Paramhamsa Parivrajakacharya Shree Vasudevananda Sarswatee (Tembye) Swamee Maharaj
Paramhamsa Parivrajakacharya Shree Vasudevananda Saraswatee (Tembye) Swamee Maharaj is considered to be a complete incarnation of Lord Dattatreya. His entire life work is truly amazing.
Only person to have traversed the entire length and breadth of the country from the Himalayas to Kanyakumari and meticulously followed the code of conduct prescribed for Sanyasees without the slightest violations after Bhagawat poojyapada Shreemadadya Shankaracharya, was Shree Swamee Maharaj. He is also the only one to have created such an amazingly vast literature alter the great seer from the past. His life style was so very strictly in line with the scriptures that most ideal persons could also learn their basics at the feet of Shree Swamee Maharaj.
The range of his entire literature is mind boggling. It consists of the following books –
(A) Sanskrit Books: (1) Shreegurusamhita (2) Shreedattapuranam (3) Shreegurucharitam (4) Dattachampooh. (5) Trishateegurucharitram (6) Kumarshiksha (7) Yuvashiksha (8) Vruddhashiksha (9) Panchpakshikam (10) Yogarahasya (11) Bodharahasya (Some of these books are with critical comments)
(B) Marathi Books: (1) Shreedattamahatmya (2) Shreedattaleelamrutabdhisar (3) Shreegurusaptpadisar (4) Maghamahatmya (5) Prakrut Manan (6) Streeshiksha (7) Atmachintan (8) Patrasangraha (9) More than four hundred strotras and songs in Sanskrit / Marathi.
The divine literary treasure of Shree Swamee Maharaj is richly endowed with the qualities like : devotion to Lord Dattatreya, potency equivalent to Mantras, deep emotionality, relationship with the Absolute, the capacity to ward off worldly difficulties, closeness to the Scriptures, depth and beauty of meaning, fine literary qualities, grammatical correctness etc.
Shreepad Seva Mandal's Shree Wamanraj Prakashan is endeavouring to publish the entire literary wealth again, under the 'Akshaya Vangmayamala' scheme, by the grace of Paramhamsa Parivrajakacharya Shree Swamee Maharaj.