Soon, relatives who had gathered in TB’s house start leaving. Naani too leaves. V is much sad that Naani had to leave. He tries hard to stop him but Naani says that him being a bachelor, he should not be in that house which is yet to see a number of happy celebrations. Finally Naani too bids adieu.
V and Gopikamba both dream about TB. While latter dreams about TB taking away V, V dreams about TB informing him to study hard and excel in life. Days pass with both Gopika and V remembering life with TB.
Finally, noticing that V needs a change of place, V’s sister offers to take him to his house in Madurai. But at Madurai too, V is desolate and sad. So, one day V’s sister’s husband offers to take V to Vidyapeeta so that V can spend some time with children of his age. In vidyapeeta, there are lot of educated people discussing about Literature and Scriptures. V asks some spiritual questions like ‘What is Dharma?’ etc and is interested in the wide variety of response.
Meanwhile, Gopika is too sad herself. She is once alone in the house and she feels too lonely. So she shouts at TB’s soul to take her away too so that she can be once again be united with him. Hearing her shout, Gururaja and his wife come and console her.
V is now keeping himself busy. He visits temples and asks priests theosophical questions. He once asks why Durga is called so. The priest responds thus:
Once upon a time there was a demon called Durgama. Durgama tries to understand why demons don’t have power whereas the Demi-gods (devatas) had. He realizes that it is due to Vedas. Since demi-gods have Vedas, they are powerful than Demons. So, Durgama does penance for years together and finally Brahma is forced to fulfill Durgama’s wishes. Durgama asks for Vedas which Brahma is forced to give. After doing so, world comes to a standstill as the demi-gods lose their power. Rivers run dry, scorching heat everywhere, famine, etc. When demi-gods pray for Goddess Lakshmi, she saves the world. She approaches Durgama and unleashes all her Anger Power and kills Durgama. Hence she is called Durga devi. Also, since she gives (shakahaari) vegetarian food to saints before the death of Durgama, she was also called Shaakambari (story needs to be validated).
Meanwhile, messengers are sent from Vijayandra Theertha Swamy to Gopikamba to ask Gururaja to visit their shrine soon.
Sep 30, 2010
Sep 19, 2010
Venkatanaatha is inconsolable
Vijayendra Theertha and Sudheendra Theertha are talking about TB’s untimely death. Former says that this is all God’s play for what’s gonna happen soon. Former gives example of Dasharatha and Kausalya giving birth to Rama and suffering so much despite bearing Vishnu a life. Same thing is happening here. He again hints that V has a long way to go. V is answerable to lot of worldly questions.
Meeanwhile TB’s family grieves TB’s death. V is the most inconsolable of the lot. He plays veena just the same way TB played Veena when TB’s parents died. Naani sees this and cannot help comparing. When kin try to console him, he asks questions about Death, about Soul, about need for his mom to shave her head and wear a red dress. He asks if TB’s soul will be happy seeing Gopika thus. No one is able to answer V’s questions.
When he asks his brother-in-law about current status of TB, latter replies that TB’s soul will be traveling to Heaven for the next 1 year and in this 1 year, it will suffer for all the mistakes it did. Then. V asks why people have to suffer after their death for their actions if the actions were initiated by God Himself in the first place – after all, if God didn’t will it, then how can Man perform the ill-actions? So why should Man be punished if he is just a puppet? Again, no one is able to answer V’s questions.
Meeanwhile TB’s family grieves TB’s death. V is the most inconsolable of the lot. He plays veena just the same way TB played Veena when TB’s parents died. Naani sees this and cannot help comparing. When kin try to console him, he asks questions about Death, about Soul, about need for his mom to shave her head and wear a red dress. He asks if TB’s soul will be happy seeing Gopika thus. No one is able to answer V’s questions.
When he asks his brother-in-law about current status of TB, latter replies that TB’s soul will be traveling to Heaven for the next 1 year and in this 1 year, it will suffer for all the mistakes it did. Then. V asks why people have to suffer after their death for their actions if the actions were initiated by God Himself in the first place – after all, if God didn’t will it, then how can Man perform the ill-actions? So why should Man be punished if he is just a puppet? Again, no one is able to answer V’s questions.
