SRI #VADIRAJA VIRACHITA “#TEERTHA #PRABANDHA” ಶ್ರೀ ವಾದಿರಾಜ ವಿರಚಿತ “#ತೀರ್ಥ #ಪ್ರಬಂಧ”

SRI  #VADIRAJA VIRACHITA “#TEERTHA #PRABANDHA”

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Pilgrimage to Badari – Shat Prayaga/ಬದರೀ ಯಾತ್ರೆ – ಷಟ್ ಪ್ರಯಾಗ

ಷಟ್ ಪ್ರಯಾಗಾಃ ಸ್ವವೇಗೇನ ಕಾಮಾದ್ಯರಿಮಹೀರುಹಃ|

ಉನ್ಮೂಲಯಂತು ಪಾಪಾಖ್ಯಂ ಪಂಕಂ ಪ್ರಕ್ಷಾಲಯಂತು ನಃ||40||

ShaT prayAgAha swavEgEna kAmAdyarimaheeruhaha|

UnmUlayantu pApApKhyam pankam prakShAlayantu naha||40||

षट् प्रयागाः स्ववॆगॆन कामाद्यरिमहीरुहः।

उन्मूलयन्तु पापाख्यं पन्कं प्रक्षालयन्तु नः॥४०॥

SUMMARY: May the six PrayAgas root out the six enemies of living beings such as lust (Kama), Unlimited Desire (Lobha) anger (Krodha), Pride (Mada) and Jealousy (Matsara)  with their speed of flow and cleanse the slush of our sins.

The word Prayaga means the joining of or the confluence of two or more rivers. ShaT means six and the Six PrayAgAs are:  VaTa PrayAga, Deva PrayAga, Rudra PrayAga, Skanda PrayAga, Nanda PrayAga and Keshava PrayAga. Just as the rivers erode the banks and uproot the trees on the banks with their high speed, Sri Vadirajaru is appealing to these six Prayagas or river unions to uproot the six foes of human life and also cleanse the sins that we commit, knowingly or unknowingly.

1.      Deva Prayaga – It is about 44 miles from Hrishikesh. Bhageerathi and Alakananda rivers join at Deva Prayaga.

2.      Rudra Prayaga – This is about 50 miles from Deva Prayaga and the city is on a rock. Alakananda joins Mandakini in this place.

3.      Skanda Prayaga – This is at a distance of about 19 miles from Rudra Prayaga. Some identify this as Nanda Prayaga, where PinDaraganga and Alakananda rivers join. Karna, the son of Sun from Kunti, had done penance in this place. Therefore, this is also known as Karna Prayaga.

4.      Nanda Prayaga – Nanda Prayaga is about 13 miles away from Skanda Prayaga, where Alakananda and Nanda rivers join.

5.      ViShNu Prayaga – Alakananda and Vishnu Ganga join at about 2 miles away from Josh Mutt. This is known as Vishnu Prayaga.

6.      Keshava Prayaga – Situated at about 43 miles from Nanda Prayaga and very close to Badari Kshetra, Keshava Prayaga is the name given for the union of Alakananda and Saraswati rivers.

Although there is adequate information and organized pilgrims to Badarinath, one of the most revered pilgrim centres of Hindu ethos and all these places are now easily accessible from Allahabad in Uttarkhand State, Sri Vadirajaru visited all these places by foot. Vast literature is now available on all these places and several tourist organisations conduct package trips and tours to these places.

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