SRI MADHWAVIJAYA – SHASHTHAHA SARGAHA – SHOLKAS 8 AND 9

SRI MADHWAVIJAYA – SHASHTHAHA SARGAHA – SHOLKAS 8 AND 9

Pundits bemused/ದಿಗ್ಭ್ರಾಂತರಾದ ಪಂಡಿತೋತ್ತಮರು

ಯಾವದರ್ಥಶತಕಂ ನ ವಿಶಂಕಂ ಸಂತತೋಕ್ತಿಕೃದಪೂರಯದೇಷಃ|

ವರ್ಣಿತಾವಧೃತಿದುರ್ಬಲಚಿತ್ತಾಸ್ತಾವದಾಕುಲಹೃದೋ ಹ್ಯಭವಂಸ್ತೇ||8||

YAvadarThashatakam na vishankam santatOktikrudapUrayadEShaha|

VarNitAvaDhrutidurbalachittAstAvadAkulahrudO hyBhavamstE||8||

SUMMARY: Sri Madhwacharyaru went on explaining the hundred meanings of the word “Vishwa” without any stop and without any suspicion. Much before he could complete the explanation, the scholars or Pundits could not grasp anything and they became a worried lot.

This instance proves that contrary to the illusion on which the scholars were banking upon, Sri Madhwacharyaru could easily describe the hundred meanings of the word “Vishwa”. Moreover, it also proved that schollars could hardly understand what Sri Madhwacharyaru was explaining.

The resolution or constituents of the word “Vishankam” are as follows: VigatA shankA yaThA Bhavati taThA vishankam| This means, as explained by Sri Chalari Acharyaru, “MadhwAchAryENa katipayArThEShu kaThitEShu satsu tAvanmAtragrahaNE(s)pyasamarThaha BrAhmaNAha samBhrAntA baBhUvuriti BhAvaha|   

Frustration grips Pundits/ಕಂಗಾಲಾದ ಪಂಡಿತರು

ಸಾಂಗವೇದಚತುರಾ ಇತಿಹಾಸೇ ಶಿಕ್ಷಿತಾಃ ಸುಬಹವೋ(s)ಪ್ಯತಿದೃಷ್ಟಾಃ|

ನೈತದೀರಿತಮಹೋ ಜಗೃಹುಸ್ತೇ ವಿಶ್ವಸಂಕ್ಷಯಪಯೋ(s)೦ಧುಗಣಾ ವಾ||9||

SAngavEdachaturA itihAsE shikShitAha subahavO(s)pyatidruShTAha|

NaitadeeritamahO jagruhustE vishwasankShayapayO(s)nDhugaNA vA||9||

SUMMARY: The Pundits had thoroughly studied the Vedas; they had the knowledge of all Puranas or the History; they were courageous; they were in large number too; yet, like the clusters of well cannot store the waters that is produced during the Great Deluge or Pralaya, they could neither fathom nor absorb the spate of expl

anation that Sri Madhwacharyaru unleashed on that occasion.

The Pundits who questioned or challenged Sri Madhwacharyaru were not ordinary people. They were well-informed, well-read and well-established intellectuals and professors in their own right. But, the explanation given by Sri Madhwacharyaru was unfathomable for those Pundits. Just as the brightness and lustre of any star can never match the brightness and lustre of Sun, Sri Madhwacharyaru, an incarnation of Lord Vayu was extraordinary.

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