SRI #VADIRAJA VIRACHITA “#TEERTHA #PRABANDHA”
ಶ್ರೀ ವಾದಿರಾಜ ವಿರಚಿತ “#ತೀರ್ಥ #ಪ್ರಬಂಧ”
Sri Gaya Gadadhara/ಶ್ರೀ ಗಯಾ ಗದಾಧರ
ಗದಾಧರ! ಸದಾಧರಸ್ಫುರಿತಚಾರುಹಾಸೋಲ್ಲಸತ್ ಸುದಾಧರ ಮುದಾಧರಾಮರಕೃತಸ್ತುತೇ ಸುಂದರ|
ಪದಾ ಧರ ಮದಾಧರಸ್ಖಲಿತಮೀಶ ಮಾಂ ಸದ್ವರಪ್ರದಾಧರಚಿದಾದರಪ್ರಮುದಿತಾಂತರ ಶ್ರೀಧರ||28||
GadADhara! sadADharasPhuritachAruhAsOllasat sudADhara
mudADharAmarakrutastutE Sundara|
PadADhara madADharasKhalitameesha mAm
sadwarapradADharachidAdarapramuditAntara shreeDhara||28||
गदाधर! सदाधरस्फुरितचारुहासॊल्लसत्
सुदाधर मुदाधरामरकृतस्तुतॆ सुंदर।
पदा धर मदाधरस्खलितमीश मां सद्वरप्रदाधरचिदादरप्रमुदितांतर श्रीधर॥२८॥
SUMMARY: Oh Lord GadADhara, you are wearing a pleasant and eternal smile on
your lips that is like the elixir; you are wearing happiness and joy on all
your organs; you are possessing the chants in praise of you and those chants
are composed by various deities; there
are chants composed in praise of you by kings and scholars on earth; you
fulfill the desires of all people; you will be pleased with those who are aware
that they are far less than you in status and all other considerations; you are
the consort of Sri Lakshmi; I beseech you to wear me on your feet as I am
filled with false pride and vanity.
ಯದ್ಯಾತ್ರಾ ಪಿತೃಮಂಡಲಸ್ಯ ತನುತೇ ವೈಕುಂಠಯಾತ್ರಾಂ ಪರಾಂ ಯತ್ರ ಕ್ಷಿಪ್ತತಿಲಾಃ ಮಹಾಂತಿ
ತಿಲಶಃ ಕುರ್ವಂತಿ ಪಾಪಾನ್ಯಹೋ|
ಪಿಂಡೋ ಯತ್ರ ಸಮರ್ಪಿತೋ ಯಮಭಟಾನ್ ಪಿಂಡೀಕರೋತ್ಯಕ್ಷತಾ ಮರ್ತ್ಯಂ ಸ್ಮಾಕ್ಷತಮೀಡ್ಯತಾಂ
ಸ್ತುತಿತತಿಸ್ತಂ ವಿಷ್ಣುಪಾದಂ ಭಜೇ||29||
YadyAtrA pitrumanDalasya tanutE vaikunThayAtrAm parAm
yatra kShiptatilAha
mahAnti tilishaha kurvanti pApAnyahO|
PinDO yatra samarpitO yamaBhaTAn pinDeekarOtyakShatA
kartyam
smAkShatameeDyatAm stutitatistam VishNupAdam BhajE||29||
यद्यात्रा पितृमंडलस्य तनुतॆ वैकुंठयात्रां परां यत्र क्षिप्ततिलाः महांति
तिलशः कुर्वन्ति पापान्यहॊ।
पिंडॊ यत्र समर्पितॊ यमभटान् पिंडीकरॊत्यक्षता मर्त्यं स्माक्षतमीड्यतां
स्तुतिततिस्तं विष्णुपादं भजॆ॥२९॥
SUMMARY: Pilgrimage to the Vishnupada (feet of Lord Vishnu) at Gaya grants
the path to Vaikuntha for ancestors or forefathers. The sesame seeds offered
upon the feet of Sri Vishnu in Gaya precipitates the most heinous sins like the
sesame seeds; the rice balls (Pinda) offered there punch the representatives of
God of Death (Yama) away with their fists and convert those sins into balls; the
Akshata (wet rice grains – normally, Akshata is made by adding a drop of ghee
and vermilion or turmeric powder for offering them to the Gods and deities.
Akshata used in ceremonies is nothing rice grains made with a few drops of
water); Chants offered in praise of the Feet of Lord Vishnu in Gaya render
humans into worthy of praise by others or they become popular and famous. I
sing songs in praise of such feet of Lord Vishnu.
Legend
Once upon a time, Dharmavati, daughter of Dharma Prajapati, was serving the
feet of her husband Mareechi. At that time, Lord Brahma came to her house.
Lord Brahma was the father-in-law of Dharmavati and therefore she treated the
Lord with great reverence and devotion. But, to do so, she had to get up to
reach to Lord Brahma, which enraged her husband. Immediately, Mareechi cursed
his wife Dharmavati to become a stone. Later, Dharmavati did arduous penance
for one thousand years. All the deities and Sri Narayana reached there and
presented her with a boon that they (deities and Sri Narayana) will be on that
statue of Dharmavati.
A demon named Gaya also
indulged in continuous penance, without doing anything else. Impressed with his
penance, Sri Narayana appeared in front of Gaya and presented a boon to him
that his body would host all types of holy waters (Teertha). However, the demon
did not stop the penance due to which the three Lokas were engulfed. Finally,
as directed by Lord Narayana, Lord Brahma appeared in front of Gaya and sought
his body for a sacrifice. Gaya laid his body flat on earth and upon his body,
the sacrifice was performed. After the sacrifice was over, Gaya became alive
again. The deities then placed Dharmavati on the body of Gaya. But Gaya was
again rising. Now, Sri Narayana incarnated as Sri Gadadhara and stood on the
body of Gaya.
The body of that Gaya
is as wide as ten miles and is holiest. Therefore, offering rice balls to
forefathers anywhere in Gaya reaches the deceased through Pretatmas or the
souls of vampire or spirits and they will be relieved from the hell. Besides,
the ancestors will have infinite and eternal satisfaction.
Gaya is a major railway
station in the Eastern Railway region. Gaya can be reached from Kolkata and
from Kashi.
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