Text 244] Lord Caitanya’s Travels to the Holy Places 39
TEXT 244
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srngeri-mathe daila sankaracarya-sthane
matsya-tirtha dekhi’ xaila tungabhadraya sndne
SYNONYMS

srngeri-mathe—to the Srngeri monastery; aili—came; sankaracarya-sthane—at
the place of Sankardcdrya; matsya-tirtha—the holy place named Matsya-tirtha;
dekhi’—seeing; kaila—did; tungabhadraya snane—bathing in the River
Tungabhadra.

TRANSLATION

There He saw the monastery known as Srngeri-matha, the abode of Acarya
Sankara. He then visited Matsya-tirtha, a place of pilgrimage, and took a bath
in the River Tungabhadra.

PURPORT

The monastery known as Srigeri-matha is situated in the province of Mysore
(MahigGra) in the district of Simoga. This monastery is located on the left bank of
the River Tungabhadra, seven miles south of Harihara-pura. The real name of this
place is Srhga-giri or SrAgavera-puri, and it is the headquarters of Sankaracarya.
SankarAcarya had four principal disciples, and he established four centers under
their management.

In North India at BadarikaSrama, the monastery named Jyotir-matha was
established. At Purusottama, the Bhogavardhana or Govardhana monastery was
established. In Dvaraka, the Sarada monastery was established, and the fourth
monastery, established in South India, is known as Srngeri-matha. In the Srageri-
matha, the sannydsis assume the designations Sarasvati, Bharati and Puri. They are
all ekadandi-sannydsis, distinguished from the Vaisnava sannydsis, who are
known as tridandi-sannyasis. The Srageri-matha is situated in South India in a por-
tion of the country known as Andhra, Dravida, Karnata and Kerala. The com-
munity is called Bhivibadra, and the dynasty is called Bhdr-bhuvah. The place is
called RameSvara, and the slogan is ““Aham brahmasmi." The Deity is Lord Varaha,
and the energetic power is Kamaksi. The acarya is Hastamalaka, and the
brahmacari assistants of the sannyasis are known as Caitanya. The place of
pilgrimage is called Tungabhadra, and the subject for Vedic study is the Yajur
Veda.
