MADHWA VIJAYA DWITEEYAHA SARGAHA – SHLOKAS 42, 43 and 44

 (In these Shlokas, a few instances of the childhood days of Sri Madhwa have been beautifully explained. The description is so good that the picture of Sri Madhwa, the child in the bosom of its beloved parents comes in front of our eyes. Please read, comment and share. SDN) 

Stanyam muhuhu kila dadau jananee gruheetwA kShEmAya tam kila daDhajjanakO jajApa| AnyO janO(a)pi kila lAlayati sma kintu sarvO(a)pi tanmuKhasarasAnOtkaha||42|| SUMMARY: Picking the child, the mother would breastfeed it again and again; the father would pick the child and do the meditation; other neighbours too used to love it and play with it; all in all, everyone was anxiously waiting for their turn to taste the elixir of the soft smiles of that child. DEvAdisadBhiranupAlitayA(a)darENa dEvyA(aa)tmanEva vilasatpadayA nitAntam| AvyaktayA praThamatO vadanE(a)sya vANyA shAleenayEva BhuvanArchitayA vijahrE||43|| SUMMARY: Like the universally revered Saraswati began putting her tiny feet on the ground to move around with shyness while the deities and other virtuous waited anxiously to quaff it with their eyes, the first few broken and stammering words started flowing out of the tiny mouth of child Madhwa for which the deities and other pious people were curiously waiting to hear. “The broken words” in this context used for the first few words spelt by Vasudeva, according to scholars, refers to not only the initial speech but also the initial footsteps. PrAgrinKhaNam swayamaTha sThitimESha chakrE pashchAdgatim parichayEna kila kramENa| Vishwasya chEShTitamahO yadanugrahENa sarvam tadasya pavanasya viDambanam hi||44|| SUMMARY: Child Vasudeva first began crawling with knees, then stood up on his own and slowly, with more practice, started walking independently. These initial activities of this child, who was none other than Lord Vayu from whom the activities of the entire universe happen, were just a display of models for the world. All these descriptions only indicate that the deities, including Lord of Lords Vishnu, act like ordinary human beings to stand as a model for everyone to follow, say scholars.