Thimmanna Bhat Dies
Sons arrive and TB asks Gopika for privacy. Gopika leaves crying. TB advises sons to take care of themselves. He says this might be the last chance for him to speak freely lest his body fails further. He asks Gururaja to take care of V and also to become a famous pundit after undergoing studies with Sudheendra Theertha. He also informs how in near future there is going to be a massive change in the world, where atheists will become theists and miracles defy science. Gururaja says he cannot understand, but TB hints that the answer is within the room. But neither Gururaja nor V understand the significance that the answer is V. TB advises further and asks them to be truthful and lead life honestly. He says that he can see his end and both sons are crying.
At night, TB hears Vijayendra Theertha saying that he has done all he has to do in life, so he might as well move on. TB wakes up and almost bids farewell to all his dearest – the idols, the veena instrument, etc. With love, he plays the veena and prays to God. Hearing the song, all in the family come and see him. TB finishes his singing. He remembers his entire life. He rests his head on the veena and then breathes his last. In the mid of night, Vijayendra Theertha – at his resting place - realizes that TB is dead and wakes up and wishes him well. TB is cremated.
At night, TB hears Vijayendra Theertha saying that he has done all he has to do in life, so he might as well move on. TB wakes up and almost bids farewell to all his dearest – the idols, the veena instrument, etc. With love, he plays the veena and prays to God. Hearing the song, all in the family come and see him. TB finishes his singing. He remembers his entire life. He rests his head on the veena and then breathes his last. In the mid of night, Vijayendra Theertha – at his resting place - realizes that TB is dead and wakes up and wishes him well. TB is cremated.
Sep 15, 2010
Thimmanna Bhat falls ill
Then, V goes out to play veena. His friends come and ask him to join in child’s play but he refuses stating that he had to learn a lot. Kids say that it isn’t the age but V says that there is no age to learn and that the entire childhood should not be wasted in playing. So the other kids start following V.
Meanwhile, TB and Gopika arrive back home. TB is very tired. He is hardly able to speak and stand. They relate their pilgrimage in great detail to household. They inform about having been to daughter’s house and also visit to Sudheendra Theertha Brindavan in Madurai, after which they went to Rameshwaram and performed religious rites for 15 days. All are happy that TB and wife have come back safely although sons chastise TB for having lost health. But TB says it is more of a duty than a leisure activity. Saying so, he suddenly falls ill.
He is bedridden. Doc arrives and tells everyone that he is suffering from a mental disease more than a physical disease. Everyone tries to convince TB to speak his mind out instead of locking it up within himself but he still doesn’t open up. One day, he gets up and wants to talk to his sons. Gopika wishes to die as a married person than as a widow. So she is fervently hoping. So he asks him not to talk about deathly things and encourages him to live for the future when V might perhaps become a great person. For this, TB says that indeed V will become a great person and be the shining light for millions of people but he wonders if he will be alive to see it. Gopika is shocked at his words. Gopika pleads him not to speak thus.
Meanwhile, TB and Gopika arrive back home. TB is very tired. He is hardly able to speak and stand. They relate their pilgrimage in great detail to household. They inform about having been to daughter’s house and also visit to Sudheendra Theertha Brindavan in Madurai, after which they went to Rameshwaram and performed religious rites for 15 days. All are happy that TB and wife have come back safely although sons chastise TB for having lost health. But TB says it is more of a duty than a leisure activity. Saying so, he suddenly falls ill.
He is bedridden. Doc arrives and tells everyone that he is suffering from a mental disease more than a physical disease. Everyone tries to convince TB to speak his mind out instead of locking it up within himself but he still doesn’t open up. One day, he gets up and wants to talk to his sons. Gopika wishes to die as a married person than as a widow. So she is fervently hoping. So he asks him not to talk about deathly things and encourages him to live for the future when V might perhaps become a great person. For this, TB says that indeed V will become a great person and be the shining light for millions of people but he wonders if he will be alive to see it. Gopika is shocked at his words. Gopika pleads him not to speak thus.
Venkatanaatha cures Gururaja of shivering
They think G is dead initially. But when they wake him up, he wakes up and they are all happy that he is alive. But G is shivering uncontrollably due to fear. They then search for V. They find V sleeping under that same mango tree where the devils reside (now chanting Vishnu’s name). They wake V too. V is very happy and fresh after having slept in nature. They ask if he wasn’t afraid but he said no one bothered him and he had a fitful sleep. He only regrets having missed the night’s music ceremony. They then head back happy that no one is killed.
