Sadgurusarvosom

Sadgurusarvasvom

L Sulochana Devi

Sadguru Sarvasvom also known as Bālāhvāswāmi Charanabharanam is the biography of Chattampi Swāmikal by Aranmula Narayana Pillai Vaidyan also known as Sachidanandha Brahmendran. It was written in nāgara script and was published in 1907 from Kāśi. It describes Swamikal’s life up to his age of 55 giving details of the spiritual practices he undertook to reach the stage of jeevanmuktha. As it was published in the period when Swamikal and his disciples were alive it is to be considered as the most authentic biographical work on Swamikal. Also the biographer was one who has watched the life of Swami closely, and a disciple of Neelakanta Theerthapada, the disciple of Chattampi Swamikal himself. He also underwent the spiritual processes they all underwent. So Narayana Pillai is to be considered as an authority on the subject to write swami's biography..