SRI VADIRAJA VIRACHITA “TEERTHA PRABHANDA” ಶ್ರೀ ವಾದಿರಾಜ ವಿರಚಿತ “ತೀರ್ಥ ಪ್ರಬಂಧ”

SRI VADIRAJA VIRACHITA “TEERTHA PRABHANDA”

ಶ್ರೀ ವಾದಿರಾಜ ವಿರಚಿತ “ತೀರ್ಥ ಪ್ರಬಂಧ”     

Dwaraka description – 3/ದ್ವಾರಕಾ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ ವಿವರಣೆ - 5

Greatness of Gopichandana/ಗೋಪೀಚಂದನದ ಮಹಿಮೆ

ಫಾಲೇ ಯಲ್ಲಿಖಿತಂ ಧುನೋತಿ ವಿವಿಧಾಂ ರೇಖಾಂ ವಿಧಾತ್ರಾ ಕೃತಾಂ

ಯಲ್ಲೀಲಾತಿಲಕೀಕೃತಂ ವಿತನುತೇ ವಿದ್ವಲ್ಲಲಾಮಾಯಿತಾನ್|

ಊರ್ಧ್ವಂ ಯದ್ಧೃತಮುಚ್ಚಲೋಕಪದವೀಸೋಪಾನಮನ್ವೇತಿ ತದ್

ಗೋಪೀಚಂದನಮಂಜಸಾ ವಿಜಯತೇ ತಾಪತ್ರಯಧ್ವಂಸನಮ್||97||

PhAlE yalliKhitam DhunOti viviDhAm rEKhAm viDhAtrA krutAm

yallilAtilakeekrutam vitanutE vidwallalAmAyitAn|

OorDhwam yadDhrutamuchchalOkapadaveesOpAnamanvEti tad

GOpeechandanamanjasA vijayatE tApatrayaDhwamsanam||97||

SUMMARY: The Gopichandana, which, when applied on the forehead, erases the different writings that Lord Brahma writes on the forehead, which, when lines are drawn on the forehead with Gopichandana in the form of Tilak, as a mark of decoration, make the person look like a scholar, the Gopichandana, which is applied as OorDhwapunDra, shows the way and the steps that lead up to Vaikkuntha, which removes three types of sins committed by the person wearing it on the forehead, is truly the most sacred.

Gopichandana is a clay available only in Dwaraka. It is applied by the followers of Sri Madhwacharyaru, who are known as Madhwas, and the followers of Dwaita philosophy or the philosophy of duality. Duality means there is difference between Atma and Paramatma or the Lord and the soul.

Gopichandana is available around Gopeesarovar and a place called Vasudevahrada in Dwaraka. It is also available at Gomati, which is about 13 miles away from Dwaraka, near Gopeetalab, where there is a temple of Sri Gopeenatha. Madhwas apply Gopichandana in a systematic manner.

This stanza confirms what is mentioned in Puranas as follows:

DwAravatyAm shuBhE ramyE vAsudEvahradE taThA|

TatrOdBhavAm mrudam shuBhrAm AadAya dwijasattamaha||   

DhArayEdUrDhwapunDrANi sarvakAmaPhalAptayE|

OorDhwapunDraDharO vipraha sarvalOkE(s)pi pUjitaha|

Sa vimAnam samAruhya yAti ViShNOho padam param||

ದ್ವಾರವತ್ಯಾಂ ಶುಭೇ ರಮ್ಯೇ ವಾಸುದೇವಹ್ರದೇ ತಥಾ|

ತತ್ರೋದ್ಭವಾಂ ಮೃದಂ ಶುಭ್ರಾಂ ಆದಾಯ ದ್ವಿಜಸತ್ತಮಃ||

ಧಾರಯೇದೂರ್ಧ್ವಲೋಕೇ(s)ಪಿ ಪೂಜಿತಃ|

ಸ ವಿಮಾನಂ ಸಮಾರುಹ್ಯ ಯಾತಿ ವಿಷ್ಣೋಃ ಪದಂ ಪರಂ||

Sri Vadirajaru has emphasized the significance of applying Gopichandana on the forehead, two shoulders, three each on the stomach and chest, four around the neck and one at the bottom of spinal cord on the back. The pattern may change slightly as per the tradition being followed.  

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