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ಅಗಸ್ತ್ಯ ವರ್ಣನೆ/Description of Sage Agastya

ಅಗಸ್ತ್ಯೋ ಮುನಿಶಾರ್ದೂಲೋ ಭವಾಬ್ಧೇರ್ನಃ ಸಮುದ್ಧರೇತ್|

ಚುಲುಕೀಕೃತಗಂಭೀರಜೃಂಭಿತಾಂಭೋಧಿಡಂಬರಃ||35||

AgastyO munishArdUlO BhavAbDhErnaha samudDharEt|

ChulukeekrutagamBheerajrumBhitAmBhODhiDambaraha||35||

अगस्त्यॊ मुनिशार्दूलॊ भवाब्धॆर्नः समुद्धरॆत्।

चुलुकीकृतगम्भीरजृम्भिताम्भॊधिडम्बरः॥३५॥

SUMMARY: One of the most prominent sages Agastya, who gulped the mighty Ocean which was prospering without any control, shall help us cross the Ocean of worldly life.

There is a hillock called Vyasaparvata in close proximity to Kanyakumari. Sri Vadirajaru is offering prayers to Sage Agastya in that Vyasaparvata. It may be recalled that Agastya had gulped the entire ocean in one take to teach the Ocean a lesson and control it. Therefore, Sri Vadirajaru is praying in this stanza that Sage Agastya may bless humanity to cross the ocean of worldly life with ease and comfort.

ಶುಚೀಂದ್ರ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ/Shucheendra KshEtra

ಇಂದ್ರಶೌಚವಿಧಾನಾತ್ತೇ ನ ಶುಚೀಂದ್ರಾತಿಪೌರುಷಮ್|

ಅನಿಂದ್ರಸ್ಯ ಮನಶ್ಶೌಚಂ ಮಮ ಕೃತ್ವಾತದಾರ್ಜಯ||36||

IndrashauchaviDhAnAttE na shucheendrAtipauruSham|

Anindrasya mashshaucham mama krutwAtadArjaya||36||

इन्द्रशौचविधानात्तॆ न शुचीन्द्रातिपौरुषम्।

अनिन्द्रस्य मनश्शौचं मम कृत्वातदार्जय॥३६॥

SUMMARY: Oh Lord, the presiding deity of Shucheendra Kshetra, you cannot become more powerful just because you purified Lord Indra; you may earn greatness by purifying my mind, which is not Indra.

There is a story behind this Shucheendra. It is said that Lord Indra, who was cursed by Sage Gauthama to become insane, got relieved from that curse at Shucheendra. Sri Vadirajaru seems to tell Shucheendra, a sacred place, that merely by clearing the sin of Indra, it (the pilgrimage) cannot assume to have become great. Indra is a deity and there is no greatness in clearing his sin or purifying him. However, the place can consider itself to be great after purifying the human minds, which cannot match Indra.

Shucheendra is about eight miles from Kanyakumari. It was here where Indra, who was cursed by Gauthama Maharishi for his misbehavior with Gauthama’s wife Ahalya, got relieved from that curse at Shucheendra. The name of the place is derived for clearing the sin of Indra. There is a large temple in this place dedicated to Lord Vishnu, Rudra and Brahma. It is said that that the statue of Hanumantha in this temple is among the largest statues of Hanumantha in India. 

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