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3. Q.6? A rHOU.SANO 'rfARS AGO,IN nlE V7LLA6E ~ ~ ,
QV THE RtVf:Q PE0W11l IN KERt4LA, TIlEtlf L/VEO A PtOUS COUPLE ,
SHIVAGURU ANO ARYAWBA.

5. FUlL CF JOY, TUEv RHUIlNfO HfJAE ro KALAOI THE NEXT QtfVL~ CQNnNUEO TO
SEWE THE LEARNEO. THE AGEO AND THE I<'(}()I(.

7. SfIANI(AIM WAS DEEPLV MOVFO.
00 NOT GRIEVE.
MOTHER. M.4I-I THE
BLESSINGS OF THE
DIVINE MOTHER. BE
youRS.

9. KING ilAJASHEKHAIM OF KEIlAlA
AOMI/?eO SHAAf(ARA'S SCHOlA£SHIP.
NIOTHER.
I Wl5I-I TO
LEAVE HOME
AND BECOME
A SAJ".NASI.
seEK ....ouR
I
SPI/lITUAL UfIITV
C()KE"S ~1IlS7.
1U471ON/lL UNfTV
Wl'LL ~Ot.LCW'•
.4S A SANYASI
I SHIILL
ACIIIEM:
nils.

10. HE OlD NOT HI!lI;1; 'TV lo'WVT LONG. ONE
EVENING AS HE "-'45 8A7J.IN;;
IN THE RIVER -

11. ()P A GURU , ro BE

12. .....ot..JQ MNO
IS FULL OF
THE UGHTOF
K.NC1VV...EOGE •
SHALL ORQOJN
'<OU AS •
SA~' .
AS THEY SAT TAI.XING -

14. I. VED4.V'1A5A. URGE
TO MOVE CN'VUI.ROS
ON YOUR GREAT
MISSION OF UNITY.
WILL YOu
ACCEPT ME
A DISCIPLE.
VENERABLE
GURU?
SH4NKARA TtX () HIS GURU
01= THE VISION.

16. avE Qttv AS SWlIJKAJ?A AVO HiS OISCIPl.ES WERE ICETURNlN6 FIi!OM mE
RI//ER G4A.G1. ~TER THEIR 8ATH AT AlOON.
AN OUTCAST€ CM1E FROM TIlE OPPOSITE OIf?ECnON .

17. OV AM(}THEI? OCCASION.-SHANKAI?A ST()PP€O AT A SCHOOL- 1lOOM
WHE~ AN ,46£0 TEACHER TAUGHT GRAMMAR . C¥JY AFTE/l CJ4¥•
..

18. AT LAST HE
OF
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20. AT 8APIlfNATH TOO THE 1CXJl.. IN
mE TEMPlE WAS MISSING.
MASTE~ .
HELP us FINO
THE lOOL.

22. f SHALl.
SE€KOUT
MAN""""
MfSHRA
ONM<
OWN.
BLESSED AIvl I TO
KNOW .....otJ. MAY
MY

25. GOO HAS BEEN
GOOD TO US.
REVAI2O THE
AND ALL
THE KING C4WE OUT ON mE BALCONY IWO
SHlWKAflA BEGAN EXPE0EM:JNG HIS U~E OF
...A?Y.:S ANO SORROWS.

27. I SHALL !'lOW REfURN
TO S;1RASWA I IWO
MY DEBATE WITH
M4Nl>W4 MlSflRA.
so SHANKARA'S SPfIlIT (EFT THE
KING's 8OOV• ••

28. THE C>EBATE WENT ON FOR A FEW llfY.'5. THEN -
I HOLD THAT
RITUALS MAKE ~R
HAWINESS HERE AND
RITUALS 00 NOT BRING
THE HIGHEST HAPPINESS .
COMPLETE KNOJVLEOGE
T HROUGH THE VEDAS IS
THE ONLY ANSWER. FOR ~
SUCH KNOWLEDGE REVEALS
THE ONE REALlT'-;'.
~~

29. AT THAT MOMENT THE FLCMiERS
IN MAND4V4'S GAIllAAlO WlLTEO
IWOFAOEO.
MAN04NA WAS QRQ4INEO.
YOUR
MONASTIC
NAME
SHALL BE
SURESHWARPCI-CIINA .

30. SHANKARA BLESSEO THE BOY IWC'
HIS SPEEO-I U14S RESTOREO. THFN
TO THE ASTONISHMENT OF ALL-
"
ANO TlfE LAO W,4S ORDAINED
IN SHANKARA'S
M0N4STIC OROER.

31. SHANK""'"
EO TO HEll THE KAJOWt...EfX,E OF THE
HIGHEST. SHE ()lEO PEACEFULLV. AN
EAlUGHTEAJEf) SOUL •
.--------"'=
WE SHALL
HAVE NOTHING
TO 00 WITH
THE RITES.
SHANKARA WMlTEfJ TO PERFORM
HER FUNERAL RfTES. SO HE LAIO
ASIDE HIS OCHRE f!08ES. STAFF
ANO KAIJ1AAJOALU.

32. illS GOSPEL WAS CARRfEO TO SOUTH-EAST ASfA roo.BY 11 //fSCIPf...E. SHIVA
S0M4. A NEPHeW 01= J,4'1'1fmRMAN II, THE KWG OF KIIMBHOJ/1 (CAMBOOfIlJ •
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33. AT THE AGE ~ 32
SHANKAIlA EMJEt>
I4IS STUPENDOUS
EAIlTHLY MISSION•
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34. Illustrated Classics From India
Adi Shankara
Shlnk.r.'. ~t. m., bI eompartd to • briIIill1t tlllh 01 ~lIlnning thlt artdi~"td mlny ",,. 01 dart"". in
Tile ~t. 01 m... H. htd .. inltlll-ci thl! Pfobld telflnst,. I mind th.t q....tiorltd (Onsllntly and I lie."thll
leh deeply. Out 01 tile" God·givlI1 gifts.•nd Thi"y·two ,'1" ot tirlltls Hiking. IrOH. grl.t .yst,m 01
ph~olophy, Advaitl, Ind In inlpiri"'i! body ot devotional ~tlrature.
Shlnk". traVlIIH throughGUt India. p!"llChing that !toe S.II or g"hmlrl il one - undi>id,d and imparilhlbia.
ThI rllt i. MI,I Of iIIua.icll. WI ..I told 01 hil historH:: <Mbat. with tile "9', Ma.d.na Milhr., wilen th. 111111
withdraw <Mflilld. An .VII1 griller Itory ttDl UI how Shlnk"•. Tilt learned Brahmin, bc..1d 10 lile lupariQr
wiodom ot • lowly out~II", 1C~.pting him II I Guru.
H. ISliblislltd "veraj mllhJ 10 IpfIH his phllol(lphy. Tllen, II IICW, tile dillUpliv. fortll 01 rtligioo. IIC•.
Cilil ..d Ia"'i!u'gl threlllnH to ....kill lile Ilbric of th. one nll;o., Ihll is Indi•. Now, II th.n, lile
IIlChinglol I m.. ~h Shank"l. who bllilYH in Ih. On. Undiv~d S.lt. reinto.cn. "nil ot unity among
indl,nl.
Editor: Anant Pai
Script: Padma Shri P. Narasimhayya Illustrations: Soulen Roy Covel: Kltalap
Rciated Titles
Ch~it~1lJ'l Maltaprabhu • Madhwacharya
Kabi• • Rama"uja • Inancshll"ar
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