Twenty seven universities from across different states, including Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and others, gathered at the CC Mehta Auditorium of Maharaja Sayajirao University in Vadodara, on November 16 to honour Mahamahopadhyaya Swami Bhadreshdasji for authoring two books. The sadhu and scholar of the BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha wrote Sanskrit texts titled the 'Swaminarayan Bhashyam' and the 'Swaminarayan-Siddhant-Sudha'.
The event was organised by Maharaja Sayajirao University in recognition of Swami Bhadreshdasji's monumental work. It has been almost 150 years since a bhashya on any of the Upanishads, Brahmasutras, and the Bhagavad Gita has been written. The Swami is now the latest in the lineage of acharyas to author bhasyas in Sanskrit on the prasthantrayi, a complete one at that. The event also marked the first time the MS University hosted vice chancellors of over 20 prestigious universities from Gujarat and different other states.
Swami Bhadreshdasji has also authored a vadgranth titled 'Swaminarayan-Siddhant- Sudha', establishing Swaminarayan Bhagwan's unique philosophy- Akshar Purushottam Darshana. The Sanskrit text used the authority of Hindu scriptures to support the philosophical doctrine as found in The Vachanamrut, principal scripture of the Swaminarayan Sampraday.
