SRI MADHWAVIJAYAHA - ASHTAMA SARGAHA SHLOKA 17 (54)
ಶ್ರೀ ಮಧ್ವವಿಜಯ – ಸಪ್ತಮ ಸರ್ಗ ಶ್ಲೋಕ
17ನೇ ಶ್ಲೋಕದ ಅರ್ಥವಿವರಣೆ (54)
Vamana
and Buddha incarnations/ವಾಮನ ಹಾಗೂ ಬೌದ್ಧ ಅವತಾರಗಳು
ಅಪಿ ವಾಮನೋ ಲಲಿತಬಾಲ್ಯವಾನಯಂ ಪ್ರತಿಭಾಬಲೇನ
ಕೃತದೈತ್ಯಕೌತುಕಃ|
ಉಪಧೇರಧಃಕೃತಬಲೀಂದ್ರಶಾತ್ರವಃ ಸ್ವಜನಾಯ
ಕೇವಲಮದಾತ್ ಪರಂ ಪದಮ್||17||
Api VAmanO
lalitabAlyavAnayam prathiBhAbalEna krutadaityakautukaha|
UpaDhEraDhahkrutabaleendrashAtravaha
swajanAya kEvalamadAt param padam||17||
SUMMARY: Wearing the
appearance of a cute young bachelor and causing confusion for demons with his
inimitable caliber, this Sri Narayana pushed down to the underworld the mischievous
and deceitful ‘Bali’, an enemy of Lord Indra and restored Indra back in his
heavenly abode.
SUMMARY 2: Wearing the
form of a charming, attractive young boy and confusing the demons, Sri Narayana
diverted some powerful and cunning “Jinadityas” from following spirituous path
for wrong ends and bestowed Moksha upon his devotees and deities (Incarnation
as Buddha).
In his
incarnation as Vamana, Lord Narayana cheated the demons under the pretext of
‘seeking’ some help; similarly, in his incarnation as Buddha, Sri Vishnu
cheated the demons under the pretext of preaching.
Incarnation
of Sri Vishnu as Buddha is not the same as Gautama Buddha, which is clarified
in Mahabharata Tatparya Nirnaya (32/146):
YastrauoyrANAm
praThamO(s)tra jAtaha ShuddhOdanEtyEva jinEti chOktaha|
KSh|EtrE
gayAKhyE(s)sya shishum prajAtam samprApya dUrE(s)tra baBhUva ViShNuhu||
In Dwadasha
StOtra, Vamana Avatar and Buddha Avatar are described as:
Vamana Vamana
mANavavESha daityavarAntakakAraNarUpa|(6/5)
BalimuKhaditisutavijayavinAshana
jagadavanAjita Bhava mama sharaNam|(9/9)
DaityavimOhaka
nityasuKhAdE dEvasubODhaka BudDhaswarUpa|(6/7)
DitisutamOhana
vimalavibODhana paraguNa BudDha hE Bhava mama shanaNam|(9/13)
Some scholars
are of the view that Gautama Buddha is among the ten incarnations of Lord
Vishnu while some others contend that Gautama Buddha is not an incarnation of
Lord Vishnu. Readers can take whichever version or interpretation is to their
liking. The purpose of these incarnatons, in general, is punishment to the evil
and protection of the virtuous.
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