(Sri Jagannatha Dasa virachita) SRI HARIKATHAMRUTASARA / ಶ್ರಿ ಹರಿಕಥಾಮೃತಸಾರ

(Sri Jagannatha Dasa virachita)

SRI HARIKATHAMRUTASARA / ಶ್ರಿ ಹರಿಕಥಾಮೃತಸಾರ

32. Pardoning glory of Lord Hari – ಶ್ರೀ ಹರಿಯ ಕ್ಷಮಾಗುಣದ ವೈಭವ

ಪಾಪಕರ್ಮವ ಸಹಿಸುವರೆ ಲ-

ಕ್ಷ್ಮೀಪತಿಗೆ ಸಮರಾದ ದಿವಿಜರ-

ನೀ ಪಯೋಜಭವಾಂಡದೊಳಗಾವಲ್ಲಿ ನಾ ಕಾಣೆ|

ಗೋಪ ಗುರುವಿನ ಮಡದಿ ಭೃಗು ನಗ-

ಚಾಪ ಮೊದಲಾದವರು ಮಾಡ್ದ ಮ-

ಹಾಪರಾಧಗಳೆಣಿಸಿದನೆ ಕರುಣಾಸಮುದ್ರ ಹರಿ||19||

PApakarmava sahisuvare La-

kShmeepatige samarAda divijara-

nee payOjaBhavAnDadoLagAvalli nA kANe|

GOpa guruvina maDadi Bhrugu naga-

chApa modalAdavaru mADda ma-

hAparADhagaLeNisidane karNAsamudra Hari||19||

SUMMARY: I cannot see anyone else anywhere in Brahmanda who can match Lord Sri Hari, the consort of Goddess Lakshmi, in pardoning or tolerating the sins. Did he count on the sins committed by Gopa, wife of his Guru, Bhrugu Maharishi, Lord Shiva, the NagachApa? He is an ocean of kindness.

Pardoning sins is another face of kindness. The kindness of deities is greater than that of human beings. Yet, the kindness of Lord Hari cannot be matched by any of the deities and that is because none can pardon the sins like Lord Hari.

GOpa means Nandagopa. “GO” means heaven and “Pa” means protect and it means the protector of heavens or Lord Indra. Nandagopa believed that Lord of Universe Sri Krishna was his son, which was a sin. The shepherds and cowboys in Gokul treated Him as a fellow being. Lord Indra was among the deities who appealed to Lord Narayana to take an incarnation and destroy the demons. Indra knew that Lord Krishna was an incarnation of Lord Vishnu with a mission. The purpose of this incarnation was welfare of deities and the virtuous. But, Indra pounded rains that prompted Lord Krishna to lift the Govardhana Hill in his last finger to show to Indra in particular and the universe in general that he was omnipotent. In another instance, Lord Krishna wanted to take Parijata, a flower in the garden of Indra. But, Indra had the audacity of waging a war on Krishna.

Wife of Guru refers to Tare, the wife of Divine Guru Sri Bruhaspatyacharyaru. She had an intercourse with Lord Moon, which was a heinous sin. Lord Hari pardoned her and purified her. At the outset, it may appear that what Tare had committed was only a sin against her husband. But, in a deeper sense, the sin was against the tenets of life, the principles of husband and wife that have been set by Lord Hari and therefore it was a wrong committed against Lord Hari.

In another sense, Dasharatha is the Guru of Srirama as he was the father. What Kaikeyi, wife of Dasharatha, committed has been clearly considered as a ‘capital sin’. Yet, Lord Hari bestowed salvation upon her.

The instance of Bhrugu is explained in Bhagavata (10/89/8):

AThO jagAma vaikunTham yatra dEvO JanArdanaha|

ShayAnam shriya utsangE padA vakShasyatADayat||

ಅಥೋ ಜಗಾಮ ವೈಕುಂಠಂ ಯತ್ರ ದೇವೋ ಜನಾರ್ದನಃ|

ಶಯಾನಂ ಶ್ರಿಯ ಉತ್ಸಂಗೇ ಪದಾ ವಕ್ಷಸ್ಯತಾಡಯತ್||10/89/8||

Bhrugu Maharishi enters the Vaikuntha, when Lord Vishnu was asleep with his consort. Without the least civic sense, Bhrugu kicked Lord Hari at the naval. Instead of getting angry, Lord Hari blessed Bhrugu. Later, Bhrugu was born as a hunter named Jara.

“Nagachapa” is a title of Lord Rudra for using a huge hill as a bow. Lord Rudra challenged Srirama to have a fight after the latter killed Ravana. This was because Lord Rudra thought Srirama had insulted him by killing his ‘ardent’ devotee, Ravana. In Dwaparayuga, Lord Rudra was in the form of AshwatthAma and insulted, ill-treated, condemned and hurt Lord Krishna, besides releasing Narayanastra on Bheema, Arjuna and other Pandavas to destroy them.

The ‘sins’ referred in this stanza should not be compared with sins of human beings. Most of the deities involuntarily commit suicides to show to humanity the greatness of Lord Hari. These sins are nothing but lessons to humanity and the negative energy of such sins never touch the deities. However, human beings are known to commit sins every moment:

AparADhasahasrANi kriyantE(s)harnisham mayA|

TAni sarvANi dEvEsha kShamaswa PuruShOttama||

ಅಪರಾಧಸಹಸ್ರಾಣಿ ಕ್ರಿಯಂತೇ(s)ಹರ್ನಿಶಂ ಮಯಾ|

ತಾನಿ ಸರ್ವಾಣಿ ದೇವೇಶ ಕ್ಷಮಸ್ವ ಪುರುಷೋತ್ತಮ||

Oh Lord, thousands of sins are committed by me day-in and day-out. Lord Purushottama, Lord of Lords, please pardon me for all those sins.

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