सीतानाथ समारम्भां रामानन्दार्य मध्यमाम्। अस्मदाचार्य पर्यन्तां वन्दे श्रीगुरू परम्पराम् ।।
Sri Vasishta Muni is 5th Acharya of Sri Sampraday and was initiated by Sri Brahma Ji as Sri Brahma Ji Himself is 4th Acharya of Sri Sampraday. Sri Goswami Tulsidas has mentioned this incident when Sri Vasishtha Muni goese to Sri Raghunandan to ask him for a boon.
एक बार बसिष्ट मुनि आए। जहाँ राम सुखधाम सुहाए।।
अति आदर रघुनायक कीन्हा। पद पखारि पादोदक लीन्हा।।
Once, sage Vasistha came to the palace where Lord Ram, who had a charming personality, and who is the abode of bliss was present. Lord Ram, the Lord of the illustrious family of king Raghu, welcomed the sage most reverentially by washing the latter’s feet, and then sipping that water as a sanctified liquid.
राम सुनहु मुनि कह कर जोरी। कृपासिंधु बिनती कछु मोरी।।
देखि देखि आचरन तुम्हारा। होत मोह मम हृदयँ अपारा।।
Sage Vasistha joined the palms of his hands in a prayerful mode and said to Lord Ram: ‘Oh Ram, you are ocean of compassion, please listen to a little prayer of mine. The more I see your worldly acts, the more I get deluded and the more my heart appears to be confused about your reality and divine nature.
महिमा अमित बेद नहिं जाना। मैं केहि भाँति कहउँ भगवाना।।
उपरोहित्य कर्म अति मंदा। बेद पुरान सुमृति कर निंदा।।
Oh gracious and revered Lord! There is neither any limit nor any measurement of your glories, holiness and divinity, for they are infinite and beyond comprehension. Even the Vedas get fail to comprehensively know you and describe your glories, then say how is it possible for me to know and fathom them? The profession of priesthood is contemptible, and one of the most lowly of all engagements. The Vedas, the Purans and other scriptures condemn it as a vocation.
जब न लेउँ मैं तब बिधि मोही। कहा लाभ आगें सुत तोही।।
परमातमा ब्रह्म नर रूपा। होइहि रघुकुल भूषन भूपा।।
When I was reluctant to accept the post of a priest of Ayodhya, my father, the creator Brahma, told me: “My dear son, you shall have great rewards and feel blessed by accepting this (so please don’t hesitate). Because the one who is God who has human like form, that same Par-Brahm, He himself will be adorned as the King in the dynasty of Raghu. And this was the time when Vashishtha Muni was initiated with Sri Rama Mantra by Brahma ji, as Sri Brahma ji asked Vashishtha ji to do Ramopasna.
श्रावयामास नूनं स ब्रह्माणं सुधियां वरम् ।
तस्माल्लेभे वसिष्ठर्षिः क्रमादस्मादवातरत ॥३५॥
……Consequently, Sage Vasishta, through the course of events, received the mantra from Sri Brahmā.
(-Narad Panchratra Valmiki Saṃhitā Chapter 2 Verse 35)
ब्रह्माददौ वशिष्ठाय स्वसुताय मनुं ततः ।
वशिष्ठोऽपि स्वपौत्राय दत्तवान् मन्त्रमुत्तमम् ।।
पराशराय रामस्य मन्त्रं मुक्तिप्रदायकम् ।
Sri Brahmā Ji gave this Shadakshar Ram Mantra to his own son Vashistha…..
(-Narad Panchratra Agastya Samhita, Chapter 8, Verse 2-3)
तब मैं हृदयँ बिचारा जोग जग्य ब्रत दान।
जा कहुँ करिअ सो पैहउँ धर्म न एहि सम आन।।48।।
Then I thought to myself, I shall attain to Him who is the goal forYogic practices, performance of sacrifices, religious vows and charity. Thus there can be no other vocation like this.
And Vasisth Ji asked a boon from Lord Ram;
नाथ एक बर मागउँ राम कृपा करि देहु।
जन्म जन्म प्रभु पद कमल कबहुँ घटै जनि नेहु।।49।।
Sage Vasistha prayed to Lord Ram: ‘Oh Lord! I ask for one boon (blessing) from you, which prithee be gracious to grant me, and it is that I may have an abiding affection for your holy lotus-like feet in all the births I have to take, an affection that would never diminish in any of my births.
(-Srimad Ramcharit Manas Uttarkand 48-49)
Lineage of Sri Sampraday:-
Sri Rama—
Srimati Sita—
Sri Hanuman—
Sri Brahma—
Sri Vasishtha—
Sri Parashara—
Sri Veda Vyasa—
Sri Sukadevacharya—
Sri Bodhayan— (Bodhāyan Vrittikar)
Sri Gangadharacharya—
Sri Sadaanandacharya—
Sri Rameshwaranandacharya—
Sri Dvaranandacharya—
Sri Devanandacharya—
Sri Shyamanandacharya—
Sri Shrutanandacharya—
Sri Chidanandacharya—
Sri Purnanandacharya—
Sri Shriyanandacharya—
Sri Haryanandacharya—
Sri Raghavananadacharya—
Sri Ramanandacharya (Anand Bhashyakar)
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