SRI VADIRAJA VIRACHITA “TEERTHA PRABANDHA” – STEP 9 ಶ್ರೀ ವಾದಿರಾಜ ವಿರಚಿತ “ತೀರ್ಥ ಪ್ರಬಂಧ”.

(In the following two stanzas, Sri Vadirajaru offers prayers to Lord Hayagreeva and Sri Madhwacharyaru. In the next episode, his prayers to the Ashram Guru Sri Vageesha Tirtharu, who ordained him into sainthood, and his oath to narrate the significance of Teerthakshetras under the title “Teerthaprabandha” will be described. Please read, comment and share. SDN)

ಹಯಗ್ರೀವದಯಾಸಿಂಧುರಂಧೂಕೃತಭವಾಂಬುಧಿಃ|

ಪ್ರಬಂಧಮಪ್ರತಿದ್ವಂದ್ವಂ ಕರೋತ್ವೇನಮನೇನಸಂ||2||        

HayagreevadayAsinDhuranDhUkrutaBhavAmbuDhihi|

PrabanDhamapratidwandwam karOtvEnanEnasam||2||

SUMMARY: May Lord Hayagreeva, who transforms the ocean of worldly life into a tiny well and ferries his devotees across that ocean with utmost ease and grants them salvation, transform my work on pilgrim centres into an unmatched work of literature.

Just as in the previous stanza, Sri Vadirajaru compares life to an ocean and a well, which are again considered holy waters, the subject matter of this “Teerthaprabandha”.

Salutations to Sri Madhwacharyaru

ಆಜನ್ಮಭೂಮೇರಟತೋ(s)ಖಿಲೇಷು ತೀರ್ಥೇಷು ತದ್ವರ್ಣನಭಾರಮೂಢ್ವಾ|

ಆಯಾಸಮಸ್ಮನ್ಮೃದುಮಾನಸಸ್ಯ ವಾಯುರ್ಮುಹುಃ ಕೃತಂತು ಮಧ್ವರೂಪೀ||3||

AajanmaBhUmEraTatO(s)KhilEShu teerThEShu

tadvarNanaBhAramUDhwA|

AayAsamamanmrudumAnasasya vAyurmuhuhu krutantu

MadhwarUpee||3||

SUMMARY:

May Sri Madhwacharya, an incarnation of Lord Vayu, erase the fatigue and tiresomeness I am bound to experience while travelling through the pilgrim centres that was begun from the Taulava Nadu or Parashurama Kshetra after taking it upon my shoulders the responsibility of describing the significance of all the holy places.