SRI VADIRAJA VIRACHITA “TEERTHA PRABANDHA” – STEP 16 ಶ್ರೀ ವಾದಿರಾಜ ವಿರಚಿತ “ತೀರ್ಥ ಪ್ರಬಂಧ”.

SRI VADIRAJA VIRACHITA “TEERTHA PRABANDHA” – STEP 16

ಶ್ರೀ ವಾದಿರಾಜ ವಿರಚಿತ “ತೀರ್ಥ ಪ್ರಬಂಧ”.

ಪವಿತ್ರಂ ಪಾಜಕ್ಷೇತ್ರಂ ಕೋ ನ ಸೇವೇತ ಕೋವಿದಃ|

ಸತ್ಯಲೋಕೇಶ್ವರಃ ಪ್ರಾಣೋ ಯತ್ರಾವಾತರದುತ್ಸುಕಃ||16||

Pavitram PAjakShEtram kO na sEvEta kOvidaha|

SatyalOkEshwaraha prANO yatrAvAtaradutsukaha||16||

Summary: Which of the knowledgeable persons does not adore holy Pajaka where Lord of Satyaloka, Lord Mukhyaprana incarnated as Acharya Madhwa?

Pajaka has emerged as one of holiest places since Lord Vayu chose this place to be his native. It was in Pajaka that Sri Madhwacharyaru spent his boyhood and therefore every particle of dust at Pajaka is holy and divine.

ಪರಶ್ವಧಧನುರ್ಬಾಣಗದಾತೀರ್ಥೋಪಶೋಭಿತೇ|

ಗಿರೌ ಯತ್ರ ಸುತಪ್ರೇಮ್ಣೇವಾಸ್ತೇ ನಿತ್ಯಂ ಹರಿಸ್ವಸಾ||17||

ParashwadhadhanurbANagadAteerThOpashOBhitE|

Girau yatra sutaprEmNEvAstE nityam HariswasA||17||

Summary: Sri Pajaka Kshetra is adorned by four divine ponds namely Parashuteertha, Dhanustreertha, Banateertha and Gadateertha. There is a hillock called Vimanagiri where Goddess Durga, sister of Lord Sri Krishna, is always present, as though to display her eternal affection for her son, who is born in Pajaka in the form of Sri Madhwacharyaru.

The four divine ponds are in the four directions at the foothill of Vimanagiri.

ತ್ರಿಶೂಲಧಾರಿಣಿ ದೈತ್ಯಗಜಕುಂಭವಿದಾರಿಣೀ|

ಗಿರೀಂದ್ರಶಿಖರಾವಾಸಾ ದುರ್ಗಾ ಸ್ವರ್ಗಾಪವರ್ಗದಾ||18||

TrishUlaDhAriNi daityagajakumBhavid

AriNee|

GireendrashiKharAvAsA Durga swargApavargadA||18||

SUMMARY: May Goddess Durga, who is beholding a Trident, who had slaughtered the head of the elephant-like Mahishasura, and has manifested and is living atop the great mountain called Vimanagiri, bestow heavens and salvation to her devotees.

Two more stanzas in praise of Pajaka will be furnished in the next episode. Please read, comment and share. SDN