In the house, G is still shivering. K tries to remove the shiver by traditional belief but she is unsuccessful. G and his wife decide to go to a temple. But when V assists him G in getting up (when V’s hand touches G), the shiver goes off from G’s body and he is fit and fine. This surprises everybody but they think that its because of what K had done.
In the house, G is still shivering. K tries to remove the shiver by traditional belief but she is unsuccessful. G and his wife decide to go to a temple. But when V assists him G in getting up (when V’s hand touches G), the shiver goes off from G’s body and he is fit and fine. This surprises everybody but they think that its because of what K had done.
Sep 11, 2010
The story of the 3 devils
Meanwhile, in their house, Kamala (K) comes to Gururaja (G) and V. Gururaja keeps V inside the house to avoid him in making mistakes outside house. So V says if he is kept in house, truth will not be kept inside. So K asks V to be grown up after which his words will be heard and assimilated. Then, K informs about an all night song ceremony of Purandaradasa Festival in a house nearby in Chandrapura which K cannot attend because of prior commitments. So G and V proceed.
On the way, V talks about Purandaradasa in great detail. G is very devoted to Purandaradasa, he informs how P used to recite songs on Lord’s behalf and how his children wrote down due to which most songs are now documented and sung. G asks how V knows so much about Purandaradasa. This may be due to V’s prior life (Vyasaraja) but V assimilates it to having studied a book on Purandaradasa.
It is pretty late in the night. G and V encounter a fork in the road. Both go to Chandrapura but one road is less traveled. G proceeds with the commonly used road but V informs that the less traveled road is a short cut. On their way, they encounter a person who recognizes them as TB’s sons. This person informs that the correct road is via the commonly used road and not this short cut. He then goes on to say that this particular road has a mango tree upon which are 3 devils. He relates his own story about how one night he was going on this path and the 3 devils attacked him. With great difficulty, he was able to get away from the 3 devils by chanting a Shiva sloka.
Hearing this, G and V are persuaded to go back and use the longer route but V runs away before anyone can stop him. G runs behind him but V would have gained lot of distance. V finally comes to the mango tree but he doesn’t see any devils. He rests near the tree to wait till G comes but G, meanwhile, has fallen down near a skull and is his in wit’s end. He is too scared to even more. He is perspiring as if he has seen his death. With fear, he faints.
The 3 devils attack G and decide to suck his blood. At the same time, Lord Venkateshwara enter V’s soul and saves G from dying. The 3 devils try to attack V but when they touch V, they get a shock. They suffer from severe shock and they feel captured. They are unable to move. But V tries to free their souls. They inform how they have lead their lives – the Brahmin devil had took money from pilgrims; the courier devil had spied on his king; the doctor devil had looted money. So they are not sure if they can free themselves from their enormous ‘paapa’.
So V informs that they have to chant Hari’s name so that they can be freed from devilhood. He advises them that this is the time to do some good and get freed; repent what was done in their lives, and they can finally reach Heaven. Since they are not doing good and since they made lot of mistakes during manhood, they were neither in earth nor in Heaven and hence they were devils and if they continue their current lifestyle, they will continue to be devils for millions of years. This makes sense to the devils and they agree to chant Narayan’s name. Once they start chanting, they will become good and vanish into thin air.
Meanwhile, V’s soul comes back into V whose body is still sleeping under the tree.
Sun rises and the person who had warned G and V not to venture comes back on the path with some more men to search for G and V. They find G’s fainted body.
On the way, V talks about Purandaradasa in great detail. G is very devoted to Purandaradasa, he informs how P used to recite songs on Lord’s behalf and how his children wrote down due to which most songs are now documented and sung. G asks how V knows so much about Purandaradasa. This may be due to V’s prior life (Vyasaraja) but V assimilates it to having studied a book on Purandaradasa.
It is pretty late in the night. G and V encounter a fork in the road. Both go to Chandrapura but one road is less traveled. G proceeds with the commonly used road but V informs that the less traveled road is a short cut. On their way, they encounter a person who recognizes them as TB’s sons. This person informs that the correct road is via the commonly used road and not this short cut. He then goes on to say that this particular road has a mango tree upon which are 3 devils. He relates his own story about how one night he was going on this path and the 3 devils attacked him. With great difficulty, he was able to get away from the 3 devils by chanting a Shiva sloka.
