Jagadguru Adi Shankara (జగద్గురు ఆది శంకర)

About 2000 years ago,

well known as land of Dharma and Karma,

as holy land,

our country India was famous,

when it turned into a battlefield of castes and religions,

when ignorance took over the common sense,

when people killed people without any sense or reason,

when the foundations of theism is shaken,

when the places of holy sacrifices are shut down,

in the state of Kerala,

in a village known as Kaladi,

Aadi Shankara was born,

he took to Sanyasa as little boy,

wrote hundreds of holy scripts,

he walked from Kanyakumari to Kashmir 4 times,

he unified 72 religions into one and become Jagadguru, a world teacher!

Aadi Shankara lived in this world for just 32 years only.

Had he not born, who would've shown direction to Hindu religion?

Would the Dharma of Ashram survived in this world?

Would unity in diversity be possible in India?

Many such doubts would rise in our hearts.

Principles of Lord Shiva is our principles,

that is humanity,

he preached this to the world,

he became a dot on forehead of Hindu religion,

that messiah.

Arise, awake and stop not until you reach the destination,

with this clarion call awakening the conscience of Indian nation,

Swami Vivekananda, a guide to the youth,

was inspired by Aadi Shankara!

The path shown by Jagadguru is for everyone.

Let's understand his teachings.

Let's follow it.

He's the first Guru of Hindi religion,

that's why he's Jagadguru!

Who am I?

Who you are?

Who is God? Who is human?

Which Guru? Who is disciple?

Who is the giver? Who is the bearer?

Who knows this? Who gets us to know?

What is start? What is the oldest?

What is spirit? What is not?

What is knowledge? What is false?

What is illusion? What is mystery?

What is Dharma? What is the aim?

What is peace? What is happiness?

Why these sorrows? Why this destruction?

When will this end?

What is birth? What is death?

What is good deed? What is sin?

What is time? What is Karma?

What is bond? What is delusion?

What is truth? What is perennial?

Where is change? Where is the path?

Who will lead us to that path?

Where is he? When will he arrive?

Why are the planets losing path?

A great man is about to be born.

Planets are falling into places to make him a great man.

It never happened before.

A man like him was also not born earlier.

Why are you falling at child's feet? It'll reduce his lifespan.

What are you looking, Shankara?

I see a Sadhu there, father.

Shankara, I brought you here at midnight, aren't you afraid?

If I was afraid, why would I come with you, Swami?

God gave you just 8 years only.

Do you know that?

Now that you've told me, I know it.

What do you know? You're 4 years old now.

4 years from now... - I'll leave this body, right Swami?

Are you not afraid of death also?

Death is inevitable after birth. Birth is inevitable after death.

What is inevitable, why should we cry about it?

Great! You're here to teach the world, how can you he scared of anything?

Did you bring this far to tell me this, Swami?

No, to impart you the divine knowledge of Srichakram.

If you do it with devotion, Goddess of Wealth will come on your order,

and will not leave even if you say,

Everyone says my son would become an ascetic.

If one offers prayers everyday to Goddess Lakshmi what would he become?

A wealthy man!

What would my son become then?

He would become a wealthy man of knowledge.

Looks like you've found a new game.

Game is old but I'm trying to play it in another new way.

They say our shadow is death.

Generally death plays with us.

What if we play with death?

Goddess will come down! Jambasura's head will break!

Break, one more word about our religion, I'll break your heads.

To hell with you!

With centuries of history for our pious religion,

what the hell is your religion?

Is there anything worth in your religion?

Don't say like that, I'll hang you to death with my sacred thread.

What the hell did you say?

Beat them. . . kill them! I-low dare you talk about our religion!

I'll kill and bury you here!

I'll show you who am I!

Your religion worthless!

Stop...stop!

Don't stop! Beat yourselves to death!

Population problem would ease and country would prosper.

Stop...don't fight!

What happened, hubby? What happened;

Shankara! Why so many differences though generations are changing?

Clashes in the name of communities.

Unleashing death in the name of religions.

In human. . . uncivilized!

What happened;

Hubby!

Why are you crying;

Like birth, death too is a celebration.

Pray to Lord Krishna.

Lord Krishna, I seek refuge in you...

Lord Krishna, bless me...

Lord Krishna...

Lord Krishna, I sing in your praise...

Lord Krishna, you chant is meditation...

Lord Krishna, you're knowledge...

Lord Krishna, you're the saviour...

Lord Krishna, you're the giver...

Lord Krishna, you're the bearer...

Lord Krishna, you're the creator...

Lord Krishna, you're the one to merge with...

With centuries of history for our pious religion,

what the hell is your religion?

Is there anything worth in your religion?

What are you pondering over, Guru?

Every one of us must end up as ashes one day.

I reduced my father to ashes with my hands.

I'm thinking about how to reduce ignorance to ashes.

Why don't you chant it?

Yesterday you used acute accent, today you used it differently,

which is right? Yesterday's or today's?

Hey boy! It's my damn thing! Why don't you accept whatever it is?

I'll tell him.

You joined the class recently and started correcting teacher himself,

you will become a great Vedic scholar.

I want to become a Sanyasi.

So be it!

Give me alms, mother!

Give me alms, mother!

God in my home is starving for lo days now,

I offered this berry to God.

I can't offer anything else.

My son Shankara! I wish you get married as a little boy.

Mother, I wish to become a Sanyasi as a little boy.

Guru! Don't go further deep, there are crocodiles.

Shankara will complete 8 years today.

Death is inevitable! God gave him just 8 years only.

Mother. . . mother. . . - Son!

Crocodile has caught me, mother. - Mother!

Please don't enter the water, mother.

To increase his lifespan? - Can increase another 8 years, but...

What am I to do now?

Someone must sacrifice 8 years of their life to him.

Who would do it? - I...I'll sacrifice my life.

Mother. . . mother...

Tell him, you can become a Sanyasi! It seems crocodiles will not hurt Sanyasis.

Mother, crocodile will leave if you allow me to become Sanyasi.

Permit me, mother!

Permit him to become Sanyasi, mother. - As you wish son.

I permit you to become a sanyasi, son!

What' s this pk'; with mother, son'.?

Neither I played with you nor lied to you, mother.

The crocodile of bondage held me.

I accepted to become sanyasi on your order.

Crocodile left me.

Son Shankara!

Promise your mother and go.

I must see you before I die, son!

You must conduct my funeral rites.

Put your hand on my head, promise me and then proceed.

As you wish, mother!

You're getting so sentimental about that child and his acts, my foot.

He'll roam around like a squirrel for few days,

he'll start feeling hungry, he'll come back home.

That's the word of Vedic scholar!

Didn't get me?

My word is like Veda!

I've one small wish in my life, hubby.

I wish to see you beg like sanyasi in loin with a begging bowl.

Hail Lord Shankara!

Hail Lord Shiva! What's your illusion!

Wow! What a great artwork this nature is!

My heart is swept away by its beauty, pomp and splendour...

Like kiss of festivities...

Like a lamp of wonders...

Like a soaring mat of delight...

Like some divine magic...

Flowing waters of wonderful waterfalls. . .

It's dancing to the rhythm of flames...

Like a desire of beautiful earth joining the vast sky at horizon...

The nature is thrilled and taking breathe amidst the bamboos...

As wind whistles like a mischievous youth...

Like a union of all living forms into one...

Becoming one power and one breathe... like the holy monosyllable...