(Sri Jagannatha Dasa virachita) SRI HARIKATHAMRUTASARA / ಶ್ರಿ ಹರಿಕಥಾಮೃತಸಾರ

(Sri Jagannatha Dasa virachita)

SRI HARIKATHAMRUTASARA / ಶ್ರಿ ಹರಿಕಥಾಮೃತಸಾರ

Offerings to Hari become infinite/ಶ್ರೀಹರಿಗೆ ಸಮರ್ಪಿಸಿದುದೆಲ್ಲ ಅನಂತ

28. ಸ್ಮರಿಸುವವರಪರಾಧಗಳ ತಾ

      ಸ್ಮರಿಸ ಸಕಲೇಷ್ಟಪ್ರದಾಯಕ

      ಮರಳಿ ತನಗರ್ಪಿಸಲು ಕೊಟ್ಟದನಂತಮಡಿ ಮಾಡಿ|

      ಪರಿಪರಿಯಲಿಂದುಣಿಸಿ ಸುಖಸಾ-

      ಗರದಿ ಲೋಲ್ಯಾಡಿಸುವ ಮಂಗಳಾ-

      ಚರಿತ ಚಿನ್ಮಯಗಾತ್ರ ಲೋಕಪವಿತ್ರ ಸುಚರಿತ್ರ||15||

SmarisuvavaraparADhagaLa tA

Smarisa sakalEShTrapradAyaka

MaraLi tanagarpisalu koTTadanantamaDi mADi|

ParipariyalinduNisi suKhasA-

Garadi lOlyADisuva mangaLa-

charita chinmayagAtra lOkapavitra sucharitra||15||

SUMMARY: Lord Sri Hari will not remember or recall the sins or crimes committed by those who keep him in his/her memory. He, who delivers everything desired by the devotee, gives back whatever his devotee offers to him by transforming it into immeasurable quantity, feeds them in vivid ways and swings them in the ocean of comfort and joy. He is an epitome of mirth, purity, good history and sublimity.

The primary message of this stanza is that Sri Hari excuses or pardons his devotees for whatever sins or crime or blasphemy they commit. Another important aspect is that whatever a person possesses is what the Lord has bestowed. Therefore, whatever a devotee offers to the Lord is what the Lord has initially provided the devotee with. Further, whatever the devotee offers to the Lord will be received by the Lord and the Lord, once again, gives back in immeasurable quantity and in different ways. This is in the form of health, wealth, longevity, comforts, worldly pleasure and so on. This stanza conveys another significant philosophy and principle of life. A part of his/her earnings should be submitted to the Lord with love, devotion and conviction. No other deity, except Lord Hari, can ‘give back’ to the devotee.

The magnanimous kindness of Sri Hari, the Creator

(ಸೃಷ್ಟ್ಯಾದಿಗಳನ್ನು ಮಾಡುವ ಶ್ರೀಹರಿಯ ಕಾರುಣ್ಯ)

29. ಏನು ಕರುಣಾನಿಧಿಯೋ ಹರಿ ಮ-

       ತ್ತೇನು ಭಕ್ತಾಧೀನನೋ ಇ-

       ನ್ನೇನು ಈತನ ಲೀಲೆ ಇಚ್ಛಾಮಾತ್ರದಲಿ ಜಗವ|

       ತಾನೆ ಸೃಜಿಸುವ ಪಾಲಿಸುವ ನಿ-

       ರ್ವಾಣ ಮೊದಲಾದಖಿಳ ಲೋಕ-

       ಸ್ಥಾನದಲಿ ಮತ್ತವರನಿಟ್ಟಾನಂದಬಡಿಸುವನು||16||

YEnu karuNAniDhiyO Hari ma-

ttEnu bhaktAdhInanO i-

mmEmi eetana leele ichChAmAtradali jagava|

tAne srujisuva pAlisuva ni-

rvANa modalAdaKhiLa lOka-

sThAnadali mattavaraniTTAnandabaDisuvanu||16||

SUMMARY: What a ‘treasure of kindness’ (KarNAniDhi) is this Lord Hari! What a great loyal servant is he of his devotees! How vivid are his activities! He, by sheer dint of wish, creates the universe, protects it and makes his beloveds happy by placing them in Vaikuntha and other worlds.

It’s a commonplace to praise some people as broad-minded, humane, and service-oriented for any simple welfare act they do. But Sri Hari creates different worlds makes them available to everyone, everywhere. He does not demand or desire for

 anything in return. Therefore, his kindness is unmatched, inexplicable and beyond description or definition.

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