Hearing this, G and V are persuaded to go back and use the longer route but V runs away before anyone can stop him. G runs behind him but V would have gained lot of distance. V finally comes to the mango tree but he doesn’t see any devils. He rests near the tree to wait till G comes but G, meanwhile, has fallen down near a skull and is his in wit’s end. He is too scared to even more. He is perspiring as if he has seen his death. With fear, he faints.
The 3 devils attack G and decide to suck his blood. At the same time, Lord Venkateshwara enter V’s soul and saves G from dying. The 3 devils try to attack V but when they touch V, they get a shock. They suffer from severe shock and they feel captured. They are unable to move. But V tries to free their souls. They inform how they have lead their lives – the Brahmin devil had took money from pilgrims; the courier devil had spied on his king; the doctor devil had looted money. So they are not sure if they can free themselves from their enormous ‘paapa’.
So V informs that they have to chant Hari’s name so that they can be freed from devilhood. He advises them that this is the time to do some good and get freed; repent what was done in their lives, and they can finally reach Heaven. Since they are not doing good and since they made lot of mistakes during manhood, they were neither in earth nor in Heaven and hence they were devils and if they continue their current lifestyle, they will continue to be devils for millions of years. This makes sense to the devils and they agree to chant Narayan’s name. Once they start chanting, they will become good and vanish into thin air.
Meanwhile, V’s soul comes back into V whose body is still sleeping under the tree.
Sun rises and the person who had warned G and V not to venture comes back on the path with some more men to search for G and V. They find G’s fainted body.
Thimmanna Bhat Hints too
Meanwhile, TB is very tired on his way to Rameshwara. TB and wife decide on resting before proceeding. They rest soon to see that there is no water. So TB proceeds to get water. He gets water. Gopika gives TB some food. TB empathises with Gopika about the pilgrimage especially because Gopika wanted to stay at home with family. But Gopika informs that she is happy with the pilgrimage.
When TB gives him food, TB asks her to take it first. He says that customs should change as per the situation. So he says that he will have one bite and then she should consume food too. She appreciates him that even though they have 3 kids, he loves her so much. Bu he informs her that she has stood by him for so many tough years and he appreciates her for that.
He then tells her about the dream he had got about his Guru asking him to teach the sacred song Gandharva Gaana to V. Once done, he felt like visiting Rameshwar. So Gopika asks how a person chanting Vishnu wants to visit Shiva. But TB hints about him feeling nearing end of his life and hence the visit. Gopika chastises him.
When TB gives him food, TB asks her to take it first. He says that customs should change as per the situation. So he says that he will have one bite and then she should consume food too. She appreciates him that even though they have 3 kids, he loves her so much. Bu he informs her that she has stood by him for so many tough years and he appreciates her for that.
He then tells her about the dream he had got about his Guru asking him to teach the sacred song Gandharva Gaana to V. Once done, he felt like visiting Rameshwar. So Gopika asks how a person chanting Vishnu wants to visit Shiva. But TB hints about him feeling nearing end of his life and hence the visit. Gopika chastises him.
Venkatanaatha saves the non-Brahmin boy
Meanwhile, V is trying to help Kamala in her food-preparation. But she insists on doing everything herself. V too insists on helping the female folk. But Gururaja comes and gives him the elderly attitude and shoves him away to playground.
In the playground to where V goes, one of the boys falls from the tree when the others are playing. The kids do not want to help him as the victim belongs to a lower caste. But V is unfazed. He goes to the kid and touches him. The other Brahmin kids are shocked. They desert V fearing being ousted from community. But V informs that being Brahmin does not mean not to help the needy. But the other Brahmin kids run away. They consider V now as outcast because he touched a lower caste person. The parents of the other kids too shun him away. V informs the parents that first we are Men, then we are Brahmin and helping needy is utmost priority. But the parents degrade him and tell that he should be punished. V informs that God is there to punish him if need be and they need not bother V. The parents then go and conspire against him.
The boy’s parents come and rescue the boy from V. V wants to come with them. But the boy’s parents do not want him to come with them because of differences in caste and creed.
