SRI #VADIRAJA VIRACHITA “#TEERTHA #PRABANDHA” ಶ್ರೀ ವಾದಿರಾಜ ವಿರಚಿತ “#ತೀರ್ಥ #ಪ್ರಬಂಧ” Ramasetu/ರಾಮಸೇತು - 2

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Ramasetu/ರಾಮಸೇತು - 2

ನ ಮೂರ್ಛತಿ ಶಿಲೋಚ್ಚಯೇ ಪವನವೇಗ ಇತ್ಯಜ್ಞವಾಗ್

ಯತೋ ಹನುಮತಾಹೃತಾಸ್ಸುಬಹವೋ ಮರುತ್ಸೂನುನಾ|

ಗಭೀರತವಾರಿಧಿ ಸ್ಠಗನಚುಂಚವೇ ಪರ್ವತಾಃ

ಜಯಂತಿ ಕೃತಸೇತವಃ ಕ್ಷಪಣಹೇತವೋ ರಕ್ಷಸಾಮ್||17||

Na mUrChati shilOchchayE pavanavEga ityajnavAg

yatO HanumatAhrutAssubahavO marutsUnunA|

GaBheerataravAriDhi sThaganachunchavaha parvatAha

Jayanti krusEtavaha kShapaNahEtavO rakShasAm||17||

न मूर्छति शिलॊच्चयॆ पवनवॆग इत्यज्ञ्नवाग्

यतॊ हनुमताहृतास्सुबहवॊ मरुत्सूनुना।

गभीरतवारिधि स्थगनचुन्चवॆ पर्वताः

जयन्ति कृतसॆतवः क्षपणहॆतवॊ रक्षसाम्॥१७॥

SUMMARY: The common perception that the speed of wind is incapable in front of a mountain is due to lack of knowledge, because the mountains brought by Vayu’s son Sri Hanumantha have successfully covered the unfathomable sea and they have been of great utility in destroying the demons.

The stanza may not provide clarity at the outset. Sri Vadirajaru never tolerates any adverse comment on the strength and power of Lord Vayu. In his great work Raghuvamsha, Kalidasa writes:

Alam maheepAla tava shramENa prayuktapapyastamitO vruThA syAt| Na pAdapOnmUlashakti ramhaha shilOchchayE mUrChati mArutasya”(Raghuvamsha II  Sarga, 34^th Shloka).

अलं महीपाल तव श्रमॆण प्रयुक्तमप्यस्तमितॊ वृथा स्यात्। न पादपॊन्मूलनशक्ति रम्हः शिलॊच्चयॆ मूर्छति मारुतस्य॥(रघुवम्श द्वितीयः सर्गः ३४ श्लॊकः)

The incident is:

Once, King Dileepa, a descendant of Surya Vamsha, had gone to the heavens to help the deities and was returning to his kingdom. On his way, celestial cow Kamadhenu was standing under the shadow of Kalpavruksha. Dileepa was keen on seeing his wife Sudakshine and inadvertently, he did not see Kamadhenu. Thinking that Dileepa had wantonly ignored her, Kamadhenu cursed Dileepa that he should not beget children until he worshipped her daughter Nandini. Dileepa was unaware of this curse and did not get children for several years. He consulted Sage Vasishtha on this and came to know about the curse. He stayed in the hermitage of Sage Vasishtha, along with his wife Sudakshine, for 21 days, offered worship to Kamadhenu and Nandini. On the 21^st day, after completing his worship and service to Nandini, as per his daily practice, Dileepa was standing behind Nandini with his bow and arrows. Suddenly, a lion appeared there and was preparing to kill Nandini. Dileepa set his bow and was about to shot an arrow but his hands started trembling. He was unable to set the arrow on the string of the bow. At that juncture, the lion told in a human voice: “Oh King! Stop your efforts to kill me. Even if you fire the arrows, they will prove futile. Even though the tornado can uproot trees, it cannot shake the mountain.” This is the gist of the Shloka cited above. But, Sri Vadirajaru does not subscribe this view. According to him, the view of Kalidasa that tornado fails against mountains is due to lack of knowledge because Hanumantha pulled out the mountains and put them in the sea. Hanumantha is the son of Lord Vayu. Tornado is symbolic of the power of Hanumantha. The Ramasethu was erected with the mountains brought by Hanumantha and this Ramasethu was instrumental in the destruction of demons by Srirama. Sri Vadirajaru says that the mountains brought by Hanumantha are still there in the sea. Tornado does not fail against mountains, says Sri Vadirajaru.

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