’s command, he fulfilled all the plans his guru had envisioned and led the all-round development of Mantralaya.
Śrī Sujayiṅdra Tīrtha stands as a living testimony to the truth that “When the Guru blesses with a pure heart and joyful mind, even the greatest endeavors can be successfully accomplished by the disciple!”
Seated on Śrīmad Ācārya’s original mahā digvijaya vidyāsiṁhāsana, Śrī Sujayiṅdra Tīrtha Śrīpādāṅgaḷavaru became famed as “the banner of Śrī Guru Rāja’s glory,” and earned the title “Rāyaru who walks amidst the gathering of devotees.” His successor, Pūjya Śrī Sushamīndra Tīrtha Śrīpādāṅgaḷavaru, is shining today, having earned the special grace of Śrī Guru Sārvabhauma, and has established a pure reputation and revered stature across the world. Today, he reigns with glory and dignity, earning the devotion and respect of all disciples, devotees, and scholars.
Let us pray with devotion at the feet of Śrī Rāghavendra Tīrtha Guru Sārvabhauma, that the most worshipful Śrī Sushamīndra Tīrtha, reigning long on Śrīmad Ācārya’s seat, may continue to lead the advancement of the original Mahāsaṁsthāna and Mantralaya, uplift the disciples and devotees, protect the tradition, nourish scholars and dependents, and safeguard the entirety of devout humanity.
Verse (Mangalāśāsana - ಮಂಗಲಾಶಾಸನ / Benediction in Sanskrit):
brahmābhyarcita mūla-rāma-makhila-prajñārcitaṁ svaśiraḥ-
pāde nasta sudarśanaṁ haridaśa-śreṣṭhāvatārāṅkitaṁ |
pīṭha vistṛta digvijayaṁ ca jayanan rāmaṁ jayārārcitaṁ
vistīrṇāṣṭabhuja-dvijendra-bhujagaṁ lakṣmīśa-nārāyaṇam |
śrībhū-durgā-sametaṁ maṇimaya-vapuṣaṁ śeṣa-śayyā-vilāsaṁ
nīlārcaṁ vāsudevaṁ varadam-api hariṁ veṇugopāla-kṛṣṇam |
śrī-kṛṣṇaṁ rāghavendrārcitam atha sumatīndrārcitaṁ vājivaktaṁ
rāmāṅke vyāsa-muṣṭhi yativara-suśamīndro ’yam arcatu dāraḥ ||
Benediction Verse (Mangalāśāsana):
Worshipped by Brahmā, and by all the wise ones is Mūla Rāma,
Whose radiant Sudarshana graces our heads and feet.
Marked by the incarnation of the foremost among devotees (Haridāsa),
May victorious Rāma — praised by Jayā — reign from the vast throne of conquest.
He, the eight-armed Nārāyaṇa embraced by Lakṣmī,
Whose form is adorned with gem-like brilliance and who reclines on Śeṣa’s bed,
Worshipped in the form of blue-hued Vāsudeva, the boon-giver Hari,
Also revered as the flute-bearing Gopāla-Kṛṣṇa.
May Śrī Kṛṣṇa, worshipped by Rāghavendra and Sumatīndra,
Riding the white horse, seated upon Rāma’s lap, upheld by Vyāsa’s fist,
Now be devoutly worshipped by the great ascetic Śrī Suśamīndra.
May Śrī Sushamīndra Deśikamaṇi - ದೇಶಿಕಮಣಿ, and Sri Subudhendra Tīrtharu shining as the crown jewel among the Vedānta lineage, flourish forever!
tathāstu – So may it be.