The Brahmin parents (BP) come to Gururaja and complain against V’s antics in Brahmin agrahara. The BP are concerned about their own kids. They give Gururaja their own peace of mind. V meanwhile comes to the house and informs them that helping another man is not against the Vedas. V said that God didn’t create any castes. But Gururaja scolds him for talking back to elders.
But the debate goes on. BP inform that Brahmins are greatest because they came from Brahma and also the upper portion of Lord Vishnu. V informs that by neglecting one’s own legs, can one go to temple? Can one bear the prick of a thorn on the feet? So one should not degrade different parts of the body.
BP informs that Brahmins are the foremost people. So V says that the fundamental flaw in the argument is that each person will appreciate his own caste as the upper most caste. Then BP ask how is it feasible to stay in cahoots with lower caste people. V replies that if farmers didn’t exist, then how to have food. If warriors didn’t exist, how to defend country, etc. So Brahmins should co-exist with all other castes.
V informs that rice, safety and food are the only things that all Man needs. Without Vedas people can survive but without the above 3, it is not easy to survive. Seeing that BP were losing the verbal battle, they seek Gururaja’s assistance and tell him to wash V in Cow’s urine and wash his tongue using dried grass and make him pure so that agrahara will be a better place. They also mention rice in the purity process but V points out that rice was created by lower caste people.
Gururaja asks the BP to leave and tackles V. V informs that if lower and upper caste is not there, then there is issue of purity. V also asks that even if V is washed in the outer layer, what of the inner thoughts? Gururaja cannot take it anymore and orders his wife to purify V using Cow’s urine and dried grass, etc.
In the playground to where V goes, one of the boys falls from the tree when the others are playing. The kids do not want to help him as the victim belongs to a lower caste. But V is unfazed. He goes to the kid and touches him. The other Brahmin kids are shocked. They desert V fearing being ousted from community. But V informs that being Brahmin does not mean not to help the needy. But the other Brahmin kids run away. They consider V now as outcast because he touched a lower caste person. The parents of the other kids too shun him away. V informs the parents that first we are Men, then we are Brahmin and helping needy is utmost priority. But the parents degrade him and tell that he should be punished. V informs that God is there to punish him if need be and they need not bother V. The parents then go and conspire against him.
The boy’s parents come and rescue the boy from V. V wants to come with them. But the boy’s parents do not want him to come with them because of differences in caste and creed.
The Brahmin parents (BP) come to Gururaja and complain against V’s antics in Brahmin agrahara. The BP are concerned about their own kids. They give Gururaja their own peace of mind. V meanwhile comes to the house and informs them that helping another man is not against the Vedas. V said that God didn’t create any castes. But Gururaja scolds him for talking back to elders.
But the debate goes on. BP inform that Brahmins are greatest because they came from Brahma and also the upper portion of Lord Vishnu. V informs that by neglecting one’s own legs, can one go to temple? Can one bear the prick of a thorn on the feet? So one should not degrade different parts of the body.
BP informs that Brahmins are the foremost people. So V says that the fundamental flaw in the argument is that each person will appreciate his own caste as the upper most caste. Then BP ask how is it feasible to stay in cahoots with lower caste people. V replies that if farmers didn’t exist, then how to have food. If warriors didn’t exist, how to defend country, etc. So Brahmins should co-exist with all other castes.
V informs that rice, safety and food are the only things that all Man needs. Without Vedas people can survive but without the above 3, it is not easy to survive. Seeing that BP were losing the verbal battle, they seek Gururaja’s assistance and tell him to wash V in Cow’s urine and wash his tongue using dried grass and make him pure so that agrahara will be a better place. They also mention rice in the purity process but V points out that rice was created by lower caste people.
Gururaja asks the BP to leave and tackles V. V informs that if lower and upper caste is not there, then there is issue of purity. V also asks that even if V is washed in the outer layer, what of the inner thoughts? Gururaja cannot take it anymore and orders his wife to purify V using Cow’s urine and dried grass, etc.
Sudheendra Theertha Hints
Naani visit Sudheendra Theertha (ST). Naani gives TB’s news of pilgrimage. ST backs up TB’s action. He even says 2nd Hoovilli in the house was alright as long as ordered by TB’s Swami. Also, in his mind, ST can see the future and inform Naani that doing Hoovilli through Gopika (when she was married) was the right thing to do. Apparently, since Shiva is the Destroyer (a kind of Lord of Death), it is good to visit Rameshwar to bid final salutes.
