SRI VADIRAJA VIRACHITA “TEERTHA PRABANDHA” – STEP 22 ಶ್ರೀ ವಾದಿರಾಜ ವಿರಚಿತ “ತೀರ್ಥ ಪ್ರಬಂಧ”

SRI VADIRAJA VIRACHITA “TEERTHA PRABANDHA” – STEP 22

ಶ್ರೀ ವಾದಿರಾಜ ವಿರಚಿತ “ತೀರ್ಥ ಪ್ರಬಂಧ”   

Sri Vedavyasa Samputa at Kukke/ಕುಕ್ಕೆಯಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಶ್ರೀ ವೇದವ್ಯಾಸ ಸಂಪುಟ

ಯತ್ರ ಸಂಪುಟಮಸ್ಫೋಟಂ ಕೃಷ್ಣಸ್ಯ ಸ್ಫೋರಯತ್ಯಹೋ|

ಅಗ್ರಾಹ್ಯತ್ವಮದೃಶ್ಯತ್ವಂ ಕಿಂ ಪುನಸ್ತತ್ರ ಪಂಡಿತಾಃ||43||

Yatra sampuTamasPhOTam KruShNasya sPhOrayatyahO|

AgrAhyatwamadrushyatwam kim punastatra panDitAha||43||

SUMMARY: There is an unbreakable Vedavyasa Saligrama Samputa at Kukke Subrahmanya. (Samputa is a container in which idols and Saligrama are kept for worship). It is not possible for anyone to open that Samputa and take that Saligrama by hand to see. This signifies that none can catch Lord Sri Hari by hand nor see with ordinary eyes. When an inanimate, static object like Saligrama makes it clear for mankind that Lord Hari is beyond comprehension, it may not be difficult for scholars and Pundits to describe the various divine and mystic attributes of Lord Hari.

ಅಭೇದ್ಯಮತಿಯತ್ನೇನಾಪ್ಯಸ್ಖಲತ್ ಕೃಷ್ಣವಿಗ್ರಹಮ್|

ತತ್ಪೂಜಾಭಾಜನಂ ಭಾತಿ ಮಾಧ್ವಂ ಹೃದಿವ ಸಂಪುಟಮ್||44||

ABhEdyamatiyatnEnApyasKhalat KruShNavigraham|

TatpUjABhAjanam BhAti mAdhwam hrudiva sampuTam||44||

SUMMARY: That Samputa, which cannot be broken into pieces with hardest efforts, contains an intact idol of Lord Sri Krishna and is getting worshipped there every day; it shines as though it is the heart of Sri Madhwacharyaru, which is very close and intimate to Lord Krishna.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

When the deities and gods got defeated by demons in the distant past, they tried to worship the Lord in different secret places to get their nullified mystic power enhanced. But, the demons were coming to each and every place and spoiling the worship. Finally, when the deities offered Puja to an idol of Mukhyaprana by imagining the existence of the Lord in that idol, the demons again tried to spoil the Puja but got crushed to a solid rock and were precipitated like mud balls. Therefore, Mukhyaprana, who has no taint of Asuri power, is very solid and cannot be breached by anyone or any force. Similarly, Lord Krishna stays in the heart of Sri Madhwacharyaru, who is an incarnation of Lord Mukhyaprana. The Samputa at Kukke Subrahmanya is like Sri Madhwacharyaru or Lord Mukhyaprana as it cannot be broken by any force. The unbreakable nature of Lord Krishna in such a Samputa needs no more proof.

LEGEND ABOUT VYASASAMPUTA

Sri Vishnu Tirtharu, biological younger brother of Sri Madhwacharyaru, set up Sri Subrahmanya Mutt at Kukke and had installed Sri Vyasa Samputa. But, when he departed to Sahya or Harishchandra mountain to do penance, he took Sri Vyasa Samputa with him. His disciple Sri Aniruddha Tirtharu, who succeeded Sri Vishnu Tirtharu as the seer of Sri Subrahmanya Mutt, requested the latter to return Sri Vyasa Samputa for offering Puja, every day. Sri Vishnu Tirtharu appeared in a dream of Sri Aniruddha Tirtharu and said that the next morning, he could find the Samputa in Kumaradhara River. Accordingly, the next morning, Sri Aniruddha Tirtharu saw the Samputa floating in the river. He gave that Samputa to Sri Subrahmanya Mutt. A small mirror had also been sent by Sri Aniruddha Tirtharu along with the Samputa, which was also handed over to the Mutt, as per the directions given in the dream by Sri Aniruddha Tirtharu. Later, a local leader called Ballalaraya forcibly took the Samputa, leaving the ‘cheap’ mirror for the Mutt. He tried to get the Samputa broken from a pot maker, who hit the Samputa with a chisel. The Samputa did not break, while the pot maker died of burning sensation throughout his body. The local leader got the Samputa trampled by a tusker. The Samputa remained intact and the elephant developed the same burning sensation. It tried to find relief by drowning in the river but found a watery grave. By this time, Ballalaraya experienced burning sensation in his body. He immediately surrendered to the Seer of Sri Subrahmanya Mutt, returned the Samputa. With the burning sensation not receding, he asked the Seer to suggest a solution. The seer said that a statue of the local 
chief be installed on the premises of the Mutt. Cotton, pumpkin and other things offered by devotees were to be offered to the statue every day and that would slowly bring down the burning sensation, the seer said. The mirror, the spot where the Samputa was found floating etc., are still existing at Kukke. A visit to Kukke brings peace and prosperity to the devotees.

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