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

 SRI  #VADIRAJA VIRACHITA “#TEERTHA #PRABANDHA”

ಶ್ರೀ ವಾದಿರಾಜ ವಿರಚಿತ “#ತೀರ್ಥ #ಪ್ರಬಂಧ”

DHANUSHKODI/ಧನುಷ್ಕೋಟಿ

ಯದ್ಭಾರತಸ್ಥಬಹುತೀರ್ಥನಿಷೇವಣೇನ ಲಭ್ಯಂ ಫಲಂ ದಿಶತಿ ತನ್ಮಮ ಸೇತುಖಂಡಃ|

ಇತ್ಥಂ ಧಿಯೇವ ಪರಿವರ್ತಿತಚಾಪಕೋಟ್ಯಾ ಚಿಚ್ಛೀದ ಸೇತುಮಧಿಕಂ ರಘುಪುಂಗವೋsತ್ರ||26||

YadBhAratasThabahuteerThaniShEvaNEna laBhyam Phalam tanmama sEtuKhanDaha|

ItTham DhiyEva parivartitachApakOTyA chichChEda sEdumaDhikam RaGhupungavO(s)tra||26||

यद्भारतस्थबहुतीर्थनिषॆवणॆन लभ्यं फलं दिशति तन्मम सॆतुखन्ढः।

इत्थं धियॆव परिवर्तितचापकॊट्या चिच्चॆद सॆतुमधिकं रघुपुन्गवॊsत्र॥२६॥

            SUMMARY: “There are several sacred rivers and ponds in India. The positive energy provided by visiting all those sacred rivers and ponds is provided by a tiny portion of the bridge here. Therefore, is there any need for the entire bridge to exist?” Srirama must have thought and hence, by turning his divine bow, he must have cut the portion that had protruded further!

            Sri Vadirajaru appears to have exaggerated the fact that only the front portion or the starting point  of the bridge is visible at present at Dhanushkoti, which bears testimony for the hundred-yojana-long bridge that Srirama had got constructed across the sea to reach Lanka. There is no second thought or opinion about a bridge having been constructed by Srirama.  However, barring a token remnant of that bridge, nothing else is remaining now. Explorations are still going on to find out whether the rest of the bridge has been eroded or intentionally destroyed. Even the Dwaraka City was intentionally submerged by Sri Krishna and recent excavations have brought to light some evidences for the existence of Dwaraka under the sea.

            ಜನಾ ನಾನಾದಾನಾಧ್ಯಯನಯಜನಾಪೂರ್ತವಿಧಿನಾ ವೃಥಾ ಖಿನ್ನಾ ದೈನ್ಯಂ ಭಜಥ ನಿಜನಿಃಶ್ರೇಯಸಕೃತೇ|

                ಸುರಶ್ರೇಣೀಕ್ಷೋಣೀಸಕಲ ಸುಜನಾಭೀಷ್ಟಫಲದಾ ಧನುಷ್ಕೋಟೀ ಪೇಟೀ ಸುಕೃತಸುಧನಸ್ಯಾಸ್ತಿ ಮಹತೀ||27||

                JanA nAnAdAnADhyayanayajanApUrtaviDhinA

                vruThA KhinnA dainyam BhajaTha nijanihshrEyasakrutE|

                SurashrENeekShONeesakala sujanABhEShTaPhaladA

                DhanuShkOTee pETee sukrutasuDhanasyAsti mahatee||27||

                जना नानादानाध्ययनयजनापूर्त विधिना वृथा खिन्ना दैन्यं भजथ निजनिःश्रॆयसकृतॆ।

            सुरश्रॆणीक्षॊणीसकल सुजनाभीष्टफलदा धनुष्कॊटी पॆटी सुकृतसुधनस्यास्ति महती॥२७॥

            SUMMARY: “Oh pilgrimage-loving righteous people! You are feeling dejected after wastefully being philanthropists, donating cows, land and gold, chanting Vedas, performing sacrifices and constructing lakes and channels for general public, in pursuit of salvation, heavens after death or peace in the world hereafter; but, there is no need to do all those things; Dhanushkoti is like a treasure box that fulfills all the desires of the righteous on earth as well as the entire divine community of deities. Therefore, anyone desirous of securing ultimate bliss and success should necessarily undertake a pilgrim to Dhanushkodi.

            In the 33^rd Canto of Skanda Purana, under the title Setumahatmya (सॆतुमाहात्म्य), description of Dhanushkodi is given. At present, Dhanushkodi is reasonably connected by road and railway transport.

            At Dhanushkodi, the Eastern and Western seas unite at a place, which is considered to be distinctly sacred for paying obeisance to departed souls. There is a Srirama temple at about half of a mile from the sea shore. There are images of Srirama, Seetha Devi and Lakshmana on the inside wall and a statue of Sri Hanuman can be seen on the exterior of the temple. The name of town “DhanuShkODi” is derived from the fact that Srirama, as advised by Vibheeshana, breached the bridge with the edge of his bow.                

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