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Tribute to Sri Jayatirtharu/ಶ್ರೀ ಜಯತೀರ್ಥರಿಗೆ ಜಯಕಾರ

ಮಾಧ್ವಗ್ರಂಥಾನ್ ಸ್ವಬಂಧೂನಿವ ಸರಸಹೃದಾಲಿಂಗ್ಯ ವಿಜ್ಞಾತಭಾವಃ

ಸಂಯೋಜ್ಯಾಲಂಕೃತಾಭಿಃ ಸ್ವಸಹಜಯಮತಿಸಂಭೂತವಾಗ್ಭಿರ್ವದೂಭಿಃ|

ಕೃತ್ವಾನ್ಯೋಕ್ತೀಶ್ಚ ದಾಸೀಃ ಬುಧಹೃದಯಗೃಹಂ ಪ್ರೌಢವೃತ್ತೀಶ್ಚ ವೃತ್ತೀಃ

ದತ್ವಾsನ್ಯೋನ್ಯಾಭಿಯೋಗಂ ಜಯಮುನಿರಸಕೃದ್ ವೀಕ್ಷ್ಯ ರೇಮೇ ಕೃತಾರ್ಥಃ||13||

MAdhwagranThAn swabanDhUniva sarasagrydAlingya vijnAtaBhAvaha

samyOjyAlankrutABhihi swasahajayamatisamBhUtavAgBhirvadUBhihi|

KrutwAnyOkteeshcha dAsIhi buDhahrudayagruham prauDhavrutteeshcha vrutteehi datwA(s)nyOnyABhiyOgam jayamurasakrud veekShya rEmE krutArThaha||13||

यत्र माध्वग्रन्थान् स्वबन्धूनिव सरसहृदालिन्ग्य विज्ञातभावः

सम्यॊज्यालन्कृताभिः स्वसहजयमतिसम्भूतवाग्भिर्वदूभिः।

क्रुत्वान्यॊक्तीश्च दासीः बुधहृदयगृहं प्रौढवृत्तीश्च वृत्तीः

दत्वाsन्यॊन्याभियॊगं जयमुनिरसकृद् वीक्ष्य रॆमॆ कृतार्थः॥१३॥

SUMMARY: Sri Jayatirtharu embraced the sacred works such as Bhashya of Sri Madhwacharyaru with affection as though they were his nearest and most intimate relatives. Further, he enquired about their welfare; having understood their emotions and the most intricate views hidden in those works, he decorated them like a bride with his inherent wisdom by using brilliant critical evaluation he was endowed with; he converted various other critiques and criticizers of the Bhashya and other works of Sri Madhwacharyaru into servants and attenders; he then set up a residence to that bride in his heart, provided her with the services of scholars in the form of his scholarly analyses and critical exploration that would serve the bride as a means of livelihood. Sri Jayatirtharu commented several times on the original works of Sri Madhwaru, explored and epitomized the correlation between those works and thereby attained satisfaction.

Sri Vadirajaru has likened the works of Sri Madhwaru to a bride and the commentaries of Sri Jayatirtharu on those works to decorative articles.

Sri Jayatirtharu is more popular as Sri Teekacharyaru, Teekakrutpadaru or Teekarayaru. A person who has studied and completely mastered Srimannyayasudha is considered to be an exemplary scholar among the Madhwas. Srimannyayasudha is a commentary by Sri Jayatirtharu on Anu Vyakhyana of Sri Madhwacharyaru.

He is said to be the sixth pontiff in the lineage of Madhwa Peetha after Sri Madhwacharyaru. According to a legend, Sri Jayatirtharu is an Amshavatara of Lord Indra and Sri Shesha Devaru. Originally, Arjuna, younger brother of Dharmaraja, was an Amshavatara of Indra and Shesha Devaru. After the war of Kurukshetra ended and YudhiShThira became the king, Lord Krishna returned to his capital city of Dwaraka. In the absence of Sri Krishna, it is said that once Arjuna boasted to be the lone destroyer of the Kuru Army. He did not mention the name of Sri Krishna because of whose presence, Arjuna could win against Bheeshma, Drona and even Karna. This momentary exhibition of ‘fake pride’ and ‘false vanity’ by Arjuna was criticized by Bheemasena by stating that Arjuna was behaving like a beast. Arjuna then regretted. However, he could not escape from the ‘beastly’ sin and therefore he was born as a bullock in Udupi during the life of Sri Madhwaru. Whenever Sri Madhwaru was teaching his disciples, this bullock used to be present. Once it so happened that Sri Madhwaru expressed his desire to compose Brahmasutra Bhashya and Anu Vyakhyana in front of his disciples. Each and every disciple of Sri Madhwaru felt he would be chosen by Sri Madhwaru to write or take down the commentaries spelt by Sri Madhwaru, who just smiled and said that the commentaries would be taken down by the ox that was sitting there, as usual. The enraged disciples are said to have cursed the ox to die of snake bite. The ox died of a snake bite a few days later. It is believed that the same ox was born as the fourth son of a subordinate king and his original name was Dondo Raghunath Panth and the surname of the family was Deshapande belonging to Deshastha Madhwa community. Raghunath Panth was an expert in riding horses and was endowed with a luxurious life.

Once, Dondo Raghunath Panth was trying to drink water from Bheema River by sitting on the horse back. Sri Akshobhya Tirtharu, who was camping on the banks of Bheema River saw this and asked him: “Kim pashuhu pUrva deehe” (Were you born as a beast in the previous birth?), which was coincidentally a fact. Raghunatha Panth immediately remembered his previous birth as a bullock and the days he had spent listening the discourses of Sri Madhwaru. This trivial incident transformed the life of Dondoraya Raghunatha Panth as he immediately renounced worldly life and became a disciple of Sri Akshobhya Tirtharu.

Sri Jayatirtharu is credited with twenty-two works. Of them, eighteen works are commentaries on all the works of Sri Madhwaru. The penetrative, extravagant, elaborate and highly scholarly works of Sri Jayatirtharu are authoritative.

He is said to have done penance in Yeragola Cave. It was during his stay in this cave that Srimannyasudha and other great works were composed by Sri Jayatirtharu. Yeragola is about one kilometer from Chittapura in Yadgir district. He is considered to be one among the three most revered masters of Dwaita Philosophy with Sri Madhwacharyaru and Sri Vyasaru being the other two. He was a contemporary of Sri Vidyaranya and Muslim king Fireoze Shah.

There are several books on the life and works of Sri Jayatirtharu.        

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