SRI MADHWAVIJAYA – CHATURTHAHA SARGAHA
SHOLKAS 1, 2 AND 3
(In these stanzas, Vasudeva gets ready to enter sainthood. Please read, comment and share. SDN)
AThaiSha
sallOkadayAsuDhArdrayA sadAgamastEna nirAsakAmayA|
RamAvarAbAsaBhuvA
vishAradO vishAla(a)chintayadAtmanODhiyA||1||
SUMMARY:
After completing the term of his stay at the Gurukul, Vasudeva, who was soaked
in empathy towards the virtuous, who wanted to destruct the thugs of sacred
Scriptures, thought in this manner in his broad mind where Lord Sri Hari always
resided.
The
thugs in this context means those who had been misinterpreting the Scriptures
and diverting the minds of good people from the real truth that Sri Hari alone
is the supreme God. It is also indicated in this stanza that there was no room
for confusion in the Scriptures. The confusion was created by exploiting the
innocence and ignorance of masses. Vasudeva thought of lighting the light of
true knowledge and re-establish the glories of Lord Vishnu.
AnanyasangAdguNasangitA
harErjanasya mAnam tu vishiShTachEtiShTitam|
AsangamasmAt
prakaTeekarOmyaham nijam Bhajan pAramahamsyamAshramam||2||
SUMMARY:
“It’s only when one departs from the association of bad people that a passion
and compassion towards the infinite attributes of Lord Vishnu. For the present
generation, the life style of ancestors is the lone model and proof. Therefore,
by embracing the sainthood, I will exhibit my natural, instinctive and inherent
quality of being an ascetic.”
‘Association
with bad people’ in this context refers to the passion for worldly pleasures.
General people lend their ears only to such a person who enters sainthood by
sacrificing the family life and only then people will recognise the value of devotion
to Lord Vishnu and the futility of worldly life. This is what Vasudeva was
aware of and put the right step forward, say the scholars.
During
his previous incarnation as Bheema, a Kshatriya, Vasudeva, who is another
incarnation of Lord Vayu, had established the power and spirit of Kshatriyas by
killing Duryodhana and other Daityas. It was Dwaparayuga. In Kaliyuga, the
scenario was different. As many persons, who had no real control over their
senses, had devalued and derailed the status, sanctity and spirit of sainthood.
Vasudeva took it upon himself the task of reviving those lost grounds of
sainthood by embracing that state himself.
Mama
praBhOrnAparaThA hi shOBhatE dwiShatu ViShNum yadadanDaDhAraNam|
HariswasA
nanvachirAdasadBhidE BhavEdatO nAsmi cha danDaDhArakaha||3||
SUMMARY:
“Having born as a capable person, it is improper to leave the antegonists of
Lord Vishnu unpunished. Yet, until Goddess Durga, a sister of Lord Krishna, who
is about to descend as an incarnation to punish the illicit, descends on earth,
I will not behold the sacred club.”
What
is implicit in this stanza is that saints are not ‘authorised’ by Scripture to
physically punish the sinners. Moreover, it had already been decided that
Goddess Durga would take birth on earth only to physically assault and assassinate
the Asuras. Vasudeva decides to set right the psyche of pretentious saints by
logically disproving their reasoning and by gaining the confidence of ordinary
people, he wanted to breathe a fresh lease of life.
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