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ಶ್ರೀಮದ್ರಮಾರಮಣಸದ್ಗಿರಿಪಾದಸಂಗಿವ್ಯಾಖ್ಯಾನಿನಾದದಲಿತಾಖಿಲದುಷ್ಟದರ್ಪಂ | ದುರ್ವಾದಿವಾರಣವಿದಾರಣದಕ್ಷದೀಕ್ಷಂ ಅಕ್ಷೋಭ್ಯತೀರ್ಥಮೃಗರಾಜಮಹಂ ನಮಾಮಿ ||

श्रीमद्रमारमणसद्गिरिपादसंगिव्याख्यानिनाददलिताखिलदुष्टदर्पम् | दुर्वादिवारणविदारणदक्षदीक्षम् अक्षोभ्यतीर्थमृगराजमहं नमामि || śrīmadramāramaṇasadgiripādasaṅgivyākhyāninādadalitākhiladuṣṭadarpam | durvādivāraṇavidāraṇadakṣadīkṣam akṣobhyatīrthamṛgarājamahaṃ namāmi ||

About Sri Akshobhya Tirtha

Sri Akshobhya Tirtha was ordained the 5th Pithadhipati by Sri Madhava Tirtha.
The saint’s Purvashrama Nama was Govinda Sastri, also called Govinda Bhatta. He was ordained into the fourth order with the name of Sri Akshobhya Tirtha. We understand from tradition that he was the last of the four disciples conferred Sanyasashrama by Acharya Madhva to have occupied the Pitha.

His Holiness is known to have propitiated Lord Chintamani Narasimha stationed at Kudli Kshetra, which is at the confluence of the Tunga and Bhadra rivers near Shimoga. He then blessed the King of Anegondi on his request for progeny. The saint consecrated Lord Narasimha by sketching the picture on a hillock at Mulabagilu near Kolar, using charcoal that transformed into an idol, Angara Narasimha, and Mukhyaprana at Pillangiri near Shimoga.

The saint is a contemporary of two multifaceted personalities in the field of Vedanta: Sri Vidyaranya Swami of the Shankara school – Rajaguru of the Vijayanagara Samrajya and revered polymath Sri Vedanta Desika of the Ramanuja school. Tradition records that there was a historic debate on the interpretation of Tat tvam asi Mahavakya between Sri Vidyaranya Swami and Sri Akshobhya Tirtha, arbitrated by Sri Vedanta Desika, who judged the former’s interpretation to be the appropriate.

Tradition refers to this saint as Akshobhyarat, where the adjective Rat – typically used for monarchs – has been intentionally used to indicate the saint’s capability to motivate, command, and direct spiritual energy. This could be observed in the saint’s life: In the first case, it was the philosophical disputation to firmly establish Acharya Madhva’s faith, while in the second instance, it was being able to identify and tutor Dhondu Raghunatha Pant, Purvashrama Nama of Sri Jayatirtha – toward furthering the cause of Tattvavada propounded by Acharya Madhva for generations to come.

The greatest contribution of this saint was none other than Sri Jayatirtha, Tikakritpadaru, who succeeded him on the Pitha and made stellar contributions to put Tattvavada on a strong pedestal and carried the tradition to posterity. As with his other predecessors, the saint anointed one of his other disciples to the fourth order for propagation and named him Sri Trailokya Bhushana Tirtha. The lineage sustained by the latter continues to date with the name of Kudli Akshobhya Tirtha Samsthana. The saint attained Haripada afterward and his Vrindavana is consecrated at Malkheda Kshetra on the banks of River Kagini.