A meeting with Sri G.R.Patil of Dharwad
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V Subrahmanian
May 18, 2022, 6:55:06 AM5/18/22
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Post in FB by Sri Natraj Maneshinde who visited Sri G.R.Patil at Dharwad today.
Shri G R Patil (Ganapati Ramachandra Patil) ji is a disciple of Pandita-prakaanda Shri Bhalachandra Shastri ji of Dharwad. Patil ji is well known for debunking the myth of Akshobhya Tirtha vs Vidyaranya Swamiji’s debate which had been zealously circulated in Maadhva circles.
Today, I had the fortune of meeting Patil ji at his residence. We had a discussion for about 90 minutes on various topics of our Sampradaya. I was baffled by Patil ji’s kindness and humility. In the course of our conversation, not even once did I sense a tinge of ego on his part. I specifically wanted to discuss a couple points on the authorship of Manasollasa Vartika (commentary by Shri Sureshvaracharya on Dakshinamurthy stotram of Bhagavatpada) and Patil ji was extremely patient and encouraging in reviewing the material collected by me.
Even at this ripe age, Patil ji engages himself in authoring rebuttals to the objections raised by Non-advaitians. His intention behind doing so is very clear. Patil ji says that it isn’t our concern to convince our opponents otherwise. But, we ought to make efforts to convince our own people on the authenticity of our Sampradaya, so that they arent deterred by such objections. Another thing that I noticed in him was his fearlessness. His depth of study has given him such a strong conviction that he has no hesitations in putting across his thoughts in the public domain.
Patil ji also blessed me with numerous books writtern/edited by him and refused to take any money in return. When I insisted him to let me pay for the books, Patil ji said, ‘We don’t write to make money. Our intention is only to make more and more people aware’.
Such Shraddha towards the sampradaya, zeal and selfless attitude in preaching the same and rigorous research skills, are something that every Smaarta must strive to inculcate.
We Smaarta-s will ever be grateful to Shri Patil ji for all his contributions to the Sampradaya and much more grateful to Shri Bhalachandra Shastri ji for forging such a brilliant scholar in the Pathshala of Dharwad. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Today, I had the fortune of meeting Patil ji at his residence. We had a discussion for about 90 minutes on various topics of our Sampradaya. I was baffled by Patil ji’s kindness and humility. In the course of our conversation, not even once did I sense a tinge of ego on his part. I specifically wanted to discuss a couple points on the authorship of Manasollasa Vartika (commentary by Shri Sureshvaracharya on Dakshinamurthy stotram of Bhagavatpada) and Patil ji was extremely patient and encouraging in reviewing the material collected by me.
Even at this ripe age, Patil ji engages himself in authoring rebuttals to the objections raised by Non-advaitians. His intention behind doing so is very clear. Patil ji says that it isn’t our concern to convince our opponents otherwise. But, we ought to make efforts to convince our own people on the authenticity of our Sampradaya, so that they arent deterred by such objections. Another thing that I noticed in him was his fearlessness. His depth of study has given him such a strong conviction that he has no hesitations in putting across his thoughts in the public domain.
Patil ji also blessed me with numerous books writtern/edited by him and refused to take any money in return. When I insisted him to let me pay for the books, Patil ji said, ‘We don’t write to make money. Our intention is only to make more and more people aware’.
Such Shraddha towards the sampradaya, zeal and selfless attitude in preaching the same and rigorous research skills, are something that every Smaarta must strive to inculcate.
We Smaarta-s will ever be grateful to Shri Patil ji for all his contributions to the Sampradaya and much more grateful to Shri Bhalachandra Shastri ji for forging such a brilliant scholar in the Pathshala of Dharwad. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
S Venkatraman
May 18, 2022, 7:16:23 AM5/18/22
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Namaste Subbuji,
Is anything known about Patilji’s views on the authorship of Manasollasa? Many thanks and regards,
Venkatraman
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V Subrahmanian
May 18, 2022, 1:09:32 PM5/18/22
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On Wed, May 18, 2022 at 4:46 PM S Venkatraman <sven...@gmail.com> wrote:
Namaste Subbuji,Is anything known about Patilji’s views on the authorship of Manasollasa? Many thanks and regards,
Sri Patil ji did not have any strong opinion on this matter.
In my opinion as long as the work does not contradict Shankara Advaita and Sureshwaracharya's Advaitic statements, there should be no reason to deny his authorship of Manasollasa.
regards
subbu
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