ṇ ini ▁and ▁the ▁Bh ag av ad ▁G ita . ▁He ▁was ▁named ▁Bar oda ▁Bra hm ach ari ▁after ▁going ▁through ▁the ▁sacred ▁thread ▁ceremony . ▁He ▁also ▁won ▁a ▁state ▁scholar ship ▁as ▁a ▁te en ▁and ▁completed ▁university ▁I A ▁and ▁B A ▁degrees ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁D h aka ▁and ▁an ▁MA ▁from ▁the ▁S ansk rit ▁College ▁of ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Cal cut ta . ▁ ▁At ▁ 1 6 , ▁he ▁joined ▁the ▁Ass am ▁Bang i ya ▁Sar as w ata ▁Math ▁( the ▁as hr am ), ▁located ▁in ▁the ▁village ▁of ▁K ok il am uk h ▁near ▁J or hat ▁in ▁Ass am . ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁dis ci ple ▁of ▁the ▁as hr am ' s ▁founder , ▁Param ah ans a ▁S rim at ▁Sw ami ▁N ig aman anda ▁Sar as w ati ▁Dev , ▁who ▁initi ated ▁him ▁into ▁s anny as . ▁An ir van ' s ▁new ▁mon astic ▁name ▁was ▁N ir van an anda ▁Sar as w ati . ▁He ▁taught ▁at ▁the ▁as hr am ▁school ▁and ▁edited ▁its ▁month ly ▁magazine ▁A ry y ad arp an . ▁In ▁fact , ▁the ▁A ry ad arp an ▁still ▁retain s ▁the ▁following ▁S ansk rit ▁ep ig ram , ▁in ▁the ▁R ath od dh ata ▁met re , ▁that ▁Sri ▁An ir van ▁( then ▁S rim at ▁Var ada ▁Bra hm ac ari ) ▁wrote : ▁ar ya -