Dr. A. M Unnikrishnan | Friday 07 April, 2023 | 12:00 AM
Chattambiswamy is a great revolutionary who single-handedly cut down all the evils associated with the place and time in which he lived. He became unique in history by enlightening the world with the great weapon of knowledge, without any community support, organizational power, benefit of power or backing of wealth. Chattambiswamykal, a historical figure, was a self-made man in the truest sense. The world-charyas of this extraordinary sage appeared in various forms, as a sannyasi who did not take kawi, an acharya who did not establish an ashram or an organization, and a renunciate who did not acquire wealth or status.
Kaypunir was a very hot-tempered boy. Although he was born with the epithet of upper caste, the social situation was pushing him into the ocean of poverty. So Chattambiswamy did not even get enough food to satisfy his hunger after leaving school or formal education. Chattambiswamy was born in Kannammula Ullurkottu Bhavan, Thiruvananthapuram on 25th August 1853 (Year 1029 Chingam 11). Mother is Nangammapillai. They are also referred to as Nanka, Tirunanka and Nangadevi. Father is Vasudevasharma of Mavelikkara Thamarassery Illam. His predecessors were the ones who fled south for their lives from Tipu’s attack. His name is also recorded as Ananthasharman. The matriarchal family of the swamis is Veniyathuveedee in an area called Machel near Malayinkeez. There have been great personalities in this family. Along with Shreyas, Preyas also lived in that family house. Preyas are material qualities such as wealth, prosperity, prosperity, glory and others. But with the passage of time, many of these disappeared from there. As a result, the family fell into poverty. However, if the investment of good deeds, including charity, is sufficient, the succession of good deeds will not come from outside the family.
Chattambiswamy has many siddha and famous ancestors. Even today, people speak of Eshwar Pillai, Narayanamouni and Ummini Pillai with utmost respect. Eswarapilla was an uncle of the previous generation of Swamis. He was a Mahayogi and Jeevanmukta. He was an extraordinary person who became ruler on the day he predicted. Narayanamouni was also a great sage and yogi like him. Umminipilla is a person who lived during the time of Maharaja Swathi Thirunal. Being a Brahman, he has done many extraordinary deeds. One of them was in the audience of Swathi Thirunal. Swathi Thirunal, the ‘musician of kings and king of musicians’, was awestruck by his interpretation of a Sanskrit verse in seven ways. It is this traditional pious food that was revealed to Keralites by Chattambiswamy.
The life span of the Chattambiswamis is seventy years. The great deeds he accomplished in the meantime are innumerable. The best known of these are his contributions as a monk. But most of the swamis’ knowledge creations, which are rarities in Kerala intellectual history, are still not well understood. Researcher, historian, grammarian, sociolinguist, painter, literary critic
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A lot of information is available from biographies related to subjects such as poet, translator, artist, philanthropist, prophet, wrestler, mystic and revivalist. But the fact is that we have not yet achieved a detailed and detailed understanding of many of these. For that
Researches should be conducted according to the methodology appropriate to the respective knowledge schemes. It is hoped that it will gain momentum with the Mahasamadhisabdi of Chattambiswamis. This hope is based on Swami’s prediction that ‘after ten years, people will start paying more attention to everything this old man has said’.
Chattambiswamy has not taken any responsibility or part of the results despite having made so many great and huge contributions directly and indirectly. Because everything was the Yajnakarmanusthana of Stithaprajna. He was born in Thiruvananthapuram, to the Sannyasiparampara, the glory of India
Mahasamadhi blossomed in Panmana village of Kollam district where Chattambiswamykal, who became the crown prince and was the central leader of the Kerala revival.
Everything that Chattambiswamy showed, did and said is unbelievable and amazing to the common man. For Swami they are just normal. He had become Brahman while still alive. Many people could not understand it. It is doubtful whether those who heard him were able to fully understand even the hint he gave about the Mahasamadhi of the Swami. He was leaving Thiruvananthapuram to say goodbye to everyone and was going to stay at the hospitality of Shankupilla at Kumbala at Panmana. Then many people in Thiruvananthapuram requested: to come back, to be in Thiruvananthapuram, to spend the rest of life and samadhi here. Then Swamikal said: Let the ram be 23; Might as well come down south. 1099 in the year 1099, on the 23rd of Medamasa, i.e., in the common year 1924. The Mahasamadhi of the Chattambiswamis was on the same predicted date. He had already told this to those closest to him. That I will not see the midday sun in 99. That is the battle of saying that it should be 23. At three o’clock in the evening on May 23, he was lying on the stretcher in the CPP memorial reading room in Panmana. Always called Padmanabhapanikar for help. He asked to stand up. Panikkar supported him. Swami was standing up. Later, Swami tied both his feet to himself and became the recipient of the Padma. With both hands clasped in his lap, he sat for half an hour intently concentrating on one point. After half an hour, those eyes slowly closed. Chattambiswami came to be calm and calm and become Brahma.
Samadhisthan Swami’s photo is available. Those who know, having seen the signs of samadhi, say that Swami’s is a special samadhi. It is Asamprajnatasamadhi or Nirbeejasamadhi. In other words, his life attained the exit from that bodily cage by burning away all the odors, in such a way that he does not need to take another birth for any future journey, even for a moment, because not even a particle of smell remains. Chattambiswamis was created by merging into the essence of the universe. Chattambiswamy left this world naturally, without any fuss, without any discomfort or abnormality.
(The writer is a senior professor in the Department of Kerala Studies, University of Kerala, phone number: 9447453145).