SRI MADHWAVIJAYA - PANCHAMASARGAHA - SHLOKAS 43 TO 45)

SRI MADHWAVIJAYA – PANCHAMASARGAHA – SHOLKAS 43 TO 45)

(In these stanzas 43 to 45, some prominent instances that occurred during the stay of Sri Madhwacharyaru at Rameshwara for Chaturmasya have been explained. Please read, comment and share. SDN)

ತಮಾವ್ರಜಂತಂ ಯತಿವೇಷಧಾರಿಣಂ ದಂಡಂ ಪ್ರಕಾಶ್ಯೈಷ ಹಸನ್ನಭಾಷತ|

ಖಂಡ್ಯೇತ ದಂಡೋ ಯದಿ ಚಂಡ ನ ತ್ವಯಾ ತ್ವಂ ಷಂಡಕೋ(s)ಪಂಡಿತ ವಂಧ್ಯವಾಗಿತಿ||43||

TamAvrajantam yativEShaDhAriNam danDam prakAshyaiSha hasannaBhAShata|

KhanDyEta danDO yadi chanDa na twayA twam ShanDakO(s)panDita vanDhyavAgiti||43||

SUMMARY: Then seeing that Sankara (Kudipustura) in saintly robes, Sri Madhwacharyaru displayed his holy club (Danda) to him, smiled at him and said: “Oh angry senseless person, if you fail to break this club to keep your own oath, you will be branded a eunuch and a person of falsehood.”

This incident is said to have occurred at Rameshwara where Sri Madhwacharyaru was observing the four-month restrictive Vrat called Chaturmasya. Kudipastura was also at Rameshwara for the same reason. Once, Sri Madhwacharyaru had been to the sea shore and accidentally Kudipustura also came there. Sri Madhwacharyaru then reminded Kudipustura about the pledge he had taken and thereby showed to the world the limitations Kudipustura had in terms of knowledge.

ಲಜ್ಜಾನತಃ ಸ್ವಾರ್ಥಮಥಾರ್ಥಯನ್ನಸನ್ನುಪೈಕ್ಷ್ಯತಾಸೌ ದ್ವಿಜನಾಯಕೈಸ್ತದಾ|

ಆನಂದಯಂತಂ ವದನೇಂದುನಾ ಜಗತ್ ತಂ ದ್ವೇಷ್ಟಿ ಕಃ ಪ್ರಾಜ್ಞಮಿಹೇತಿ ವಾದಿಭಿಃ||44||

LajjAnataha swArThamaThArThayannasannupaikShyatAsau dwijanAkaistadA|

Anandayantam vadanEndunA jagat tam dwEShTi kaha prAjnamihEti vAdhiBhi||44||

SUMMARY: When he (Kudipustura) hung his head low in utter shame and appealed for help, the Brahmin leaders there wondered “Who could ever hate an emblem of knowledge Sri Madhwacharyaru, who makes the entire universe jump in ecstasy just with his countenance?”. The Brahmins ignored Kudipustura.

It is stated that Kudipustura appealed to the Brahmin scholars present on the sea shores to help him in responding to Sri Madhwacharyaru. They explained to him the greatness and depth of knowledge of Sri Madhwacharyaru and said that they were not at all prepared to support him in that regard.

Some scholars are of the view that like Duryodhana during Dwapara Yuga, Kudipustura tried to disprove Sri Madhwacharyaru, who, like he had broken the thigh of Duryodhana during his incarnation as Bheemasena, he (Sri Madhwacharyaru) replicated his action by disproving what Kudipustura was contending.   

Depth of knowledge of Sri Madhwacharyaru (ಶ್ರೀ ಮಧ್ವಾಚಾರ್ಯರ ಪಾಂಡಿತ್ಯದ ಪರಿಚಯ)

ಯಾ ಯಾಃ ಪ್ರಸಕ್ತಾಃ ಪರಿಷತ್ಸುಪೂರುಷೈರ್ವಿದ್ಯಾವಿದಗ್ಧೈರ್ವಿವಿಧೈಃ ಸಮಾಗಮೇ|

ಸ ತಾಸು ತಾಸು ಪ್ರತಿಭಾತಿಭಾಸುರೋ ವಿದ್ಯಾಸು ವಿದ್ಯಾಧಿಪತಿರ್ಜಿಗಾಯ ತಾನ್||45||

YA yAha prasaktAha pariShatsupUruShairvidyAvidagDhairviviDhaihi samAgamE|

Sa tAsu tAsu pratiBhAtiBhAsurO vidyAsu vidyADhipatirjigAya tAn||45||

SUMMARY: Whatever the kind of challenges that different self-proclaimed scholars, proud of the knowledge they possessed, used to throw at him, Sri Madhwacharyaru, who was the husband of the Goddess of Knowledge and was shining with his radiant scholarship, was winning in all types of knowledge.

The knowledge and scholarship of Sri Madhwacharyaru was not restricted to one or two fields. He had inifinite knowledge in all fields of knowledge and therefore, he was emerging victorious in all sorts of tests with utmost ease. Another important aspect is that Sri Madhwacharyaru was not going after the so-called scholars to defeat them. Those scholars were themselves inviting, instigating and intimidating Sri Madhwacharyaru with the sole intention of bringing disrepute to him. This stanza also indirectly prescribes the norms that saints should always observe.