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Śaṅkara Charitam – a re-telling – Chapter -14 – Aja Bakṣiṭha Bāśyaṃ
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Śaṅkara Charitam – a re-telling – Chapter -14 – Aja Bakṣiṭha Bāśyaṃ

Chapter 14 of Śaṅkara Charitam, titled Aja Bakṣiṭha Bāśyaṃ, takes us through the experience of Śaṅkara’s Guru Govinda Bhagavatpāda learning from Gauḍapāda, cursed to be in the form of Brahmarākṣasa. What happens after the lessons are over, where destiny takes each of them - Śaṅkara, his Guru Govinda Bhagavatpāda, and his Guru's Guru Gauḍapāda; will be revealed in this chapter.

Śaṅkara Charitam – a re-telling – Chapter-13 – At the feet of the Guru
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Śaṅkara Charitam – a re-telling – Chapter-13 – At the feet of the Guru

Chapter 13 of Śaṅkara Charitam takes us through Śaṅkara’s experience with his Guru, Govinda Bhagavatpāda, the completion of his education, and Guru's blessings and final teachings for Śaṅkara to take with him in the world and tackle the thick forest of ignorance enveloping the minds of the people.
Gauḍapāda as Brahmarākṣasa finds Govinda Bhagavatpāda acceptable as a disciple, and the teaching starts atop the pipal tree in which the Brahmarākṣasa resides..........

Śaṅkara Charitam – a re-telling – Chapter-12 – Śivaḥ kevalo’ham
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Śaṅkara Charitam – a re-telling – Chapter-12 – Śivaḥ kevalo’ham

Chapter 12 of Śaṅkara Charitam takes us through Śaṅkara’s meeting with his Guru, and the Guru's acceptance of Śaṅkara as his disciple.
Govinda Bhagavatpāda asks the boy standing at the foot of the cave, inside which he meditated for centuries, to introduce himself and Śaṅkara calls himself - "Śivaḥ kevalo’ham".
The life of Gauḍapāda as a Brahmarākṣasa and his meeting with Govinda Bhagavatpāda is also mentioned in this chapter.

Śaṅkara Charitam – a re-telling – Chapter-11 – Patañjaliṃ-Gaudam-Govindaṃ
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Śaṅkara Charitam – a re-telling – Chapter-11 – Patañjaliṃ-Gaudam-Govindaṃ

The boy Śaṅkara continues on his path, in search of his Guru. Meanwhile, Patañjali Mahaṛṣi, who is Śānta-svarūpa of the ugra-rūpa of Ādiśeṣa, aims to teach a thousand students at once; and places two conditions in front of his students. Both conditions are violated by his students, and the aftermath and its ramifications on the journey of Śaṅkara are discussed.

Śaṅkara Charitam – a re-telling – Chapter 07
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Śaṅkara Charitam – a re-telling – Chapter 07

In the 7th Chapter of Śaṅkara Charitam, Shri Ramesh Venkatraman brings to us the next stage of Śaṅkara's life - the commencement of his education at Gurukula, his feats at his Gurukula and the conclusion of his education. During his stay at his Gurukula, and while learning and living the Āśrama Dharma of the Brahmacāri; Śaṅkara performs an unimaginable feat which leaves bystanders, and even his guru, in no doubt about his divinity.