MADHWAVIJAYA DWITEEYAHA SARGAHA - SHLOKALS 7, 8 AND 9

(In these Shlokas, Lord Anantasana, who manifested himself in a person, announces the birth of a Great Person (Acharya Madhwa) in that place (Udupi). Please read, comment and share. SDN)

AaviShTavAnakushalam paruSham prakrutyA pratyAyayan nijajanAn nitarAmanrutyat|

UttungakEtushiKharE sa krutAngahArO rangAntarE naTa ivAKhilavismayAtmA||7||

SUMMARY: With a view to instil faith and confidence among his followers, Lord Anantasana manifested in a person, who was, by nature, not a clever or sharp man; he then climbed up to the tip of a flag-hoisting pole and began acting like a proven actor, much to the bewilderment of everyone. He also started dancing there.

The acts of climbing a pole, acting and dancing there by a person, who was very inactive, dull and quiet till then were to indicate that the spirit of Lord Anantasana had entered him.   

AaBhAShya sO(a)trajanatAm shapaThAnuvidhDhamuchchairidam vachanamudhDhrutOrbaBhAShE|

UtpatsyatE jagati vishwajaneenavruttirvishwajna yEva BhagavAnachirAdihEti||8||

SUMMARY: Addressing the gathering by lifting both the arms and pronouncing the statement like an oath, Lord Anantasana said in a loud voice: “A great, omniscient (Sarvajna) person possessing an attitude that is most pleasant to entire population of the Earth will soon be born here.”  

The word Sarvajna can at most be translated as omniscient in English, though none except Lord Vishnu, can be attributed with this Sarvajna title. What is meant in this context is a per son aware of the meaning, significance and propriety of all the thousand names of Lord Vishnu mentioned in Sri Vishnu Sahasranama.

SadweepavAriniDhisaptakaBhUtaDhAtryA maDhyE(a)pi karmaBhuvi BhAratanAmaKhanDE|

KAlE kalau suvimalAnwayalabDhajanmA sanmaDhyagEhakulamaulimaNirdwijO(a)BhUt||9||

(From this Shloka, the antecedents of the father of Sri Madhwacharya begins)

SUMMARY: A Brahmin, who was born in a very pious, meritorious and pure family and was like a diamond in the Madhyageha dynasty, was living during the Kaliyuga in the continent of Bharat, which was known as Karmabhumi (a land know for pious and holy practices), which was at the centre of the Earth, consisting of seven islands and seven seas, and was called as Jambudweepa (island covered by oceans on three sides).     

As the father of Madhwacharyaru belonged to a family called Madhyageha, he has been named as Madhyageha Bhatta. However, citing the word “Narayanaprodbhavaha” mentioned in the last Shloka of Manimanjari, some scholars are of the opinion that Narayana might have been the name of the father of Sri Madhwacharyaru (Mentioned by Dr. Vyasanakere Prabhanjanacharyaru in his compilation of Madhwavijaya).