(Sri Jagannatha Dasa virachita) SRI HARIKATHAMRUTASARA / ಶ್ರಿ ಹರಿಕಥಾಮೃತಸಾರ

(Sri Jagannatha Dasa virachita)

SRI HARIKATHAMRUTASARA / ಶ್ರಿ ಹರಿಕಥಾಮೃತಸಾರ

Sri Hari Nama is holier than Ganga/

ಶ್ರೀ ಹರಿನಾಮವು ಗಂಗೆಗಿಂತಲೂ ಪವಿತ್ರ

33. ಅಂಗುಟಾಗ್ರದಿ ಜನಿಸಿದಮರತ-

ರಂಗಿಣಿಯು ಲೋಕತ್ರಯಗಳಘ

ಹಿಂಗಿಸುವಳವ್ಯಾಕೃತಾಕಾಶಾಂತ ವ್ಯಾಪಿಸಿದ|

ಇಂಗಡಲಮಗಳೊಡೆಯನಂಗೋ-

ಪಾಂಗಗಳಲಿಪ್ಪಮಲನಂತಸು-

ಮಂಗಳಪ್ರದ ನಾಮ ಪಾವನಮಾಳ್ಪದೇನರಿದು||20||

AnguTAgradi janisidamarata-

rangiNiyu lOkatrayagaLaGha

hingisuvaLavyAkrutAkAshAnta vyApisida|

IngaDalamagaLoDeyanangO-

pAgagaLalippamalanantasu-

mangaLaprada nAma pAvanamALpadEnaridu||20||

SUMMARY: Divine River Ganga, who originated from the toe end of Lord Hari, clears the negative energy of sins in three Lokas. Do the innumerable names of Lord Hari, the consort of Sri Lakshmi, that bestow pure and infinite welfare through his organs and sub-organs

not clear the sins?

In this stanza, the poet emphasizes that while Ganga, who was born out of the toe end of Lord Hari, can cleanse the sins of all beings in three Lokas namely Earth, Heaven and Nether World, the spelling of the various names of Lord Hari cleanse the sins across the universe.

Ganga was born out of the toe end of Lord Hari. When she has so much of mystic power, the power of Lord Hari, the originator of Ganga, is beyond description. There is a limit for the names of Ganga. There is no such limit for the names by which Lord Hari can be addressed.

In Krushnamrutamaharnava, the sin-dispelling power of Lord Hari is described in a very beautiful way:

NAmnO(s)sti yAvatee shaktirpApanirharaNE HarEhe|

TAvat kartum na shaknOti pAtakam pAtakeejanaha||

ನಾಮ್ನೋ(s)ಸ್ತಿ ಯಾವತೀ ಶಕ್ತಿರ್ಪಾಪನಿರ್ಹರಣೇ ಹರೇಃ|

ತಾವತ್ ಕರ್ತುಂ ನ ಶಕ್ನೋತಿ ಪಾತಕಂ ಪಾತಕೀಜನಃ||

The power of Hari to dispel sins that each name of Lord Hari possesses is so much that even rank sinners cannot commit sins of that magnitude or variety.

Sri Purandara Dasaru says in one of his Keertanas:

GangAdisakalateerThangaLigaDhika Sreehariya nAma

The divinity of the names of Hari is more than the divinity of Ganga and other holy rivers.

The word “IngaDalamagaLoDeya” can be substantiated thus: Ingadalu means the Cosmic Ocean of Milk called Ksheerasagara. Daughter of Ksheerasagara is Sri Lakshmi and her husband is Lord Hari or Lakshmeepati.  

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