SRI MADHWAVIJAYA - TRUTEEYAHA SARGAHA SHLOKAS 40, 41 AND 42

SRI MADHWAVIJAYA – TRUTEEYAHA SARGAHA SHOLKAS 40, 41 AND 42

(The end of Manimanta and beginning of studenthood of Vasudeva are given in these shlokas. Please read, comment and share. SDN)

GaruDatunDamiva pratipannavAn dwijakumArapadam sa mamAra cha|

Samuchitam charitam mahatamidam sumanasO manasEShTamapUjayan||40||

SUMMARY: Like a serpent caught in the beak of a golden eagle, that Asura, who was caught at the feet of Brahmin’s sonVasudeva, instantly breathed his last; the deities heartily worshipped and honoured that exemplary act of Vasudeva, which was an easy thing for great persons and very close to their hearts.

The spot where Vasudeva killed that serpent by pressing his right toe can still be found, as quoted in Sampradayapaddhati:

SwAnguShThAngulitunDEna VAsudEvAKhyapakShirAT|

MArayAmAsa tam sarpam tallakShyAdyApi drushyatE||10||

It is said that this spot symbolically exists at a place called Kurkalu near Vimanagiri. A stone chariot or Mantap has been created at the spot where the footprint of Vasudeva has been found.  

GirishagurvamarEndramuKhaishcha yachcharaNarENuraDhAri surADhipaihi|

KShitisurAnGhryaBhivandanamapUrvakam sa vidaDhEDhyayanam ChalamAnuShaha||41||

SUMMARY: Lord Vayu, the dust under whose feet is worn by Shiva, Bruhaspati, Indra and other great deities, who appeared in the form of an ordinary human being on earth as Vasudeva, saluted the feet of a Brahmin and started studying under his tutelage.  

In his work Sri Mahabharata Tatparya NirNaya, Sri Madhwacharya has said:

DharmO hi sarvavidhuShAmapi daivatAnAm prAptE narEShu jananE naravat pravruttihi|

JnAnAdigUhanamutADhyayanAdiratra tajnApanArThamavasadBhagavAn gurau cha||

With the sole intention of making the world know that whenever great deities assume the form of human beings on earth should compulsorily adopt and adhere to human etiquette and attitude, Sri Vasudeva began his studies under a Brahmin by saluting him with reverence.  

KaratalE Khalu kandukavat sadA sakalayA kalayA saha vidyayA|

AriDharENa samam sPhuritam gurOrmanasi tasya viDambayatO janAn||42||

SUMMARY: Does it not sparkle clearly, along with Sri Narayana, who is addressed in all the Vedic literature, Scriptures and all other branches of skills of art, were sparkling in the mind of Vasudeva like a ball in the palm, who was behaving like an ordinary human being?

This Shloka amplifies the fact that Vasudeva was a scholar of all subjects by birth because he was an incarnation of Lord Vayu, whose knowledge of the Lord is incomparable and unmatched. However, he assumed the studenthood with all magnanimity and without any bias or prejudice or ill-feeling. Pramana Paddhati, Mahabharata Tatparya Nirnaya, Tatwapradeepa by Sri Trivikramapanditacharya and Anuvyakhyana confess this aspect without mincing any word.