SRI VADIRAJA VIRACHITA “TEERTHA PRABANDHA”

ಶ್ರೀ ವಾದಿರಾಜ ವಿರಚಿತ “ತೀರ್ಥ ಪ್ರಬಂಧ”.  

ಪಾದಸ್ಥಾನಲ್ಪಪಾದಃ ತನುನಿಹಿತತನುಃ ಕೋಮಲಾಗ್ರಸ್ಥಿತಾಸ್ಯಃ

ಸ್ಕಂಧಸ್ಕಂಧೋ(s)ಗ್ರ್ಯಶಾಖಾಸ್ಥಿತಕರನಿಕರಃ ಶ್ರೀಧರಾಶ್ಲಿಷ್ಟಪರ್ಶ್ವಃ|

ವ್ಯಾಪ್ಯಾಶ್ವತ್ಥಂ ಮುಕುಂದಸ್ತ್ರಿದಶಪರಿವೃತಸ್ತುಂಗಭದ್ರಾತಿಭದ್ರೇ

ವೇಣುಗ್ರಾಮೇ ಸದಾಸ್ತೇ ಸಕಲಜನಮನೋ(s)ಭೀಷ್ಟದಾಯೀ ದಯಾಲುಃ||65||

PAdasThAnalpapAdaha tanunihitatanuhu kOmalAgrasThitAsyaha

SkanDhaskanDhO(s)gryashAKhAsThitakaranikaraha sreeDharAshliShTapArshwaha|

VyApyAshwatTham MukundastridashaparivrutastungaBhadrAtiBhadrE

VENugrAmE sadAstE sakalajanamanO(s)BheeShTadAyee dayAluhu||65||

SUMMARY: Sri Narayana or Mukunda, who has been defined and described in Purusha Sukta, is existing at Venugrama or Bidirahalli in the Ashwattha Tree on the banks of Tungabhadra River; his innumerable feet are in the innumerable roots of that tree; his body is at the middle of this tree; his face is in the soft and delicate top portion of the tree; the cluster of his numerous arms are in the upper branches of Ashwattha Tree; he is flanked on either side by Sri Lakshmi Devi and Sri Bhoodevi; surrounded by the deities, he is fulfilling the desires of all devotees.   

Lord Narayana has been described in Purusha Sukta as:

SahasrasheerShA puruShaha sahasrAkShaha sahasrapAt(ಸಹಸ್ರಶೀರ್ಷಾ ಪುರುಷಃ ಸಹಸ್ರಾಕ್ಷಃ ಸಹಸ್ರಪಾತ್). He, the Purusha, has thousands of heads, thousands of eyes and thousands of feet. Same description is given in Bhagavadgita Capter XI, Shloka 16: “AnEkabAhUdaravaktranEtram” and Chapter XI, Shloka 23: “Roopam mahattE bahuvaktranEtram mahAbAhO bahubAhUrapAdam| BahUdaram bahudamShTrAkarAlam”.

ಮಧ್ಯಸ್ಥಕೃಷ್ಣ ಪರಿಪಾಲಯ ಭಕ್ತವರ್ಗಂ ರುದ್ರಾಶ್ರಿತಾಗ್ರ ರುಜಮರ್ದಯ ಸೇವಕಸ್ಯ|

ಪದ್ಮಾಸನಾವಸಥಮೂಲ ಸೃಜಾಸ್ಯತಂತುಂ ಸದ್ವಂದ್ಯಪಿಪ್ಪಲತರೋ ವಿತರಾಖಿಲೇಷ್ಟಮ್||66||

MaDhyasThakruShNa paripAlaya Bhaktavargam

RudrAshritAgra rujamardaya sEvakasya|

PadmAsanAvasaThamUla srujAsyatantum

SadwandyapippalatarO vitarAKhilEShTam||66||

SUMMARY: Oh Ashwattha Tree with Sri Narayana in the mid portion, please protect the devotees; Oh Ashwattha Tree with Lord Rudra in the front portion, please cure all the diseases of devotees and Oh Ashwattha Tree with Lord Brahma at the bottom or lower portion, please bless the devotees with heirs or successors and Oh Ashwattha Tree, which is revered and worshipped by the virtuous, please fulfill the desires of devotees.

Ashwattha Tree is described as: “MoolatO BrahmarUpAya maDhyatO ViShNurUpiNE agrataha ShivarUpAya vrukSharAjAya tE namaha” (ಮೂಲತೋ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮರೂಪಾಯ ಮಧ್ಯತೋ ವಿಷ್ಣುರೂಪಿಣೇ| ಅಗ್ರತಃ ಶಿವರೂಪಾಯ ವೃಕ್ಷರಾಜಾಯ ತೇ ನಮಃ|) It is obvious from this Shruti that Lord Vishnu, Brahma and Maheshwara exist in Ashwattha Tree forever. Sri Vadirajaru has appealed to the three prominent Gods together and severally to take of all devotees, always.

ತುಂಗಾತರಂಗಪರಿನರ್ತನಪೂತವಾತಸಂಗೇನ ತೇ(s)ಘ್ರಿಪ ದಲಾನಿ ಚಲಂತಿ ಭಾಂತಿ|

ಜನ್ಮಾಂತರೋತ್ಥದೃಢಮೂಲದುರಂತದುಷ್ಕೃತ್ಯುನ್ಮೂಲನೋದ್ಯತದುಷ್ಕೃ-

ತ್ಯುನ್ಮೂಲನೋದ್ಯತಕರಾಂಗುಲಿಕಾಂತಿಮಂತಿ||67||

TungAtarangaparinartanapUtavAta-

sangEna tEn(s)Ghripa dalAni chalanti BhAnti|

JanmAntarOthThadruDhamUladurantaduShkrutyunmUlanOdyataduShkru-

tyunmOlanOdyatakarAngulikAntimanti||67||

SUMMARY: Oh Ashwattha Tree, your petals, which are moving or swinging due to the holy  or divine air that is blowing and the ebbs and tides of Tungabhadra River, appear like the bright and shining fingers of the Lord engaged in uprooting the sins accumulated through several past births.

It is believed that revolving around Ashwattha Tree for a fixed number of days relieves a person from the negative energy of past sins and grants fulfillment of all desires.

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