SRI MADHWAVIJAYA PANCHAMAHA SARGAHA SHLOKAS 49 AND 50

SRI MADHWAVIJAYA – PANCHAMASARGAHA – SHOLKAS 49 AND 50)

Arrival on the banks of Payaswini

ತತಸ್ತತೋ ವಿಸ್ಮಿತಲೋಚನೈರ್ನರೈರ್ನಿರೀಕ್ಷ್ಯಮಾಣೋ(s)ತಿಸುಲಾಕ್ಷಣಾಕೃತಿಃ|

ಗ್ರಾಮೋತ್ತಮಾನ್ ಪ್ರಾಪ್ಯ ಪಯಸ್ವಿನೀತಟೇ ವಿವೇಶ ದೇವಾಯತನಂ ಸ ಕಿಂಚನ||49||

TatastatO vismitalOchanairnarairnireekShyamANO(s)ti sulakShaNAkrutihi|

GrAmOttamAn prApya payasvineetaTE vivEsha dEvAyatanam sa kinchana||49||

SUMMARY: With people in different places looking at him, who is adorned with all auspicious features, with astonishment, he continued his journey and crossed several good villages on his way before entering a temple on the banks of Payaswini River.

It is believed that the temple referred to in this stanza could be the Mahalingeshwara Temple located at about 50 km from Kasargod. As per his routine, Sri Madhwacharyaru won over some scholars in debates. People of the village offered to Sri Madhwacharyaru and his disciples as they were captivated by the charismatic personality and depth of knowledge of Sri Madhwacharyaru. However, Sri Madhwacharyaru refused to have food at a place where there was no shrine dedicated to Lord Vishnu. As requested by the inhabitants of that village, Sri Madhwacharyaru got a temple constructed there for installing a statue of Sri Vishnu and then consumed the food. The statue of Lord Vishnu consecrated by Sri Madhwacharyaru can still be seen on the premises of the temple. People of the village still recall that Sri Madhwacharyaru assigned the duty of perfoming routine puja to the presidig deity of this temple to a Vaishnava Brahmin belonging to Barittaya dynasty. The same dynasty continues to offer worship to this deity till date.  

Scholars become followers

ಅಧೀತ್ಯ ಧರ್ಮೇಣ ಷಡಂಗಮಾಗಮಂ ತದರ್ಥಸಂವರ್ಣನನಿರ್ಣಯಾನ್ವಿತಾಃ|

ಪ್ರಾಪುರ್ದ್ವಿಜೇಂದ್ರಾಸ್ತಮಪೂರ್ವಪೂರುಷಂ ಜಿಜ್ಞಾಸವಃ ಸುಪ್ರಥಿತಂ ಜಗತ್ತ್ರಯೇ||50||

ADheetya DharmENa ShaDangamAgamam tadarthasamvarNanirNayAnvitAha|

PrApurdwijEndrAstamapUrvapUruSham jijnAsavaha suprathitam jagattrayE||50||

SUMMARY: Many Brahmins, who were strictly adhering to the principles of Shiksha (education), Vyakarana (Grammer) etc., the six parts of Vedas, had the capability to independently interpreting Vedas and Upanishad, came to Sri Madhwacharyaru, who was by then very popular as a person of rarest qualities,  and began enquiring about Sri Madhwacharyaru and joined him as disciples.