SRI VADIRAJA VIRACHITA “TEERTHA PRABANDHA” – STEP 21 ಶ್ರೀ ವಾದಿರಾಜ ವಿರಚಿತ “ತೀರ್ಥ ಪ್ರಬಂಧ”.

SRI VADIRAJA VIRACHITA “TEERTHA PRABANDHA” – STEP 21
ಶ್ರೀ ವಾದಿರಾಜ ವಿರಚಿತ “ತೀರ್ಥ ಪ್ರಬಂಧ”.
Payaswinee River/ಪಯಸ್ವಿನೀ ನದಿ
ಪಯಸ್ವಿನಿ ಜಗತ್ಸ್ವಾಮೀ ತ್ವಯಿ ಸನ್ನಿಹಿತೋ ಧ್ರುವಮ್|
ನ ಚೇತ್ ತತ್ಪ್ರೇಯಸೀತೀರೇ ಕಥಂ ತೇ(s)ವತರಿಷ್ಯತಿ||45||
Payaswini jagatswAmee twayi sannihitO Dhruvam|
Na chEt tatprEyaseeteerE kaTham tE(s)vatariShyati||45||
SUMMARY: Oh Payaswini River, the Lord has certainly manifested in you because how could his consort Goddess Lakshmi have appeared on your banks?
It is stated in Puranas that Goddess Lakshmi took the form of Durga and manifested on the banks of Payaswini River to eradicate the evil forces and safeguard the virtuous.
Sri Narayana Panditacharyaru in his “Madhwavijaya”, Chapter 5 Shloka 35 states that Sri Madhwacharyaru also visited this holy temple of Durga on the banks of Payaswini.

Salutations to Durga Devi on Payaswini banks (ಶ್ರೀ ದುರ್ಗಾ ಸ್ಮೃತಿ)
ಸ್ವಹೇಲಯಾ ಪಾತಿತಪಾರ್ಥಿವವ್ರಜಾಂ ಧೀಶುದ್ಧಿದಾಂ ಕೇರಳಭೂಷಣಾಯಿತಾಂ|
ಪಯಸ್ವಿನೀಂ ಪ್ರೇಕ್ಷ್ಯ ಪಥಿ ದ್ವಿಜಾರ್ಚಿತಾಮ್ ಸ ಭಾವಿನೀಮಸ್ಮರದ ತ್ರ ಚಂಡಿಕಾಂ||35||
SwahElayA pAtitapArThivaprajAm DheeshudDhidAm
kEraLaBhUShaNAyitAm|
Payaswineem prEkShya paThi dwijArchitAm sa BhAvineemasmaradatra chanDikAm||35||
SUMMARY: Sri Madhwacharyaru saw Payaswini River; after seeing that river, he recalled that very soon the incarnation of Sri Durga Devi will be happening on the shores of Payaswini River that was like an identification mark or headdress of Kerala, had felled several trees of varied species on its way through spate and was being worshipped by Brahmins.
After seeing Payaswini River, Sri Madhwacharyaru remembered that the incarnation of Durga Devi was soon to happen to destroy demons.  Scriptures mention that whenever we visit a pilgrimage centre, we should remember the Utsavs that happen there in future. 
This stanza indicates that Payaswini is on Karnataka-Kerala borders. 
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