SRI #VADIRAJA VIRACHITA “#TEERTHA #PRABANDHA”
ಶ್ರೀ ವಾದಿರಾಜ ವಿರಚಿತ “#ತೀರ್ಥ #ಪ್ರಬಂಧ”
GayAgadADhara/ಗಯಾಗದಾಧರ
Description of Gaya Kshetra/ಗಯಾ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರದ ವಿವರಣೆ
ಗಯಾಭಿಧಮಿದಂ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರಂ ಶ್ರಯೇ ಶ್ರೇಯಸ್ಕರಂ ನೃಣಾಮ್|
ನ ಯತ್ರ ಸಹತೇ ಜಾತು ಕ್ರಿಯಾ ಜನ್ಮಾಂತರಕ್ರಿಯಾಮ್||27||
GayABhiDhamidam kShEtram shraE shrEyaskaram nruNAm|
Na yatra sahatE jAtu kriyA janmAntarakriyAm||27||
गयाभिधमिदं क्षॆत्रं श्रयॆ श्रॆयस्करं नृणां।
न यत्र सहतॆ जातु क्रिया जन्मांतरक्रियां॥२७॥
SUMMARY: I take shelter in this Gaya, which makes the people happy. The death
anniversary performed for forefathers here ensures a place in Vaikuntha for the
departed souls. This means the forefathers will be eternally relieved from the
cycle of birth and death. There will not be any need for performing the
anniversary for forefathers in the future after performing it in Gaya.
In Padma Purana, Vayu Purana and Agni Purana, it is stated that one should
have or long to have many sons because even if one of them goes to Gaya and
performs the Pindapradana or ChaTaka Shraddha, it will ensure eternal relief
from cycle of birth and death and a permanent place in Vaikuntha.
“YEShTavyA bahavaha putrA yadyEkO(s)pi gayAm vrajEt|YajEtavAshwamEDhEna
neelam vA vRuShapussrujEt||
ऎष्टव्या बहवः पुत्रा यद्यॆकॊsपि गयां व्रजॆत्।
यजॆतवाश्वमॆधॆन नीलं वा वृषमुस्स्रुजॆत्॥
In Garuda Purana, it is stated:
JeevatO vAkyakaraNAt pratyabdham (mrutAhE) BhUri BhOjanAt|
GayAyAm pinDadAnAchcha triBhihi putrasya putrakA||
जीवतॊ वाक्यकरणात् प्रत्यब्दं (मृताहॆ) भूरि भॊजनात्।
गयायां पिंडदानाच्च त्रिभिः पुत्रस्य पुत्रता॥
A son should obey the orders of parents, when they are alive; after their
death, he should perform the anniversary and provide sufficient, delicious
meals to friends and relatives and then perform Pndapradana to them in Gaya.
Only then he will be gaining the son-hood or he can justify himself as a son.
Although it is said that there will not be any need to perform the anniversary
of the deceased every after performing it once at Gaya, the Shastras amply
prescribe that even after performing the anniversary in Gaya, the annual
ceremony should be performed during the entire lifetime. Performance of the
annual ceremony at Gaya has special significance and value.
The Gaya Charitra and two more stanzas on this Kshetra by Sri Vadirajaru
will be narrated in the next episode.
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