Sankara saw the Town Kanchi, <br />Blessed by Goddess Kamakshi, <br />That would prosper further <br />When changed in Srichakra order. <br /> <br />The king redid the town, <br />In the Srichakra design, <br />With a temple for Kamakshi <br />At the center, as Kamakoti. <br /> <br />This ‘Kamakoti Peetam’ <br />He kept at last for him. <br />To spread the knowledge, <br />Thro’ his spiritual message. <br /> <br />“God’s names aren’t one, <br />But many chosen by men, <br />While in the Veda-Religion, <br />He remains as the only One.” <br /> <br />“It’s out of ignorance, <br />Men find the difference, <br />While He appears as One <br />To those wise realized men.” <br /> <br />Sankara still allowed <br />Those men who followed <br />Deity of their own choice <br />As personal to themselves. <br /> <br />Once a boy of seven, <br />A knowledgeable one, <br />With Sankara debated <br />For three days, but failed. <br /> <br />Sankara well appreciated him. <br />As first disciple in the Peetam <br />He took this boy thereafter <br />Seeing his pious nature. <br /> <br />The purpose of his birth, <br />Was over on this earth. <br />So, to go up it was time, <br />Wherefrom he came. <br /> <br />One day, his prayer ended. <br />With that his life also ended, <br />But he left an indelible record, <br />Of what, in his life time, he did. <br /> <br />There’re Mutts at Sringeri <br />Badrinath, Dwaraka, Puri, <br />Besides the one at Kanchi, <br />Dedicated to his memory.<br /><br />Rajaram Ramachandran<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/adi-sankara-20-sankara-at-kanchi/