Thimmanna Bhat Leaves for Rameshwaram
Gopika questions why Rameshwaram. But TB does not answer. She complains that Kamala is yet young and might not be able to handle the house. But TB is adamant. He says that that’s how they learn. He also insists that a Hoovilli (donation to 5 married women) has to be done in the memory of his mother. But generally, 2 Hoovilli is not done in a household within 1 year. 1 Hoovilli was already done in wedding. So another Hoovilli should not have been done. So Gopika is again shocked. But TB insists that this has to be done after which they have to go to Rameshwara and that will end their responsibilities. Gopika is shocked. There is a hint about a death in the family, perhaps TB’s own which also explains his lugubriousness.
Hoovilli is done. People enquire as to why Hoovilli is done so soon after a wedding. They also wonder why Rameshwara so soon after wedding. But TB and Gopika are silent. They suspect relations between parents-in-law and new daught-in-law. But not so.
Packing starts for Rameshwara. Children and daughter in law ask if they can accompany but TB says no. TB says its not their age yet. TB asks Gururaja to take responsibility to take care of farmland, house, Pooja, V’s children, etc. Since responsibility and wedding has both come in one shot, Gururaja might take it to head, so asks Gururaja to take caution. TB says expected arrival might be about 2-3 months. TB says V to give importance to education.
Then, TB and Gopika leave for their pilgrimage.
Hoovilli is done. People enquire as to why Hoovilli is done so soon after a wedding. They also wonder why Rameshwara so soon after wedding. But TB and Gopika are silent. They suspect relations between parents-in-law and new daught-in-law. But not so.
Packing starts for Rameshwara. Children and daughter in law ask if they can accompany but TB says no. TB says its not their age yet. TB asks Gururaja to take responsibility to take care of farmland, house, Pooja, V’s children, etc. Since responsibility and wedding has both come in one shot, Gururaja might take it to head, so asks Gururaja to take caution. TB says expected arrival might be about 2-3 months. TB says V to give importance to education.
Then, TB and Gopika leave for their pilgrimage.
Sep 1, 2010
Thimmanna Bhat continues to worry
Venkatamba and his hubby approach TB and ask him what is bothering him. TB says he is fine. But former says that Gopika informed that TB is in a constant worry that he is not sharing. TB says that nothing is wrong and all is well. Although TB is worrying about V’s future, he doesn’t share.
Venkatamba’s hubby then approaches V asks V why he is not playing around like other boys but concentrating more on Veena and Vedas. V says that he is immersed in Knowledge and his play and games is all in knowledge and that’s where his fun lies. Saying so, he invites the former for a game in Knowledge and asks him more theology questions like Artha Shaastra, why suffering amongst people, etc. Venkatamba’s hubby answers to the best extent possible.
TB approaches Gopika to inform thus: Need to go to Rameshwar. (This too was informed by Vijayendra Theertha in the dream after V was taught the Kalyani Raaga sacred song but he doesn’t mention so to her) .
Venkatamba’s hubby then approaches V asks V why he is not playing around like other boys but concentrating more on Veena and Vedas. V says that he is immersed in Knowledge and his play and games is all in knowledge and that’s where his fun lies. Saying so, he invites the former for a game in Knowledge and asks him more theology questions like Artha Shaastra, why suffering amongst people, etc. Venkatamba’s hubby answers to the best extent possible.
TB approaches Gopika to inform thus: Need to go to Rameshwar. (This too was informed by Vijayendra Theertha in the dream after V was taught the Kalyani Raaga sacred song but he doesn’t mention so to her) .
Gururaja gets married
Gururaja’s marriage goes off well and Kamala assumes responsibility as the daughter in law of the house.
Seeing the marriage, V asks his dad about the necessity of marriage. TB informs that marriage is an essential part of a man’s life. Only through marriage, man can fulfill 3 dues (parents’ (for the sacrifices they had done in bringing him up), ancient saints’ (for making complex topics like geography, mathematics, science, etc easy to understand) and God’s (for providing such a beautiful environment, fruits, etc). TB also goes on to tell about the importance of being a Brahmin and how precious it is to take birth as a Brahmin.
