SRI VADIRAJA VIRACHITA “TEERTHA PRABHANDA”
ಶ್ರೀ ವಾದಿರಾಜ ವಿರಚಿತ “ತೀರ್ಥ ಪ್ರಬಂಧ”
Pandharapura or Pundareeka Kshetra/ಪುಂಡರೀಕಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ (ಪಂಢರಾಪುರ) – 2
ತೀರೇ ಸತ್ಸರಿತಸ್ತಿರಸ್ಕೃತಧನಾಸಕ್ತಿರ್ವಿರಕ್ತಿಪ್ರಿಯಃ
ಪಾದಾಂಭೋಜಮಿದಂ ಮದಂಕಸಹಿತಃ ಸಂಚಿಂತಯಾಂತರ್ಹೃದಿ|
ಪಶ್ಚಾತ್ತೇ ಕಟಿಮಾತ್ರ ಏವ ಭವಿತಾ ಸಂಸಾರವಾರ್ಧಿರ್ನ ಚೇತ್
ಶಿಕ್ಷಾಮೀತಿ ಹಿ ಲಕ್ಷಯತ್ಯನುದಿನಂ ಸ್ವಾವಸ್ಥಯಾ ವಿಟ್ಠಲಃ||6||
TeerE satsaritastgiraskrutaDhanAsaktirviraktipriyaha
pAdAmBhOjamidam madankasahitaha sanchintayAntarhrudi|
PashchAttE kaTimAtra yEva BhavitA samsAravArDhirna chEt
shikShAmeeti hi lakShayatyanudinam swAvasThayA ViTThalaha||8||
SUMMARY: The posture of Sri Pandhurangavitthala at Pandharapura is perhaps symbolically telling the devotees: “Staying on the banks of the holy river, discarding completely the desire for wealth, keeping the mind away from worldly pleasures, keep remembering my lotus-feet in the depth of your heart. Later, you will experience in your heart that the deep ocean of family life rises only up to your waist. Albeit, if you do not do so, I will punish you.”
As the Lord is on the banks of Bheemarathi River, it appears as though he wants his devotees to live on the banks of the river; as he is not wearing clothes, he seems to tell his devotee to discard the desire for wealth or money; he wants his devotee not to long for worldly pleasures; the conch and lotus in his hands indicate that the Lord wants his devotees to wear those symbols on the body; as he is pointing with his fingers at his feet, he is directing the devotee to worship his feet and as he is keeping his hands on the waist, he is indicating that the water level in the ocean of family life may, if all his instructions are perfectly followed by the devotee, may rise up to the waist so that the devotee will have access to salvation, very soon.
ಪಾಪಾವಲೀಪಾಟನಪಟ್ವಪಾಂಗಃ ಶ್ರೀಪಾಣಿಪದ್ಮಾಂಚಿತಜಾನುಜಂಘಃ|
ಗೋಪಾಲಬಾಲಃ ಕೃಪಯಾ ಸ್ವಯಂ ನಃ ಶ್ರೀಪಾಂಡುರಂಗೋ ಭವತು ಪ್ರಸನ್ನಃ||7||
PApAvaleepATanapaTwapAngaha SreepANipadmAnchitajAnujanGhaha|
GopAlabAlaha krupayA swayam naha SreepAnDurangO Bhavatu prasannaha||7||
SUMMARY: May Lord Sri Pandurangavitthala, who is capable of destroying the heaps of sins of his devotees by a cursory look from the edge of his eyes, whose ankle and knee are worshipped by Goddess Lakshmi with her lotus hands and is the son of Nandagopa, be pleased with us!
ಪಾಪಾಪನೋದನಪಟು ಪ್ರಿಯಭೃತ್ಯಭೃಂಗೈಃ ಪೇಪೀಯಮಾನಶುಭಸುಂದರತಾರಸಾರ್ದ್ರಮ್|
ತಾಪತ್ರಯೋಪಶಮನಂ ತರುಣಾರ್ಕವರ್ಣಂ ಗೋಪಾಲಬಾಲಚರಣಾಂಬುರುಹಂ ಶ್ರಿತೋsಸ್ಮಿ||8||
PApApanOdanapaTu priyaBhrutyaBhrungaihi
pEpeeyamAnashuBhasundaratArasArdram|
tApatrayOpashamanam taruNArkavarNam
GOpAlabAlacharaNAmuruham shritO(s)smi||8||
SUMMARY: I surrender unto and take shelter under the lotus feet of Sri Vitthala, who alone is capable of erasing sins; who is served eternally by bee-like servants, whose charm is like a drink that makes everyone long to drink more and more of it, who dissolves all problems and troubles of life and whose complexion is reminiscent of the infant Sun.
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