(Sri Jagannatha Dasa virachita) SRI HARIKATHAMRUTASARA / ಶ್ರಿ ಹರಿಕಥಾಮೃತಸಾರ

(Sri Jagannatha Dasa virachita)

SRI HARIKATHAMRUTASARA / ಶ್ರಿ ಹರಿಕಥಾಮೃತಸಾರ

Strange qualities of Lord Sri Hari/ಶ್ರೀ ಹರಿಯ ಅಪ್ರಮೇಯ ಗುಣಗಳು

36. ಚೇತನಾಚೇತನವಿಲಕ್ಷಣ

ನೂತನಪದಾರ್ಥಗಳೊಳಗೆ ಬಲು-

ನೂತನತಿಸುಂದರಕೆ ಸುಂದರ ರಸಕೆ ರಸರೂಪ|

ಜಾತರೂಪೋದರ ಭವಾದ್ಯರೊ-

ಳಾತತಪ್ರತಿಮ ಪ್ರಭಾವ ಧ-

ರಾತಳದೊಳೆಮ್ಮೊಡನೆಯಾಡುತಲಿಪ್ಪ ನಮ್ಮಪ್ಪ||23||

ChEtanAchEtanavilakShaNa

nUtarapadArThagaLoLage balu-

nUtanatisundarake Sundara rasake rasarUpa|

JAtarUpOdara BhavAdyaro-

LAtatapratima praBhAva Dha-

rAtaLadoLemmoDaneyADutalippa nammappa||23||

SUMMARY: Sri Hari is stranger than all animate and inanimate beings and things in the universe; He is the latest among the latest; He is most charming among the charming things or beings; He is the most concentrated extract of everything among the best of concentrated extract; He is the unparalleled power and capacity and exists within Hiranyagarbha Brahma, Shiva and all others. He is the origin/father of all of us and he is loitering with us on this Earth.

Sri Jagannathadasaru has described the glory of supreme and distinctive attributes of Lord Narayana in a very different way. No animate or inanimate thing or being is comparable to him and that is why he is most distinguished. While every being and every object, the animate and inanimate, is perishable, purely temporary and indefinite, Lord Hari is eternal, infinite, indestructible and incomparable. He is most fresh among everything that can be perceived as fresh. He is ‘NityO nityAnAm chEtanAshchEtanAnAm’. Every moment, he appears in a new form even to Goddess Lakshmi.

Of all the charming and pleasant forms, he is the most charming and most pleasant. It is said that Manmatha, the God of Love, is most charming of all beings. But, Lord Hari is more charming than Manmatha or he is the Manmatha of Manmathas. Sri Purandaradasaru says in one of his compositions “LavaNyadali lOkamOhakanayya”.

Sri Hari protects devotees everywhere like the Sky/

ಆಗಸದಂತೆ ಶ್ರೀ ಹರಿಯು ತನ್ನ ಭಕ್ತರನ್ನು ಎಲ್ಲೆಡೆ ಸಲಹುತ್ತಾನೆ

37. ತಂದೆತಾಯ್ಗಳು ತಮ್ಮ ಶಿಶುವಿಗೆ

ಬಂದ ಭಯಗಳ ಪರಿಹರಿಸಿ ನಿಜ-

ಮಂದಿರದಿ ಬೇಡಿದದನಿತ್ತಾದರಿಸುವಂದದಲಿ|

ಹಿಂದೆಮುಂದೆಡಬಲದಿ ಒಳಹೊರ-

ಗಿಂದಿರೇಶನು ತನ್ನವರನೆಂ

ದೆಂದು ಸಲಹುವ ಆಗಸವೋಲೆತ್ತ ನೋಡಿದರು||24||

TandetAygaLu tamma shishuvige

Banda BhayagaLa pariharili nija-

Mandiradi bEDidadanittAdarisuvandadali|

HindemundeDabaladi voLahora-

gindirEshanu tannavaranend

nendendu salahuva aagasavOletta nODidaru||24||

SUMMARY: Parents resolve all fears and suspicion of their children; they give whatever the children demand in their house and look after the children with compassion and affection. Lord of Indra, Sri Hari protects his devotees like the sky from the front side, hind side, left and right sides and wherever it is required.

Akasha, the sky, is one of the names of Lord Hari. By comparing the ‘protecting’ quality of Lord Hari to the Sky, which appears as one from all directions, Sri Jagannathadasaru has explained the significance and exhaustive way of Lord Hari’s grace in protecting every being and everyting.

The word “Indiresha”  is a short form of “HarirEva jagatpitrumAtrugatihi”. Our parents protect us only in the temporal world. Lord Hari protects us here and hereafter.

In Narayanakavacha Lord Hari is described as: 

VidikShu dikShUrDhwamaDhaha samantAdantarbahirBhagavAn NArasihmhaha|PrahApayan lOkaBhayam swanEna swatEjasA grastasamastatEjAha|| The scholars say that this stanza is like summary of Sri Narayana Kavacha.

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