Parijnanashram II
| Parijñānāshram II | |
|---|---|
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Philosophy | Shaivism |
| Personal | |
| Born | Pandit Kollur, Karnataka |
| Died | 1770(Ekadashi day of the Bhadrapad month) Shirali,Karnataka |
| Guru | Swami Shankarāshram I |
| Honors | Third Mathādhipati of Chitrāpur Sāraswats |
Swami Parijnanashram II (Devanāgarī: परिज्ञानाश्रम, Pa.ri.jñā.nā.shram) was the third Guru and Mathādhipati of the Chitrāpur Sāraswats whose reign was between 1757 to 1770. He was ordained as the guru by the elders of the community after Swami Shankarāshram I died without selecting a shishya (disciple). Normally it is the shishya who ordained by the guru, who succeeds as the guru of the community.
Swami Parijnānāshram II was an ascetic by nature and did not like to wield power. He lived most of his life practising yoga at Kollur and only occasionally visited the Chitrāpur Matha, the head matha of the community. He left his shishya, Shankarashram discharge most of the administrative duties.
The period between the death of Swami Shankarāshram and the ordainment of Swami Parijñānāshram II was a period of turmoil for the Sāraswat Community.
When Swami Shankarāshram died suddenly without accepting a disciple or shishya, the community was left without a head. The situation was similar to that faced before the Guru Parampara was initiated. The King of Nagar seized the assets of the matha .The community was again issued a decree that unless they showed the King their Mathādhipati(Head Guru of the matha), they would have to face heavy penalties.
The King ordered his men to demolish the samādhi(shrine) of Swami Shankararāshram(See Samādhi of Swami Shankarāshram). The shrine had a Shiva Linga made of clay, which the King's men came to destroy. No matter how many torrents of water were poured on it or how many blows of the sledge-hammer fell upon it, the Shiva-linga did not suffer a single dent. The Guru's grace prevented such destruction.Eventually the men gave up trying to destroy the shrine and went back.
Within a matter of a few days, all the men who tried destroying the shrine ended up dying.
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