(Sri Jagannatha Dasa virachita)

SRI HARIKATHAMRUTASARA / ಶ್ರಿ ಹರಿಕಥಾಮೃತಸಾರ

Hari guards devotees like shadow/

ಶ್ರೀ ಹರಿಯು ಭಕ್ತರನ್ನು ನೆರಳಿನಂತೆ ರಕ್ಷಿಸುವನು       

38. ಒಡಲ ನೆಳಲಂದದಲಿ ಹರಿ ನ-

      ಮ್ಮೊಡನೆ ತಿರುಗುವನೊಂದರೆಕ್ಷಣ

      ಬಿಡದೆ ಬೆಂಬಲವಾಗಿ ಭಕ್ತಾಧೀನನೆಂದೆನಿಸಿ|

      ತಡೆವ ದುರಿತೌಘಗಳ ಕಾಮದ

      ಕೊಡುವ ಸಕಲೇಷ್ಟಗಳ ಸಂತತ

      ನಡೆವ ನಮ್ಮಂದದಲಿ ನವಸುವಿಶೇಷಸನ್ಮಹಿಮ||25||

          VoDala neLalaMdadali Hari na-

          mmoDane tiruguvanondarekShaNa

          biDade bembalavAgi BhaktADheenanendenisi|

          TaDeva duritauGhagaLa kAmada

          KoDuva sakalEShTagaLa santata

          naDeva nammandadali navasuvisEShasanmahime||25||

SUMMARY: Sri Hari stays with our body like a shadow, without a moment’s absence, keeps roaming about with us, supports us and hence he is called a servant of devotees; He clears the heaps of problems and troubles; fulfilling all our desires, he grants whatever one longs for; He is omnipresent; He is an epitome of a variety of special attributes and incomparably great and He is always a good caretaker of everyone.

One point needs clarification about this stanza. The shadow remains outside the body and is totally emotion-less. It is lifeless and a parasite of the solid body. Contrarily, Lord Hari remains within our heart and mind; He directs guides and guards us. He clears our sins and drives us in the direction of salvation, the realisation of ultimate truth.

A Shloka taught by Sri Vedeshatirtharu to Sri Yadavarya is worth remembering in this context.

AgratO NArasihmashcha pruShThatO GOpinandanaha|

UBhayatO pArshwayOrAstAm sasharau RamalakShamaNau||

It is said that the Lord stays in the form of Sri Narasihma, Gopinandana or Krishna behind and in the form of Rama and Lakshmana on either side with anyone who recites this stanza continuously.

Another point of distinction between shadow and Lord Hari is that the shadow is always black. Lord Hari is the supreme light. A shadow is created only when there is light. Lord Hari does not need such a thing. He is the light of knowledge.

Unites detractors and relieves devotees from bondage/

ಬಿಟ್ಟವರ ಕಟ್ಟುವ, ಕಟ್ಟುವರ ಬಿಡಿಸುವ

39.   ಬಿಟ್ಟವರ ಭವಪಾಶದಿಂದಲಿ

          ಕಟ್ಟುವನು ಬಹು ಕಠಿಣನಿವ ಶಿ-

          ಷ್ಟೇಷ್ಟನೆಂದರಿದನವರತ ಸದ್ಭಕ್ತಿಪಾಶದಲಿ|

          ಕಟ್ಟುವರ ಭವಕಟ್ಟು ಬಿಡಿಸುವ

          ಸಿಟ್ಟಿನವನಿವನಲ್ಲ ಕಾಮದ

          ಕೊಟ್ಟು ಕಾವನು ಸಕಲಸೌಖ್ಯವ ಇಹಪರಂಗಳಲಿ||26||     

          BiTTavara BhavapAshadindali

          kaTTuvanu bahu kaThiNaniva shi-

          ShTEShTanendaridanavarata sadBhaktipAshadali|

          kaTTuvava BhavakaTTu biDisuva

          SiTTinavanivanalla kAmada

          koTTu kAvanu sakalasauKhyava ihaparangaLali||26||

Sri Hari binds those who desert him with the passion for family and friends; He is very solid; He relieves from the bondage of worldly, family life, the pious, virtuous and spirituous, who love him and bind him with their devotion; He does not get angry; One who fulfills all desires, He provides all comforts and happiness in this world and the world hereafter and protects his devotees.

In this stanza, Sri Jagannatha Dasaru has exhaustively described how Lord Hari looks after every human and even every animate and inanimate being.

AitareyOpanishat BhAshya substantiates the phenomenon further:

TyAgAnAmEvamuktAnAm tarkAdyaihi sADhanam taThA|

AchintyaviBhavE(s)pyasminnasamBhavarUpaNam||

Sa yEva mukhyatastyAgO VAsudEvasya keertitaha|

RamAbrahmAdikAnAm cha tAratamyAnaBhijnatA||

SamshayashchOktattvEShu jaganmiThyAtvadarshanam|

AsmrutirvAsudEvasya tadBhaktAnAm cha nindanam||

Dwiteeya yESha tyAgastu ViShNOrEva prakeertitaha|

NiShidDhakarmakaraNam vihitasya cha varjanam||

TyAgastruteeyO hi HarEshchaturThO(s)yOgyapUruShE|

UpadEshaha ……………||

ತ್ಯಾಗಾನಾಮೇವಮುಕ್ತಾನಾಂ ತರ್ಕಾದ್ಯೈಃ ಸಾಧನಂ ತಥಾ|

ಅಚಿಂತ್ಯವಿಭವೇ(s)ಪ್ಯಸ್ಮಿನ್ನಸಂಭವನಿರೂಪಣಮ್||

ಸ ಏವ ಮುಖ್ಯತಸ್ತ್ಯಾಗೋ ವಾಸುದೇವಸ್ಯ ಕೀತ್ರಿತಃ|

ರಮಾಬ್ರಹ್ಮಾದಿಕಾನಾಂ ಚ ತಾರತಮ್ಯಾನಭಿಜ್ಞತಾ||

ಸಂಶಯಶ್ಚೋಕ್ತತತ್ತ್ವೇಷು ಜಗನ್ಮಿಥ್ಯಾತ್ವದರ್ಶನಮ್|

ಅಸ್ಮೃತಿರ್ವಾಸುದೇವಸ್ಯ ತಭಕ್ತಾನಾಂ ಚ ನಿಂದನಮ್||

ದ್ವಿತೀಯ ಏಷ ತ್ಯಾಗಸ್ತು ವಿಷ್ಣೋರೇವ ಪ್ರಕೀರ್ತಿತಃ|

ನಿಷಿದ್ಧಕರ್ಮಕರಣಂ ವಿಹಿತಸ್ಯ ಚ ವರ್ಚನಮ್||

ತ್ಯಾಗಸ್ತೃತೀಯೋ ಹಿ ಹರೇಶ್ಚತುರ್ಥೋ(s)ಯೋಗ್ಯಪೂರುಷೇ|

ಉಪದೇಶಃ..............||

Whenever Lord Hari takes an incarnation, he kills demons and a suspicion may arise in one’s mind that Lord Hari is angry and carries vengeance on detractors or demons. It is not right.  Lord Hari does not hate anyone. The intention behind his actions is only to drive everyone towards realisation and salvation. When Srirama offered to give back his life for Vali, the latter said “Death in your hands is salvation for me oh Lord.”

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