(Sri Jagannatha Dasa virachita) SRI HARIKATHAMRUTASARA / ಶ್ರಿ ಹರಿಕಥಾಮೃತಸಾರ

(Sri Jagannatha Dasa virachita)

SRI HARIKATHAMRUTASARA / ಶ್ರಿ ಹರಿಕಥಾಮೃತಸಾರ

Salutation to Lord Rudra (ಶ್ರೀ ರುದ್ರದೇವರ ಸ್ತುತಿ)

ಕೃತ್ತಿವಾಸನೆ ಹಿಂದೆ ನೀ ನಾ-

ಲ್ವತ್ತುಕಲ್ಪ ಸಮೀರನಲಿ ಶಿ-

ಷ್ಯತ್ವ ವಹಿಸ್ಯಖಿಳಾಗಮಾರ್ಥಗಳೋದಿ ಜಲಧಿಯೊಳು|

ಹತ್ತುಕಲ್ಪದಿ ತಪವ ಗೈದಾ-

ದಿತ್ಯರೊಳಗುತ್ತಮನೆನಿಸಿ ಪುರು-

ಷೋತ್ತಮನ ಹರಿಯಂಕಪದವೈದಿದೆಯೊ ಮಹದೇವ||11||

KruttivAsane hinde nii nA-

Lvattukalpa sameeranali shi-

Shyatva vahisyaKhiLAgamArThagaLOdi jalaDhiyoLu|

Hattukalpadi tapava gaidA-

dityaroLaguttamanenisi puru-

ShOttamana pariyankapadavaidideyo MahadEva||11||

SUMMARY: Oh Lord skin-clad Shiva, having been a disciple under the tutelage of Lord MukhyaprANa sometime ago, you studied all Shastras for forty Kalpas; Oh Lord Mahadeva, you did penance in the sea for ten Kalpas and established yourself as a great deity among other deities and later you are destined to be the next Lord Shesha on whom Lord Vishnu is presently resting.

One striking aspect of this stanza is that Sri Jagannatha Dasaru has stated that Lord Shiva in the present Manvantara will be elevated to the post of Adi Shesha in the next Manvantara.

This inference is in the expression “PuruShOttamana pariyankapadavaidideyO”, where PurushOttama refers to Lord Vishnu and Pariyanka refers to the bed. In Dwadasha Stotra, a description is given:

TatpAdapankajamahAsanatAmavApa

SharvAdivandyacharaNO yadapAngalEsham|

Ashritya NAgapatiranyasurairdurApAm

ShreeryatkaTAkShabalavatyajitam NamAmi||

The word “Aditya” in this stanza refers to Lord Rudra and not Lord Sun. Lord Rudra and Lord Shesha are in the same strata of rank and file of status. It perhaps indicates that there are eleven Rudras. Moreover, this is the eleventh stanza in Sri Harikathamrutasara, Mangalacharana Sandhi. By offering prayers to Lord Rudra, Sri Ja

gannathadasaru has also offered invocation to Lord Shesha.

In the next stanza, Sri Jagannathadasaru offers prayer to all deities and Gurus. Please read, comment and share. SDN