SRI VADIRAJA VIRACHITA “TEERTHA PRABANDHA” – STEP 30 ಶ್ರೀ ವಾದಿರಾಜ ವಿರಚಿತ “ತೀರ್ಥ ಪ್ರಬಂಧ”.

SRI VADIRAJA VIRACHITA

“TEERTHA PRABANDHA” – STEP 30

ಶ್ರೀ ವಾದಿರಾಜ ವಿರಚಿತ “ತೀರ್ಥ ಪ್ರಬಂಧ”.

Prayer to Sri Narayana/ಶ್ರೀ ನಾರಾಯಣನಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಾರ್ಥನೆ

ಹರೇ ಭವಹರೇ ತೇ(s)ಘ್ರೌ ಭಕ್ತಿರ್ಮುಕ್ತಿಪ್ರದಾಸ್ತು ಮೇ|

ವೈರಾಗ್ಯಭಾಗ್ಯಂ ವಿತರ ಹರ ಗೌರೀಮನೋಹರ||60||

HarE BhavaharE tE(s)Ghrau BhaktirmuktipradAstu mE|

VairAgyaBhAgyam vitara Hara GowreemanOhara||60||

SUMMARY: Oh Narayana, please provide me with the devotion to your feet that gives me salvation. Oh Lord Hari, since you are the Lord of renunciation, instill in me that kind of renunciation which would inculcate in me the devotion to You, Lord Hari.

In this stanza, Sri Vadirajaru appeals to both Hari and Hara to develop devotion in his mind towards both the Gods.   

Ambiguity about Hari and Hara cleared/ಹರಿ ಹರರ ನಡುವಿದ್ದ ಜಿಜ್ಞಾಸೆ ದೂರೀಕರಣ

ಯದೇಕೇನ ನ ವಧ್ಯೋ(s)ರಿಃ ತತೋ ಹರಿಹರಾವುಭೌ|

ಸಹಾಗತಾವರ್ಧದೃಶ್ಯೌ ಐಕ್ಯಂ ಚೇತ್ ಶತ್ರುಣಾ ಜಿತಮ್||61||

YadEkEna na vaDhyO(s)rihi tatO HariharAvuBhau|

SahAgatAvarDhadrushyau aikyam chEt shatruNA jitam||61||

SUMMARY: Demon Guha cannot be killed by either Hari or Hara alone. Therefore, a rare and mysterious form was created so that Hari was seen in portion and Hara in the other. Demon Guha was defeated by this mystic form, which is known as Harihara.

There is a misconception among some scholars that Lord Hari and Lord Hara formed a single body with half the portion having features of Lord Hari and another half having features of Lord Hara. Sri Vadirajaru has cleverly cleared this misconception. What Guha had demanded was that he should not killed by either Hari or Hara alone. Therefore, a new form was created in which one portion was looking like Hari and another as Hara. They were not one. Therefore, there is no question of a combined form of Hari and Hara having been formed. There was a clear cut distinction between the two portions. Moreover, what Guha had asked was that he should not be killed any single God or deity. When both Hari and Hara came together and attacked him, Guha had no escape. It is not necessary that Hari and Hara appeared in a single form. They were physically separate but they had come together to defeat Guha.  

ಅರ್ಧನಾರೀಶ್ವರಶ್ಶಂಭುಃ ಯಥಾ ಭೇದೇ(s)ಪಿ ದೃಶ್ಯತೇ|

ಮೂರ್ತೇರೇಕೈಕಭಾಗಸ್ಥೌ ತಥಾ ಹರಿಹರಾವಿಮೌ||62||

ArDhanAreeshwarashshamBhuhu yaThA BhEdE(s)pi drushyatE|

MUrtErEkaikaBhAsThau taThA HariharAvimau||62||

SUMMARY: The difference between male and female is obvious and this difference is obvious in the form of Lord Ardhanareeshwara in which half the portion appears with the features of Goddess Parvati and the other portion with the features of Lord Shambhu. However, Lord Shambhu or Shiva and Goddess Parvati are separate and they cannot be considered as one and the same. Similarly, Hari and Hara, despite appearing in a single form, are separate Gods and cannot be treated as one God.

Sri Vadirajaru has clarified the misconception about Harihara by citing the example of Ardhanareeshwara.   

ನಿರ್ವಿಷಂ ವತ್ಸನಾಭಶ್ಚ ಯಥೈಕಾಮಾಶ್ರಿತೌ ಲತಾಮ್|

ತಥಾ ಹರಿಹರೌ ಭಿನ್ನತರಾವಪ್ಯೇಕಮೂರ್ತಿಗೌ||63||

NirviSham vatsanABhashcha yaThaikAmAshritau latAm|

TaThA Hariharau BhinnatarAvapyEkamUrtigau||63||

SUMMARY: A poisonous medicinal plant called Nirvisha is entirely different from Vatsanabha, a variety of poison; yet the two types of poison are found in a single creeper; similarly, Hari and Hara, although are different Gods, appear in a single form or body. Hari and Hara have different and separate nature and culture.

A poisonous medicinal plant called Nirvisha has one kind of poison the upper half of the creeper and the lower part of the plant has a different kind of poison known as Vatsanabha. The severity, concentration and intensity of two kinds of poison are different. Similarly, Hari and Hara have appeared in a single form. However, they are different Gods with different culture, mannerism and nature.

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