A TRIBUTE TO SRI C.S KRISHNAMURTHY{ MY PATERNAL GRAND FATHER}

SHRI C.S KRISHNAMURTHY , ADIYENS GRAND FATHER , AN EMMINENT SCHOLAR OF SANSKRIT , A TIVRA DESIKA FOLLOWER AND A BRILLIANT ORATOR , WAS INSTRUNMENTAL IN IMPARTING BRAHMA VIDYA TO OUR FAMILY MEMBERS . I GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND A CONSIDERABLE PORTION OF MY TIME WITH HIM, WHICH HAS MADE ME EMBARK ON THE STUDY OF VISHISHTADVAITHA PHILOSOPHY.
SHRI C.S . KRISHNA MURTHY WAS WELL VERSED IN SHASTRAS, SMRITIS, SHRUTHIS , RAMAYANA , MAHABARATHA, BAGAVATHAM AND OTHER PURANAS, DESIKAN GRANTHAS AND DIVYA PRABANDAMS. HE DID RAMAYANA PARAYANA AROUND 50 TIMES IN HIS LIFE TIME.
HE WAS ALSO WELL READ IN SANKARA'S WORKS, WORKS OF KALIDASA, BATRUHARI AND LILASUKHA. HE STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF KNOWLEDGE AND A DEEP STUDY AND CONSIDERED KARMA WITHOUT JNAYNA AS A WASTE.
HE WAS A CLOSE WITH ANDAVAN AND ATTENDED SEVERAL OF HIS LECTURES. HE WAS KNOWN AS GITACHARI IN ASHRAM FOR HIS EXTRAORDINARY ABILITY TO NARRATE GITA. HE WAS INVITED BY GIANTS LIKE SREEVATSANGHACHARIAR FOR LECTURES ON A HIGHLY DIFFICULT WORK CALLED SHREE BASHAYA.
HIS TENURE WITH RAMAKRISHNA MISSION AS A PROFFESSOR GAVE HIM A NICKNAME -CSK AS HE WAS FONDLY KNOWN AMONG HIS STUDENTS.
HE WAS "EKA SANTAH GRAHI" AND HAD THE MEMORY OF AN ELEPHANT.
PHILOSOPHY APART, HE WAS A CRITIC OF HIGHEST ABILITY AND NEVER SPARED AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS HIS VIEW.
THE GREATEST LEGACY HE LEFT FOR US IS THE INTEREST IN PHILOSOPHY AND TRADITION AND A DESIRE FOR THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE.