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

SRI  #VADIRAJA VIRACHITA “#TEERTHA #PRABANDHA”

ಶ್ರೀ ವಾದಿರಾಜ ವಿರಚಿತ “#ತೀರ್ಥ #ಪ್ರಬಂಧ”

Suvarnamukhi River/ಸುವರ್ಣಮುಖೀ ನದಿ

ಸುವರ್ಣಮುಖಿ ಸಂಸೇವೇ ಸುವರ್ಣಾಭಂ ಪಯಸ್ತವ|

ಸುವರ್ಣಶೋಭಿವದನಂ ಕುರು ಮಾಮಂಬ ನಿರ್ಮಲಮ್||30||

SuvarNamuKhi samsEvE suvarNaBham payastava|

SuvarNashOBhivadanam kuru mAmamba nirmalam||30||

सुवर्णमुखि सम्सॆवॆ सुवर्णॆ सुवर्णाभं पयस्तव।

सुवर्णशॊभिवदनं कुरु मामम्ब निर्मलम्॥३०॥

SUMMARY: Oh Suvarnamukhi River Goddess! I am drinking your water that is

glittering like gold; I beseech to have a face that glitters like gold by enabling me

Pronounce, recite and eternally remember the names of Rama, Krishna and other

forms of Lord Vishnu and thereby purify my heart and mind. 

Kanchi Varadaraja/ಕಾಂಚೀವರದರಾಜ

ರಮ್ಯೋ ವರದರಾಜೋsಯಂ ರಸಿಕಾಗ್ರೇಸರೋ ಧ್ರುವಮ್|

ಕಥಮಾತ್ಮವಧೂಶ್ಲಾಘ್ಯಕಾಂಚೀದೇಶೇ ನ ಚೇದ್ವಸೇತ್||31||

RamyO varadarAjO(s)yam rasikAgrEsarO Dhruvam|

KaThamAtmavaDhUshlAGhyakAncheedEshE na chEdwasEt||31||

रम्यॊ वरदराजॊsयं रसिकाग्रॆसरॊ ध्रुवं।

कथमात्मवधूश्लाघ्यकान्चीदॆशॆ न चॆद्वसॆत्॥३१॥

SUMMARY: This most charming Varadaraja is most romantic, certainly. If he was

not so, he would not have chosen Kanchee, a very distinct place of his consort

Mother Earth, to reside.

Sri Vadirajaru has deftly described Lord Varadaraju as well as the place called

Kanchipuram, which is considered to be like the jewel worn by women at the waist

of Earth.

Kanchi is considered to be one of the seven holiest places known to provide

salvation to the devotees. Kashi and Kanchi are like two eyes of Lord Rudra. It is said that when Lord Brahma performed a sacrifice here, Lord Vishnu manifested out of the sacrificial fire in the form of Sri Varadaraju. It is mentioned in the Lalitopakhyana in Brahmanda Purana that when Lord Brahma did penance seeking the Darshan of Goddess Lakshmi, she appeared in front of him along with Lord Narayana.

Kanchi is known to have been made of two parts namely Shivakanchee and Vishnukanchee.

Kancheepuram is well connected by train and surface transport.

A temple dedicated to Sri Varadaraju is situated in Vishnukanchee. The temple is about three miles away from the railway station. Shivakanchee is against about three miles away from Vishnukanchee.

Sri Vadirajaru has dedicated two more stanzas in praise of Sri Varadaraju. These two stanzas will be furnished in the next episode.         

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