MADHWA VIJAYA DWITEEYAHA SARGAHA – SHLOKAS 39, 40 AND 41

(The motherly emotion and passion towards child Madhwa is described in these Shlokas. Please read, comment and share. SDN)

NUnam pipAsuratirOditi hanta bAlO Dhing mAm dayAvirahitAm parakrutyasaktAm|

ItyAkulA gruhamupEtya tadA prasannam pUrNOdaram sutamavaikShata vipraptnee||39||

SUMMARY: Caught in the grip of anxiety and worry that “the child may certainly be crying too hard for milk; down with me for being so cruel for my child and merely getting involved in my work to please others,” the mother ran to her home and seeing the child joyously smiling, she heaved a sigh of relief.

PruShTwAvagamya sakalam cha tataha pravruttam yUnAm cha duhssahamidam shishinOpaBhuktam|

ItTham vichintya tanayAm bahuBhartsyayantyA Bheetam tayOta kupitam manasA(a)nutaptam||40||

SUMMARY: Later, having learnt everything that had transpired from her daughter, she wondered that this small child had consumed the hardest horse gram that even adults would struggle to digest. She again became very thoughtful and scolded her daughter harshly and got worried as to what might happen to the little child; she was benignly perturbed in her mind.  

The fact that the child had eaten the entire horse gram that had been spread for drying up causes worry for the mother. However, the indication is that the child was none other than Bheemasena, who could digest anything.   

ArOgyashAlini purEva tadA(a)pi putrE vismEratAmupajagAm jananyamuShya|

Yasya trilOkajananee viShE(a)pi peetE na vismayamavA samastashaktEhe||41||

SUMMARY: Seeing that the child was as healthy as it was earlier, the mother was terribly astonished. But, its real mother, who is the Mother of all the three Lokas, Goddess Lakshmidevi, was not surprised about the infinite capability of the same child, which had, during the Great Churning, gulped the entire venom that erupted first then.

It is generally believed that the venom that erupted during the Great Churning was drunk or consumed by Lord Rudra. But, the Shrutis and Puranas have clearly mentioned that Lord Vayu took a little quantity of the venom from the container, stirred it in his palm and parted a little part of it to Lord Rudra. Even that little quantity of Venom could not be digested by Lord Rudra. It got settled in his neck after Goddess Parvati pressed the neck to stop the venom from seeping further down the throat. Therefore, the neck of Lord Rudra turned blue and he came to be known as Neelakantha. On the other hand, Lord Vayu gulped the entire quantity of venom and digested without any semblance of trouble or problem.