Seeing the marriage, V asks his dad about the necessity of marriage. TB informs that marriage is an essential part of a man’s life. Only through marriage, man can fulfill 3 dues (parents’ (for the sacrifices they had done in bringing him up), ancient saints’ (for making complex topics like geography, mathematics, science, etc easy to understand) and God’s (for providing such a beautiful environment, fruits, etc). TB also goes on to tell about the importance of being a Brahmin and how precious it is to take birth as a Brahmin.
Dream fulfilled
TB wakes up suddenly and remembers the dream he had just had. He is a shocked state. At dawn, he informs Gopika to get Gururaja married as time is nearing end. Gopika doesn’t understand but is joyous about son’s wedding. Daughter is already married to a Vidwan in the King’s court.
Conversations ensue in the household to hunt a bride for Gururaja. Finally they decide on Gopika’s brother’s daughter Kamala.
When one day TB is drawing water from the well, Vijayendra Theertha again flashes in front of him and again reminds him that TB has not yet taught the sacred and secret rendition to V. Vijayendra Theertha also says that this act will suffice TB’s gurudakshina to Vijayendra Theertha. TB apologises the delay and immediately arranges next day to have the house empty. During that time, TB informs V about the sacred and secret Gaandhaara song in the Kalyani raga and its specialties (to be sung only twice in lifetime, and not to be taught to anyone, etc). He also tells V how he won in the Thanjavur concert. With deep concentration, V learns this sacred song.
Conversations ensue in the household to hunt a bride for Gururaja. Finally they decide on Gopika’s brother’s daughter Kamala.
When one day TB is drawing water from the well, Vijayendra Theertha again flashes in front of him and again reminds him that TB has not yet taught the sacred and secret rendition to V. Vijayendra Theertha also says that this act will suffice TB’s gurudakshina to Vijayendra Theertha. TB apologises the delay and immediately arranges next day to have the house empty. During that time, TB informs V about the sacred and secret Gaandhaara song in the Kalyani raga and its specialties (to be sung only twice in lifetime, and not to be taught to anyone, etc). He also tells V how he won in the Thanjavur concert. With deep concentration, V learns this sacred song.
Thimmanna Bhat gets a Dream
V’s antics and miracles are endless. His interests in theology are insatiable and the unanswerable questions keep coming. When he is sleeping one night, TB and Gopika see radiance in this face never seen before. They wonder what different they did in bringing him up that he has become so different from his siblings but couldn’t pinpoint on anything.
One night, TB sees Vijayendra Theertha in his dream. During the musical concert in Thanjavur that TB had participated and won (a face-saving event because Thanjavur was losing to a competitor) long time ago, TB had learnt a divine rendition called Gaandhaara Graama in Kalyani Raaga. It was this song that he had sung in Thanjavur to ultimately win the tournament. But the fact of the matter was that he had learnt this rendition from Vijayendra Theertha himself who had taught him (rather helped him in singing it in the Thanjavur concert). Vijayendra Theertha also had told him not to teach this rendition to anyone until and unless he gives permission and even if taught, it should not be sung more than twice in the entire lifetime. TB’s one-time is already used up during the concert. The second time, Vijayendra Theertha orders him in the dream, TB is to teach this rendition to V. Vijayendra Theertha also informs that time is nearing completion and tasks have to be done in a hurry. Thus the dream ends.
One night, TB sees Vijayendra Theertha in his dream. During the musical concert in Thanjavur that TB had participated and won (a face-saving event because Thanjavur was losing to a competitor) long time ago, TB had learnt a divine rendition called Gaandhaara Graama in Kalyani Raaga. It was this song that he had sung in Thanjavur to ultimately win the tournament. But the fact of the matter was that he had learnt this rendition from Vijayendra Theertha himself who had taught him (rather helped him in singing it in the Thanjavur concert). Vijayendra Theertha also had told him not to teach this rendition to anyone until and unless he gives permission and even if taught, it should not be sung more than twice in the entire lifetime. TB’s one-time is already used up during the concert. The second time, Vijayendra Theertha orders him in the dream, TB is to teach this rendition to V. Vijayendra Theertha also informs that time is nearing completion and tasks have to be done in a hurry. Thus the dream ends.
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