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

SRI  #VADIRAJA VIRACHITA “#TEERTHA #PRABANDHA”

ಶ್ರೀ ವಾದಿರಾಜ ವಿರಚಿತ “#ತೀರ್ಥ #ಪ್ರಬಂಧ”

Thungabhadra River – 2/ ತುಂಗಭದ್ರಾ ನದಿ – 2

ತಟನೀಷು ತುಂಗಭದ್ರೇ ಸ್ವಾದೂದಕಸಂಕುಲಾ ತ್ವಮಸಿ ನೂನಮ್|

ಕಸ್ಮಾತ್ತೀರ್ಥಪದೋsಸೌ ಧತ್ತೇ ತ್ವಾಮೇವ ದಂಷ್ಟ್ರಯೋ ನೋ ಚೇತ್||12||

ThaTaneeShu ThungaBhadrE swAdUdakasankulA twamasi nUnam|

KasmAtterThapadO(s)sau DhattE twAmEva damShTrayO nO chEt||12||

तटनीषु तुन्गभद्रॆ स्वादूदकसन्कुला त्वमसि नूनम्।

कस्मात्तीर्थपदॊsसौ धत्तॆ त्वामॆव दंष्ट्रयॊ नॊ चॆत्॥१२॥

SUMMARY: Oh Thungabhadre! You are filled with very sweet water. If your water

was not really sweet, what reason would have prompted Sri Vishnu, who wears

holy waters in his feet, to wear you in his tusks?

Since Thungabhadra originates from the tusks of Sri Varaha, an incarnation of

Lord Hari, Sri Vadirajaru has praised the river in this jocular way.

Sri Vitthala of Hamipi/ಹಂಪಿಯ ಶ್ರೀ ವಿಟ್ಠಲ

ಚೌರ್ಯಾನ್ಮಾತೃನಿಬದ್ಧಚಾರುಚರಣಃ ಪಾಪೌಘಚೌರ್ಯಾದ್ಬುಧೈಃ

ಬದ್ಧಸ್ತ್ವಂ ಪಥಿ ಪುಂಡರೀಕಮುನಿನಾ ಜಾರೇತಿ ಸಂಬೋಧಿತಃ|

ತುಂಗಾತೀರಗತೋsಪಿ  ವಿಟ್ಠಲದಿಶನ್ನನ್ಯಾಕೃತಿರ್ವಾಂಛಿತಂ

ವೇತ್ತೄಣಾಂ ಯದಿ ಮೇ ನ ದಾಸ್ಯಸಿ ಪದಂ ತ್ವತ್ಸಂಸ್ಥಿತಿಃ ಕಥ್ಯತೇ||13||

ChauryAnmAtrunibadDhachArucharaNaha pApauGhachauryAdbuDhaihi

badDhastwam paThi punDareekamuninA jArEti sambODhitaha|

ThungAteeragaO(s)pi viTThaladishannanyAkrutirvAnChitam

vEttrUNAm yadi mE na dAsyasi padam twatsamsThitihi kaThyatE||13||

तटनीषु चौर्यान्मातृनिबद्धचारुचरणः पापौघचौर्याद्बुधैः

बद्धस्त्वं पथि पुन्डरीकमुनिना जारॆति सम्बॊधितः।

तुन्गातीरगतॊsपि विट्ठलदिशन्नन्याकृतिर्वान्छितं

वॆत्तॄणां यदि मॆ न दास्यसि पदं त्वत्सम्स्थितिः कथ्यतॆ॥१३॥   

SUMMARY: “Oh Vitthala! The feet you possess are those that had been tied by

your Mother Yashoda for stealing butter and other things; later, you barged into

the Hearts of scholars of spirituality, stole their sins and got arrested by them;

While travelling on the banks of Bheemarathi River, you were caught by Sage

Pundareeka, who addressed you as Gopikajara (one who stole the virginity of

Gopikas); you wore different forms and ‘earned’ the titles such as “thief”,

“Characterless” and so on; however, you continued to fulfill the desires of

Devotees and journeyed to the banks of Thungabhadra to stay here. Now, if you

do not bless me with salvation or a place in the heavens, I will declare the stories

of theft and capricious acts in the open.”

Sri Vadirajaru has recalled the childhood mischiefs enacted by Sri Krishna when he

was under the care of Yashoda in Nandagao. Sri Krishna used to steal butter and

once he stole dresses of young girls, who were having bath in the river. The

intention was to make them discard the habit of removing clothes while having

bath in public places. All those girls were loving Krishna as a divine person.

Sri Krishna is called Navaneetachora for stealing butter. He steals the sins of

devotees and relieves them from the cycle of birth and death. Sri Vadirajaru says

that Sri Krishna assumed the form of Vitthala to escape from the ‘passionate titles’

that the devotees may adore him with by calling him Navaneetha Chora, GopikA

JAra and so on and reached the banks of Thungabhadra to stay there as an

incognito.

Historically, Hampi was the capital of the Vijayanagar Empire. The most popular of

this empire Sri Krishnadevaraya has constructed the temple of Sri Virupaksha at

Hampi. According to sources, Sri Vadirajaru was a contemporary of Sri

Krishnadevaraya.

In his next stanza, Sri Vadirajaru describes Sri Virupaksha.                               

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